Since the US imposed various sanctions against Huawei, the company’s smartphone operations has been struggling and even saw a massive decline in the market. But it seems that the brand has not completely abandoned its smartphone business and its next generation of flagship model, the Mate 50 series, is already gaining some hype.
Due to the changes in US export rules, the major foundries were also banned from shipping cutting edge technology that used US based tech to the Chinese tech giants. This is why Huawei was forced to use Qualcomm’s latest and greatest Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoCs, with its 5G capabilities disabled. The 4G only Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor will also power the Huawei’s upcoming 2022 flagship Mate 50 series.
Since the brand had suffered a major blow on its smartphones operations, the company had began focusing on only launching one flagship series in a year. At the moment, Huawei is expected to release the Mate 50 series, which includes 4 models, on 6th September 2022. But prior to the announcement, the brand started taking reservations for the Mate 50 lineup from its official website in China as well as its other e-commerce partners.
And looking at these reservations, we can see that more than 1 million people have already signed up for the Mate 50 series. In other words, this basically means that the company still has a loyal customer base in its home market of China. To be fair, reservations does not imply sales directly like pre-orders. But this still helps showcase the popularity of the brand in the region.
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