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Huawei to double smartphone shipments to 70m next year
Huawei is reportedly planning to increase the shipment of its smartphone sales next year. The company is to ship between 60 million and 70 million phones in 2024, two industry executives told Nikkei Asia, doubling shipments compared with this year and last.
The company has also been building up its inventory of lenses, cameras, print circuit boards and other parts since earlier this year to meet that goal, multiple supply chain managers and analysts said.
“A production line with international tools that are able to develop and produce 7-nanometer chips has been in place as early as 2018 or 2019,” one former employee of American equipment maker Applied Materials said, referring to SMIC’s facility. “This equipment setup bought a meaningful buffer time to alleviate American restrictions and other export controls from Japan and the Netherlands.”
“Huawei is aiming high in the next two years, and we expect them to move upward on the back of domestic demand cheering on their hometown hero,” Bryan Ma, vice president of device research at IDC, told Nikkei Asia. Ma said Huawei is likely to take some market share from Apple in China’s premium phone segment. But political tensions could throw a wrench in its plans if the company suddenly cannot secure enough components, Ma added.
Huawei’s smartphone business was hit hard by the U.S. crackdown. Shipments went from a peak of 240.6 million units in 2019, when it ranked second in the world, to just 30.5 million units last year, putting it in 10th place, according to market research company IDC.
Huawei officially announced the new FreeBuds Pro 4 headphones. This is the first TWS headset equipped with HarmonyOS NEXT and will be officially launched at the Huawei Mate Brand Festival on November 26.
As can be seen from the poster, the headset adopts an in-ear design with black and gold color matching, and the overall shape is similar to the previous generation. With the support of the new system, FreeBuds Pro 4 is expected to bring more functional upgrades.
For reference, Huawei FreeBuds Pro 3 was released in September last year with an initial price of 1,499 yuan . It is equipped with the Kirin A2 chip that uses Polar code, supports Star Flash connection core technology and Bluetooth technology, and the new L2HC 3.0 protocol.
Huawei’s Mate 70 series of mobile phones was officially unveiled today. The new series of mobile phones are now open for reservation, and the number of reservations has exceeded 560,000 in 20 minutes . It includes three models: standard version, Pro and Pro +, with a total of 8 colors, and the highest memory combination of 16GB+1TB is available.
Huawei Mate 70
Color: Obsidian Black, Snow White, Spruce Green, Hyacinth Purple
Version: 12GB+256GB, 12GB+512GB and 12GB+1TB
Huawei Mate 70 Pro
Color
Obsidian Black
Snow White
Spruce Green
Hyacinth Purple
Version
12GB+256GB
12GB+512GB
12GB+1TB
Huawei Mate 70 Pro+
Color
Ink Black
Feather White
Gold and Silver Brocade
Flying Blue
Version
16GB+512GB
16GB+1TB
Huawei Mate 70
Screen: about 6.69 inches | 1.5K straight screen
Security: Side fingerprint | Face recognition solution to be determined
Image: Centered large circular triple-camera module | 50Mp 1/1.5″ large-bottom variable aperture + 12Mp 5X periscope telephoto
Battery: Support wireless charging
Protection: “High standard dust and water resistance”
Huawei Mate 70 Pro
Screen: 6.88 inches | 1.5K 120Hz quad-curved screen
Security: Support ToF 3D face recognition + side fingerprint
Image: 50Mp± 1/1.3″ large-bottom main camera (with variable aperture) + 50Mp± 1/2.5″± 3.5X± periscope telephoto macro
Battery: less than 6000mAh | Wired charging + wireless charging
Protection: Support dustproof and waterproof.
Huawei announced that it will launch the Huawei Service Rewards Promotion starting November 11. Users can enjoy service benefits such as 12% off on spare parts, 50 yuan off for battery replacement, and free labor costs for repairs.
Event Time
November 11, 2024 – December 31, 2024
Service Content
12% off on spare parts
Get 50 yuan off when you replace your battery.