- Huawei started selling two models of the Pura 70 series on Thursday, which were sold out within minutes at Huawei’s official online stores.
- The information about the chip inside the Pura 70 is unavailable but the chip may be not in a protracted shortage like the Mate 60.
- Huawei’s new chips were seen as a symbol of China’s technological resurgence.
Huawei, the Chinese tech company, released the much-anticipated Pura 70 smartphone series on Thursday, which is expected to continue Mate 60’s triumph over U.S. sanctions on the firm.
About Pura 70 smartphone
The Pura 70‘s Pro and Ultra models were on sale on Thursday, while the Plus and base models won’t go on sale until April 22. Within minutes of the start of sales, the phones were sold out at Huawei’s official website, and hundreds of ardent supporters of the brand waited in line at Huawei stores in Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen.
Lucas Zhuang, a customer, tested the Pura 70’s network speed and found that it was 5G capable. Although Washington has prohibited China from receiving 5G chip licenses, Huawei’s Mate 60 phones were frequently already capable of reaching 5G speed even though Huawei did not label them as such. Zhuang, who already possesses a Mate 70, said that they were unsure of the chip that was inside the Pura 70.
Senior analyst Ivan Lam of the research firm Counterpoint stated that while there might be a slight supply shortfall through some channels, overall availability will be far better than it was at the Mate 60’s launch. They do not anticipate a protracted shortage.
The Pura 70 series has four variants: the 70, the 70 Plus, the 70 Pro and the 70 Ultra. The starting price for the Pura 70 series is $760.06.
Thousands of Huawei fans watched as numerous online reviewers live-streamed their disassembly of the Pura 70 over Chinese social media as soon as it was released. Reviewers claim that the smartphone has the Kirin 9010 chip, which seems to be a minor improvement over the Kirin 9000s found in the Mate 60 Pro.
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Chip Challenge
Huawei’s latest chips were regarded as a representation of China’s technological comeback, even in the face of Washington’s persistent attempts to undermine its ability to manufacture advanced semiconductors.
The Biden administration started looking into the chip earlier this year, and it revealed last month that SMIC may have broken American export laws, though it was still investigating the matter.
In addition to focusing on China’s chip producers, the United States has placed trade restrictions on Huawei since 2018. The company disputes this claim, but the government regards Huawei and its products as a threat to national security.
