The high-spec, low-priced Huawei P9 is now available for Bangladeshi users. (Photo : Waqar Khan/YouTube)
Huawei is bringing its newly launched flagship phone to Bangladesh as the competition intensifies back at home and new opportunities arise in other developing markets.
The company is making the Huawei P9 available to Bangladeshi buyers, with a price point of about 47,990 taka or $610.
Huawei has collaborated with high-profile Bangladeshi photographers Bassbaba Sumon, Iresh Zaker and GMB Akash to shoot photos using the device, state-owned news agency Xinhua reported.
"We believe the P9 is a game-changer for smartphone photography," said Ingmar Wang, director of Device Business at Huawei (Bangladesh) Ltd., as quoted by Xinhua. "Huawei and Leica share the same passion to look beyond what is possible, and the partnership between the two equally famed companies [has] forever changed the way we take photos and see the world."
Wang added: "The P9 is a piece of art which has seen a relentless drive to push the boundaries of innovation. Our latest flagship product launch signifies our commitment toward the Bangladeshi market, which is very important for us."
In April, Huawei showed off the P9 phone for the first time in London. The handset's biggest pull is the dual-lens camera co-engineered with German optics maker Leica.
The P9 model adopts fingerprint recognition technology, comes with a 5.2in screen and is housed in aluminum.
With its specs, the handset was said to be a solid indication of Huawei's serious efforts to bring its brand abroad and within the ranks of high-end smartphone players, namely Apple and Samsung.
For analysts, P9 will likely appeal to consumers looking for quality and good-looking phone at a cheap price. Bangladesh seems to be a market in best position to reflect this.
Last year, the number of mobile phone users in Bangladesh crossed the 130-million mark, according to bdnews24.com. Meanwhile, local Internet users also increased by about 27 percent within one year from 2014-15.
