Huawei sees Japan as one of its important territories as it recently got more supplies from the country amidst a tussle with the US. Although its own products are limited in Japan, the company is looking to launch two new Huawei Smartwatches in the country next month.
A report from Nikkei says two new Smartwatches will be Huawei Watch GT 2 Pro and the Huawei Watch Fit. In fact, the company has already launched the Watch GT 2 in Japan back in November. The report adds that two versions of Huawei’s GT 2 Pro, and Watch Fit will retail for 30,000($285) and 13,800($131) Japanese Yen respectively.
In a conference, Huawei is quoted highlighting the seamless integration and ability of Watch GT 2 Pro. Apparently, he highlighted its ability to convert images from a Huawei phone to its wallpaper seamlessly.
Will Huawei retain its Smartwatch segment in Japan?
However, Huawei has only a handful of Smartphones in Japan to succeed in its 1+8+N strategy. Nikkei’s report says it had only 5% of the Smartphone share in Japan as of 2019 according to Euromonitor Intl. With the US restricting Huawei more in 2020, that hasn’t improved a lot. Also, it hasn’t launched many of its 5G outside of China after the USA ban let alone Japan.
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In spite of all this, its Smartwatch market share has remained healthy at 15.6% as of Q2 2020 as per an IDC report. This could due to the value-for-money features they offer for the price. Hence, it might play the trick of launching new Smartwatches in a bid to maintain a healthy position second to Apple. That being said, it will be interesting to see how Japan welcomes the new Smartwatches considering Huawei’s products lack GMS(Google Mobile Services) as well.
Huawei Watch GT 2 Pro and Watch Fit Specifications
Huawei’s Watch GT 2 Pro has a 1.39-inch 454×454 AMOLED rounded display with scratch-resistant glass, titanium body, and ceramic underside. It has two versions- Classic, Sport. There are more than 100 workout modes, many watch faces to choose from. Other features include Kirin A1 SoC, 4GB RAM, Huawei Lite OS, offline navigator, SpO2 and heart-rate monitor, GPS, NFC, and 14-days battery life.
Huawei recently launched the budget Watch Fit in the UAE. It has a squircle 1.64-inch 280×456 AMOLED display. The Smartwatch features GPS, SpO2 and heart-rate sensor, 6-axis IMU sensor, 11-sport modes, 10 days of battery life.
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