The newest smartphone from Chinese maker Huawei was unveiled on Tuesday, showcasing its hardware. In its struggle against the hegemony of Western businesses, this was a significant test for the business.
Currently, most smartphones run Apple’s iOS and Google Android operating systems, but Huawei wants to change that with its new Mate 70, which runs the company’s HarmonyOS Next operating system.
The introduction of these technologies is a major milestone for Huawei, which has struggled with US challenges in recent years, but has since recovered and increased sales.
At a presentation in Shenzhen on Tuesday, Richard Yu, Huawei’s head of customer care, declared, “Today we have the long-awaited Mate 70, the most powerful smartphone ever made.”
The stakes are high. Unlike its predecessor, which relied on open source Android code, HarmonyOS Next requires a complete rewrite of the operating system’s operating system.
“HarmonyOS Next is a first-of-its-kind operating system, which is a significant step forward in the development of Chinese operating systems and a shift away from international operating systems,” Gary Ng, chief financial officer at Natixis, told AFP.
According to Huawei’s online store, more than three million phones have been requested, although this does not include their transactions. The sale of the operating system started shortly after 10:00 p.m. Tuesday (at
More than 100 people lined up outside a Huawei store in Beijing an hour before the device opened.
“Let’s get ready.”
In second place was 28-year-old Zhang Nanan, who replaced his Apple phone with a Huawei phone last year.
He said Huawei’s phones take clearer pictures and get better signals, and another advantage is “homegrown hardware support.” “We have to innovate on our own and we cannot allow .
Before becoming embroiled in the tech war between Washington and Beijing, Huawei was China’s largest smartphone manufacturer.
In the third quarter, the corporation sold almost 10.8 million shares, according to a new report from the research firm Canalys.
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The Mate 70 is Huawei’s first smartphone to feature its hardware.
Unveiled in September, the Mate XT, the company’s first three-part smartphone, cost $2,800, three times the price of the most recent iPhone. The Mate 70 will continue to have a reduced starting price of $758, the company said Tuesday.
The company said that customers of the Mate 70 smartphones will have the option to opt out of the company’s entire service plan.
“Hundreds of apps are released every day,” Yu said.
“We anticipate that the HarmonyOS ecosystem of apps will become more efficient and consistent over the next two to three months,” he added.
“Good thing.”
Huawei finds itself in the middle of intense competition between Beijing and Washington. U.S. officials have warned that the company’s equipment could be used to carry out terrorist activities against the Chinese government. The American organization denied this.
Since 2019, US sanctions have shut Huawei out of the semiconductor supply chain, preventing the company from making smartphones.
The crisis is expected to worsen after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced higher tariffs on Chinese imports in response to Beijing’s unfair trade policies.
“Huawei’s expansion, rather than supporting the technology sector, is driven by China’s desire to be self-sufficient in the technology sector,” Toby Chou, a senior analyst at Canalys, told AFP. According to Zhou, the success of Huawei’s upcoming smartphones will serve as evidence of the project’s success.
He added: “The production team can’t ignore this success, because everyone has high expectations for them.”
