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szdaily -> Business -> 
Huawei delays launch of foldable phone by 3 months
    2019-06-17  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

HUAWEI will delay the launch of its foldable 5G Mate X smartphone by three months.

The Mate X, a competitor to Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Fold, is expected to be rolled out globally in September, Vincent Pang, Huawei’s head of corporate communications, said on the sidelines of the WSJ Tech D.Live conference in Hong Kong.

It was originally slated for a June launch.

The delay comes as Huawei phones face being cut off from updates of Google’s Android operating system (OS) in the wake of the U.S. blacklist that bans American companies from doing business with the Chinese firm.

Pang, however, denied the delay was due to the ban, saying Huawei was in the process of running certification tests with various carriers that were expected to be completed in August.

He also said that Huawei, the world’s second-largest maker of smartphones, could roll out its Hongmeng operating system — which is being tested — within nine months.

“Our preference will of course be Google and Android as we have been partners for many years,” said Pang, also a senior vice president at Huawei. “But if the circumstances force us to, we can roll out Hongmeng in six to nine months.”

Hongmeng is based on the version of Android that is publicly available via open-source licensing and is mainly meant for phones, Pang said. Hongmeng will support other devices later.

Huawei has applied to trademark its Hongmeng OS in various countries, media reports said Thursday, in a sign it may be deploying a backup plan in key markets.

At home, Huawei applied for a Hongmeng trademark in August last year and received a nod last month.(SD-Agencies)

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