44 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 46
PREVIEW
Release date
Huawei’s Vice President of Handsets Product Line
Bruce Lee has confirmed that the company will
“probably launch devices at Mobile World Congress”
in future as it wants to get the devices on-sale by the
Easter period in Western Europe.
MWC 2018 is due to begin on Monday 26 February
2018 and judging by 2017’s P10 announcement, we
imagine the Huawei P11 will be revealed the day
before the show begins, on Sunday 25 February 2018.
That would put it directly up against the Galaxy S9,
which could also launch the same day.Price
We’re still some way away from finding out the
official price of the upcoming Huawei P11, but
we can estimate a rough price range based on
previous releases.
Judging by the £449 price tag of the Huawei P9
and the slightly more expensive £569 price tag of the
Huawei P10, we imagine that the Huawei P11 will cost
somewhere in the range of £550 and £600. While
Huawei’s flagship prices were once competitive when
compared to Samsung and Apple, it’s slowly changing.Specifications
There is very little online about the design of the
Huawei P11, but we can take a look at sister company
Honor’s 2017 flagship, the Honor 9, for inspiration. The
2016 Honor 8 had a very similar design and feature
set to 2017’s Huawei P10, including the dual-camera
setup on the rear.