The Huawei Mate 60 Pro 5G is selling out and Huawei reportedly wants to stockpile units of the phone to cover expected demand.
If we ever had a „Tipster’s Call of the Year“ award, it might go to @Tech_Reve who posted on X that Huawei was about to bring back its homegrown Kirin chips for smartphones. Just days later, Huawei surprisingly announced the Mate 60 Pro powered by a 5G Kirin chip that we really don’t know much about. But just like last year when the release of the Mate 50 series generated long lines and sellouts, the Mate 60 Pro has captured the imagination (and wallets) of Chinese consumers.New batch of Mate 60 Pro handsets was heading to Vmall Monday evening
According to the South China Morning Post (SCMP), the new phone was originally listed on Huawei’s e-commerce site Vmall and its physical flagship store in Shenzhen. Soon, they were available from third-party online outlets such as JD.com, and Taobao, and from bricks-and-mortar locations. As of today, the Mate 60 Pro was sold out on Vmall, JD.com and Taobao. Vmall was getting set to receive another shipment of the phone Monday evening. Ivan Lam, a Hong Kong-based senior analyst with market consultancy Counterpoint Research, said that as long as Huawei can get its hands on enough phones, sales should top those tallied by the Mate 50 series. Lam told clients, „If supplies [go] smoothly, sales should be higher than the previous version [of the Mate series].
