Huawei, which finally released the "P50 Pro" What will happen to the future business without "5G"? : Yasuhiro Yamane's latest mobile phone situation in China (page 1/3)

　Huawei's "P" series, which has been released every spring, will finally be released in the summer of 2021. Not only was the release date delayed due to the sanctions of the US government, but the product development was unprecedented, such as non-compliance with 5G, adoption of multiple processors, and only two models. However, the camera performance is still high, and the finish is exactly like Huawei, which has been a leader in smartphone camera technology for many years.

Two models of "P50 Pro" and "P50" are available, and Huawei's first Snapdragon 888-equipped model is also available

Huawei's smartphones are the "P" series released in spring, the "Mate" series released in autumn, And between the two, the "nova" series and the three pillars have been developed every year. In addition, each model has a high-end model called "Pro" and "Pro+" and a low-end model named "lite", and more than 10 models have been released every year.

　However, since the United States imposed sanctions on Huawei in May 2019 during the Trump administration, not only the network business but also the smartphone business has been greatly affected. The environment surrounding Huawei's smartphones has changed significantly, including the withdrawal of Google services, restrictions on processor manufacturing, and the spin-off of the Honor sub-brand.

　The booming Chinese market still boosted sales, and in the second quarter of 2020, it became the number one smartphone in global shipments for the first time. (Surveyed by each research company). However, in the fourth quarter of the same year, Apple ranked first, Samsung ranked second, and Huawei was overtaken by Xiaomi and OPPO and fell to fifth place. In 2021, it will fall below 6th place. In addition to intensifying competition in the Chinese market, the lack of supply of processors has made it impossible to increase the number of shipments.

　In the midst of such headwinds, the P50 series, which finally managed to commercialize, will feature detailed variations in terms of processor and memory capacity.

　There is no Kirin 9000 version in the standard model P50, and the lowest configuration model that is the best selling P50 Pro is equipped with Snapdragon 888 As you can see, Kirin 9000 inventory and supply are in short supply. This shortage of processors is probably the biggest factor in delaying the launch of the P50 series.

　In addition, although both processors installed in the P50 series are compatible with 5G modems, due to the impact of US government sanctions, all models are not compatible with 5G and are only compatible with 4G. Even so, the P50 series constantly monitors the radio wave conditions of two 4G SIM cards, has a function to automatically switch to a network with high sensitivity, simultaneous connection with Wi-Fi, and an AI that anticipates areas with weak signals and automatically Provides intelligent connection functions such as adaptively adjusting the communication speed. It is said that you can use a maximum downlink speed of 3.5 Gbps and a comfortable communication experience.

　Equipped with HarmonyOS 2 as standard. The UI (user interface) has been improved, and the seamless cooperation of applications between multiple devices is a function that goes one step ahead of Android and iOS. For users who have multiple Huawei products, such as being able to share the cameras of multiple devices from one smartphone, many functions that are unique to Huawei products can be used.

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