Huawei is promising to bring the Huawei P40 Series to the market soon. In an email press release about the ”revolutionary design” of their latest flagship, the company says the series will be launched locally in the coming weeks. So we as yet don’t have a timeline, nor official pricing. They however say that more information will be shared in the coming days. What I can bet on is that they will be priced more aggressively than all previous Huawei flagships have been.

The P40 Series consists of four smartphones:

Huawei P40 Lite
Huawei P40
Huawei P40 Pro
Huawei P40 Pro+

I don’t know which of the four Huawei Mobile Kenya will consider first. Will they be bringing the whole package, or will they choose a couple of devices from the series to launch?

I can bet on the P40 Lite launching first, followed by perhaps the P40 and P40 Pro sometime later on. I am not so sure about the P40 PRO+ which is quite expensive. However, given Samsung’s decision to bring in all their flagships – including the overly expensive Galaxy S20 Ultra – we can expect nothing less of Huawei.

The biggest challenge for Huawei though is the lack of Google Apps on their new devices. Their first attempt at selling non-Google phones in Kenya has been the Huawei Y7p. I cannot talk of sales, but interest on the device has been pretty good. Will the interest – which mark you is borne out of the good specs of the device – translate to sales?

When the P40 Series was announced officially globally, I said Huawei is betting on good hardware to lure us to the new ecosystem. And they’re ready to push the good hardware as far as possible. Hopefully this will translate to sales.

Huawei P40 Pro+ Specifications:

PRICE	Expected KES. 130,000 Check on PhonePlaceKenya.com for best price.
Display	6.58 inches OLED touchscreen 1200 x 2640 pixels DCI-P3 HDR10 90Hz Refresh rate IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins) Glass front, ceramic back, ceramic frame
Rear Camera	Penta Leica Optics Setup: 50 MP, f/1.9, 23mm (wide), 1/1.28″, 2.44µm, omnidirectional PDAF, OIS Periscope 8 MP, f/4.4, 240mm (telephoto), PDAF, OIS, 10x optical zoom 8 MP, f/2.4, 80mm (telephoto), PDAF, OIS, 3x optical zoom 40 MP, f/1.8, 18mm (ultrawide), 1/1.54″, PDAF TOF 3D, (depth)
Front Camera	32 MP, f/2.0, 26mm (wide), 1/2.8″, 0.8µm IR TOF 3D, (depth/biometrics sensor)
Chipset	HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G (7 nm+)
GPU	Mali-G76 MP16
RAM	8 GB RAM
Storage	256/512 GB Storage UFS 3.0 Expandable NM (Nano Memory), up to 256GB (uses shared SIM slot)
Operating System	Android 10.0 (AOSP + HMS); EMUI 10
Battery	Non-removable Li-Po 4200 mAh battery Fast charging 40W Fast wireless charging 40W Fast reverse wireless charging 27W
Network	2G, 3G, 4G, 5G
Connectivity	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Bluetooth 5.1, A2DP, LE GPS with dual-band A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS, NavIC NFC Infrared port USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go
Extra	NO 3.5mm headphone jack Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, Color spectrum
Security	Infrared face recognition, Fingerprint (under display, optical),
Colour options	White Ceramic, Black Ceramic