Despite the ongoing US trade ban, Huawei will still be forging ahead with their P40 global launch next year according to a new report from The Information.
Due to the lack of Google Play apps and services, the Huawei Mate 30 series has seen a limited launch in the global market so far. It’s limited launch owes to concern that the global consumers may not be accustomed to a phone without typical apps like YouTube, Google Maps, Google Pay and Netflix.
However, the impact of the omission does not seems as bad as what most of us initially thought. In fact, there are still many consumers who are willing to pick up the Mate 30 smartphones and find alternative ways to bring some of these crucial apps to the device even though it requires some extra efforts.
Furthermore, Huawei’s AppGallery has been growing tremendously for the past few months. Even for most of the localized payment, ride-hailing or food delivery apps, you can now easily find them within the AppGallery.
Coupled with the ongoing development of the Huawei Mobile Services (HMS), Huawei may eventually be able to bridge the gap for the lack of licensed Google services. Therefore, this may be of the major push factors for the Chinese firm to bring the P40 flagship series to the global market next year.
Besides that, Huawei may also be betting on the idea that they may get their access to licensed Google services back next year. This is something that could happen as U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross recently revealed during an interview with Bloomberg that licenses for U.S. companies to sell components to Huawei Technologies Co will come “very shortly”.
If this license was to be issued to Google, then there is a possibility that Google which will reinstate their business ties with Huawei. This would once again, grant Huawei access to licensed Google services and bring them to their upcoming P40 flagships.
Source: The Information | Via: Android Authority
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