Huawei to announce its first 5G smartphone in June 2019.Huawei is one of the Chinese smartphone OEMs that has been actively working to make 5G technology available to general users. At the ongoing Mobile World Congress Shanghai (MWCS) 2018, Huawei CEO Eric Xu confirmed that the company plans to be ready with its first commercial 5G solutions and smartphone chips by March next year. This will make it possible to debut its first 5G smartphone by June 2019.
Huawei has made no secrets of its plans to embrace 5G technology as soon as possible within the smartphone market, but today the Chinese brand has taken this one step further by announcing a specific launch timeline.Ultimately considering Huawei expects its first 5G smartphones to arrive in June 2019, it seems likely that the tech will debut on a mid-range smartphone. After all, the company’s first high-end chip with support for 5G is expected to be the Kirin 1020 that should debut inside of the Mate 30 line mentioned above.