Huawei will launch its first smartphone in South Africa this weekend without Google Mobile Services. Dubbed the Huawei Y7p, the budget phone will be something of a benchmark device for Chinese society.
Although the phone is still running Android – Android 9.0 Pie to be exact with EMUI 9 in addition – it won’t arrive with the Google Play Store or any other Google app that you would usually see on an Android device.
For some, this can be a blessing. For others, it means getting to know Huawei’s mobile services and the company’s Play Store alternative, AppGallery.
Beyond the software, the phone sports a 6.39 inch screen with a resolution of 1560 × 720. A selfie camera with 8MP punch is located in its upper corner, in the same way as the Nova 5T.
Internally, it is powered by the Kirin 710F, a chipset that we have already seen on the Y9S, with 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of internal storage. Huawei is also arming this phone with a microSD card slot.
A 4000mAh battery powers all of this.
On the back, a 48-megapixel main camera flanks an 8-megapixel ultra-wide sensor and a 2-megapixel depth sensor, while a physical fingerprint sensor is placed in the middle of the phone.
Finally, at the bottom of the device, there is a microUSB port for data and charging, and a 3.5mm headphone jack.
The Huawei Y7p will go on sale in South Africa for R3499, as Huawei confirmed in an email to Gearburn.
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