A live image of the Huawei Mate 70 Pro shows the phone dressed in a case to hide its design.
There is plenty of anticipation heading into the end of the year as Huawei is expected to introduce its second flagship series of 2024, the Mate 70 line. Last year’s Mate 60 unveiling was quite a shocker since it included a huge surprise from Huawei. For the first time since 2020’s Mate 40 line, last year’s Mate 60 series was powered by a 5G homegrown Kirin application processor (AP), the Kirin 9000s.
Sure, the Kirin 9000s was built on SMIC’s 7nm node while iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max users experienced the more advanced 3nm A17 Pro AP. But Huawei and SMIC were able to get the chipset built despite U.S. export rules that were supposed to prevent Huawei from using SoCs that support 5G on their phones. And with the Mate 70 line coming before the end of the year, everyone is anxious to see the AP that will be powering those models.
