Chinese media have referred to the phone as a sign of the country’s technological independence, but U.S. analysts said the achievement still most likely hinged on the use of American technology and machinery, which would have been in violation of U.S. trade restrictions.
For the past several years, those restrictions have curtailed Huawei’s ability to produce 5G phones.
But Huawei appears to have found a way around those restrictions to make an advanced phone, at least in limited quantities.
Though detailed information about the phone is limited, Huawei’s jade-green Mate 60 Pro appears to have many of the same basic capabilities as other smartphones on the market.
An examination of the phone by TechInsights, a Canadian firm that analyzes the semiconductor industry, concluded that the advanced chip inside was manufactured by Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation of China and was operating beyond the technology limits that the United States has been trying to enforce.
Persons:
Trump, Biden, Douglas Fuller, SMIC
Organizations:
Huawei, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation of China, Copenhagen Business School
Locations:
United States, China