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Huawei has quietly launched three Mate 60 phones in the past two weeks, all with 5G support. Several sources from China now claim that this is the first step of a new offensive on the global smartphone market.
IT Home cited insiders who claim that Huawei is building a foundation in the domestic market in China and continuing its overseas expansion, but an exact timeline is currently unavailable.
Huawei Mate 60 Pro
Huawei has been affected by a trade war between China and the United States that began more than five years ago. As a result, the company was barred from accessing most US technologies. However, the Mate 60, Mate 60 Pro, and Mate 60 Pro+ have arrived with 5G support and a Kirin 9000S chipset built on the 7nm technology process.
The company has not officially commented on the SoC situation, but domestic reports have revealed that the chip is fully Chinese-made, raising further questions about how local companies have the expertise for such complicated processes obtained in such a short time.
Huawei has already increased its annual production forecast from 30 million in January to 38 million today. Of those, 20 million units have already been shipped, and the Mate 60 Pro units will account for 6 million more or a third of the remaining orders.
The Pro+ supports voice calls over satellite in addition to SMS
There have been some reports that the series might not make it outside of China, but Huawei hasn’t made an official statement about it, leaving the door open for a potential global release.
A quick look into the past shows that Huawei used to have 42% of the Chinese smartphone market but is now below 10%, while the global market share currently stands at 3% – a decrease of six times from mid-2019.