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Huawei Mate X3 and P60 to clash for launch date
Huawei Mate X3 is the next foldable smartphone and Huawei is also preparing to launch the P60 series. With that being said, Huawei could face a clash of launches for these anticipated flagships.
According to past reports, Huawei is ready to launch the new Mate X3 in the first quarter of this year. On the other hand, the Huawei P60 series is also scheduled in the same quarter.
In that case, what will Huawei do?
There are a total of three scenarios that Huawei could follow.
- Launching both of these together in March
- Launch Mate X3 in early or mid-March and push P60 for early April
- Launch Mate X3 in February and P60 in March
Why?
This year, Huawei is likely to launch a P series and Mate series (not foldable) phones. However, there’s no slot specifically booked for the Mate X3. As Huawei still organizes foldable phone launch events as non-primary lineups.
If we look at the past launch schedules, Huawei unveiled Mate X2 in February 2021, followed by Huawei P50 Pocket flip phone in late the same year. Followed by Mate Xs 2 in April and the Pocket S flip phone in November 2022.
The dual flaghip era is about to return in the Huawei smartphone ecosystem. And Huawei may not like to risk the shipment count of the Huawei P60 series. Therefore, launching Huawei Mate X3 ahead of the P60 series would be a better option rather than launching them together.
We may argue about an exact date for Mate X3, as Huawei has not confirmed any on the matter. But we have to relate that February would still be more suitable for the launch instead of going for March.
This window will provide enough time for the company to market Mate X3 and sell units. It will also create some distance between the launch event of both devices.
There’s a lot to know and we’ll keep you posted on official inputs, stay connected.
