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Huawei Phones Are Basically Off the U.S. Market Now—But Here’s Where You Can Still Buy One

You can get a Huawei smartphone in the US. You’ll just have to work for it.

By Matt Jancer | Reviewed by Ysolt Usigan

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Huawei was the biggest smartphone maker in the world, right about at the moment the American government banned them by slapping sanctions on their sale in the US. Why? Because of a mixture of geopolitical tensions, for Huawei is a Chinese company linked in many ways to the Chinese government, and security concerns. Uncle Sam got cranky, and so he made it nearly impossible for Huawei to sell their wares in the US.

So that’s why you can’t walk into a store and buy a Huawei smartphone in America. Mostly. If you look around enough, you can find them in the US for purchase—or if you’re lazy economical with your time and let us find them for you.

Can you buy huawei in the us? Yes.

Huawei does have a U.S. market website. At least, technically. Just look at their “USA-English” site. It’s basically the boiler-plate global website in English. But it just describes all the models Huawei sells internationally. It doesn’t have a web store. Don’t believe me? Check out their country selector. Notice that it has a........

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