Want 5G connectivity on your Huawei P60 or P60 Pro? There is a case that you can buy that will add 5G connectivity to these flagship devices.
If you’ve been following the Huawei saga, you know that U.S. export rules prevent any foundry using American technology to send cutting-edge chips to Huawei. This even goes for chips designed by Huawei’s own HiSilicon semiconductor unit. China’s foundries, including the country’s largest (SMIC), are banned from obtaining the equipment they need to manufacture chips that rival those churned out by TSMC and Samsung Foundry.
Huawei has been able to source Qualcomm Snapdragon chips with one major proviso: the chips are modified so they do not work with 5G signals. But there is a way for Huawei P60 and P60 Pro users to obtain a 5G connection. Chinese case manufacturer Soyealink (via Gizchina) is offering cases for the P60 line that will not only protect your P60 series handset, they will also allow the device to connect to a standalone or a non-standalone 5G network.
A standalone (SA) 5G network is one built with a 5G core and delivers faster data speeds. A non-standalone (NSA) 5G network is one where 5G infrastructure has been built over a core 4G network. The latter has been used as a way as a way for carriers to quickly (and more cheaply) offer 5G to subscribers. In the U.
