Chinese telecommunications equipment company Huawei launched the Mate 60 Pro. This is the latest premium smartphone equipped with 5G technology and marks Huawei’s return to the 5G smartphone market. Huawei has been producing only 4G smartphones for about four years due to U.S. sanctions, but has recently released the Mate 60 series, a 5G smartphone, and is receiving a lot of attention in China. China evaluates this as “evidence that America’s extreme repression has failed.”
Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro: Return to the 5G smartphone market
- Huawei’s 5G smartphone return
- Huawei only produced 4G smartphones for about four years due to U.S. sanctions, but returned to the 5G smartphone market with the launch of the Mate 60 Pro.
- China took note, evaluating this as “the failure of America’s extreme repression.”
- Mate 60 Pro launch and interest
- It was released through Vmall, Huawei’s official online shopping mall, and the initial quantity was sold out in about an hour after launch.
- The price starts from 6999 yuan (about 1.27 million won).
- Impact of the US-China technology war
- Interpreting the launch of the Mate 60 Pro in China as meaning “standing up against American pressure.”
- Predicted that China will overcome America’s efforts to suppress technology.
- Security of semiconductor production process
- Huawei continues to produce smartphones using domestic components and circuit boards and through redesign, but it is unclear whether it will secure a semiconductor production process.
- The industry cited production yield and supply chain issues.
- Technical features of Mate 60 Pro
- Supports 5G communication speeds, uses Huawei’s own designed Malun 910 GPU.
- The operating system is based on Huawei’s proprietary operating system ‘Hongmeng 4.0’.
- Strengthening China’s competitiveness in high-tech fields
- The launch of Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro is an important announcement that strengthens China’s competitiveness in the high-tech field and heralds expansion in the global market.
The Mate 60 and Mate 60 Pro were sold through Vmall, Huawei’s official online shopping mall. The price of the Mate 60 Pro starts at 6,999 yuan (about 1.27 million won), and it was announced that all initial quantities were sold out about an hour after launch. Chinese media evaluated it as “enough to prove that America’s extreme repression failed.”
The launch is said to mean the Chinese are “standing up against American pressure.” Some interpret this as a microcosm of the technology war between the US and China, meaning that China will overcome US efforts to suppress China’s advanced technology.
Last year, Huawei was unable to import 5G communication chips due to US sanctions in 2020, and shipments also decreased. However, in recent years, the company has continued to produce smartphones using domestic components and circuit boards and through redesign. The Mate 60 series supports 5G communication speeds, and the GPU also uses Huawei’s self-designed Malun 910 GPU. The operating system is based on Huawei’s proprietary operating system ‘Hongmeng 4.0’.
However, it is still unclear whether Huawei will secure a semiconductor production process. Industry officials say production yields remain low and supply chain issues remain unresolved.
The launch of Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro has become a hot topic in China, and is attracting attention as a story related to the technology war with the United States. Huawei’s launch is an important announcement that strengthens China’s competitiveness in the high-tech sector and heralds expansion in the global market.