Huawei Mate 20 Pro breaks records: Flagship almost completely sold out in Western Europe
of David Wurm 
on November 01, 2018, 14:13 | Write a comment
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I would like to see a better update policy from Huawei for the good smartphones - faster and, above all, longer updates, together with leaner software. Hopefully that will happen.
The latest Huawei Mate 20 Pro is breaking all records. Never before has a Huawei smartphone been pre-ordered as often as this one – at least in Western Europe. Huawei itself describes it as the most successful smartphone in its history.
Just over two weeks ago, the Huawei Mate 20 and Mate 20 Pro were introduced. In the first few days, it seems to be the most successful Huawei smartphone. Mate 20 Pro in the first ten days of the pre-order phase in Western Europe over 40 percent more often than the P20 Pro have been pre-ordered as GSMArena now reported. Most of the German-speaking countries, i.e. Germany, Austria and Switzerland, are meant as Western Europe. A direct hit for the German market, so to speak.
Currently completely sold out
Currently, the Mate 20 Pro is almost not available from any retailer in this country. As some buyers report on Twitter, Amazon has already sent a delivery the following week.prochen. Now the delivery times have been updated to early 2019. For new buyers one will on Amazon currently put off with this note: "Not in stock. Order now and we will deliver as soon as the item is available." Even at Mediamarkt and Saturn, a copy of the Mate 20 Pro is currently almost unavailable. What is noticeable: The Twilight color variant currently seems to have the most delivery problems.
But Huawei wants more
Huawei has long since launched its attack on Apple, Samsung & Co. Although it will continue to have difficulty selling devices on the US market, it wants to sell a total of 2018 million smartphones in 200. In 2015, the company broke the 100 million mark in smartphone sales. No wonder: Huawei has already delivered excellently in our test report with the P20 Pro - be it in terms of camera, performance or other details. The Mate 20 Pro will hopefully arrive soon - we are waiting for it. Also interesting: Samsung sold over 2017 million smartphones in 300 and Apple sold just under 2017 million units in 200. Will Apple be caught up with next year?
Why this success?
It is quite clear. With the Mate 20 Pro, Huawei has brought a piece of hardware onto the market with all the latest details. There is wireless charging (also for other smartphones), a fingerprint sensor in the display, according to initial test reports an even better camera and with the new Kirin 980 Processor great performance. With the Mate 20 Pro, a smartphone has been released that fully exploits the current technical possibilities in 2018. Even if the price is not necessarily cheap: The version with 128 GB internal storage and 6 GB RAM costs just under 999 euros.
It remains exciting. Huawei will continue to push the pace, but expectations are rising at the same time. Huawei cannot afford any mistakes or scandals at the moment - that would be fatal. The Chinese are guaranteed to bring mid-range smartphones like the Nova onto the market for Christmas, and the Honor subsidiary will not let up either.