The contract between Huawei and camera manufacturer Leica has expired. About this in its twitter said the popular insider Teme.
According to the source, Huawei P50 will become the latest flagship of the Chinese company, which will be released in conjunction with Leica. There is a contract between the two corporations, which Leica does not intend to renew. The reason why Huawei can lose an important partner, call a decrease in smartphones production, which is critical for the German company.
Teme believes that Leica will search for a new smartphone manufacturer for which it will produce cameras. Regarded companies such as freed from the Huawei Honor, Xiaomi, Sharp.
later insider noticed that the cooperation of two corporations was built on such conditions that Leica could work in parallel with several companies. In this case, the partnership of two sides can be continued. As an example, a blogger led specializing on the optics of Carl Zeiss, which simultaneously cooperates with Sony, Vivo and Hmd Nokia.
Announcement of the flagship smartphone Huawei P50 should take place in May-June. The characteristics of the device are not disclosed. The actual device series – the smartphone P40 – was introduced in April 2020.
Despite the submission to the sanctions list of the United States, at the end of the fourth quarter of 2020, Huawei headed the device with support for 5g with a share of 26.9 percent. The Chinese corporation is under American sanctions since May 2019.