The Mate 70, Mate 70 Pro, Mate 70 Pro Plus, and Mate 70 RS will also be offered with Huawei’s HarmonyOS 4.3, which first launched in August 2019 as an alternative to Google’s Android OS and is still compatible with Android’s extensive app library.

The Chinese company was hit hard by U.S. sanctions before bouncing back. The success of its newly unveiled Mate 70, with a starting price of $758, could show how open customers are to a completely new operating system.

Huawei just launched the Mate X6 and Mate 70, likely the company's very last smartphones that will still run Android.