The most proud mobile phone manufacturer this year is Apple, which ranked first in The shipment of China's mobile phone market in October and November, because Huawei has been affected by the well-known influence, and its market share has fallen sharply, and it has already fallen out of the top 5 in China. Despite this, even if the 5G chip can only be used as 4G and can only launch 4G mobile phones, Huawei still has not given up the mobile phone business.
According to the data of statistical agencies, in the folding screen, which is quite niche market, with the advance layout (as early as 2019, the folding screen mobile phone Huawei Mate was launched), and excellent technical strength, Huawei has become the leader of the domestic folding screen market, occupying nearly 70% of the market for Folding Screen mobile phones in China.
At the end of 2021, Huawei officially released the final work of 2021 on December 23: the folding screen mobile phone Huawei P50 Pocket, drawing a satisfactory end to Huawei's 2021. Coincidentally, the first model launched by Huawei in 2021 is also the third generation of Huawei's Mate X2, Mate X folding screen series.
The official release of the Huawei P50 Pocket also confirmed two previous rumors, one about the Kirin 9000 chip and one about 5G.
Kirin 9000 chip inventory has indeed been exhausted
Like P50, Huawei P50 Pocket is equipped with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 888 chip, some netizens will ask why not use Snapdragon 8Gen1, or because the development cycle of the mobile phone is long, this is a folding screen mobile phone, the structure is very responsible, should have been set up and developed and designed a long time ago. Another OPPO Find N, which has just been released for a long time, also uses the Snapdragon 888 chip.
As a flagship model priced at up to 8988 yuan, P50 Pocket should have used its own Kirin 9000 series chips, and the use of Snapdragon 888 can only explain one problem: the inventory of Kirin 9000 chips, as predicted by industry insiders, has been exhausted.
Not only P50 Pocket, P50 Pro's Kirin 9000 version is also out of stock, next year's Mate50 series, it is likely that there will be no more Kirin 9000 version, the whole series uses Snapdragon 8Gen1.
The return of 5G will take time and will be difficult to solve in the short term
According to previous sources, Huawei has initially solved the problem that mobile phones cannot support 5G functions. It is expected that the Mate50 series released around the first quarter of next year will return to 5G functions, and it will not be like the P50 series and the nova9 series, or the 4G mobile phones that are no longer liked by users.
Industry insiders are opposed, believing that if Huawei mobile phones want to return to the 5G era, they will have to wait at least another year or two, or even longer.
The P50 Pocket is still a 4G phone, as predicted by the media before the release. It shows that the industry's prediction is reliable, the return of 5G still needs time, Huawei is difficult to solve this problem in the short term, so that Huawei mobile phones can re-support 5G functions.
Huawei executives have said that they will try their best to make Huawei equipment support 5G, but this process is long, and it also requires the joint efforts of domestic industrial chain enterprises, which may take several years.
Since the P50 Pocket is a 4G phone, the lower price of the Mate50 series is also a 4G phone, and the possibility of not having a 5G version is extremely high. A company with the most 5G patents can no longer produce 5G mobile phones, which makes people sigh.
Huawei P50 Pocket: Small and powerful folding screen phone
In appearance, Huawei P50 Pocket adopts a folding design similar to the upper and lower inner folding design of Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3, the fuselage is very small, it is a main fashionable and portable folding screen mobile phone, and the fuselage weight is only 190 grams, unlike Mate X2, Xiaomi MIX FOLD and other models, the weight is about 300 grams.
Since it is a folding screen mobile phone, the foldable screen is of course the top priority in the design. Huawei P50 Pocket adopts the industry's unique new generation of waterdrop hinges, forming a waterdrop-type screen space at the bend, solving the problem of the gap in the fuselage in the folded state and directly "erasing" the crease.
Yu Chengdong, CEO of Huawei's consumer business, proudly said that this waterdrop hinge technology is Huawei's exclusive patent, if you see other companies' folding screen products closed without gaps, it must be huawei's patent.
The P50 Pocket's screen is a 6.9-inch 21:9 ratio flexible OLED screen that supports intelligent refresh rates up to 120Hz and 1.07 billion color displays. The screen is also covered with a new nano optical film, which can achieve ultra-low screen reflection rate, effectively reduce the impact of screen creases on the visual experience, and will not appear obvious creases under the strong light of ordinary folding screen mobile phones.
There is also a second screen on the back, which can easily display information such as time, notifications, etc., and can also be used for selfie previews. This sub-screen and camera module form a "double ring" design, which is known to belong to the Huawei P50 series at a glance, and the recognition is quite high.
In terms of image performance, the P50 Pocket is equipped with a three-camera combination of a 40-megapixel primary color lens + a 13-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens + a 32-megapixel ultra-spectral lens, and a multi-spectral sensor and laser focus sensor on the camera side, continuing the powerful image performance of the P series. Hyperspectral lenses and multispectral sensors also bring a new way of shooting - fluorescent photography, which can capture fluorescent pictures that are difficult to see with the naked eye, such as shooting flowers in a dark environment, and seeing a different fantasy world.
On the battery life, the battery capacity of the P50Pocket is 4000mAh, which supports 40W fast charging.
The Huawei P50 Pocket continues the high price of Huawei's folding screen mobile phone, with the price of the two storage specifications being 8988 yuan (8+256G) and 10988 yuan (12+512G). In contrast, the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3, 8+256G with the same upper and lower folding design is priced at 7999 yuan, which is about 1000 yuan cheaper than the Huawei P50 Pocket.
Although the Huawei Mate X2 is expensive, it is good to use the self-developed Kirin 9000 chip, and there is also a 5G version, coupled with the early "financial management" effect, so that many users pay for it.
Can no longer use the Kirin 9000 chip, and lack of support for 5G, such a Huawei P50 Pocket, are you optimistic about its market performance?