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        "id": 1681913,
        "msgid": "finally-huawei-mate-pro-series-makes-comeback-in-indonesia-after-5-year-hiatus-1776340265",
        "date": "2026-04-16 17:40:00",
        "title": "Finally, Huawei Mate Pro Series Makes \"Comeback\" in Indonesia After 5-Year Hiatus",
        "author": "Wahyunanda Kusuma Pertiwi",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Technology",
        "summary": "Huawei has relaunched its numeric Mate series in Indonesia with the Mate 80 Pro, marking the first such release in the country since 2020 following a five-year absence. The company, which returned to the Indonesian market last year with foldable models, plans to introduce its full range of smartphone categories to align with global strategies. This comeback coincides with other global brands like Honor and Motorola re-entering the market, highlighting renewed competition in Indonesia's smartphone sector, where the Mate 80 Pro continues to emphasise advanced camera capabilities inherited from its Leica-collaborated predecessors.",
        "content": "<p>JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Huawei has finally brought the Mate numeric\nseries back to Indonesia after an absence of around five years. The\nseries makes its comeback through the launch of the Mate 80 Pro in the\ncountry on Thursday (16\/4\/2026). Since returning to enliven the\nIndonesian market last year, the Mate series brought was limited to the\nfoldable XT and X models. This Chinese technology company last released\nthe numeric Mate series, including the Mate Pro, in 2020 through the\nMate 40 Pro. \u201cThe Mate (numeric) was previously only launched in China.\nAfter re-entering the global launch, of course we in Indonesia are\nfollowing the global strategy. And now we are launching the Mate 80 Pro\nfor the first time in Indonesia after a long time,\u201d said Senior Retail\nManager of Huawei Device Indonesia, Edy Supartono, on the sidelines of\nthe launch event in Central Jakarta. Edy stated that Huawei had planned\nthe entry of the Mate numeric series since its first comeback to\nIndonesia last year. \u201cSince last year, our strategy has been to bring\nall lines from all smartphone categories to Indonesia,\u201d said Edy.\nAlthough smartphone products were absent since 2022, Huawei still\nmaintains a user base in Indonesia. Edy said that during the hiatus,\nthey continued to nurture the loyal user community by introducing the\nfull Huawei ecosystem, such as tablets and wearables. Besides Huawei,\n2025 marks a comeback moment for several smartphone brands in Indonesia.\nBased on KompasTekno records, three global smartphone brands decided to\nfully operate again in the Indonesian market, namely Huawei, Honor, and\nMotorola. At that time, those phones became one of the top choices for\nmobile photography enthusiasts thanks to the camera system developed in\ncollaboration with Leica. The \u201cDNA\u201d of photography in the Mate series is\nstill passed down to the Mate 80 Pro. Although no longer collaborating\nwith Leica, the Mate 80 Pro continues to highlight the camera\naspect.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/finally-huawei-mate-pro-series-makes-comeback-in-indonesia-after-5-year-hiatus-1776340265",
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