While Huawei isn't shipping its top-of-the-line P20 Pro to the U.S., the phone is red hot in Western Europe. The handsetthat sports a triple-camera setup on back (40MP + 20MP +8MP) is now the Chinese manufacturer's biggest seller of all time in the region. According to Huawei, in Western Europe the P20 Pro has rung up sales 316% higher than last year's P10 Plus. Not bad, considering that smartphone sales overall have been flattish.
Huawei notes that most of the demand in Western Europe for the entire P20 line, consisting of the P20, P20 Pro and P20 Lite, has been seen in the U.K., Germany and France. As far as the U.S. is concerned, government officials told Americans to give Huawei devices a wide berth because of the company's rumored ties to the Chinese government. This torpedoed the company's efforts to have the Huawei Mate 10 Pro on the shelves at AT&T and Verizon, and even Best Buy decided to stop selling the brand. As far back as 2012, Huawei was accused of espionage in the states. The concern is that Huawei phones and networking equipment could be sending information on American consumers and corporations to China. Huawei has denied these allegations. Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal wrote that the U.S. Justice Department is investigating Huawei for violating U.S. sanctions against Iran.
Huawei has managed to sell over $15 million worth of P20 devices in just 10 seconds. The company announced its latest flagship lineup towards the end of last month, with Huawei later going on to set itself a goal of shipping 20 million combined P20, P20 Pro, and P20 Lite units in 2018. Following on from this, and if the initial response in China is indicative of how the devices will sell, it appears the company could well be on its way to reaching its goal.
The company’s flagship P20 and P20 Pro models went on sale in its home country of China last Thursday and, as is typical in the market, the devices were available via a flash sale. Now, less than a week after the sale took place, Huawei has gone on to confirm that it sold up to 100 million Yuan, or $15 million worth of Huawei P20 and P20 Pro units in just 10 seconds. The company hasn’t confirmed the official total of units sold, but the number of devices available is sure to have been pretty high. Also worth mentioning is the fact that this flash sale included only the flagship models. If the budget P20 Lite, which goes by the name Nova 3e in the Chinese market, had been included in the sale, the amount of revenue may have been much higher. After all, not every consumer can afford a flagship device.
Huawei’s P20 lineup is currently on sale worldwide and is backed by huge marketing campaigns in both European and Asian markets, all of which is part of the company’s ultimate goal of becoming the number one smartphone manufacturer worldwide. Speaking of which, Huawei’s next objective is to overtake Apple to become number two, something the company expects to achieve by the end of next year. https://www.phonearena.com/news/ ... 10-seconds_id103996
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