The SD Association ditched Huawei last week, quietly removing the company from its membership list before confirming the news to us. Now, it seems like there has been an about-turn by the standards body. The board of members consisting a list of 1,000 parties on the company’s official website has again listed Huawei Technologies name. The same applies to the WiFi association sponsor list, where Huawei makes another appearance.
Now, keep in mind that this doesn’t necessarily mean Huawei is completely safe. This could merely be a temporary addition until the 90 day grace period is over. Optimally however, we’d love if this were a permanent decision for both associations. At least, that’s what we hope it means, since it’d be great news for the company. Much nicer than all the doom and gloom that they’ve been going through lately.
Even if it’s not permanent, Huawei does at least have an answer to the SD card problem. The company has its Nano Memory card solution, used in the likes of the P30 Pro. It’s a proprietary format that’s not widely available or used by other brands, but it’s an option. For WiFi however, there’s not really any solution we can see for the foreseeable future.
Honestly, I’d really like it if we could get over with this entire ban shebang already. It’s made for a lot of interesting news, but losing Huawei would be a huge shame. They’ve been so innovative and fresh lately, I’d be quite disappointed if they just died. While things aren’t looking great for the company, we really hope things end up OK for them in the end.
