SHENZHEN's huawei is poised to launch its first flagship phone that can run its own apps on a fully homegrown operating system, in the latest sign of how technology is splintering into competing US and Chinese ecosystems, reports London's Financial Times.
The Mate 70 smartphone set to be released on Tuesday will feature HarmonyOS Next, which Huawei hopes to establish as a third major mobile operating system alongside Apple's iOS and Google's Android.
It is the latest demonstration that US sanctions designed to enfeeble the company have instead cemented Huawei's status as a technological juggernaut. Last month, the group reported sales jumped 30 per cent from a year earlier in the first nine months of 2024.
The software launch on the Mate 70 builds on hardware momentum from last year, when the group unveiled the Mate 60, powered by a self-developed and domestically made processor capable of near 5G speeds-a feat many in Washington believed was not possible.
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The Mate 70 smartphone set to be released on Tuesday will feature HarmonyOS Next, which Huawei hopes to establish as a third major mobile operating system alongside Apple's iOS and Google's Android.
It is the latest demonstration that US sanctions designed to enfeeble the company have instead cemented Huawei's status as a technological juggernaut. Last month, the group reported sales jumped 30 per cent from a year earlier in the first nine months of 2024.
The software launch on the Mate 70 builds on hardware momentum from last year, when the group unveiled the Mate 60, powered by a self-developed and domestically made processor capable of near 5G speeds-a feat many in Washington believed was not possible.
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