Huawei plans to release a triple smartphone on September 10, just hours after the planned launch of Apple’s new iPhone.
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BEIJING — Huawei has received more than 2.7 million pre-orders for its triple smartphone, This became apparent on the website on Monday.
The Chinese company started pre-orders for its Mate XT on Saturday afternoon. That was more than two days earlier From Apple scheduled launch of the iPhone 16 early Tuesday morning in Beijing, time.
Huawei had previously announced that it would launch a new product on Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. The company has not yet shared a price for the Mate XT. The device will officially go on sale on September 20.
Apple dropped out of the list of the five largest smartphone suppliers in China in the second quarter. according to Canalys. It was the first time that domestic players occupied all five spots, the company said.
According to Canalys, Huawei ranks fourth in market share with 10.6 million smartphones sold.
The company only shared shipments for the five largest suppliers. Apple sold 10 million phones in the first quarter.
Huawei already sells folding and flip phones, just like its Chinese competitors. Apple has yet to expand into those categories.