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Compared to Bluetooth:

  • 60% lower power consumption
  • Six times higher data transmission speed
  • 1/30th the latency
  • 7 dB improvement anti-interference for a more stable connection
  • Twice the coverage distance, and
  • 10 times more network connections

US won't benefit from this tech due to the US Huawei ban.

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[–] TylerDurdenJunior@lemmy.ml 27 points 11 months ago (2 children)

At this point, China could release the free cure for ass cancer, and it would not be accepted in the west because of China = Scary noises

[–] Eat_Yo_Vegetables69@lemmygrad.ml 23 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Incidentally, US is importing cancer drugs from China because US companies don't find it profitable enough to produce them.

[–] RedClouds@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 11 months ago

Jesus Christ, it's real, haha

[–] ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Not really, the US makes their own, it’s just that demand has absolutely skyrocketed and there’s no way for current production to keep up. It takes years to set up the laboratories and factories needed. It makes sense to buy the deficit from China in the meantime.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The problem isn't that demand somehow skyrocketed overnight, it's that companies want to keep prices up https://hbr.org/2017/04/how-pharma-companies-game-the-system-to-keep-drugs-expensive

[–] ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh, I’m not saying you’re wrong. You’re absolutely right, but I was just saying that even if for example the entire industry was nationalized, it would take years to meet the current demand due to cancer rates going through the roof.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 11 months ago

Yeah that's a good point.

[–] pqjke@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Cant wait to have phones/headphones supporting it

[–] jackmarxist@hexbear.net 24 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Americans won't allow it to enter their market so any product aiming to be sold in the US won't use it.

[–] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 11 months ago

They will own nothing and be happy. Oh and the stuff they can use will become steadily shitter and they will still be happy because to own the communists.

[–] pqjke@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 11 months ago

Hope at least they sell this here in LatAm

[–] NothingButBits@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Hopefully it's also not riddled with vulnerabilities. Bluetooth is really bad from a security pov.

[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 29 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The S in IoT stands for security

[–] sooper_dooper_roofer@hexbear.net 13 points 11 months ago

but there's no S in..oh

[–] lorty@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 11 months ago

Maybe we'll have more then two audio channels now?

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 11 months ago

linux driver when

[–] ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I feel like I need some concrete proof of this since these are some insane claims, and I’m not sure “consumer Huawei” and a Huawei press statement is a trustworthy source for verifying claims about Huawei products. It’s like believing Apple’s or Google’s marketing for their phones.

If this is real however, it’s an insane game changer.

[–] huginn@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 11 months ago

Bluetooth is very widespread but neither free to use nor an open standard. I can't find any real technical info on this new technology or any references to it being any more open than Bluetooth. So far this seems like another closed, proprietary technology by Huawei and "industry partners" so I honestly don't really care about it. This seems more like a move by Huawei to get away from having to pay licensing fees for Bluetooth without any benefits for users or the tech community as a whole.

[–] jlyws123@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It was originally called GreenTooth.

[–] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 11 months ago

The only thing green about it is the west with it's envy.

[–] lil_tank@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 11 months ago

RedTooth is gonna be the brain link that turns humanity into the communist hive mind (Xi's secret plan)

[–] Buelldozer 1 points 11 months ago

Nearlink is Huawei's branding for Sparklink. It's been around a minute.

The Wiki article has more details.

I'll be curious to find out how it actually performs.