Huawei‘s latest 5G device is the Huawei Mate 20X 5G, and its the company’s first foray into the world of 5G smartphones. Early rumors claimed that the Huawei Mate 20X 5G would be priced of 10,000 yuan, which would’ve made it at least $1,453. That’s a pretty ridiculous price tag, but it’s inline with most other 5G devices. Thankfully however, Huawei’s had some restraint and have decided to price the device at 6199 yuan, which is about $901.
According to He Gang, head of Huawei’s mobile division, claims Huawei has priced its new 5G phone aggressively in order ensure better 5G adoption among consumers. He claims that for first generation 5G smartphones, companies should be focusing less on profits and more towards getting the devices into the hands of actual consumers. The focus should be on promoting faster growth of 5G development and adoption to standardize the technology.
He Gang goes on to say that Huawei has no need to price the devices any higher than they already have. They development of 5G networks is slow, and they want to adopt more aggressive pricing to speed it up. The ultimate goal is to get 5G into the hands of as many consumers as quickly as possible. Only then will 5G networks be optimized faster. Once that is achieved, the user experience will also improve drastically.
It is worth mentioning that Huawei Mate 20X 5G is the first 5G commercial mobile phone that supports both NSA/SA networking modes. He Gang said that the difference between SA and NSA is that in the NSA networking mode, the 5G base station accesses the 4G core network. We’re eager to see whether this approach will work out for Huawei. For any updates regarding Huawei and their 5G development, stay tuned on Gizmochina.com.
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