Without any publicity and preview, the Chinese communications giant Huawei suddenly sold the latest flagship mobile phone Mate 60 Pro on Tuesday (August 29). The news shocked the Chinese Internet like a thunder.
Huawei launched 5G mobile phones?
Huawei said in a letter from Huawei users that this new mobile phone has become the world's first Volkswagen smartphone to support satellite calls. "Even if there is no ground network signal, you can dial and answer satellite calls.Let you keep online at all times. "
According to the First Financial Report, previous high -end mobile phones such as Apple and Samsung have also built -in related applications in satellite communication, but they only support SMS communication.
But the outside world is more concerned whether the Mate 60 Pro is equipped with a chip developed by Huawei and is it a 5G mobile phone.5G refers to the fifth -generation communication system, which supports 5G communication capabilities. Compared with 4G, it has the advantages of large bandwidth, high reliability, low latter, and wide connection.Simply put, the speed of Internet access becomes faster.
There are online videos showing that although there is no 5G logo in the Mate 60 Pro mobile phone, the speed measurement software has found that its download rate reaches 5G level.Some users who got the phone and did test confirmed the matter to Caixin.com.
Bloomberg reported that multiple disassembly videos circulating on the Internet showed that the Mate 60 Pro uses the Kirin chip designed by Huawei chip department Hisilicon.Some online media also pointed out that the chip uses 5 nanometer technology -only late generation than the latest technology.Bloomberg said that the manufacturer or advanced level of the chip cannot be determined.
Some research companies told Reuters last month that they believe that Huawei is planning to return 5GSmart mobile phone industry.Huawei refused to comment at the time.
Economic Observer quoted part of the disassembly anchor from Shenzhen Huaqiangbei, saying that the main chip of Mate 60 Pro is a chip with a 7 -nanometer process, a 5G communication capacity with a 7G communication capability.Huaqiangbei is the world's largest electronic market.
However, many semiconductor manufacturing and equipment people pointed out to the Economic Observer that the method of removing chip packaging only by Huaqiangbei anchor only by Huaqiangbei anchor is unable to determine whether the chip uses the 7 -nanometer process.Therefore, strictly speaking, the chip cannot be confirmed from the market on the market to use 7 nanometer technology and is founded by SMIC.
In the chip industry, the 7 -nanometer and below technology belongs to the advanced process of semiconductor, and it is a technical threshold for reaching a high -end smartphone system -level chip.If the above news is true, it means that Huawei has broken through the technical restrictions set by the United States and can independently produce advanced chips.
Huawei new mobile phone exploded online
Huawei has not made any explanations so far, but unimpeded Chinese public opinion is highly interested in Mate 60 Pro.
Many netizens believe that this mobile phone shows that Huawei has "re -rose" after many years of restrictions on software and hardware in the United States.Some netizens said: "Finally, you can abandon Apple iPhone and use Huawei!"
At 2:15 pm on Thursday (August 31), the number of related entries "Huawei Mate60" and "Huawei Mate60" have reached 900 million and 280 million times, respectively.
Chinese folks' interest in this Huawei mobile phone is not only stopped on the Internet discussion, but also reflected in sales.Many Chinese media reported in the past two days that Mate 60 Pro was sold out quickly after the sale on Tuesday, whether it is online or offline platforms.
According to the feedback obtained by the first -store store on Wednesday (August 30), the current Mate 60 Pro is currently in Shanghai's offline experience halls and flagship stores.The prototype is also in a shortage state.
Huawei Online Mall shows that the current Mate 60 Pro has only 12GB+512GB configuration and is priced at 6,999 yuan (about S $ 1300).
This purchase heat also indirectly drives the stock price of the Huawei mobile phone industry chain.Bloomberg reports that investors have bought related stocks.More than a dozen Chinese chip design companies, manufacturers and Huawei suppliers' stock prices rose 8%to 20%on Wednesday.
Reuters quoted retail investors Lu Doyong (transliterated, Lu Deyong) said he purchased a microelectronics company with business connections with Huawei, as well as stocks based on the science and technology industry 50 index."I see a lot of funds flowing in, which shows that people are optimistic about the launch of this product and the technology behind it ... I can't confirm whether this technology is true, but I hope so."
The U.S. ban seriously cracks down on Huawei
The U.S. Department of Commerce included Huawei in a physical control list in 2019, banning US suppliers from providing semiconductor technology and products to Huawei without permission.Washington has further banned suppliers from providing Huawei with any semiconductor products designed and manufactured in American technology, American software.
This destroys Huawei's previous advantage in the field of smart phones.The Wall Street Journal reported that according to the market tracking agency Canalys, Huawei's share in the global smartphone market reached 18%in 2019.However, after the U.S.'s ban shall be forced to cut off some mobile phone business, the attractiveness of its equipment has weakened and sales have fallen sharply.
According to Canalys, Huawei's share in the global smartphone market last year was only 2%.Most of the remaining sales are in China. Last year, the company still accounted for 8%in the Chinese market.
It is not clear how Huawei overcome technical restrictions under US sanctions.The US Semiconductor Association said last week that Huawei secretly built a series of semiconductor manufacturing facilities in the name of other companies in China to avoid the United States prohibiting its sanctions from the procurement of US chip manufacturing equipment.
Hu Xijin, former editor -in -chief of the Global Times, believes that HuaweiThe impact of the new mobile phone on the US government seems to be stronger than the warning message sent by the US Semiconductor Association at the time.
Hu Xi entered a post on Wednesday on Wednesday, "This incident will definitely attract high attention in the United States."
Hu Xijin pointed out that if Huawei's road is through, the monopoly of Western chips and related manufacturing equipment will fall thousands of feet, and many will fall to "cabbage prices."He also described that the United States used a restructuring supply chain to exclude China's layout outside the high -end semiconductor industry and "poked a large hole."
Hu Xijin predicts: "It can be imagined that Washington, which is stimulated by Huawei Mate 60, will first try to further strengthen the restrictions on exports of Huawei and other Chinese enterprises."
The Global Times also issued a club that day that Huawei mobile phones were forced to "rearrack the rivers and lakes" after three years of being forced to prove that the limits of the United States have failed.
The article wrote: "This is also a microcosm of the United States' scientific and technological war in China, reflecting the entire process and indicating the final result. Recently, some American media are keen to hype what Huawei has the 'secret chip factory' in China, etc.In the final analysis, I did not see or refuse to believe this trend. I still held old thinking that the technology of Chinese companies came from the theft. It is essentially Washington's technology arrogance, and it will definitely pay for this arrogance."
Huawei's new mobile phone will be on sale and hit Raymond Visit China
The time of the Huawei Mate 60 Pro on sale just happened to hit China with US Minister of Commerce Raymond.Interestingly, China CCTV's Weibo account "Yuyuan Tan Tian" also posted a photo of Raymond to hold a press conference in Shanghai, which was taken by Mate 60 Pro.
Huawei chose to sell new mobile phones at this time, and the time is intriguing.The US Department of Commerce, led by Raymond, is responsible for supervising the export control and other restrictions issued by the US government, including sanctions against Huawei.
However, for Huawei, in addition to political factors, there are market considerations behind it.Apple will hold a press conference on September 12, local time in the United States, and is expected to release a new iPhone.Therefore, the outside world believes that Huawei's launching new mobile phones at this time may be able to seize the opportunity.Earlier news said that Huawei Mate 60 Pro and Apple iPhone 15 may be launched on the same day.
But no matter what considerations are, this regression will definitely stir the entire mobile phone market. As for whether Huawei can counterattack the Jedi and allow the mobile phone business to return to the glory, it depends on whether the majority of consumers can buy it.
