Frankfurt — The front lines of the battle for smartphone dominance over the coming years have grown clearer after Chinese technology firm Huawei presented an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered phone designed to go head-to-head with Samsung and Apple. Features needed to propel a device into the top end are growing increasingly complex and expensive to develop, meaning only the companies with the deepest expertise and pockets can hope to compete. On the outside, the differences between phones from the world’s three biggest smartphone makers are small: they boast a screen stretching from edge to edge, dual cameras for high-quality photos, and big batteries. Under the hood, the investments Samsung, Apple and Huawei have made into technology at the heart of the devices is what they hope will set them apart. Both US giant Apple and Chinese firm Huawei have bet on AI capabilities designed to take some of the load off users’ shoulders, showcasing them in their phones’ cameras at glossy la...
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