... in a market rammed full of Small Cheap Handset makers. No-brand handsets like Huawei or Lenovo Mobile simply won't sell if pitched at more than 1000RMB, which barely covers the cost of 2001-standard hardware (ARM7, 1MB internal memory), let alone OS and patent licensing. If Chinese customers want to pay more for their phones, they buy Western-familar brands (Nokia, SE, Samsung, Moto and LG).

Nobody really wants the product, so who'd buy the company?

>No wonder they can't find a buyer, their modems can't find a signal worth shit.

If you ever get a chance have a wander into a telephone exchange, nearly all the new gear is Huawei (along with most of the problems). How about cards that are designed that when one fails, another kicks in to carry on. PROVIDED they are both on exactly the same software version, if not then watch the complaints roll in as users lines go down :)