Huawei aims to sell its products in camera shops, modern trade
HUAWEI PLANS to expand its smartphone sales through modern trade and camera shops in the third quarter and expects to distribute around 10 million of its new P9 and P9 Plus models globally this year.
Tossaporn Nisthanon, deputy country director of Huawei Consumer Business Group, said the Chinese company had officially announced two new flagship smartphones, the Huawei P9 and P9 Plus, for the Thai market, priced at Bt16,990 and Bt21,990 respectively. The company will spend around Bt150 million for marketing to promote the new products.
The Huawei P9 features a dual-lens camera, while the P9 Plus boasts an immaculate 5.5-inch display within a metal uni-body. The two models were launched for the global market in London in April.
The company has also introduced the “Diamond” service for the two phones. Should a phone require repair work taking longer than 60 minutes, Huawei will provide a new device to customers.
There are now five service centres in Thailand providing Diamond service: the Synnex head office in Lat Phrao, SVOA head office in Rat Burana, CSC head office in Lumpini, and the Huawei Service Centres in Nakhon Si Thammarat and Chiang Mai.
Tossaporn said Huawei was negotiating with modern-trade outlets and camera shops to retail its phones. It expects to get its products into such outlets by next quarter.
Thomas Liu, president for Southeast Asia of Huawei Consumer Business Group, said the company now had online marketing channels in Europe, Russia and China. It expects to have online channels in Thailand in the next step.
