Huawei recently made headlines for supposedly reaching a big goal: their latest Pura 70 series phones have 90% of parts sourced locally from Chinese suppliers. But it turns out this information isn’t quite true.

The news was first reported by Chinese media outlets that cited an analysis from a Japanese firm called Fomalhaut Techno Solutions for the parts used in smartphones. 

According to their reports, almost all the components of the Pura 70 series – from the main chip (SoC) to the screen, case, battery, and even the cameras – have been supplied by Chinese suppliers.

However, Fomalhaut Techno Solutions CEO, Minatake Mitchell Kashio refuted these reports, stating they haven’t received any Pura 70 devices for review or analysis.

“I never commented on the Pura 70 to anyone because we have not received the product,” Kashio said in response to an email from the South China Morning Post.

Huawei, for its part, hasn’t particularly been transparent with details regarding the components of the Pura 70 series either. The only confirmed tidbit is that the Kirin 9010 chip uses the same 7nm process from SMIC as the Kirin 9000S found in the Mate 60 series.

But it looks like the Chinese tech giant has now found solutions to address supply chain challenges, particularly those related to chips. 

The US government started an investigation in September 2023 after discovering that the Huawei Mate 60 Pro, equipped with a Kirin 9000S chip manufactured by SMIC on a 7nm process, may have violated US export rules.

The investigation into the alleged chip sanctions breach by SMIC is still ongoing, with no significant findings reported so far. Meanwhile, Huawei has been focusing on improving the performance of its Kirin SoCs.

Additionally, the company is reportedly working on a Kirin chip for PCs that is rumored to have performance on par with the Apple M2.

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