The trade blockade imposed by the US government on several Chinese companies has been devastating for all; in particular Huawei, which found itself completely isolated from the rest of the mobile sector overnight. Although you can continue to use Android (or at least the open source version), your mobiles cannot have pre-installed Google applications, for example.
But this obstacle has already been more or less overcome; Huawei has focused on its HarmonyOS system and its own apps, like Petal Maps, to cover Google services you can’t use. This has, at least, allowed the company to survive, even if it loses Honor along the way. More serious is the fact that Huawei is lagging behind
In effect, Huawei mobiles have remained in 4G, something that was not so dramatic a few years ago but now, with the arrival of new versions such as 5G StandAlone, shows how far the company has fallen behind. The reason for this is that Huawei can’t use 5G technology implementation from third-party companies like Qualcomm, and that’s why newer models like the Huawei P60 Pro use 4G versions of the Snapdragon.
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Now, and four years after Donald Trump’s cabinet approved the measure against Huawei, the company may have an answer. As reported Reuters, Huawei is preparing to “bypass” the lockdown and start offering 5G products to consumers this year. This would include the launch of a mobile with 5Gwhich, for the first time in four years, would put the company on par with the competition in this vital aspect.
The solution that Huawei has found to “jump” the US restriction seems simple, even if it is not at all: created its own 5G chip from scratch
The deal assumes that these new 5G chips will be created using SMIC’s N+1 manufacturing process, which would be equivalent to other vendors’ 7nm manufacturing process, although it’s not really based on a process at this scale. Huawei’s role will be noted in that they will use the company’s EDA (Electronic Design Automation) software tools.
The forecasts speak of a production of 2 to 4 million units, but with the possibility of expanding to up to 10 million units
In fact, it would not be the first recent Huawei mobile with 5G. The company has already used other “tricks” to support this technology, such as making deals with other brands to sell their phones with modifications. This was the case with the TD Tech P50, which was nothing more than a Huawei P50 with a conventional Snapdragon chip with 5G. However, these projects were of very limited production and did not leave China. With its own 5G chip, Huawei would have no such problems.
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