As if Huawei doesn’t have enough of a challenge breaking into Western markets with their smartphone devices, they have been dealing with an Internet rumor swirling around the price of their forthcoming Ascend P6 smartphone. Although the Ascend P6 has not yet been released, reports surfaced indicating the device would be priced at about $330. Huawei CEO Richard Yu had some especially harsh words regarding the source of the rumors, which he posted to his Weibo account:
There were rumors stated that the Huawei Ascend P6 will be priced at RMB $1999 ($330). This is one of the tricks from western companies to strangle and damage the reputation of high quality devices from China. Please don’t get cheated by those rumors.
Yu points to claims that industry experts have pegged the value of the Ascend P6 as being somewhere between $490 and $570, more consistent with the quality and innovation he thinks the smartphone represents. The Ascend P6 will lay claim to being the world’s thinnest smartphone upon release. However, with a 4.7-inch screen running at 720p it will not be a top-tier phone from a screen display standpoint. The expected 2GB of RAM and quad-core processor running Android’s Jelly Bean operating system should make it a solid performer overall, perhaps a notch down from top of the line devices from other manufacturers. It doesn’t appear to be a bargain basement device that Yu claims Western companies are trying to make it out to be by starting a rumor about the phone having a low price point.
source: GSM Insider
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