China.- Huawei has introduced its Mate 40 smartphones in China claiming they have a more “sophisticated” processor than Apple’s upcoming iPhones.The component was manufactured using the same “five nanometer” process as its U.S. rival’s chip, but contains billions more transistors.
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As a result, the Chinese firm claims that its phones are more powerful. However, Huawei was cut off by a US trade ban that came into effect in September.
That means that once your reservation of the new Kirin 9000 processors runs out, you face the inability to manufacture more Mate 40 phones in their current form.
Currently, only TSMC from Taiwan and Samsung from South Korea have the experience and equipment to manufacture 5nm chips, and both are prohibited from supplying them to Huawei or any other semiconductor product whose creation involves “American technology and software”. The United States says the measure has been taken for national security reasons, but Huawei denies that it poses a threat. Huawei also faces previous restrictions imposed by Washington, which have prevented any of the devices it has released since mid-2019 from providing access to some of Google’s services, including the Play Store.
Despite the restrictions, the Chinese company is the world’s sales leader. Afp
Despite this, Huawei remains the third best-selling smartphone manufacturer in the world and the market leader in its home country. The Mate 40 Pro and Mate 40 Pro+ have a 6.76-inch OLED panel with 88o curvature, a refresh rate of 90 Hz, and FullHD+ resolution of 2,772 x 1,344 pixels.
