Google’s collaboration with Huawei was a success, and the product of the success was the Nexus 6P, arguably Google’s best smartphone ever when it was launched. The Nexus 6P still remains an impressive device, despite it being over a year old. Due to the success of the Nexus 6P, Huawei was one of the forerunners to partner up with Google once again this year but seemed to have backed out on the opportunity without any explanation. Huawei’s Vice President Colin Giles has finally revealed to us the reason behind the fall out between Google and Huawei.
Vice President Gile has spoken to the folks at German news outlet WinFuture, and according to the report, Huawei backed out on Google’s development of the Pixel phones because of Google wanting to have exclusive branding on the phones, meaning that the handsets will only bear Google’s own branding, with no Huawei branding in sight. The Chinese company politely declined on the Pixel project after it wasn’t willing to comply to Google’s terms. The need to increase reputation is part of Huawei’s strategy, and with its growing presence in the United States, it certainly wants some form of recognition if it were to collaborate with Google on the Pixel series.
Google ended up partnering with Taiwanese manufacturer HTC, whose branding wasn’t seen on both the Pixel and Pixel XL, receiving zero recognition for its design efforts, though the Pixel and Pixel XL phones largely speak HTC due to its unique design elements. Nevertheless, both Huawei and Google aren’t at loggerheads after the fall out, which is good news, also considering the fact that HTC might be making products for Google next year. What do you think of Huawei’s decision to not be involved in the Google Pixel series?
Source: WinFuture