Is the cost going to drive customers away?

[Phases]

Holy whack, rumor'd at $1300 for the Pro version knocks me WAY out!

http://phandroid.com/2016/10/24/huawei-mate-9-pro-rumors/

I can't imagine it being even remotely close to what I'm willing to pay after reading that.

 

[lvt]

Huawei is the King of mobile in China, their smartphones were already overpriced.

You pay the price of a notebook for it but you don't get a real SSD and a comfortable keyboard.

 

[mikedt]

太贵了

 

[mikedt]

Holy whack, rumor'd at $1300 for the Pro version knocks me WAY out!

http://phandroid.com/2016/10/24/huawei-mate-9-pro-rumors/

I can't imagine it being even remotely close to what I'm willing to pay after reading that.

The available now, standard Huawei Mate 9 is a whopping ¥9999 yuan CNY, convert that into $ USD if you want. FYI a top of the range iPhone 7 Plus 256GB is ¥7988 in China.

The Pro version isn't available until early next year apparently.

 

[stewarta13wsb]

Excuse my ignorance, is everything expensive over there i.e. cost of living? My Mate is on the way for £599 which compared to the Note 7 at £699 seems OK to me.