New batch of Mate 60 Pro handsets was heading to Vmall Monday evening
Photo posted on Weibo was snapped by the Huawei Mate 60 Pro according to the watermark
Huawei is expected to build a stockpile of at least 15 million Mate 60 series handsets. Arthur Guo Tianxiang, an analyst with market researcher IDC, cited supply chain sources when he said that more orders could be placed for the line if there is sustained consumer interest. Even before the Mate 60 Pro was announced, Huawei had made it back to the list of the top five smartphone shippers in China after delivering 14.3 million handsets in the first half of this year.
The Kirin 9000s chipset is capable but not cutting-edge
IDC’s Guo added that Huawei “basically weathered through external restrictions in the past few years and is set to become extremely competitive in the premium segment of the market this year.” Chris Miller, a professor at Tufts University and author of the book “Chip War” writes, “This shows that Chinese companies like Huawei still have plenty of capability to innovate. I think it will also probably intensify debate in Washington on whether restrictions are to be tightened.”
The Huawei Mate 60 Pro could tally 7 million units in sales and more
Some analysts believe that the U.S. government will respond by tightening its restrictions against Huawei even more. But if SMIC can create 7nm SoCs without using an extreme ultraviolet lithography machine (EUV), which is made by one Dutch company (ASML) but is prohibited from being shipped into China, we can’t imagine what more can be done to keep Huawei from finding ways to get around U.S. restrictions.
