The 5G-compatible Xiaomi 14 Ultra features a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor made by Taiwan’s TSMC using 4-nm process technology, a Leica-designed camera system with 50MP (megapixel) image sensors made by Japan’s Sony and a 6.36-inch display. Tech news website Mashable calls it a “photography monster.” The Verge regards it as “a contender for the best camera phone of 2024” while noting that it is “going global – minus the US.” India Today writes “Xiaomi 14 Ultra looks great… but it is not coming to India.” It will, however, be sold in Europe including the United Kingdom. https://asiatimes.com/2024/02/eye-popping-chinese-camera-phones-not-for-americans/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/bensin/2024/02/26/xiaomi-14-review-leica-telephoto-camera-shines/ The scientific and engineering resources of East Asia and Europe are significantly greater than those of the US. Consequently they will innovate faster than us in the future. US trade policy will result in the US not having access to the most advanced technology.
We need some kind of trade policy or some policy to prevent the rapid hemorrhaging of money in trade that has been going on. But we also need some kind of policy on war to replace the present lack of policy. To avoid the 'fog of war', look back, are there any wars from Vietnam on ward that did anyone any good? A lot of (half?) of our National Debt is derived from war, and the rest mainly from excessive 'defense' expenditure. That plus trade need to be fixed.
The Chinese are very much into their portable phones, even more so than Americans. When a group of Chinese friends get together and sit down at table at a restaurant, it's completely normal and usual for them all to be starring at their phone screens rather than looking at and talking to each other. When it comes to purchases on the street, payments made using their portable phones have now become more common than payment in cash. Many street business in China only accept payment through phone. Even to get on public trains, most Chinese now use their phones. In terms of consumer electronics technology, China is like the new Japan (how Japan was viewed by Americans in the 1980s).
