Huawei Consumer Business Group held a summer launch event in the APAC region, bringing six new flagship products, including the HUAWEI nova 8i smartphone, HUAWEI MatePad series tablets (MatePad Pro 12.6-inch, HUAWEI MatePad Pro 10.8-inch and HUAWEI MatePad 11), HUAWEI WATCH 3 Series smartwatch, HUAWEI FreeBuds 4, a next-generation open-fit Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) wireless Bluetooth earbuds, and two high-end monitors, the HUAWEI MateView and MateView GT respectively.
The HUAWEI MatePad series tablets and HUAWEI WATCH 3 series smartwatches are the first Huawei smart devices powered by HarmonyOS
2. With the distributed data management and distributed task scheduling capabilities of HarmonyOS, the HUAWEI WATCH 3 series and the HUAWEI MatePad Pro 12.6 can efficiently work together with other intelligent devices such as smartphones, PCs, monitors, etc. Doubling the productivity and creativity regarding artwork production and office work, it provides a better work from home environment, fitness & health management and entertainment experience for consumers.
Alex Lin, President of Huawei Consumer Business Group APAC, said: “Huawei will continue to provide more powerful smart devices, and strive for bringing the more perfect, richer and comprehensive smart life experience in all scenarios to the consumers in the APAC region.”
Connect for better work
Huawei is committed to meeting office requirements with intelligent productivity tools in order to deliver an intelligent experience to consumers. This experience supports natural human-machine interactions and smooth information sharing and enables seamless shifts between different types of devices across all scenarios.
As a tablet powered by HarmonyOS 2, the HUAWEI MatePad series can work with Huawei PCs and HUAWEI MateView for multi-screen collaboration. The tablet can become a drawing sketch pad in Mirror mode and a monitor in Extend mode. It also supports cross-device file dragging and transferring, providing a more efficient and collaborative multi-device experience. Greatly improving the working efficiency of consumers.
The HUAWEI MatePad series including the HUAWEI MatePad Pro 12.6-inch, HUAWEI MatePad Pro 10.8-inch, and HUAWEI MatePad 11. HUAWEI MatePad Pro 12.6 and 10.8 is equipped with a gorgeous bezel-less screen, with a 90% screen-to-body ratio, the highest in the world. While the HUAWEI MatePad 11 is Huawei’s first tablet to support a 120Hz screen refresh rate, bringing a smoother visual experience for gaming and video watching.
HUAWEI MatePad 11
The HUAWEI M-Pencil (2nd generation) offers a natural pencil-like writing experience with the new platinum-coated pen nib. The new Smart Magnetic Keyboard features a full-size design, a comfortable typing experience with a 1.3 mm key travel. It also inherits the advantages of its previous generation, including the magnetic cover, wireless charging and Bluetooth connectivity to ensure that it’s ready to use instantly with imperceptible lag is low as 2ms with the M-Pencil
With the HUAWEI M-Pencil (2nd generation), The new HUAWEI Smart Magnetic Keyboard and a Bluetooth wireless mouse, the HUAWEI MatePad series will give consumers PC-like productivity and creativity using experience.
The HUAWEI MateView is designed for smart office scenarios and features professional colour display performance. It is a pro-grade standalone monitor featuring a 28.2-inch 3:2 panel that supports a high resolution of 3840 × 2560, delivering a premium viewing experience to present every single detail on the screen.
HUAWEI MateView
In addition, HUAWEI MateView can be connected with smartphones, laptops, and tablets wirelessly. It also supports the keyboard and mouse control function. The keyboard and mouse can be connected to a monitor to control other devices such as laptops and mobile phones in another way round, greatly improving the working efficiency of consumers.
Connect for better Fitness & Health Management
Huawei aims to deliver a new experience for proactive health management in the digital era. We are working with upstream and downstream app developers, medical device manufacturers, and professional medical institutions to build a hardware ecosystem, app ecosystem, and HUAWEI Research ecosystem in the fitness and health domain. We are also combining smart devices with health management services to provide consumers with 24/7 professional health services. In the near future, everyone will have access to a personal health manager and be able to manage their health proactively.
HUAWEI WATCH 3 series
The HUAWEI WATCH 3 Series, a new flagship smartwatch that supports independent communication. The HUAWEI WATCH 3 Series allows you to make phone calls and listen to music using the same phone number and data plan as your smartphone. Featuring a curved glass screen and 316L stainless steel case, this stylish watch comes with a brand-new 3D rotating crown that senses different pressure levels and provides haptic feedback in response, making the watch comfortable to wear and easy to operate.
Meanwhile, the HUAWEI WATCH 3 Series is your personal fitness and health management assistant. The HUAWEI WATCH 3 Series serves as a professional fitness & health manager that supports more than 100 workout modes. In addition to a broad range of healthcare monitoring functions for reference, the watch can now monitor skin temperature with a new, high-precision temperature sensor. It also supports fall detection and SOS functions so users can supervise and manage their health data in real-time.
Connect for better Entertainment
Huawei uses distributed technology to deliver a wireless entertainment experience across all scenarios that supports low-latency audio-to-video synchronisation and multi-device collaboration, including dual device connectivity for headphones, seamless audio switching between devices and HUAWEI CAST+ screen mirroring. All of this is possible with Huawei devices such as wireless headphones, smart speakers, Huawei Vision, smartphones, PCs, and tablets.
HUAWEI FreeBuds 4
The HUAWEI FreeBuds 4 not only improves air like comfort wearing and active noise reduction abilities but also delivers high-resolution sound quality and intelligent audio connectivity. The HUAWEI FreeBuds 4 only weighs 4.1g per earbud and is lightweight and wearing without any burden.
To enhance noise cancellation effectively across different wearing scenarios, HUAWEI FreeBuds 4 uses Adaptive Ear Matching (AEM) noise cancellation technology and is the first open-fit earbuds in the industry to do so. When noise cancellation is switched on, the earbuds automatically detect the user’s ear shape and determine the optimum noise cancellation algorithm for each user, resulting in the most comfortable noise cancellation experience.
In terms of sound quality, the HUAWEI FreeBuds 4 uses a Liquid Crystal Polymer (LCP) composite diaphragm, which can deliver high-resolution sound quality. With no significant quality loss, the treble part sounds richer and more detailed.
Dual device connection is supported on the HUAWEI FreeBuds 4, providing consumers with the ultimate entertainment experience. Whether it is a Huawei smartphone, tablet, PC, smartwatch or HUAWEI Vision, or any other smart devices running on Android, iOS or Windows, two devices can be connected to the HUAWEI FreeBuds 4 simultaneously. This lets users enjoy their favourite music or drama without missing any calls. When a call comes in, the music or show will be paused and seamlessly switched to the call.
HUAWEI MateView GT
In addition, the HUAWEI MateView GT is Huawei’s first curved monitor that perfectly fits gaming and e-sports scenarios. It features a 34-inch 165 Hz curved screen with a screen ratio of 21:9 and a resolution of 3440 × 1440. It also incorporates innovative designs such as the SoundBar. It is designed to maximise gaming delightment and create an immersive entertainment experience for players.
HUAWEI nova 8i: beautiful and powerful
HUAWEI also brings the new smartphone, HUAWEI nova 8i to APAC consumers. The HUAWEI nova Series has aimed to become the smartphone that young people love the most. Huawei design and R&D teams combined their passion for life and technology to create more and more beautiful and powerful products, enabling HUAWEI nova Series to provide more happiness and satisfaction to their devoted users.
The HUAWEI nova 8i has a slim body and perfect a body ratio. It is equipped with a 6.67-inch Huawei bezel-less screen. Thanks to the NCVM (non-conductive vacuum metallisation) process, the phone’s back cover has a beautiful visual and a sleek 4D curved design. It brings the ultimate holding experience to the consumer. The rear quad camera system, including the 64MP high-resolution main camera, provides a strong photography experience for young aged users. In addition, the HUAWEI nova 8i also supports 66W HUAWEI SuperCharge, which takes only 38 minutes to fully charge the smartphone.
Huawei will continue to build experience stores and online channels in APAC
To bring six new flagship products to the APAC market, Huawei also announced at the launch that it would continue to develop both retail and online strategies, including HUAWEI Experience Stores and e-commerce channels to bring consumers a better and more convenient shopping experience.
Huawei has opened HUAWEI Experience Stores in several countries in the APAC region. Currently, there are 110+ HUAWEI Experience Stores in Malaysia, 80+ in Thailand, 140+ in the Philippines, and 30+ in Indonesia. A total of 400+ HUAWEI Experience Stores are located in the most popular shopping centres in various regions, which are ready to serve the consumers.
In the HUAWEI Experience Store, consumers can experience the latest Huawei smartphones and Huawei monitors, tablets, wearables, and audio devices. Huawei hopes to provide consumers with a convenient and direct shopping experience and enable them to experience Seamless AI Life.
In addition, Huawei has made great efforts to expand e-commerce channels and O2O services. Consumers in Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines can easily purchase Huawei products through the e-commerce channels HUAWEI Store and third-party e-commerce channels such as Lazada, Shopee, etc.
Local Availability
Available Now
- HUAWEI WATCH 3 Series
Starting from 7 July, the HUAWEI WATCH 3 will be available at RM 1,699 while the HUAWEI WATCH 3 Pro will be available at RM 2,199, on HUAWEI Store Online, participating HUAWEI Partner Stores such as Lazada HUAWEI Flagship Store, Shopee HUAWEI Official Store, and Senheng as well as HUAWEI Experience Stores.
Pre-Order Now
- HUAWEI FreeBuds 4
Priced at RM 599, the HUAWEI FreeBuds 4 will be available for pre-order from 7 July on HUAWEI Store Online and participating HUAWEI Partner Stores such as Lazada HUAWEI Flagship Store and Shopee HUAWEI Official Store as well as Senheng. With every pre-order made, consumers will receive a HUAWEI Band 4 worth up to RM 139*.
- HUAWEI nova 8i
Price at RM 1,299, the HUAWEI nova 8i is available for pre-order from 7 July on HUAWEI Store Online and participating HUAWEI Partner Stores such as Lazada HUAWEI Flagship Store, Shopee HUAWEI Official Store and Senheng. Every pre-order made will come with awesome freebies worth up to RM 260* which includes a HUAWEI Entertainment Gift set, HUAWEI Video (1 month VIP access), HUAWEI Cloud Storage (1 month access – 200GB) and HUAWEI Music (3 months VIP subscription).
- HUAWEI MateView
Starting from 7 July, the HUAWEI MateView will be available for pre-order at RM 2,988, on HUAWEI Store Online, HUAWEI Experience Stores, and participating HUAWEI Partner Stores such as Lazada HUAWEI Flagship Store, Shopee HUAWEI Official Store and Senheng. Consumers will receive an instant rebate of RM100** for the purchase and a complimentary* HUAWEI WIFI AX3 Dual Core, worth RM 199, upon every purchase of the HUAWEI MateView.
- HUAWEI MateView GT
Priced at RM 2,488, the HUAWEI MateView GT will be available for pre-order from 7 July, on HUAWEI Store Online, HUAWEI Experience Stores and participating HUAWEI Partner Stores such as Lazada HUAWEI Flagship Store, Shopee HUAWEI Official Store and Senheng. For those who grab the HUAWEI MateView GT during the pre-order period from 7 till 21 July will get to enjoy instant rebate of RM100** for the purchase and a complimentary* HUAWEI WIFI AX3 Dual Core, worth RM 199.
- HUAWEI MatePad Pro (Olive Green)
Starting from 7 July, the HUAWEI MatePad Pro (Olive Green) will be available at RM 4,399, on HUAWEI Store Online and participating HUAWEI Partner Stores such as Lazada HUAWEI Flagship Store, Shopee HUAWEI Official Store and Senheng. Consumers can enjoy freebies up to RM 549.70* in a form of a HUAWEI Classic Backpack, HUAWEI Video (1 month VIP access) and 6 TVOD Pass as well as HUAWEI Cloud Storage (3 months access – 50GB).
Coming Soon
Not only that, HUAWEI today announced the newly HUAWEI MatePad 11 will be launching in Malaysia very soon.
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