Huawei News and Analyses

[cirr]

Hope they can regain the market share back home.
In Q3, their high-end phones lagged behind flagship models of other domestic brands.

No.1 OPPO R9 2499-2999 yuan ($368-445)
No.2 VIVO X7 2499-2798yuan ($368-413)
No.3 Huawei P9 2988-3688 yuan ($440-545)
No.4 OPPO A59 1800 yuan ($266)
No.5 VIVO X7 Plus 2800 yuan ($415)
No.6 Huawei low-end 960yuan ($140)
No. 7 Huawei 麦芒5 2399-2599yuan ($355-385)
No.8 OPPO R9 Plus 2999-3600yuan ($445-$530)
No. 9 Huawei Mate 8 2800-4700yuan ($410-$700)
No. 10 Huawei P9 Plus 3988-4600yuan (&588-$680)

Now, Huawei is also facing competition from Xiaomi's high-end phones.

Good news is Huawei Mate9 will be sold 500-1500 yuan cheaper in China.
And the portfolio of Mate9 is quite big at home!
From 3999yuan all the way to 9888yuan. (590-1460 US dollars)

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Huawei must do better offline in the domestic market.

 

[AndrewJin]

Huawei must do better offline in the domestic market.

They also need more ads.
All in China you can hear is OPPO's "charge for 3 minutes, phone for 2 hours".
But Huawei Mate9 has even better battery and charging technology.

 

[TaiShang]

Eurasia (Eastern, Central and Western Europe) is the way to go.

Huawei might as well build a Silk Road themed premium brand.

 

[AndrewJin]

115 million smart phones have been sold in Q3 2015.
Let's see the changes!

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2016top10/2016-11/07/content_27290288.htm

No 1 OPPO
Shipment: 20.1 million units
Market share: 17.5%

A customer looks at a smartphone in an Oppo store in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province, onSept 20, 2016. [Photo/IC]


No 2 Vivo
Shipment: 19.2 million units
Market share: 16.7%

Two pedestrians walk past a Vivo Mobile Communication Technology Co Ltd poster in Nanjing, Jiangsuprovince. The smartphone maker is eyeing the Indian market by sponsoring its cricket league. [Photo/China Daily]


No 3 Huawei
Shipment: 18 million units
Market share: 15.7%

The P9 smartphone is displayed in the Huawei Technologies Co booth at the Cutting-Edge IT & Electronics Comprehensive Exhibition (CEATEC) at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan, Oct 4, 2016.[Photo/VCG]


No 4 Xiaomi
Shipment: 10 million units
Market share: 8.7%

Lin Bin, president of Xiaomi introduces the Redmi Note 4 to the audience at the launch ceremony of thedevice in Beijing on August 25, 2016. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]


No 5 Apple
Shipment: 8.2 million units
Market share: 7.1%

The iPhone 7 is shown on display during an Apple media event in San Francisco, California, US, Sept 7, 2016. [Photo/Agencies]

 

[TaiShang]

115 million smart phones have been sold in Q3 2015.
Let's see the changes!


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http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2016top10/2016-11/07/content_27290288.htm
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No 1 OPPO
Shipment: 20.1 million units
Market share: 17.5%
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A customer looks at a smartphone in an Oppo store in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province, onSept 20, 2016. [Photo/IC]


No 2 Vivo
Shipment: 19.2 million units
Market share: 16.7%
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Two pedestrians walk past a Vivo Mobile Communication Technology Co Ltd poster in Nanjing, Jiangsuprovince. The smartphone maker is eyeing the Indian market by sponsoring its cricket league. [Photo/China Daily]


No 3 Huawei
Shipment: 18 million units
Market share: 15.7%
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The P9 smartphone is displayed in the Huawei Technologies Co booth at the Cutting-Edge IT & Electronics Comprehensive Exhibition (CEATEC) at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan, Oct 4, 2016.[Photo/VCG]


No 4 Xiaomi
Shipment: 10 million units
Market share: 8.7%
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Lin Bin, president of Xiaomi introduces the Redmi Note 4 to the audience at the launch ceremony of thedevice in Beijing on August 25, 2016. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]


No 5 Apple
Shipment: 8.2 million units
Market share: 7.1%
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The iPhone 7 is shown on display during an Apple media event in San Francisco, California, US, Sept 7, 2016. [Photo/Agencies]

Oppo marketing is so aggressive.

Also proves bricks and mortars stores and physical visibility still matters.

Maybe Huawei will feel the positive effect of the P9 next quarter. Nonetheless, Huawei would be well advised to make itself more available across every major street in China.

Not sure what is Xiaomi doing wrong so their numbers slide.

Apple resolutely joins the boring brands caravan. Little chance of a come back even with an nth version.

 

[scherz]

Huawei become bad in relation between price and content. They become more expensive, not like the beginning of Huawei in Europe where they had good price for a device.

But what becomes better is that Huawei created their "lines" like Mate Series or P Series which become unique by themself and also become premium.

I dont like VIVO because their phone realy looks like Iphone too much! Just embrassing to have those phones. They should show more creativity. Very poor.

 

[TaiShang]

Vivo X7 Plus

 

[Path-Finder]

I ordered a Xiaomi Mi Mix Lets hope it arrives soon. I have been using Huawei since 2014 when it was hardly known here but now they are everywhere but for me its time to try other Chinese phone maker.

 

[艹艹艹]

https://www.thefastmode.com/technol...s-first-live-wideband-massive-mimo-deployment
China Mobile, Huawei Claim World's First Live Wideband Massive MIMO Deployment

Image Credit: Huawei

China Mobile and Huawei announced that they have jointly deployed a wideband Massive MIMO site in Shanghai. Claiming to be world's first, the achievement is touted as a great leap forward for large-scale commercial Massive MIMO deployment and as a evolution towards the 5G technology.

The live network in Shanghai acts as a verification platform, with impressive peak cell throughput rates reaching 72 Mbps uplink, and 630 Mbps downlink.

According to Huawei, this solution has significantly improved single site capability in the 4G era indicated by a 5-fold increase, achieving 5-6 Giga capability of a single site which can greatly improve 4G network spectral efficiency and help effectively handle any capacity challenges encountered during rapid mobile development.

This solution is perfectly suited for the effective enhancement of coverage and interference mitigation capabilities to meet specialized coverage requirements (such as coverage of high-rise buildings), said Huawei.

With the technology, an average spectral efficiency of cells can be improved by 3-fold. Along with the rapid development of video services, the spectral efficiency can be increased to more than 5-fold, claims Huawei.

Huawei added that its in-house-developed chips, new materials, and new techniques are used to provide increasingly compact and lighter site equipment.

 

[cirr]

Huawei First to Complete 3GPP-compliant E2E NB-IoT System Verification Test With China Mobile

LIGHT READING

11/8/2016

SHENZHEN, China -- Huawei has recently completed the system function and performance verification test on the 3GPP-compliant narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) at the 5G Joint Innovation Lab of China Mobile. Huawei was also the first to complete such verification among China Mobile's partners. Tests at the China Mobile Research Institute are famous for being authoritative and rigorous. The entire test strictly followed the 3GPP requirements. Its successful completion marks a milestone for NB-IoT commercialization of China Mobile, laying a solid technological foundation for the subsequent scale deployment of commercial NB-IoT networks.

Compared with 2/3/4G networks, an NB-IoT network has unique advantages in 20 dB coverage capabilities. The NB-IoT coverage can be wider and deeper, requiring a fewer number of sites. NB-IoT signals can reach basements, allowing devices at these concealed locations to be connected to the network and enabling smart meter reading services. NB-IoT is also ideal for the rollout of services that require wide coverage, such as pet tracking.

After the freezing of NB-IoT standard protocols on June 16 of this year, China Mobile immediately took the initiative in preparing for protocol-compliant NB-IoT tests, together with industry vendors. The tests covered the physical layer, MAC layer, RLC layer, RRC layer, and system configurations. Huawei became the first to complete the E2E NB-IoT lab test with China Mobile, which included the verification of the 20 dB coverage enhancement feature that complies with NB-IoT standard protocols.

After the successful lab verification, China Mobile and Huawei jointly deployed the world's first 3GPP-compliant NB-IoT network for the smart parking service at the outfield of the 2016 World Internet of Things Exposition (WIOT) held in Wuxi, China. This E2E NB-IoT network was composed of all required devices, including the platform, core network, base stations, and chips. The NB-IoT-based smart parking solution can be easily deployed without the assistance of technical personnel. The capacity of smart parking lots can be conveniently expanded, without any network compatibility issues. By using a dedicated App on the smartphone, a user can query parking lots and book one, navigate to the destination parking space, pay the parking fee online, and perform other related functions. With a parking management data platform, smart parking services can be uniformly provided for city dwellers to enjoy this optimal solution for outdoor parking.

While being dedicated to the research and innovation of cellular IoT (CIoT) technologies, China Mobile and Huawei have been proactively exploring IoT applications in vertical industries. At the 2016 Mobile World Congress held in Shanghai this June, China Mobile demonstrated the NB-IoT smart street lamp solution for automated and intelligent lighting management, together with Huawei and other partners. In July, China Mobile IOT, China Mobile Chongqing, and Huawei completed the verification at the NB-IoT smart logistics pilot site in Chongqing Western Logistics Park. In September, the China Mobile Research Institute worked hand-in-hand with Huawei and PolyCIS to perform NB-IoT-based environment monitoring at the Zhundong oil field of CNPC Xinjiang. China Mobile Zhejiang, together with Huawei, InnoTek, and other partners, constructed the first smart parking demonstration area for China Mobile at Yunqi town in Hangzhou also in September.

As the IoT has become a critical part in "Made in China, 2025", China Mobile responds to this national strategy with scientific and technological innovation. By intensely cooperating with the industry chain, China Mobile is making nonstop efforts in ripening the IoT industry. China Mobile will continue working with Huawei on scale outfield NB-IoT verification in terms of planning, networking, construction, performance, services, and other aspects, marching into an era where things are fully-connected.

http://www.lightreading.com/iot/nb-...fication-test-with-china-mobile/d/d-id/728135

 

[AndrewJin]

Who said people could not afford Mate9 Porsche?
160,000 people ordered the premium porsche edition in one day in Europe

I ordered a Xiaomi Mi Mix Lets hope it arrives soon. I have been using Huawei since 2014 when it was hardly known here but now they are everywhere but for me its time to try other Chinese phone maker.

Try Mate9 Porsche!

 

[GeraltofRivia]

Looks like HUAWEI has gone for a multiple line strategy with a focus on high end market. Mate and P series are the 1-2 punch of the package, specifically designed to dethrone iPhone and sumsung galaxy. go HUAWEI!

 

[cirr]

Looks like Huawei is getting very serious about beating Apple into 3rd place in 2 years.

Will 2019 be the year in which Huawei's smartphone shipments overtake Apple's?

Let's wait and see.

 

[TaiShang]

Oppo has a poor reputation.

Always buy samsung mid range phones or HTC high end. Mine have given me years if good service.

I am sure still better than anything that India can offer. LOL.

But seriously, Oppo is killing the competition in China and becoming quite popular overseas. Oppo is known for its very very rigorous quality and endurance testing.

I live in Taiwan, so I know what HTC really offer these days.

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@AndrewJin , bro, can you post some credible11. 11. links for Mate 8 (64 GB, champagne gold) deals?

 

[AndrewJin]

I am sure still better than anything that India can offer. LOL.

But seriously, Oppo is killing the competition in China and becoming quite popular overseas. Oppo is known for its very very rigorous quality and endurance testing.

I live in Taiwan, so I know what HTC really offer these days.

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@AndrewJin , bro, can you post some credible11. 11. links for Mate 8 (64 GB, champagne gold) deals?

R u sure you want Mate 8 not Mate9?
https://huaweistore.tmall.com/p/mat....w5001-14758655655.8.F8YdlX&scene=taobao_shop