Still, many viewers, especially on the Bilibili video platform, left comments asking for details about the phone.
Huawei’s glitzy product launch — at times spilling over into nationalist fervor from the audience online and in-person — had started with an orchestral and choral performance of a song titled “My Dream” in Chinese. It also included a short speech by Hong Kong celebrity Andy Lau around Huawei’s launch of a luxury watch design.