{"id":6125,"date":"2024-11-27T10:30:26","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T10:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tech.newat9.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/27\/huawei-debuts-mate-70-phone-complete-with-homegrown-chip-and-os\/"},"modified":"2024-11-27T10:30:26","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T10:30:26","slug":"huawei-debuts-mate-70-phone-complete-with-homegrown-chip-and-os","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tech.newat9.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/27\/huawei-debuts-mate-70-phone-complete-with-homegrown-chip-and-os\/","title":{"rendered":"Huawei debuts Mate 70 phone, complete with homegrown chip and OS"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Chinese tech giant Huawei on Tuesday launched its first smartphone equipped with a fully homegrown operating system, a key test in the firm\u2019s fight to challenge the dominance of Western juggernauts.<\/p>\n

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Apple\u2019s iOS and Google\u2019s Android are currently used in the vast majority of mobile phones, but Huawei is looking to change that with its newest Mate 70 devices, which run on the company\u2019s own HarmonyOS Next.<\/p>\n

The launch caps a major turnaround in the fortunes of Huawei, which saw its wings clipped by gruelling US sanctions<\/a> in recent years but has since bounced back with soaring sales.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe search for a viable, scaleable mobile operating system largely free of Western company control has been a lengthy one in China,\u201d Paul Triolo, a partner for China and technology policy lead at consulting firm Albright Stonebridge Group, told AFP.<\/p>\n

But the new smartphone\u2014also powered by an advanced domestically produced chip\u2014shows Chinese tech firms can \u201cpersevere\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, the long-awaited Mate 70, the most powerful one ever, is here,\u201d Richard Yu, executive director of Huawei\u2019s consumer business group, announced during a launch event Tuesday afternoon at the firm\u2019s Shenzhen headquarters.<\/p>\n

More than 3 million have been pre-ordered, according to the firm\u2019s online shopping platform, though that does not require them to be purchased.<\/p>\n

The risks are high\u2014unlike a previous iteration, based on Android\u2019s open-source code, HarmonyOS Next requires a complete rewiring of all apps on the smartphones it powers.<\/p>\n

\u201cHarmonyOS Next is the first home-grown operating system, a milestone for China to move away from reliance on Western technologies for software with performance improvement,\u201d Gary Ng, a senior economist at Natixis, told AFP.<\/p>\n

But, \u201cwhile Chinese firms may be willing to allocate resources to contribute to Huawei\u2019s ecosystem, there are challenges to whether HarmonyOS Next can offer the same number of apps and functionalities to global consumers\u201d, Ng said.<\/p>\n

\u2018High expectations\u2019<\/h2>\n

Huawei found itself at the centre of an intense tech rivalry between Beijing and Washington, with U.S. officials warning its equipment could be used to spy on behalf of Chinese authorities\u2014allegations they deny.<\/p>\n

Since 2019, U.S. sanctions have cut Huawei off from global supply chains for technology and U.S.-made components, a move that initially hammered its production of smartphones.<\/p>\n

That fight is only set to intensify under\u00a0U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, who has promised huge tariffs on Chinese imports in response to what he says are Beijing\u2019s unfair trade practices.<\/p>\n

\u201cRather than Huawei inspiring the tech industry as a whole, it is the self-reliance trend of the Chinese tech industry that has made Huawei\u2019s progress possible,\u201d Toby Zhu, a senior analyst at technology research firm Canalys, told AFP.<\/p>\n

The success of Huawei\u2019s new generation of smartphone products will be a key gauge of whether that drive has worked, said Zhu.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis generation of products cannot afford to miss the mark because everyone has high expectations for them,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Huawei was once China\u2019s largest domestic smartphone maker before it became embroiled in a tech war between Washington and Beijing.<\/p>\n

The company shipped more than 10.8 million smartphone units in the third quarter\u2014capturing just 16% of the Chinese market, according to a recent Canalys report.<\/p>\n

In September the firm unveiled the world\u2019s first triple-folding phone at more than three times the price of the newest iPhone, the Mate XT, priced at an eye-watering $2,800.<\/p>\n

The Mate 70 is unlikely to cost that much\u2014while its price is not yet public, its predecessor launched with a starting price of $750.<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s unclear whether developers overseas will be willing to spend the money needed to build a completely new version of their apps for the latest smartphones, Rich Bishop, co-founder and CEO of AppInChina, a publisher of international software in China, told AFP.<\/p>\n

One third-party agency in China quoted a price of two million yuan ($275,500) to custom-fit a foreign app for HarmonyOS Next, he said.<\/p>\n

To convince them, \u201cHuawei needs to continuously improve the software, provide better support for developers, and convince the developer community that it is committed to the long-term development of the Harmony ecosystem\u201d, said Triolo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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