Huawei could launch a budget foldable sooner than you think

Huawei could launch its budget foldable Android smartphone sooner than you think. Based on the latest information shared by Ross Young, that device is coming either later this month, or in early January.

Huawei could launch its budget foldable later this or next month

Ross Young, as many of you know, is a well-known display analyst. He’s rarely wrong when it comes to such predictions, so we have no reason to doubt him this time. It is rather likely that this device will launch in China first. We cannot know if it will make its way to global markets or not.

Either way, it will be more affordable in the company’s homeland, that’s for sure. That’s the case with every smartphone China-based companies release in its market compared to markets outside of China. It’s also not surprising due to taxes and everything.

Now, we don’t know much about this smartphone. A rumor appeared back in June, claiming that Huawei is working on a more affordable foldable phone. Back then, a tipster said that this phone could launch under the company’s ‘Nova’ brand.

That device could launch under the company’s ‘Nova’ brand

Huawei usually releases its mid-range phones under the ‘Nova’ brand, globally, so it would make sense. If we had to guess, we’d say that this is a clamshell smartphone, but we cannot be sure of that.

The device is tipped to cost between CNY4,000 ($563) and CNY5,000 ($703). Well, at least that was the case back in June. We’re still not sure if that rumor was credible or not, so that this info with a grain of salt.

The tipster also noted that the Snapdragon 778G could be used to fuel this smartphone. That’s basically everything we know at this point. Ross Young didn’t really share any information about the device other than the release window prediction.

Huawei launched quite a few foldables thus far, so the company has plenty of experience.