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Huawei P40 Lite
Huawei
- Huawei launches its mid-range P40 Lite model in South Africa
- It will be available later this month and will cost around R6,499.
- Use your own app store, and not the Google version found on Android
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Huawei has announced that it will launch the mid-range P40 Lite in South Africa later this month, but without many of the SA apps.
It is a great test for the Chinese manufacturer, as it will be one of its first phones to work without Google integration, which means that some of its favorite applications, such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, will not be easily available.
The phone has a recommended retail price of R6,499 and is now available on a two-year contract with Telkom. Contract prices range from R399 to R949 per month.
The P40 Lite ranks as the younger sibling of the company’s flagship P40 products, including the P40 Pro and Pro +.
However, it still has some chops. Its camera consists of four lenses, including a giant 48-megapixel one. Under the hood, it is powered by a HiSilicon Kirin 810 chipset, with 6GB of RAM and decent internal storage of 128GB.
For the price, the biggest competitor to the new Huawei phone will be Samsung. The P40 Lite comes face to face with Samsung’s mid-range king, the A51. The new model can be purchased at Takealot for R6,495, almost the exact price of the Huawei. Last year’s version, the Samsung A50, was one of the best-selling phones in the world, which means the P40 Lite has all its work.
And that’s before you factor in Google’s lack of support, because the P40 Lite won’t have any of the Google apps you’re used to, despite running on Android.
Last year, the Chinese manufacturer was forced to adapt after the United States imposed restrictions on Google’s trade with Huawei.
That means there are no pre-installed Play Store or Google apps like Chrome, Maps or Gmail.
Instead, Huawei expects it to switch to its AppGallery, which is its home replacement for Google’s Play Store.
Although the store contains a wide selection of applications, several programs from Microsoft, Instagram and Facebook are still missing.
However, the P40 Lite still runs Android under the hood, which means that most apps still work. It just isn’t that easy to get them. There are workarounds for many apps, if you’re willing to play the violin, like using the Amazon AppStore.
Huawei also offers a tool called Phone Clone to get its applications. Basically it’s a way to transfer your work apps from an old Android phone to the P40 Lite, easily avoiding having to download them from Play.
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