Chinese phonemaker Huawei unveiled its latest flagship smartphone series, the Mate 70, on Tuesday. The phones, pre-installed with the company’s own HarmonyOS Next operating system that is no longer compatible with Android apps, carry many people’s hope for a ground-breaking change in the smartphone market.
At the launch event in south China’s Shenzhen, Yu Chengdong, head of Huawei’s consumer business, told the audience that the only phone that can be better than a Mate is a new Mate.
Yu didn’t reveal the system-on-a-chip (SoC), the most important chip in a phone, of the new series, just like in the previous few launch events.
Huawei also introduced Mate X6, the company’s latest double-fold series. The most high-end variation of the Mate X6 supports Beidou satellite messaging, Tiantong satellite network, and a new low-orbit satellite internet service set to launch in the second half of 2025.