Huawei P70 series could include all-new Kirin 9010 SoC

Huawei’s upcoming flagships could include an all-new processor. I’m talking about the Huawei P70 series smartphones, of course, and the chip in question is the Kirin 9010.

This information comes from a Chinese tipster that goes by the name ‘Smart PIkachu’. He shared the information via Weibo. The tipster believes Huawei won’t use the Kirin 9000s inside its new flagships.

The upcoming Huawei P70 smartphones could utilize an all-new Kirin 9010 processor

The thing is, the Kirin 9010 could be just a modified version of the Kirin 9000s. The naming schemes are way too similar for it to be on a completely new level. At this point, we can only guess, though.

The Kirin 9000s is a 7nm processor, and it fuels the Huawei Mate 60 flagship series. It also comes inside the Huawei Mate X5 book-style foldable that Huawei announced in its home market.

We still didn’t see the Kirin 9000s outside of China. So all eyes will be focused on the Huawei P70 series once it arrives. The launch of the Kirin 9000s managed to surprise pretty much everyone, and the US will be paying special attention to the Huawei P70 launch.

The company is expected to announce three smartphones as part of its flagship series

That being said, if the company ends up following last year’s lineup, we’ll get three phones. The Huawei P70, P70 Pro, and P70 Art are expected to launch.

As a reminder, the Huawei P60 series became official towards the end of March last year. Their global launch followed in May last year. So, Huawei will either stick to a similar release cycle or use MWC 2024 at the end of February to showcase its new flagships. That’s always a possibility.

We have great expectations for the Huawei P70 series camera. That especially goes for the Huawei P70 Pro and Huawei P70 Art. Huawei will allegedly use a much better ultrawide camera this time around, and the camera hardware is expected to become better in general.

Huawei’s smartphones are still at the top of the food chain. Huawei’s last flagships are actually using a 10-stop variable aperture setup. Something similar is expected with the Huawei P70 too, actually.