Huawei's official social media released a message that the new folding screen mobile phone P50 Pocket will be released on December 23.
Combined with the breaking news, this is a folding screen mobile phone.
Friends familiar with Huawei know that Huawei has released a number of folding screen mobile phones.
Huawei Mate X is a relatively mature folding screen mobile phone.
In the beginning, Huawei was very aggressive and bold, using an external folding scheme.
Later, Huawei followed the industry practice and adopted an inversion scheme.
How is this P50 Pocket different? Breaking news shows that the design style has changed a lot.
The previous Huawei folding mobile phone is folded inside and out, and this time the model is folded up and down.
This style is not unfamiliar to everyone, Samsung Galaxy Z Flip series updates several models, well received by users, selling very well.
Is Huawei imitating Samsung this time? Strictly speaking, it is not.
Before the release of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip, Motorola released a similar model.
Two years ago, the Motorola Moto Razr came out, a folding screen flip phone that was very cool and well received by the market.
In addition to folding up and down, the Huawei P50 Pocket also introduces a second screen.
This year's Xiaomi 11 Ultra introduced a second screen, and many netizens joked that the Huawei P50 Pocket introduced a lot of fashion elements.
Objectively speaking, this design style is not unusual.
Many years ago, Meizu was already proficient in the design of the second screen.
As an embellishment element, the second screen makes the phone more recognizable.
Combined with the market performance of Xiaomi 11 Ultra, the user response is very good, the introduction of the second screen, this attempt is very successful.
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip also has a small window on the second screen, which can browse text messages and time, which has certain practicality.
The up-and-down fold is correct, as evidenced by motorola and Samsung's market performance.
The question is, can the Huawei P50 Pocket be successful this time?
In the author's opinion, the Huawei P50 Pocket faces a test in these three aspects.
The first is the pricing, before the Huawei folding mobile phone, the price is not cheap, the pricing is even higher than Samsung.
Now, the price of Samsung Galaxy Z Flip series models is becoming more and more affordable.
You know, Samsung has iterated over multiple versions, mature technology, reduced costs, and more room for pricing.
Huawei is different, P50 Pocket or will continue the high-price strategy, not friendly to users.
Another point is that because of supply restrictions, Huawei P50 Pocket does not support 5G functions, which is a huge drawback.
At present, 5G mobile phones have become the mainstream, even if it is a thousand-yuan machine, it is also standard with 5G. The lack of 5G features would weaken the competitiveness of the Huawei P50 Pocket.
Finally, the Huawei P50 Pocket will not be stocked too much, which is to be expected.
The conventional Huawei P50 is not yet available in large quantities, let alone folding screen mobile phones.
In summary, the Huawei P50 Pocket is destined to meet the needs of only a small number of users.
For Huawei, the mobile phone business is difficult to survive, and it is also good to release more new machines to maintain the heat and find a sense of existence.
I believe that in the near future, Huawei will return to the king.