Services that physically increase the storage of smartphones have begun
On July 29, 2021, Huawei announced the flagship model "HUAWEI P50" series in China.However, the presentation also announced a service that could be said to be the first time in history as a smartphone maker.It is a smartphone storage increase service.When you hear that storage is increased, you may think that the cloud is provided free of charge and it is a practical "expansion of storage capacity".However, Huawei offers the customer service to disassemble the smartphone itself, replace the storage memory chips, and increase the amount.Of course, this is a genuine manufacturer's service.
Image photo.The manufacturer is genuine and remodeled to increase storage
A long time ago, there were times when there was no smartphone yet, and it was popular to remodel PDA storage such as Palm (Palm).The predecessors worked hard to increase the storage with various ideas, such as replacing memory chips and stacking on existing memory and making the "turtle child" structure.But that's about 20 years ago.The current smartphone is no longer easy enough to remodel it with your own hands, so you can't basically increase the internal storage after buying a smartphone.It doesn't do anything to repair to the manufacturer and say "I want the 64GB model to be 128GB".
However, Huawei has decided to upgrade the storage for the past models in the future.Behind this is the sanctions of the U.S. government, and the idea is that the existing Huawei terminal user will continue to use the product for a while instead of replacing the existing Huawei terminal instead of replacing the existing Huawei terminal.prize.
"Huawei P20 Pro" (left) and "Huawei Mate 20 Pro" (right), which still have many users, will also increase.
When Huawei announced HARMONYOS 2 in June, in addition to the upgrade schedule of the OS of the old model, the discount service for battery replacement and the main unit replacement was also announced.The company's smartphone users are in China in "100 million" units, only for Huawei, which has been the largest market share in the Chinese market for several years.The high -end models can still be used in the models several years ago, so these life extensions and enhancement services will be good news for many existing model users.
Battery and back exchange service were also announced in June.
The battery replacement service is also provided in Japan.On the other hand, the storage increase service is only in China.I really want you to spread it overseas such as Japan.
We are also developing battery exchange campaign services in Japan
By the way, storage upgrades are "P", "Mate", "NOVA" and "ENJOY" series.Unfortunately, the "Lite" model is not eligible.Nevertheless, it is thankful that it will upgrade from "Huawei Mate 9" in 2016 five years ago.
"P" and "Mate" will be accepted from July, and "NOVA" and "ENJOY" will be accepted after August
So how much does it cost?The cost of each model is specified on the Huawei web page.For example, if you look at the storage price of Huawei Mate 9, the oldest model, the oldest model.
・ 4+32GB model → 4+128GB model: 459 yuan (about 7800 yen) ・ 4+32GB model → 4+256GB model: 659 yuan (about 1200 yen) ・ 6+128GB model → 659GB model: 659Original (about 12,000 yen)
As described above, the price seems to be the same depending on the storage capacity increased, regardless of the original storage capacity.In addition, an additional fee will be charged if the base is broken.It is not bad for a 32GB model to be 128GB for a little 10,000 yen.
Huawei Mate 9 storage increase fee.The price seems to be determined by the amount of storage
Huawei's service may be a bitter measure, but it is not bad from the perspective of "sustainability", such as global resources and global warming issues.For the manufacturer, the true intention is to buy a smartphone one after another.However, in the coming era, we want users who continue to use past products to take care of them.
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