Huawei 华为

Milestones

• 2026-03Mate 80 series launches with the Kirin 9030 and HarmonyOS Next 2.0, completing the in-house stack.
• 2025-04Pura 80 series refreshes the camera flagship line with an upgraded Ultra Lighting lens.
• 2024-11Mate 70 series ships with HarmonyOS Next as the default OS and the Kirin 9020 chip.
• 2024-09Mate XT Ultimate Design launches as the world's first commercially available tri-fold smartphone.
• 2024-04Pura 70 series debuts the Kirin 9010 and the new XMAGE imaging pipeline.
• 2023-08Mate 60 Pro launches with the in-house Kirin 9000S, marking Huawei's return to 5G after US export curbs.
• 2020Sells the Honor sub-brand to a Shenzhen Zhixin-led consortium under US export restrictions.
• 2019Briefly overtakes Apple to become the world's second-largest smartphone maker by shipments.
• 2012Launches the Ascend P1, marking its first push into the premium Android segment.
• 2003Establishes Huawei's handset business unit, initially focused on feature phones for carriers.
• 1996Wins its first major overseas contract with Hong Kong's Hutchison Whampoa telecom network.
• 1987Ren Zhengfei founds Huawei in Shenzhen as a private reseller of PBX telephone switches.