The teardown of the Huawei Mate 60 Pro has left politicians and companies scratching their heads: How did Huawei get a 5G-capable 7nm chipset? With current sanctions, this should not be possible. Yet here it is.
Now here’s another teardown of the phone, this time in English instead of Chinese. Not that this makes the situation any clearer. Here is the exposed motherboard of the phone:
The motherboard of the Huawei Mate 60 Pro
You can’t see the HiSilicon Kirin 9000s chipset itself, instead you see the SK Hynix RAM chips that sit on top of it. These are a mystery in themselves, and SK has launched an investigation into how these managed to get into the Mate 60 Pro (the company says it hasn’t sold to Huawei since 2020, when sanctions came into force).
Either way, you may have caught the PBKreviews drop test, which proved just how durable Huawei’s Kunlun 2 glass is, which is a good thing, given that the phone’s 6.82″ LTPO AMOLED display proved very difficult to remove and was damaged beyond repair in the process.
In the end, the Huawei Mate 60 Pro was given a repairability score of 5/10. Removing the display is a necessary step to access the internal parts and this makes changing most things difficult.
Watch the full teardown video below:
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