Huawei’s newly launched Mate 60 Pro sold out soon after online platforms such as Huawei VMall,simulated sex video game Taobao, and JD.com kicked off the full-scale launch of the phone at 18:08 on September 3. Consumers who had pre-ordered the handset in Huawei stores could pick their phones in-store the same evening. Posts and photos online showed consumers forming long queues at Huawei outlets nationwide. On August 29, Huawei launched pre-sales of its Mate 60 Pro flagship phone on its official website without any advance publicity. One online KOL in the digital tech sector said that as of September 1, nearly 800,000 units of the Huawei Mate 60 Pro had been sold or pre-ordered through sales channels including Huawei VMall, JD.com, and Huawei offline stores in Shenzhen (excluding reserved orders from regional authorized dealers). [IThome, in Chinese]