Huawei is exploring the concept of trying to return to the Australian smartphone market according to former employees.
This month Huawei quietly launched three Mate 60 phone all of them with 5G support and processors developed after the US government banned the Chinese Company who are also banned from supplying 5G equipment to Australian carriers from getting access to US technology.
Multiple sources now claim that the launch of new smartphones with alternate processors to those developed by US Companies is the first step of a new offensive to get back into global smartphone market.
This week a new foldable Huawei smartphone phone went on sale days ahead of the much-anticipated launch of a new Apple iPhone.
In Australia JB Hi Fi is still selling Huawei smart watches while, Amazon and Kogan via their Dick Smith web site are selling Huawei notebooks.
The Chinese technology Company introduced the Mate X5 foldable days after Mate 60 Pro, its first 5G phone using in-house processors.
“The best foldable phone is still going to be Huawei. Let’s welcome another handset, the Mate X5, to join our pioneer program,” Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei’s consumer business group, said in a social media post on Weibo.The same processor in their new foldable, is also used in the Mate 60 Pro according to teardowns.
It’s manufactured by Semiconductor Manufacturing International Co. (SMIC), raising questions over how effective U.S. export controls have been at slowing China’s technological advances.Insiders in China claim that Huawei is laying the foundations for a global return with the domestic market in China a move that is seen as hurting archrival Oppo.
The Mate 60, Mate 60 Pro, and Mate 60 Pro+ arrived with 5G and a Kirin 9000S chipset built on the 7nm technology process.
The fully Chinese chipset has shocked US officials with questions now being raised as to how local companies acquired US know-how for such complicated processes in such a short time.
Huawei has increased its yearly production forecast from 30 million in January to 38 million today.
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 texting The Pro+ supports voice calls over satellite, in addition to texting.
Their share of the global smartphone market according to Gartner is 3%, a six-fold decline from mid-2019.
