Huawei P9: You gonna Leica this :: Mmegi Online

In April 2015, Huawei brought smartphone enthusiasts, technology bloggers, social managers, journalists and photographers to Old Billingsgate in central London, United Kingdom for the global launch of their Huawei P8 smartphone. The then less known technology company termed their new device a “revolutionary smartphone" - some Batswana actually thought ‘P8’ was the price, eight pula.

The device was positioned to compete with the then industry leaders – Samsung and Apple – devices.

The phone turned out to be Huawei’s first real bite of the smartphone market share. BBC reported their 39% sales jump in the first half of 2015. “Huawei said it shipped 48.2 million devices globally in the half of 2015, giving them 87% surge in handset sales revenues,” BBC reported in July 2015. This year in January the Chinese tech giant announced that it has shipped over 10 million units of their P-series handsets, adding that their flagship P8 has reached more than 16 million people globally.

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