Finally Some Sanity — Huawei Agrees 6 GB of RAM Isn’t Really Adding Any Value Over The 4 GB Version
Huawei is a considerably new player in the Indian market and it’s business is primarily garnered through budget smartphones.
It’s devices while affordable, are equipped with some of the latest features available to consumers worldwide. Having to keep up with the other budget phone manufacturers’ practice, Huawei too, is in a race to offer more memory — both in the form of RAM and internal storage capacities.
Which is precisely why it is developing a range of phones which shall offer both the 4 GB RAM + 64 GB of inbuilt storage configuration, as well as the 6 GB + 128 GB inbuilt storage configurations.
However, in a recent Weibo post, the COO of Huawei’s P-Series of smartphones, Lao Shi, unequivocally commented that the 4 GB RAM + 64 GB internal storage configuration is a better combination for consumers, than the 6 GB RAM + 128 GB inbuilt storage configuration for daily usage.
He followed that up by mentioning that the 6 GB RAM configuration, although psychologically more pleasing, costs much more than the 4 GB RAM configuration and the brunt of the elevated cost is ultimately borne by the end user herself.
This, according to him is an option that does not add much cream on top of the cake especially when it is to be utilized only for everyday (read: normal) usage.
It is difficult to understand whether to consider it as the executive’s personal stand or the company’s view, especially because what followed was an even more descriptive, radical and aggressive statement!
Lao Shi suggested that the competition between companies and manufacturers to provide more memory is akin the Cold War between the USA and the USSR, where both sides tried to achieve the top spot by increasing their nuclear weapon stockpiles.
Such a statement, coming from an executive of a budget phone manufacturer is unheard of!
Shi then went onto reassure the consumers by saying that their requirements shall be governed by personal choice and that those who wish to purchase the higher memory model are free to do so.
The current Huawei P9 comes in only two variants — 4 GB RAM + 64 GB ROM and a 3 GB RAM + 32 GB ROM configuration models respectively, while the Huawei P10, P10 Plus and Mate 9 Pro models offer a 6 GB RAM configuration.
The lack of much variety within the 6 GB nest may have been what prompted such a statement.
Irrespective of what were the causes for such an opinion, it is apparent that Huawei is not particularly keen on increasing the maximum memory available on its smartphones going ahead. Too much of R&D is unlikely to be committed towards the goal of adding more memory at affordable rates.
Huawei is reportedly looking to introduce models within the INR 10,000–20,000 range — which is the exact price range that Huawei has seen maximum growth in India.
Since the phones with the 6 GB configuration are most likely to be priced between the INR 16,000–20,000 rupees range, Huawei seems to intend to have a perfunctory presence in that playing field.
The company has promised not to compromise on quality and to retain it’s primary focus on improving the real performance-impacting specifications.
Which ones those would be, neither you nor I can tell at the moment — however, I for one, am glad that a manufacturer has the foresight and intellect to question “how much is too much”!
Originally published at Chip-Monks.
