With Hauwei caught as collateral damage in the crossfire in the Trump administration’s trade war with China, things are a little uncertain for the Chinese tech giant. You’d imagine, given the wider implications of the ban, that the company would be reeling financially. Right now, that’s not the case, as Huawei has announced that it has, this year, shipped 200 million smartphones, smashing through their own expectations.

Huawei either has nerves of steel or is one of the best poker players in the business as they are going ahead with the release of their next flagship device, despite Google saying it can't run their software.

Google has dropped a bombshell in revealing that the upcoming Huawei handset cannot run their software despite a lifting o the Huawei ban by the US government.