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For some well-known reasons, Huawei's mobile phone business has encountered unprecedented pressure, which directly led to a "cliff-like" decline in its mobile phone sales, especially in overseas markets, Huawei mobile phones have almost completely withdrawn.
Although the chip problem of Huawei's mobile phone has not been solved, and it is impossible to obtain Google GMS services in overseas markets, Huawei still has not given up the mobile phone business. At the latest consumer business briefing, Yu Chengdong said that Huawei mobile phones will return in 2023.
Judging from Huawei's series of actions, Huawei's mobile phone business has indeed not reached the time to cover the coffin. According to the author's understanding, at present, Huawei's mobile phones not only exert efforts in the domestic market, but also do not completely abandon the overseas market.
In late October this year, foreign media XDA reported that Huawei released a Huawei Nova 9 4G in the European market. Recently, news has come from the Internet that another Huawei 4G mobile phone is about to go abroad.
Fast Technology December 11 news, HUAWEIcentral reported that Huawei P50 Pro is about to be listed in overseas markets. Although it is an overseas version, the configuration is basically the same as that of the Bank of China, but it has made major adjustments in terms of system and chip.
It is reported that the Huawei P50 Pro Guoxing Edition is equipped with a kirin 9000 processor that does not support 5G networks; although the overseas version is also a 4G mobile phone, the processor may be equipped with Snapdragon 888 chips.
The reason why Huawei is doing this is undoubtedly because the inventory of the Kirin 9000 is already very tight. The performance of the Snapdragon 888 4G is not only not inferior to the Kirin 9000, but also leading, which can meet the normal use needs of the vast majority of consumers.
On the system, Huawei P50 Pro Guoxing Edition is equipped with Harmony OS 2, compared with the Android system, the advantage of fluency is very obvious. Considering that Google cannot provide GMS services for Huawei mobile phones, it was thought that the overseas version of Huawei P50 Pro would continue to be equipped with HarmonyOS 2, but this is not the case.
Fast Technology said in the report that it was reported that unlike the National Bank version of huawei P50 Pro, the overseas version is equipped with an EMUI 12 system. However, the EMUI 12 system interface equipped with the Overseas Edition of Huawei P50 Pro is basically the same as that of HarmonyOS 2, and the overall experience of the two systems is not much different, but a small number of functions of the EMUI 12 system have been fine-tuned.
In terms of price, the pricing of the overseas version of huawei P50 Pro is also expected to be between 6000-7000 yuan, which is not much different from the bank version, while the 8GB+256GB price of the chinese version of huawei P50 Pro is 6488 yuan.
Because the overseas version of Huawei P50 Pro does not support 5G networks, and Google has not yet resumed the provision of GMS services for Huawei mobile phones, many people are not optimistic about the sales of the machine in overseas markets.
In the author's opinion, the reason why Huawei released the P50 Pro overseas is not to rely on it to reverse the decline in sales. Huawei P50 Pro was released in overseas markets, showing that Huawei's attitude is not and will not give up the mobile phone business, whether in the domestic market or overseas market.
In addition, after the release of the overseas version of Huawei P50 Pro, no matter what the sales situation, it can maintain the influence of Huawei mobile phones in overseas markets to a certain extent.
As we all know, before being suppressed, Huawei's presence in overseas markets can be compared with Samsung and Apple, especially in the European market, but due to external factors, the sales of Huawei mobile phones in overseas markets have plummeted.
Coupled with the fact that Huawei mobile phones have not updated its product line in overseas markets for too long, the heat has long been left, and Huawei launched the P50 Pro in overseas markets at this time, which will attract consumer and media attention regardless of sales.
At the same time, Huawei released an overseas version of the P50 Pro, which can also be seen as Huawei preparing for the "return of the king". All in all, Huawei will not give up overseas markets and is trying to maintain the survival of mobile phone business in overseas markets.
What are your views on Huawei's release of the P50 Pro in overseas markets?