In 2019, the Americans included Huawei on their “blacklist”, cutting it off from cooperation with Western companies. As a result, the Chinese technology giant was cut off from Google services, as well as the latest processors and 5G technology in smartphones.
Huawei’s new flagship is selling great. Despite American sanctions
After years of poor success on the smartphone market, Huawei can now claim great success. The flagship Mate 60 Pro model shown in September is breaking popularity records. Citing calculations by the research company Counterpoint Research, the new model sold 1.6 million copies only in the first six weeks after its debut.
Moreover, 400 thousand of them were sold within two weeks of the launch of the iPhone 15, which is certainly one of the main competitors to the Mate 60 Pro. Due to the fact that we are talking about a flagship, and therefore quite expensive, smartphone and Huawei, which has not had any particular sales successes in the smartphone industry recently, this is a great success. And all this, even though Mate 60 Pro was presented completely without fanfare and is not available on most markets (including Poland) at all.
Due to the extremely high interest – apparently unexpected – Huawei is having problems with the supply of Mate 60 Pro, which is why it is most often missing in stores. For a change, Apple has little reason to be happy after the premiere of the iPhone 15. According to Counterpoint Research, the new generation of Apple smartphones sold by 4.5% within 17 days of their premiere. worse than iPhone 14 a year ago (specific numbers were not provided).
A new processor is the key to success? Despite American sanctions
The key to success may be This is the first such an advanced processor from China, which was to be created without the use of Western – primarily American – technologies and solutions. Thanks to it, for the first time in a long time, Huawei could also include a 5G network module in its flagship, which was previously prevented by sanctions.
Interestingly, the American administration plans to look into the process of creating Kirin 9000s. Some politicians
Source: Gazeta
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