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Huawei presents Mate 70 – with its own operating system
Chinese technology giant Huawei has unveiled its first smartphone with its own operating system. The "long-awaited Mate 70, the most powerful ever" is now available with HarmonyOS Next, said Huawei manager Richard Yu at a presentation at the company's headquarters in Shenzhen. The sanctioned company wants to counter the heavyweights Google and Apple.
The Mate 70 should go on sale on Tuesday evening local time and has a starting price of 758 dollars (just over 720 euros). According to Huawei, more than three million orders have already been placed in advance - even if this does not guarantee that all of them will ultimately be sold.
Huawei was once one of the leading smartphone manufacturers and market leader in China. The company was then hit with sanctions that cut it off from the global supply chain for technology products and US-made components for its devices. Washington warned of possible espionage in particular, which the company rejected. As a result, Huawei was no longer able to equip new smartphones with Google's Android operating system as before.
16 percent market share in China
According to the latest figures, the company delivered a good 10.8 million smartphones in the third quarter, covering 16 percent of the Chinese market. Huawei now wants to return to the top with its own operating system - but initially only in its home market. A global rollout is not currently planned, according to company sources.
Economist Gary Ng from the investment company Natixis spoke of a "milestone for China" to free itself from its dependence on Western companies.
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