Launch of the Y series 2019 with Dewdrop display from left Singer Sri Lanka PLC Marketing Director Kumar Samarasinghe, Singer Sri Lanka Group CEO Mahesh Wijewardene, Huawei Consumer Business Group Sri Lanka Country Head Peter Liu, Singer Sri Lanka PLC Director Digital Media Jagath Perera and Huawei Consumer Business Group Sri Lanka General Manager Kalpa Perera

HUAWEI, the largest telecom infrastructure maker in the world recently launched the sequel to its celebrated Y series. Huawei Y series 2019 was launched in Sri Lanka at an event held in Hilton, Colombo. The series includes HUAWEI Y9 2019, HUAWEI Y7 Pro 2019 and HUAWEI Y6 Pro 2019 devices. The company has encapsulated the series with the key words of "New Generation Dew Drop Display, Stylish Design with trendy colors and AI Camera".

The device sports a Face unlock, which is fast and secure, even under low lights. The facial recognition ensures high level security to guard against photo and video intrusion. AI scene recognition, equipped to automatically study 22 labels and 500 plus scenes real time and wide aperture optimizes all the devices and helps anyone become a photographic star. In addition, Y9 2019 comes with the latest version finger print sensor featuring the Best in class fingerprint sensor. The screen unlocking takes less than 0.3s, which is 40% quicker than the previous generations of Huawei Y Series.

Huawei Consumer Business Group Sri Lanka Country Head Peter Liu shared, "We are today introducing the next level of innovation for an affordable range. He further added, "The new introduction prides itself in Dewdrop Fullview Display, Face unlock, AI scene recognition, Wide aperture, Super and large battery capacity”.

Huawei Y9 2019, has presented itself as the champion of the series with a 6.5 Inch screen, which is the largest full view screen on this range, the high resolution of FHD+ (2340*1080) and the customizable notch system which cannot be adjusted in any competitor devices in the market in this range. The device is available in trendy colors of Midnight Black and Sapphire Blue. The youthful design of the device range is further enhanced with the High Class ceramic glass material and the 3D ARC Design. The photographic abilities are a true treat for a user with the introduction of the “first Quad Dual AI Camera with 4000mAh battery” (Rear 13MP + 2MP / Front 16MP + 2MP) in this range, Smallest Aperture of F/1.8, Best Low light Photo on this range and AR photography. The performance of the device is enhanced with AI Power Management, GPU Turbo, Game Assistant 2.0, Fingerprint 4.0 Version and Face Unlock.

Huawei Y7 Pro 2019 is the next feature filled highlight of the series with the “First Dewdrop Display with 4000mAh Battery” and 6.26 Inch Dewdrop Fullview display and a better resolution of HD+ (1520*720) which proves itself unbeatable among the other devices in the same range. The device is available for Sri Lankan customers in the colors of Aurora Blue, Coral Red and Midnight Black. The 3 AI camera of the device is complemented with a rear camera of 13MP +2MP, the front AI camera of 16MP, Self-toning flash 2.0, and Largest Aperture F/1.8 coupled with AR photography. The performance of the device is further complemented with the 4000mAh battery, AI Power Management, Face Unlock, EMUI 8.2 and Hand Gesture Control.

Huawei Y6 Pro 2019 is “First Dewdrop Display with Leather finishing design” 6.09 Inch Dewdrop FullView display and the Better resolution of HD+ (1520*720) is exciting news for smartphone fans of the same range. Y6 Pro’s Amber Brown and the Midnight Black shade choices has further set the device apart from the designs in the market. Curved design and texture leather finishing design has further strengthened the youthful and unique design. The performance of the device is amplified with EMUI 9.0 and the Android 9 Pie and features such as Low light face unlock, Huawei Super Sound and 3000mAh battery with AI Power Management. The Y6 Pro is acclaimed by many international critics for its Lowlight photography and its classy leather like finish design.

The HUAWEIY series 2019 devices comes with a one year warranty and will be available for consumers at all HUAWEI Experience Centers with Sri Lanka’s leading smartphone marketer, Singer Sri Lanka PLC ensuring the availability of the Y series 2019 devices island wide. Selected Dialog and Mobitel outlets.

Recently HUAWEI overtook its competitor to be the number two smartphone brand in the world according to IDC last week. In Sri Lanka, HUAWEI has succeeded in securing the number one position in smartphone sales according to recent GfK reports. In 2018, HUAWEI was ranked 48 on BrandZ’sTop 100 Most Valuable Global Brands, number 79 in Forbes World’s Most Valuable Brands and number 25 on the Brand Finance Global 500 Most Valuable Brands lists. HUAWEI has also achieved the No. 68 status on Interbrand’s Best Global Brands list in 2018 and ranked No.83 on Fortune 500.