After several rumored spec reports and camera samples, Huawei has finally revealed a launch date for the P60 series. The new flagship will be launched at 2:30 pm on March 23, Beijing time, and will also be joined by the Mate X3 foldable phone and several other new products.
Huawei’s March 23 event poster
Huawei’s official Weibo post didn’t reveal any details, but expect to see more teasers in the days leading up to the event. According to the latest rumors, the Huawei P60 series will consist of at least two devices: the vanilla P60 model and the P60 Pro.
The Huawei P60 Pro requires a pair of 50MP camera modules with a Sony IMX888 main sensor and an IMX858 module for ultrawide. We also expect a 64MP OmniVision OV64B sensor with 3.5x magnification. A regular P60 phone should boot with a 52MP main camera (IMX789), along with a 50MP (IMX858) ultrawide module and a 16MP (IMX351) telephoto shooter. Both phones should run on Qualcomm 8 series chipsets. This is supposedly an LTE-only variant of the Snapdrgoan 8 Gen 2 SoC.
Huawei P60 series rendering
As for the Mate X3, the foldable is expected to bring next-generation satellite communication capabilities. Rumor has it that users will be able to send and receive text and voice messages via satellite.
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