Huawei Puts Ads On Phone Lock Screens

Richard Bradbury | Audrey Raj | Arvindh Yuvaraj

14-Jun-19 12:30

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Advertising has a time and a place, and the place is never on the lock screen of a smartphone you paid a lot of money for. As if Huawei didn't need more negative publicity right now, the company has seemingly begun allowing advertisements for Booking.com on the lock screens of several of its phones.

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