Despite all these hinges and all this complexity, the Huawei Mate XT is only thicker than Samsung’s last-generation Galaxy Z Fold6, which was released a few months ago.
Some people think Samsung will tease the Trifold phone at this year’s launch of Samsung’s unpacking, but it didn’t work out. Instead, it was announced after the event that it was “working” and that it will arrive by the end of 2025. Cutting-edge technology began to appear dull in Samsung’s hands. What’s going on?
Why every major top maker from Xiaomi to Huawei will be released foldable this year, and Samsung seems afraid to make more than just piecemeal upgrades, while others (like Apple) are still very quiet. Why do we see very few of these mobile phones in the West, even composed of the US government, without brands like Huawei?
Apparently, part of this is attributed to the interest of Chinese audiences in finding new things compared to the average British or American buyer.
“Chinese consumers have matured in large numbers and now many people use the fifth or sixth smartphone. This experience has led them to actively seek unique advanced devices,” said Neil Shah, vice president of research at Counterpoint.
“China is the world’s largest foldable market due to growing demand and differentiated smartphone demand. The foldable penetration rate of smartphone sales in China has also always been higher than any other market. Three of the three foldable phones sold worldwide are in China.”
“Other wealthy markets like the United States and Western Europe still have a total foldable sales of about 1% at the global average.”
Same old, same old
Despite undeniable interest in them, it seems that most of us are still reluctant to actually buy foldables because we may complain that smartphones will never change. The result: Chinese phone brands are growing rapidly, while others focused on Western sales are stagnant. This is a point where the UK has not gained a fulcrum in its own marketing.
Carl Pei, Nothing Ceo and co-founder of the artificial launch Oneplus, called “boring” (3) at the launch of the Nothing Phone (3), suggesting that the old magic and excitement of the new technology have disappeared. While no innovation of his own is largely superficial, he does have a little bit.
But why can Chinese phone brands remain less conservative and remain unchanged at least in China? Global market leader Huawei offers an additional attraction for Chinese buyers that despite the dramatic U.S. sanctions, it’s a good story to adopt dramatic “local” heroes in 2019.
Technology supremacy is also a key goal of the Chinese government, not just the country’s most famous brand. This comes with privileges.
Byd has been reportedly subsidized by the government, with its revenue exceeding $3.7 billion. In 2019, the Wall Street Journal said Huawei benefited from a total of $75 billion in state subsidies.
According to Canalys, Huawei ranked second in global smartphone shipments ahead of the blacklist, second only to Samsung in the fourth quarter of 2019. This stratosphere rise is not cheap and does not happen overnight, but it outweighs competition (especially in camera technology) and sales. According to the Wall Street Journal, its comeback has also received a lot of support from government support, which shows China’s desire to push its brand to success without our support.
