During the Honor V40 launch conference that took place earlier today (22nd January 2021), the company’s CEO, George Zhao stated that the company still has more than 8,000 employees after separating from Huawei, and it aims at soon launching on mid to high end devices while also evaluating on using HarmonyOS in the future.
According to an ITHome report, the known Chinese budget smartphone maker still retains over 8,000 employees despite being separated from its former parent company, Huawei. Furthermore, more than half of these employees are working in the company’s research and development department. This department includes over five R&D sites, with more than 100 laboratories across the globe and over 3000 service centers, and 43 call centers in more than 82 countries and regions.
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George Zhao also added that Honor will be dedicated to maintaining its standard of service experience and that each of its products undergoes more than 400 rigorous tests and arrive with over 20 global certification standards as well. Notably, the senior executive also stated that Honor would be working on launching mid to high end smartphones in the future, to grow its presence in its home country and overseas market, along with an expansion of its IoT portfolio as well.
Interestingly, the company’s CEO also talked about HarmonyOS and its future with its devices. After its separation from Huawei to avoid the US sanctions, the recently launched Honor V40 arrives with Google support and services. Thus, Zhao stated that the company is currently evaluating HarmonyOS, and would make the decision of using the new OS depending on its open source progress.
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