Huawei launched the Huawei Mate 40 series in China on October 30. Soon after the launch, Jingdong(JD.com), Tmall opened the official sales of the series as promised. As expected, the device has received a huge response on initial sales and is already out of stock in many places.
A report by MyDrivers says that JD.com opened the sale of the Huawei Mate 40 series at 18:00 China time on October 30. Accordingly, all the devices got sold out in just 11 seconds. And if the report is true, the first sale recorded 100 million sales in just 8 seconds on Jingdong. Similarly, Tmall’s sales clocked a record time of 20 seconds. To celebrate the insane response for Huawei’s new smartphones, JD.com flew hundreds of drones over its HQ last night.
The report says that hundreds of drones lined up in the drone show to form words like “JDxHuawei”, “Kirin 9000“. And shapes of Mate 40 series camera ring, and more. you can take a look at them below:
Apparently, there was a 600% increase in opting for the one-hour quick service while buying these devices. The e-commerce company also has offers like a one-hour service, a 30-day return policy, a one-year battery replacement, trade-in. Additionally, people who by the RS Porsche Design will get JZD customized services, special vehicles with prioritized in-line delivery.
Offline pre-orders: Huawei stores
That said, another report says many models of the Huawei Mate 40 series are already out of stock. A visit by China Security news reveals pre-orders on the Shanghai Official Huawei store are open only for White, Black versions of Mate 40 Pro. However, Mate 40 Pro+ and RS Porsche Design are out of stock.
A similar situation prevails for official/experience stores in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and many others. Also, the models, which can be pre-ordered, don’t have an exact delivery date. And two of Huawei Authorized stores in Beijing have gone to the extent of suspending the reservations of the series.
As per a staff in the Chengdu store, huge supply scarcity is due to very early bookings that go as far as July/August. Looks like Huawei is crushing it with initial sales, and we will have to wait for a bit to know the exact sale numbers.
