Is Huawei's Mate 60 Pro equipped with a proprietary 5G chip to avoid regulations?
On August 30, 2023, Huawei suddenly announced the 'Mate 60 Pro' without prior notice. This model has appeared with features such as a characteristic triple camera mounted on the back, 88W high-speed charging, satellite communication, extended storage (
HUAWEI Mate 60 Pro 规Grading Number - 华为轑网
https://consumer.huawei.com/cn/phones/mate60-pro/
Huawei Mate 60 Pro 5G AnTuTu listing reveals Kirin 9000s 5G chip, configuration, performance score revealed - Gizmochina
Did Huawei already develop its own 5G chip to get around US sanctions? - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/30/23852150/huawei-5g-chip-us-sanctions-mate-60-pro
The specifications of Mate 60 Pro are as follows.
| dimensions and weight | Length 163.65mm x width 79mm x thickness 8.1mm, weight approximately 225g (including battery) |
| display | 6.82 inches, FHD+ 2720 x 1260, 1.07 billion colors, P3 wide color gamut, OLED, 120Hz, LTPO, adaptive refresh rate, 1440Hz high frequency PWM dimming, 300Hz touch sampling rate, second generation Kunlun glass |
| OS | Harmony OS 4.0 |
| storage | 12GB RAM, 256GB/512GB/1TB ROM, NM card (up to 256GB) |
| rear camera | 50 million pixel super optical zoom camera (aperture value F1.4 to F4.0, OIS optical image stabilization), 12 million pixel super wide-angle camera (aperture value F2.2), 48 million pixel super macro telephoto camera (aperture value F3) .0, optical image stabilization OIS) |
| front camera | 13 million pixel ultra wide-angle camera (aperture value F2.4), 3D depth camera Still image resolution is 4160 x 3120, video resolution is 3840 x 2160 |
| battery | 5000mAh |
| charging | Wired: 88W (20V/4.4A, 11V/6A, 10V/4A, 10V/2.25A, 4.5V/5A, 5V/4.5A, 9V/2A) Wireless: 50W (Huawei SuperCharge), 20W (wireless reverse charging) |
| Dust and water resistance | IP68 |
| data connection | 2.4GHz/5GHz (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Bluetooth 5.2, Bluetooth Low Energy, SBC, AAC, LDAC, L2HC USB Type-C (USB 3.1 Gen 1) Headphone support via USB Type-C port |
| NFC | Card reader mode, card emulation mode (Huawei wallet payment, SIM card payment, HCE payment) |
| position | GPS(L1+L5 dual frequency)/AGPS/GLONASS/Beidou(B1I+B1C+B2a+B2b quad frequency)/GALILEO(E1+E5a+E5b triple frequency)/QZSS(L1+L5 dual frequency)/NavIC |
| sensor | 3D face recognition, posture sensor, gravity sensor, infrared sensor, in-screen fingerprint authentication, Hall sensor, barometer, gyro, compass, ambient light sensor, proximity light sensor, camera laser focus sensor, color temperature sensor |
| multimedia | Audio: Huawei Histen, stereo *.mp3, *.mp4, *.3gp, *.ogg, *.amr, *.aac, *.flac, *.wav, *.midi video: *.3gp, *.mp4 |
The biggest feature is that it supports satellite calls, which is rare for smartphones. Although it is limited to use with China Telecom related services, it is possible to receive and make calls without relying on the mobile network. Prices start at 6,999 yuan (approximately 140,000 yen) for the 512GB model. It is unknown whether it will be released in Japan.
On the official website, along with the above spec sheet, there are promotional claims such as ``better communication experience'' and ``more stable network connection,'' but the details regarding the important mobile communication are still not disclosed. I don't even know if it's a 4G connection or a 5G connection, and when Hong Kong media South China Morning Post asked a local store clerk, he said, ``I can't tell you because the company hasn't announced it yet.'' .
Shenzhen-based Huawei and its chip design subsidiary HiSilicon were included on the U.S. government's trade blacklist, known as the Entity List, in 2019 due to security risks. As a result of this, Huawei was cut off from access to chip manufacturing tools essential to manufacturing 5G-compatible models, resulting in the 'Mate 40' announced in October 2020 and the foldable smartphone '
Under these circumstances, doubts about the specifications of the 'Mate 60 Pro', which was released without knowing whether it is 5G compatible, are spreading. However, tech media Gizmochina, which actually got its hands on the Mate 60 Pro, conducted its own AnTuTu benchmark test and widely promoted that '5G networks are back,' which led to Huawei being subject to American regulations. It is now being pointed out that the company successfully circumvented the issue and achieved 5G support on its own.
According to Gizmochina, the Mate 60 Pro is equipped with the Kirin 9000s, which seems to be the successor to HiSilicon's Kirin 9000 chip, which was also used in existing models. ) is supported. This chip's CPU has a 12-core configuration and can reach a maximum clock speed of 2.62GHz. The Verge writes, ``If the Mate 60 Pro is equipped with its own 5G-compatible chip, it will be a major milestone for the Chinese smartphone giant.''
The launch of the Mate 60 Pro sent the Chinese stock market into a frenzy, with the semiconductor stock of Zhongxin International Integrated Circuit Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (SMIC) rising nearly 10%.
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