As a result of sanctions, Huawei is disadvantaged of the flexibility to provide smartphones with help for 5G networks. It has the precise to purchase Qualcomm chips, however solely with out 5G. Naturally, this doesn’t permit the corporate to completely compete with different producers, even in China, the place 5G networks are being actively developed. However there are not any hopeless conditions, and the story with Huawei confirms this.

A workaround was discovered – to supply house owners of Huawei units the chance to make use of fifth-generation networks. To do that, they should buy a particular case with a built-in 5G modem. True, at this stage, such an adjunct is barely obtainable for Huawei P50 Professional, and sooner or later, new objects from the Huawei Mate 50 collection, in addition to fashions of the Huawei Mate 40, Huawei Nova 9 and Nova 10 households already obtainable available on the market, will obtain the identical case.

Huawei to launch smartphone instances with help for 5G and eSIM

Soyealink will produce the case. Along with the 5G modem, an eSIM chip is out there into the accent. It connects to a smartphone by way of a USB Kind-C port. The case weighs 52 grams and must be ready for the truth that the thickness of the gadget wearing it’ll enhance by 3.2 mm. Alas, shopping for such an adjunct will not be an affordable pleasure. In China they ask $120 for it.

Huawei held a big convention in China not too long ago, the place it launched new units and boasted of its success.

Based on Yu Chengdong, CEO of Huawei Shopper Enterprise Group, the variety of month-to-month energetic customers of Huawei units has already exceeded 730 million.

Yu Chengdong additionally mentioned that the variety of ecosystem units from companions has already exceeded 150 million; and the variety of companion corporations themselves is 2,000.

For comparability: in December 2019, the corporate reported that the month-to-month energetic person base of Huawei units exceeded 570 million individuals.

Additionally, Huawei report that 89 fashions of Huawei and Honor smartphones at the moment are working the “branded alternative for Android” – its personal working system HarmonyOS. And this isn’t in regards to the very first model of HarmonyOS, however about model 2.0.0.230 and better. In different phrases, smartphones haven’t solely moved from Android; however have already obtained a number of firmware updates (relying on the mannequin, after all).

And inside the subsequent two months, HarmonyOS 2.0.0.230 (or larger) will obtain 39 extra Honor and Huawei smartphones and tablets. It is very important word that we’re speaking solely in regards to the Chinese language market, within the international market; Huawei continues to make use of the Android-based EMUI firmware in its units.