Huawei has unveiled the Mate 60 Pro which is now available for pre-orders. The device can make satellite calls in areas without cellular service.
Back in the day when Huawei was gaining momentum on Apple and Samsung and was poised to become the top smartphone manufacturer in the world, news that it had introduced one of its two flagship models would have been a big deal. Back then, the photography-based „P“ series would be released during the first quarter, and the innovative Mate line would be launched late in the year.The U.S. leaned so hard on Huawei in the name of national security starting in 2019, that Uncle Sam nearly crippled the firm permanently. But instead of giving up, Huawei fought back by creating its own HarmonyOS operating system and the Huawei Mobile Services ecosystem. And after a couple of years where the inability to source chips forced the company to issue one flagship model a year, alternating between the P50 line in the summer of 2021 and the Mate 50 series in 2022, this year Huawei has returned to its old schedule.Can the Huawei Mate 60 Pro capture the excitement of last year’s model?
After introducing the P60 series this past March, just yesterday Huawei introduced the Mate 60 Pro. The Mate 50 Pro was well received in China and frankly, the device was a beast even though it could only connect to 5G signals by donning a special case; it is just another reminder that the U.
