"Today, the long-awaited Mate 70, the most powerful one ever, is here," Richard Yu, executive director of Huawei's consumer business group, announced during a launch event Tuesday afternoon at the firm's Shenzhen headquarters.
"The search for a viable, scaleable mobile operating system largely free of Western company control has been a lengthy one in China," Paul Triolo, a partner for China and technology policy lead at consulting firm Albright Stonebridge Group, told AFP.
"HarmonyOS Next is the first home-grown operating system, a milestone for China to move away from reliance on Western technologies for software with performance improvement," Gary Ng, a senior economist at Natixis, told AFP.
"While Chinese firms may be willing to allocate resources to contribute to Huawei's ecosystem, there are challenges to whether HarmonyOS Next can offer the same number of apps and functionalities to global consumers"
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