https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/mobile-phone-shops-stop-buying-huawei-phones-customers-anxiety-sets-existing-users
Mobile phone shops stop buying Huawei phones from customers; anxiety sets in for existing users
SINGAPORE — Just a day after Google suspended its business with Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei amid escalating United States-China trade tensions, mobile phone shops in Singapore have stopped buying used Huawei phones from customers.
The reason for the dramatic change of policy since Monday is a concern by shopholders that they would not make a profit as these used Huawei phones would no longer command high prices — and there would be no takers anyway, they said.
Some retailers of new Huawei phones have also stopped stocking up. They said the sidelining of Huawei phones would continue till further notice, depending on how the situation plays out.
For customers, anxiety has set in. Worried that they might not be able to access Google apps such as YouTube, Maps and Gmail, some have tried to sell their Huawei phones to stores, only to be turned down, mobile phone shops told TODAY.
Turning to social media, some users have vented their anger, demanding a replacement phone or a refund from their telcos.
In response to TODAY’s queries, StarHub and Singtel acknowledged the frustrations, with the latter saying that it is working with Huawei “to get more clarity”.
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