HUAWEI WANTS TO OFFER A SMARTPHONE 5G AT A “REASONABLE” RATE THIS YEAR

If Huawei plans to produce a 5G smartphone at $ 600 this year, prices could fall by 2020. A 5G smartphone at $ 300 would be possible.

In an interview with the Financial Times, Peter Zhou, the general manager of marketing at Huawei confirms the intention of the Chinese company to launch this year a 5G smartphone at a “reasonable” price of $ 600. The idea is not to give a gift to the consumer, but to take the lead and cut the grass under the feet of the competition, including Samsung, which offers its Galaxy S10 5G to more than 1,000 euros in Korea. South. Recall that Apple should not offer iPhone 5G before the end of 2020. The US firm has just signed a 5G chip supply contract with Qualcomm.

He also said that prices should drop quickly by 2020: “From next year some say that we could see smartphones equipped with the 5G at 300 dollars and I think it is quite possible. An optimistic announcement, remember that 5G networks are not yet available, and that they will be very little in 2020.

Huawei seeks to establish its legitimacy and to make people forget the controversy over its technology and possible links with the Chinese government. The 5G is rightly considered as a prime technology, it will allow to accelerate and multiply the exchanges between terminals. It is a central issue for companies, but also for governments.