Chinese giant Huawei announced today Which will once again display its smartphones in Argentina in the middle of the month, after six years of absence in the local market. And he will do so with a strong bet, to come into the country, From December 15, the most advanced family, the Huawei Pura 80 smartphones, will be availablewhich is equivalent to Samsung’s Huawei Galaxy S or Xiaomi’s top-of-the-line.
In the statement it issued to the press today, the company explains that during the past six years it has never stopped its operations in the country, and that it has focused on other areas (5G telecommunications equipment, accessories such as watches and headphones, among others). What clarification avoids is that I did it forcibly due to circumstances.
At the end of the last decade, Huawei achieved a path of growth in the smartphone sector that put it in a prominent position Strong second place in the world (between Samsung and Apple) With very reliable odds of being number one at the beginning of this decade (that was briefly in mid-2020), it became a victim of the China-first trade war. Donald Trump’s government, which blacklisted Huawei For companies accused of being exposed to direct interference by the Chinese government. Being on this blacklist left it without access to key components of the smartphone market, e.g Qualcomm or MediaTek processors, or the ability to use the Android version Developed by Google.
Therefore, it disappeared from day to day from the top positions in global sales and was forced to go into the winter seasons, and survive in the significant Chinese market, where it resumed its activity and Today it fights for the top positions in the national sales rankings It is slowly expanding its presence outside its country, but with a huge hurdle: its smartphones no longer run Android (the operating system found in 80 percent of smartphones sold in the world), but HarmonyOSthe operating system you had to build from scratch five years ago to bring your computers to life; It was originally compatible with Android, but the latest version (HarmonyOS NEXT) is not.
To avoid selling a phone outside China that is unusable in terms of applications, Huawei is selling the international version of the Pura 80 with EMUI 15which uses an alternative version of Android, which has its own app store (Application gallery) and compatible with Android. It serves as a compromise between HarmonyOS NEXT and the standard Android that the rest of the world uses.
This means that anyone who is considering buying the Huawei Pura 80 in Argentina from December 15 should take into account that other than the hardware (which is considered the best, especially in the photography department) and the basic functions, which are covered, The availability of applications to expand it is not the same as in smartphones of other brands.
The alternative is to install the Google Play Store, as many people also do with Amazon Fire tablets (which use a different version of the Android operating system); Although they generally work well, there may be some app incompatibilities.
The Huawei Pura 80 phone, which the company introduced mid-year, contains a Kirin 9010s chip, 12 GB of RAM, 256 GB of storage capacity, a 6.6-inch screen with a 120 Hz refresh rate, and a 5170 mAh battery with fast charging. The camera section, which is the most distinctive feature of these phones, offers a 50-megapixel regular lens, 5x zoom, and a wide angle. The Pro version has a 6.8-inch display and a rear camera with a 50-megapixel regular lens and a 4x telephoto lens that also works as a macro lens and a wide-angle lens. The Ultra model adds a second 9.4x telephoto lens.
The company did not mention the price it would offer locally, although it explained that the sale would be through Mercado Libre.