Updated | Huawei Pura 70 series ditches foreign supply chain almost completely as company reportedly procures most parts locally

Update

it appears that the report of Huawei Pura 70 series being almost entirely home-made is a fabrication that was initially reported by Chinese outlets. Upon an inquiry by South China Morning Post, Formalhaut Techno Solutions' CEO Minatake Mitchell Kashio has denied that his company conducted any teardown of the Huawei Pura 70 phones.

The original story continues below.

Once one of the three biggest smartphone makers in the world, Huawei lost all momentum due to crippling US sanctions. However, the company managed to launch the 5G-capable Mate 60 Pro in 2023 with the in-house Kirin 9000S. The Mate 60 Pro not only puzzled the US administration but also gave a clear signal to the smartphone world: Huawei had figured out how to deliver a 5G phone despite the suffocating trade curbs. The company proved the point further by launching the Huawei Pura 70 series this year.

In addition to the Huawei P70 series possibly reinstating the company as the premier smartphone maker in China, the devices could be foreshadowing Huawei’s complete independence from foreign supply chains. According to a teardown conducted by the Japanese firm Formalhaut Techno Solutions, the Huawei P70 smartphones, except the P70 Ultra which uses a Sony main camera sensor, forgo almost all foreign-sourced components and use 90% Chinese parts (via Huawei Central).

Since Huawei has seemingly almost completely weaned itself off of the non-Chinese supply chain for its smartphones, the biggest challenge the company now faces is to advance its SoCs at a rapid pace to catch up with established players like Qualcomm and MediaTek. Rumors have it that the company is preparing an advanced PC chip with an 8-core CPU to challenge the Apple M3 (Buy the Apple MacBook Air with M3 on Amazon). So, things might be looking up for Huawei’s SoCs despite the Chinese semiconductor manufacturing industry not having access to cutting-edge technology.