Bloomberg News wasn’t able to verify the authenticity of those reports. The Chinese telecom regulator’s website didn’t show registration details for the model, as required of all wireless smartphones sold in the country.
The Mate 60 Pro is powered by a Kirin processor designed by Huawei’s chip arm HiSilicon, according to multiple teardown videos circulating online. Several online outlets reported the chip employed 5-nanometer node technology — just a generation behind the latest. Bloomberg News couldn’t determine the manufacturer or sophistication of the chip.
Chinese chipmakers aren’t known to have mastered technologies as advanced as 5-nm. Huawei stockpiled such chips from TSMC right before US sanctions hit, but it’s unclear whether the Mate 60 Pro might have used remnants of the company’s inventory.