Could Huawei release two new flagship phones at the same time next year? That's the latest rumor regarding the beleaguered manufacturer.
. Because of U.S. export rules that prevent chip foundries that use American tech from shipping cutting-edge silicon to Huawei, the latter has a huge hurdle to overcome.Because of the U.S. export rules, Huawei could no longer receive the Kirin chips that it designed and had manufactured by TSMC. At one time, Huawei was the Taiwan-based foundry's second-largest customer after Apple.
We could see the Mate 60 line powered by a 4G-only variant of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC. The model number of the chip is reportedly SM8525 vs. the SM8550 for the regular 5G version of the chip. The tipster added that the P60 series could use the older Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip . Another rumor has the basic P60 model offering the same variable aperture as the Mate 50 Pro. This feature allows the aperture of the main camera to change from f/1.4 to f/4. In Auto mode, the aperture is selected by the phone while in Professional mode the user gets to select which aperture to use. Another rumor calls for a 64MP Telephoto camera to be used on the P60 series.
Not much is known about the Mate 60 series and frankly, we really don't know whether Huawei plans on releasing two flagship handsets next year, especially at the same time. The company was on its way to becoming the largest smartphone manufacturer in the world until the U.S. placed it on the Entity List preventing Huawei from accessing its U.S. supply chain. The following year the aforementioned export rule change kept Huawei from receiving cutting-edge chips.
Huawei was forced to develop its own HarmonyOS operating system and the third version of the software was preinstalled on the Mate 50 line. And Huawei also had to come up with its own homegrown Huawei Mobile Services platform which has also been well-received. The firm may not challenge Samsung and Apple at the top of the league tables right away, but it is definitely on a comeback trail.
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