14 DAY TRIAL // While Huawei still hopes that at some point the United States government would just lift all sanctions that it announced last year against the company, the Chinese tech giant sees its no-Android nightmare getting worse, especially as even more restrictions come into effect on September 15.
And according to a new report, Huawei itself isn’t very optimistic that its push for a world without Google services would work, so the company has recently decided to cut orders for some of its flagships.
More specifically, a report from Digitimes reveals that Huawei has lowered orders for components supposed to be used on the upcoming Huawei Mate 40 and Mate 40 Pro by as much as 30 percent.
And the reason is as easy as it could be. Huawei itself doesn’t thing that high-end devices without Google services would be hot sellers in international markets, so the company just doesn’t want to build too many devices and then have nothing to do with them.
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So right now, the lowered orders is a good move for Huawei, especially because it doesn’t look like the problems it has in the United States would come to an end too soon.
If anything, the United States government could soon announce similar restrictions against other Chinese companies too, including SMIC, which right now is one of the largest chipmakers.
For the time being, however, Huawei still believes that there’ll be a time when its in-house developed HarmonyOS could replace Android on its smartphones and become a hit in international markets too. The company has made a great deal about developers bringing apps to its own app store, and according to Huawei officials, the first models that would be powered by HarmonyOS are now supposed to see the daylight in early 2021 if everything goes according to the plan.