We (and everyone else) have been calling this for ages, but Huawei is about to join the price-increase party. And that’s official. The company posted an update on its website (spotted by Huawei Central) detailing the coming changes to its product pricing.
The changes… are not good. Just in case that wasn’t obvious. And they’re also not far off, either. 1 July is just around the corner.
Huawei gonna pay for that?
Huawei posted on its website that “after careful consideration of various aspects, from July 1, 2026 on, we will make appropriate adjustments to the prices of intelligent collaboration products produced by the company, so as to relieve the ever-increasing cost pressure.” (via Huawei Central)
The Chinese brand isn’t the first company to do this, with others making the jump earlier this year. Oppo, Vivo, MSI, and others have all stated (or implemented) price increases due to the crunch artificial intelligence systems have had on RAM and chip supplies.
There’s no sign, yet, as to when the price increase will land in South Africa, but it’s certain that it will. This will have a few possible outcomes. Either device quality and specs remain unchanged, but the price goes up, or we’ll see newer smartphone models downscaling some tech to keep the retail cost at about the same level as before. Both approaches are being tried by various brands. It remains to be seen how Huawei will approach the same problem everyone else currently faces.
