China News Service, February 22 (China News reporter Wu Tao) Not long after the Spring Festival holiday, Huawei launched a new folding screen mobile phone on the 22nd, this time it is the small folding HUAWEI Pocket 2.

　　Yu Chengdong, Huawei's Managing Director, CEO of Terminal BG, and Chairman of Smart Car Solutions BU, said at the press conference, "Huawei ranks first in the folding screen market in terms of shipments, with a market share of 51.2%, and also ranks first in key consumer satisfaction. .”

  HUAWEI Pocket 2 is released.

Photo by China News Service reporter Wu Tao

　　IDC's recent global smartphone market insights show that China's foldable smartphone trial production should continue to grow rapidly, with shipments of 7.1 million units in 2023, an increase of 114% from 3.2 million units in 2022.

　　Tianfeng Securities said that it continues to be optimistic about foldable phones becoming the iteration direction of high-end mobile phones.

With the entry of mainstream domestic brands, China’s foldable screen mobile phone market is developing rapidly, with shipments expected to reach 10 million units in 2024.

　　However, most folding screen phones are currently large folding screen phones. The reporter noticed that Huawei is one of the few manufacturers in the market that is still updating small folding phones. In this field, its other competitor is Samsung.

　　According to Yu Chengdong, this time, Pocket 2 is equipped with the industry's first Xuanwu water drop hinge. It not only innovatively adopts an exclusive suspended screen design, but also uses high-strength super rocket steel in the folding hinge, bringing consumers Come to a super smooth user experience.

　　Yu Chengdong also said that Pocket 2 is the industry's first small folding flagship to support two-way Beidou satellite messaging function, which can achieve two-way communication in the absence of terrestrial network signals.

　　It is worth noting that Pocket 2 did not launch the popular AI mobile phone concept, but it integrated AI skin testing and other applications into the mobile phone. Its sun protection assistant can not only detect ultraviolet intensity and sunscreen application status, but also generate skin testing reports. , In addition, functions such as air-to-air operation have also been added to Pocket 2.

　　On the system, Pocket 2 is equipped with the new HarmonyOS 4.

Yu Chengdong revealed that Hongmeng will also release major updates this fall.

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