By PENG Xin
Since the unexpected release of the Mate 60, Huawei's autumn product launch has been eagerly awaited. Yesterday, the tech giant unveiled a tablet, a smartwatch, and a new high-end brand, Ultimate Design.
At the end of August, Huawei celebrated delivering a hundred million units of the Mate series and almost silently debuted the Mate 60 Pro, priced at 6,999 yuan (US$960) with no product launch.
During the event, Richard Yu, CEO of the consumer business unit, announced that 60 million devices are now using Harmony OS 4, with approximately 1.2 million new users joining daily. A Harmony OS engineer training program will encourage widespread development of the ecosystem.
Among the other new product releases are the frameless tablet MatePad Pro, new wireless earbuds, and an upgraded stylus.
The most novel reveal was the new brand Ultimate Design, an essential standard Huawei kit plastered in bright colors or coated in gold. A gold smartwatch is priced at 21,999 yuan and a souped-up Mate 60 RS starts at 11,999 yuan.
A range of other smart gadgets include the V5 Pro smart screen, a new pair of smart glasses capable of playing music and monitoring cervical vertebrae health, and the first router with WiFi 7.
In the auto division, also headed up by Yu, the AITO M7 is selling well, with the first product of collaboration with Chery, the Luxeed S7, set to be launched in November. The AITO M9, priced under 10 million yuan, is scheduled for release in December.
