With the continued sanctions against the firm, Huawei should not have been allowed to purchase parts like the 7nm 5G-capable Kirin 9000s processor, SK Hynix RAM chips, or other components that Huawei used in the launch of the Mate 60 Pro last year. While we wait for a replacement, the Mate 70 series is reportedly being delayed and will go on sale in China in the middle to late part of Q4 of this year, according to tipster DigitalChatStation.

A more powerful Kirin 9100 chipset, a 1.5K LTPO OLED with 3D face scanning, and an OmniVision OV50K sensor on the primary camera—which will once more have a variable aperture—are among the improvements that the current source indicates we may see. Additionally, phones from the Mate 70 series will use bigger silicon batteries, which are said to provide a capacity increase of over 5,000 mAh.