and chinese brands are rising to the challenge, with names like zte, xiaomi and huawei even breakingina and becoming recognised and desired worldwide. one such brand is oneplus. now, despite only being four years old, it's already turned out a number of phones that have been compared favourably to the top end samsungs and iphones and this week it unveiled a brand—new handset, the st, with all the fanfare that a big phone launch gets these days. are you all excited? the secrecy that surrounds these new phones‘ prelaunch is intense and, let's be honest, it's part of the hype. look, it's another black rectangle! but as such it's really rare to get a look behind the scenes at the design, the manufacture and the launch of a new device. but in shenzhen, two weeks before the unveiling, we were given exclusive access to the inner workings of the production line on the run—up to d—day. now i'm qualified to serve you pastries. they make loads of different types of phones in this factory, so to keep the st as secret from all the other workers, everything happens behind the blue shroud of secrec

foxconn works with xiaomi. samsung is the big competitor in korea.y chain will supply whichever company is getting the most consumer demand. rishaad: peter, have a great day. joining us from tokyo. the trials and tribulations facing apple. david english will be taking over the reins. we have some huge stories. >> a lot of it comes together at half past. you have the rba coming out with its decision. everybody thinks they are not going to do anything. donald trump is scheduled to land in south korea. he is currently in the air. i'm am not sure what the code is for air force one. we have hiltons global co coming on the show -- ceo coming on the show. look at australia, had a breakout. you have a lot of these big movers in hong kong. a lot coming up in the next hour. ♪ retail. under pressure like never before. and it's connected technology that's moving companies forward fast. e-commerce. real time inventory. virtual changing rooms. that's why retailers rely on comcast business to deliver consistent network speed across multiple locations. every corpora

and chinese brands are rising to the challenge, with names like zte, xiaomi and huawei even breaking to the top end samsungs and iphones and this week it unveiled a brand—new handset, the st, with all the fanfare that a big phone launch gets these days. are you all excited? the secrecy that surrounds these new phones‘ prelaunch is intense and, let's be honest, it's part of the hype. look, it's another black rectangle! but as such it's really rare to get a look behind the scenes at the design, the manufacture and the launch of a new device. but in shenzhen, two weeks before the unveiling, we were given exclusive access to the inner workings of the production line on the run—up to d—day. now i'm qualified to serve you pastries. they make loads of different types of phones in this factory, so to keep the st as secret from all the other workers, everything happens behind the blue shroud of secrecy. are you ready? thank you. come in. welcome to production line 27. the phone starts life as just a tiny camera there and then it's gradually assembled around this u shaped production line, whic