Huawei climbed up to the second spot in the global smartphone leader board on the back of Honor’s stunning rise in India and its success in Europe, despite cold response in the USA. Now the company is looking at augmented reality devices as the next big thing, and says the net one or two years will show the world just how interesting and engaging AR apps and devices can be.

“With this AR, you can have AR glasses working with phone, maybe you can watch more of a large area,” Yu said, adding that the technology has great potential. “In the beginning you may feel AR … is nothing. But in the future you will see more and more the value of that,” Yu added.