3rd Quarter of 2015 Performance Reported by Huawei CBG

Recently Huawei has revealed its performance report for the third quarter of the ongoing year, 2015. According to the report Huawei has enjoyed sustainable growth rates with a smooth smartphone shipments increase and elevated demand of its mid-to-high range devices. And to mention here the statistics, these mid-to-high range electronic devices counted to be the 33% of the total shipment concern here. That is a gain of 7% increment against the previous, 2^nd quarter count.

Further, Huawei was expecting to grow by only 9.3% per annum growth with respect to the previous year. But recent statistics consolidated the Huawei increasing pace of growth, by 63% incredible increase against such expected rates. Till the end of September 2015, Huawei has shipped 27.4 million units of total smartphones in the period of three months.

Mr. Shawn, General Manager for Huawei devices in Pakistan, said, “ While reporting our third quarter growth indicators this year, we can surely depict a bright future of robust growth of Huawei as a technology innovator and high priority of consumers all around the world. Our growth rates make it clear that Huawei is consistently boosting its pace on the highway of success. Strategies of addressing consumer demands and keeping deep focus on user satisfaction have always remained discretion of Huawei.”  Mr. Shawn also said that Huawei has been receiving encouraging responses in Pakistan, especially, and they are stressing to bring the local markets with trust of quality and modernization of life standards.  It is also to be mention here that Huawei’s deep penetration with fast currents expected to enjoy large spectrums of development as Pakistan comprises only 14 % of Huawei overall market share.

Specific results for Huawei’s mid-to-high-end smartphones, which include any device that retails for more than RMB 2,000, point to growing interest in such products. Since their launch, shipments of the company’s flagship Mate 7, P7 and P8 devices have reached 6.5-, 7.5- and 4-million units respectively. Huawei Mate S, the latest flagship that the company has launched in September this year, has gradually become available in over 48 countries globally including China, UK, Germany, France, Spain etc. The launch of the Rose Gold version of Mate S allows Huawei Consumer BG to further consolidate its brand awareness and recognition among female consumer globally.

Demand for mid-to-high-end Huawei smartphones is especially strong in Europe, where the company’s devices account now for 12.4 percent of the overall smartphone market in Spain, and 45.7 percent of the country’s high-end 400-500-euro-device market. 

Huawei has also enjoyed considerable success in Italy, where it maintains 10.9 percent of the overall market and 27.9 percent of the high-end market.

In the ongoing year, Huawei has ranked 88^th in the Global Interbrand ranking, and that must be noted that this ranking comprises of 100 best global brand for the year of 2015. As for Huawei’s global strength, a recent report from GFK indicated that the company has managed to keep itself among the world’s three leading smart phones makers for the January to August–period this year with a market share of 9.5 percent.

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COLLABORATES WITH THOMSON REUTERS TO EXPLORE JOINT OPPORTUNITIES IN B2B BUSINESS

Samsung Electronics Co.,Ltd., today announced its collaboration with Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading intelligent information provider for businesses and professionals, as an enterprise solution partner.

The two companies will explore the development and optimization of enterprise solutions through their joint expertise in mobile security, electronic devices and intelligent information technology for businesses and professionals.

“The collaboration with Thomson Reuters gives us a unique opportunity to create the unrivaled user experiences that will make individual employees more productive and businesses more successful” said Dr, WP Hong, President and Chief Marketing Officer of Samsung Electronics. “To meet the enterprise consumers’ ever-evolving expectation, the two companies will explore a variety of business opportunities together.”

“Delivering new, innovative and relevant solutions to our customers is vital,” said James C. Smith, president and chief executive officer of Thomson Reuters “Samsung’s variety of product ecosystems demonstrate our common commitment to supporting customers and connecting global commerce”

With this collaboration, selected Thomson Reuters’ industry-leading content and software applications are to be implemented on compatible Samsung devices and technologies to support enterprise clients in legal and financial areas in the first phase.

Huawei All Set to Snatch the High-end market from Apple and Samsung

Huawei recently revealed its modern high-end smart phone, Mate S at IFA, Berlin. With this luxury smart phone, Huawei is certainly on its way to grab the high smart phone market and pose a tough competition for Apple and Samsung.

Mate S, Huawei’s flagship device, flaunts a pressure sensitive touch screen with a curved back design. The pressure sensitive touch screen is the feature, which is rumored to be in the upcoming iPhone, but Huawei successfully managed to become the debutant in launching this technology through Mate S.

The revolutionary screen of Mate S would allow the users to weight objects like fruits, etc on it, with the help of the pressure sensitive touch. Images can be enlarged by merely pressing down on the screen, instead of pinching the device. The Knuckle sense 2.0, updated version of the technology introduced in P8, offers versatile features in Mate S. By managing the settings, users can assign different letters to apps, and swiftly access apps by drawing the respective letters on the screen. By double tapping a screen shot can be captured, with the help of the knuckles a specific part of the image can be cut out and easily saved or shared from app to another.

 Huawei Director Devices, Mr. Fanhong Bruce said, "The Huawei Mate S redefines how we incorporate touch technology into our smartphones, breaking through the conventional way of touch screen control and ushering in new imagination for human-machine interaction. “

Mate S has been superbly packed with abundant of features which distinguish this device from the others in the market. Another extraordinary feature of this smart phone is the fingerprint scanner located on its back. According to Huawei this scanner would allow users to control different functions, for example, checking notifications on the screen or answering phone calls. 

Mate S would be available soon in the market and its price would range between 650-750 Euros. With this price, Mate S has surely got the tag of the most expensive smart phone launched by Huawei till date.

This technology giant has also outshone Microsoft this year and grabbed the spot of the third largest mobile phone vendor in the world. According to a research firm IDC, in the second quarter of 2015, Huawei’s shipments rose 48% year-on-year to 29.9 million units.

In the recent past, Huawei has successfully established itself in the smart phone market by achieving tremendous sales growth. It has introduced a variety of smart phones, ranging from low-end to high-end and it has captured the interests of customers of all ages. Analysts have remarked that Huawei has become more confident in its ability to handle the high-end smart phone players and this is quite apparent from the Mate S launch.

Huawei outshines Apple in Design Innovation and Color Perfection

Having its roots in China, Huawei is emerging as the global leading technology brand. With its latest wonderful, smart device in the market, Huawei has set an open challenge for previous tech market leaders like Apple and Samsung. After being primarily revealed at IFA, Berlin, Mate S has won positive reviews from the technology critics all over the world. Owing to the excellent quality materials used in device manufacturing, Huawei has successfully created Mate S with premium hardware, excellent design and solid sleek structure. The Huawei watch has also become the most sought after since it was introduced at IFA, as it has been masterly designed and produced using Sapphire glass to look breathtakingly magnificent.

Huawei takes the winning trophy from Apple, not only in design innovation, but in color perfection as well. Huawei’s Mate S, though, has the same size screen; it is actually slimmer than the iPhone. Talking about color perfection, Huawei’s Pink version is all pink, head to toe. Whereas, the new iPhone, available in pink, Rose Gold as they call it, is only pink on the aluminum part and the front carries the white color. This difference was also pointed out by Huawei on their Twitter account and the tweet was “#HuaweiMateS in #RoseGold, from head to toe”. On the other hand Huawei Mate S features all pink body, front and back and even the antenna lines, which make them, look blended with the rest in contrast to the lines on the iPhones.

Prior to the launch of Mate S, it was quite known that Huawei’s coming prodigy would carry the latest pressure sensitive force touch screen. Although, Apple was the first to announce that they are planning to induce this technology in their new iPhones, but Huawei took the limelight by launching it before hand at IFA. This technology has been used by both the companies in different ways, Apple, naming it as 3D Touch, has used over all its OS, to create additional functions emerge from app icons and without actually opening the app for seeing a preview in them.

On the other hand, Huawei has taken it to the next level by making this app more useful and functional, through the “Scale App”. Because of the pressure sensitive force touch screen, users can actually weigh objects by placing them on their Mate S’s screen (objects weighing between 100 grams-400 grams). In addition to this, force touch in Mate S would help the users to control zooming in to the pictures and preview them in the gallery. But here this should be noted that Huawei has only incorporated these exclusive features in the Black Luxury edition of Mate S.

The Pressure sensitive modern screen is not the only similarity between the new iPhone and Mate S, both carry a 2.5D glass over their screens, both are made with aluminum and are available in four colors. Mate S’s premium version, available in Gold and Pink, with 64GB internal storage and the regular versions are offered in Champagne or Silver.

Pakistan’s Interest in Motorcycles Grows; Kawasaki Heads the List

While cars make up the majority of Pakistani vehicle sales, motorcycles beginning to garner interest among potential buyers. Carmudi, the best way to sell or buy your vehicle online, analyzed hundreds of thousands of its listings and browsing data, in order to find where in Asia motorcycles rule over four-wheeled vehicles, and which brands dominate in the search for the perfect motorcycle.

Motorcycles comprise 27% of global listings, the majority of which are located in Asia. In Pakistan, the local market is still dominated by cars, which make up 87% of total listings, while motorcycles make up 10% of vehicles offered.

Pakistan’s traditional preference for cars is changing fast. In the first quarter of 2015, 213,000 motorcycles were sold in Pakistan, with motorcycle sales reportedly increasing by 26% between July and September. The sudden change may have stemmed from poor public transport and soaring petrol prices for cars, according to a survey of local car dealerships.

This surge in demand can also be explained by a recent ban on unregistered Qingqi rickshaws in the Karachi area, which has affected at least 65,000 Qingqi owners. Motorcycles are comparatively low-cost and low maintenance, less regulated, and can be more convenient in dealing with Pakistan’s prevalent infrastructure issues.

This sudden interest in motorcycles as an alternative to cars can also be seen on Carmudi. The most sought after model is Kawasaki ZX10R, with over 40,000 browses, followed by nearly as popular Yamaha R6 and Piaggio Storm.

Samsung ranked 7th among “Interbrand’s” Top-100 global brands

Samsung Electronics Company Limited - the global technology leader and award winning innovator has, once again, maintained its 7^th position in the “Interbrand-2015” global ranking. According to Interbrand; This year too, Samsung’s ‘brand-value’ remained strong and steady at 45 Billion US Dollars.

Interbrand’s Best Global Brands Report is voted to be one of the most influential benchmark studies by business leaders. It offers evaluative insights into how the best global organizations create and manage their brand value. Over the years, Samsung has been consistently securing a high stature in this annual ranking, as it nurtures a strong brand loyalty, by providing unmatched experiences for the consumers.

The Managing Director of Samsung Pakistan – Mr. J.H Lee said, “Samsung considers its brand to be a strategic business asset and invests heavily on its brand-building functions, along with consistent innovations and technological breakthroughs. This way, we are gaining on our intellectual-capital. Catering to all major segments of the population, Samsung ensures positive consumer-engagement through its vast network of outlets, while creating new interactive communication-channels for the customers.

Samsung fully realizes that the advent of modern telecommunications and hyper connectivity has transformed the art of brand management. An increasingly direct relationship with consumers has enforced a real-time approach to its brand responsiveness.

Samsung’s brand performance has been on the forefront of consumer-centric innovation and design, while increasing its presence in all markets, to achieve continuous sales growth and customer-loyalty. Its diverse range of reliable products, delivers fascinating experiences to enrich the consumer’s lifestyle, empowering them to blend and compete in the modern world, with a feeling of pride for their favorite brand.

Interbrand annually evaluates the value of global brands against 10 principles of brand strength including; Commitment, Protection, Clarity, Responsiveness, Authenticity, Relevance, Presence, Understanding, Consistency and Differentiation. The brands selected for this study are evaluated on their truly global success, transcending geographic and cultural differences. The brand should have the potential to penetrate into the emerging markets of the future. It should reflect world-class financial performance and an immaculate public awareness profile.

Astounding Design and Cutting-edge Fingerprint Technology, Signature Traits of Huawei G8

Modern marketing strategists are certainly following the rule that a product would only sell well, if it would “look” good, obviously along with extraordinary performance. And people at Huawei have surely made the aforementioned rule, their Mantra. It is quite obvious from the recently launched Huawei devices, that this leading tech company has taken the design perfection to a whole new level. By completely transforming the conventional ways, Huawei is delivering its products in super attractive bodies and the technological features they encase are also unique and matchless.

Huawei has recently introduced its stylish and chic, smart phone G8, in the mobile market of Pakistan. The overwhelming customer response this smart product has received is certainly going to stun the Huawei competitors. The expert team at Huawei research and development center has produced G8 utilizing state of the art design assistance and top quality manufacturing material.

Huawei G8 has got a full metal body and sturdy design for giving the users a strong and premium feel. The manufacturers have carefully incorporated in the casing design, six holes for the speakers, so that the excellent prodigy of Huawei, G8, would not only look great but sound great as well. The screen of G8, 5.5 inches large, has been produced using Gorilla glass, for making it strong and resistant to external scratches, etc.  The display screen has been created with 2.4D curved edges, which give the users 3D-like visual effects.

The latest, enhanced finger print technology integrated in G8 has made this smart phone unbeatable by its current competitor devices. The second-generation, fingerprint technology of G8 would enable its user to unlock his device in just 0.5 seconds. The scanning accuracy in G8 has been doubled than that of its sibling smartphone, Mate 7, owing the advanced algorithm. With the ultimate fingerprint scanning technology, G8 would offer to its user, unconventional ways of controlling their device. Users would be able to check notifications, take pictures, answer call, and switch off alarms with a swift gesture of their finger. With Huawei’s TEE security solution, the fingerprint technology would give the users improved device protection.

CEO of Huawei Pakistan, Mr. Aragon Meng, has expressed his views about G8 in these words, “This smart phone is one of our highly advanced products. We feel great pride and honor when our smart devices receive heartwarming responses from the customers. It shows that our research and development team’s work is outstanding and Huawei is achieving its goal of making this world a better connected  place.”