Huawei released a brand new folding screen phone last night - Pocket S. This machine has an appearance design that is almost the same as the Huawei P50 Pocket, but the two machines do not belong to the same series; Huawei Pocket S starts at 5,988 yuan, and the top version even sells for 7,488 yuan, making it a high-end phone with a high price.
As a comparison, the 256GB version of Huawei P50 Pocket is priced at 8988 yuan, and the 512GB version is priced at 10988 yuan. The starting price of this machine is already much more expensive than the top version of Huawei Pocket S; compared with the two machines, Huawei Pocket S seems to be more "cost-performance ratio", so is that true?
Huawei Pocket S is equipped with Snapdragon 778G 4G chip, Snapdragon 778G is a mid-range chip. This chip is used by many mobile phone manufacturers on smartphones, and the Snapdragon 778G 4G used by Huawei does not support 5G network version, and its performance is exactly the same as Snapdragon 778G. Huawei once used this chip on the Mate50 series.
Huawei Mate50E is also equipped with Snapdragon 778G 4G, with a starting price of up to 3,999 yuan, making it the Snapdragon 778G chip phone with the highest starting price at that time; in fact, Huawei has previously launched a expensive Snapdragon 778G 4G chip phone - nova10 Pro. The starting price of this phone is 3,699 yuan, with a main selfie function, and a 60-megapixel selfie lens at the front.
The release of Huawei Pocket S undoubtedly raised the price of Snapdragon 778G chip phones. Qualcomm may not have expected that a phone equipped with Snapdragon 778G chip could be sold for up to 7,488 yuan, but Huawei did it; as a folding screen mobile phone, Xiaozhai believes that the price of 7,488 yuan is still a little higher, after all, the product positioning of this chip is not very high.
As a comparison, the starting price of moto Razr 2022 equipped with Snapdragon 8+ chip is only 5,999 yuan, which is much stronger than Huawei Pocket S, and the crease is also smaller; however, considering that moto is far less well-known in China than before, it has no premium ability, and Huawei has a strong influence in the domestic market, so its product premium ability is naturally much higher.
Although Huawei Pocket S was exposed before the press conference, Xiaozhai still hopes that the price will be lower; news from the industry chain shows that many brands focusing on "cost-performance ratio" will also launch folding screen phones next year, so the product competitiveness of Huawei Pocket S will also be greatly reduced. After all, the folding screen phones launched by the "cost-performance ratio" mobile phone brands are likely to be products with high configuration and low prices.
