The Honor firm returned to Spain a few weeks ago, with new models that undoubtedly have not gone unnoticed, due to the great ratio of benefits and price they have. But many still wonder if this brand has something to do with Huawei, which for many years has been its owner. We will review the trajectory of the brand in these years.
The US veto of Huawei has completely changed the pieces of the mobile phone board globally. Since Huawei’s huge drop in sales has been taken advantage of by its rivals, but what happened to Honor?
Nothing to see, at least officially
This is how you can describe the move made by Honor a year ago, when Huawei sold it to Shenzhen Zhixin New Information Technology Co , a conglomerate of distributors in the city of Shenzhen, from which the Chinese brand originates. Until that moment, Honor had belonged to Huawei from the moment of its founding, back in 2013.
During those years the brand had a prominent role in the mid-range globally, in fact in Spain it was one of the most prominent. But the US veto on Huawei , making it impossible to load Google apps and services on their mobiles, was also extended to Honor. So the latter was dragged into the same ordeal that Huawei is currently going through. Therefore the answer is clear, Honor no longer belongs to Huawei, which in itself is good news for both the brand and its customers.
Huawei’s shadow is elongated
Of course, Huawei’s shadow over Honor is long, and it is clear that the sale has occurred so that at least this leg of Huawei’s business can have a journey beyond China . Without the ballast of Huawei, now Honor can count on the services of Google and its apps globally. This is something that we have verified in the Honor 50 that has recently arrived in Spain. This phone comes with MagicUI 4.2, the traditional software layer, so similar to EMUI at the time.
In fact, it is what an EMUI 12 with integrated Google should be today. The influence of Huawei can still be appreciated in the design of the phone itself, the Honor 50 is a mobile extremely similar to the Huawei P50, and it is evident that the shadow of the Chinese giant is elongated and is still very present in Honor. But the reality is that they are already independent companies, although we already know that in China everything is subject to other supreme orders.
From a more personal point of view, it gives the impression that Huawei has decided to save Honor by selling this division, so that in the future it can somehow fill the gap left by the company, using Google services, and other different processors. to the Kirin, like the Snapdragon that have precisely released their latest models. Therefore, no, Honor no longer has anything from Huawei officially, but it aspires to take its place in the West and globally with many of the charms of its former owner.