Will "HUAWEI P40 Pro" land in Japan?A new model that polishes the strongest camera

Huawei has held events in the spring and fall for the past few years and announced new products for the global market.

In the fall of 2019, we announced the popular flagship model "HUAWEI Mate 30" series as a model equipped with a large screen display. Due to the influence of trade friction between the United States and China, GMS (Google Mobile Services) can no longer be used for models announced for the global market after May 2019, and apps such as Google Maps, Google Calendar, and Gmail can no longer be used. , With the announcement of the HUAWEI Mate 30 series, the main environment is equipped with the core app "HMS (Huawei Mobile Services)" developed by Huawei, and through the app store "App Gallery" that has been installed in the company's terminals so far. We have announced a policy to distribute the application.

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Last year, for the Japanese market, "HUAWEI P30 Pro HW-02L" for NTT Docomo, "HUAWEI P30lite Premium" for au, SIM-free terminals "HUAWEI P30", "HUAWEI P30lite", "HUAWEI nova 5T" for the open market Etc. have been released. These models can still be used by Google services without any problems.

On the other hand, the first 5G compatible terminal "HUAWEI Mate30 Pro 5G" announced for the Japanese open market in March this year is equipped with HMS, and the use of the application provided by Google is restricted. Compared to Huawei smartphones so far, the usage environment such as apps has become considerably negative, but we will already be able to download some well-known apps from AppGallery and encourage each software vendor to develop. We are gradually preparing an environment that can be used. However, there is no change in the fact that some literacy is required for actual use.

Huawei has announced the "HUAWEI P" ​​series in the spring and the "HUAWEI Mate" series in the fall. In contrast to the "HUAWEI Mate" series, which has evolved around large screens and large-capacity batteries, the "HUAWEI P" ​​series is equipped with a state-of-the-art camera function in a standard-sized body that is easy to hold, and has gained high support in the market. I came. Among them, the "HUAWEI P20 Pro" two years ago and the "HUAWEI P30 Pro" last year achieved overwhelming camera performance and received high praise from the media of the camera industry, leading other companies in the competition for smartphone camera development. ..

The "HUAWEI P40 Series" announced this time was originally scheduled to be unveiled at an event scheduled to be held in Paris, France on March 26th. When I interviewed Richard Yu, CEO of the company's consumer business group in February of this year, he shook hands firmly saying "Let's meet in Paris next time", but since the beginning of March, the new coronavirus has spread all over the world. Due to the expansion to, the event was postponed in Paris and will be held online.

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"We want to deliver value to our customers with an all-smart life strategy."-Interview with HUAWEI Business Consumer Group CEO Richard Yu

At the event announced online, the three models of "HUAWEI P40", "HUAWEI P40 Pro" and "HUAWEI P40 Pro +" will all be smartphones equipped with HMS without GMS like "HUAWEI Mate30 Pro 5G". ..

Of the three models announced this time, I tried the "HUAWEI P40 Pro," which is expected to become the main model. However, since it is a global version model, we did not check the communication surroundings, but basically checked the appearance, user interface, camera, etc. It is undecided whether the HUAWEI P40 Pro will be launched in the Japanese market, but if it is released for the domestic market, I would like to check the environment including communication surroundings at another time.