[News] Huawei Keeps Mate 70 Chip Details Secret, Highlights Android Challenger HarmonyOS Next

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According to a report by South China Morning Post, Huawei did not reveal the specific chip used in its Mate 70 series smartphones during their launch event on Tuesday, while its self-developed mobile operating system, the HarmonyOS Next, took center stage at the event.

The report states that Richard Yu Chengdong, chairman of Huawei’s consumer business group, unveiled the Mate 70 and three additional premium handsets in the same lineup at the event in Shenzhen. These smartphones come with a starting price of RMB 5,499 (USD 760).

Yu described the new series as “the most powerful Mate phones in history” but withheld details about the processor powering them. The chip used in the Mate 70 drawn significant attention from the industry, which is eager to see if it can surpass the China-made processor used in last year’s Mate 60 devices, reportedly manufactured by SMIC’s 7nm, the report adds.

Although Huawei did not reveal much about the chip during the launch event, a report from GSMArena mentions that a photo of one of the new Huawei Mate 70 phones shows that the incorporated chipset is the Kirin 9020.

The report also notes that the standard Huawei Mate 70 might be using the Kirin 9010 instead, while the Kirin 9020 chips are reserved for the higher-end models: the Mate 70 Pro, Pro+, and RS Ultimate, as the report speculates.

Meanwhile, the focus was placed on the HarmonyOS Next operating system, which delivers on the Mate70 smartphones a 40% performance improvement over the Mate 60 series, as the report from South China Morning Post notes. The report points out that the HarmonyOS Next  marks a significant shift away from Android, as it is no longer compatible with Android apps.

Alongside the operating system, Huawei highlighted the Mate 70 series’ AI capabilities, such as advanced photo enhancement and hand gestures, which allow users to grab and release images for sharing to different devices.

According to the report from South China Morning Post, the Mate 70 series is well-positioned to bolster Huawei’s presence in China’s massive smartphone market. As the company strives to regain ground lost to U.S. sanctions imposed in 2019, this latest release reflects Huawei’s broader efforts to reassert itself in the global tech landscape.

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