INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Huawei's website showed on Tuesday that it had garnered more than 3.3 million pre-orders
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China's Huawei Technologies unveils a three-way foldable phone
on Tuesday, as it seeks to expand its lead over Apple in the world's biggest smartphone market with a new form factor that has gained
smartphone Mate XT, which is due to go on sale on Sept
successful smartphone debuts since last year, underscores Huawei's ability to navigate United States sanctions and solidifies its
yet to announce an AI partner in China to power the 16s and Apple Intelligence, the company's AI software, will only be available in
lineup, and their strong sales in China helped it overtake Samsung Electronics this year as the biggest vendor of such phones
significantly impact Samsung and Apple's businesses in terms of product quantity," said Jene Park, an analyst at research firm
of such models remain another barrier
While the new model's price tag is unknown, last year's Mate X5 still retails for over 10,000 yuan ($1,406) domestically, almost twice
42 per cent in China's home market, ahead of Vivo and former Huawei unit Honor, which it spun off under pressure from United States
Huawei emerged as the third-largest vendor on the back of strong sales of its latest smartphones.First Published: Sep 10 2024 | 9:17 AMIST
