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Huawei Mate 50 Pro teardown shows empty space for 5G RF chip
Huawei Mate 50 series doesn’t come with 5G and a recent Mate 50 Pro teardown reveals that the flagship has left some space for a 5G radio frequency or RF chip on the motherboard.
Looking at the teardown, the Huawei Mate 50 Pro component placement is the same as the Mate 40 Pro. These include a camera and SoC module on the top, followed by a battery and wireless charging coil. Heat dissipation and then the input out module at the bottom.
Once removed, the motherboard shows us a double-layered design. Another notable fact is that all of the components and chips are covered in metal. The Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset is also beneath these metal covers.
With further teardown, it’s revealed that the Huawei Mate 50 Pro has a place reserved for a 5G RF chip on the PCB. Interestingly, the filter capacitor resistors near the RF chip location have not been removed.
This shows that the phone has been designed with 5G and maybe it could be used by third-party smartphone sellers such as TD Tech or Chinese telecom companies.
4G?
Due to the U.S. ban, Huawei cannot access 5G RF modules that are required to install the 5G feature on a smartphone. Even if the chipset does support 5G connectivity, the phone may not harness it due to the lack of this component.
Since last year, Huawei has increased the importance of Qualcomm chipsets, as its inventory of Kirin 9000 5nm chipset has been running out.
Huawei Mate 50 Pro is equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chip that has octa core architecture – Octa-core, 1 × Cortex-X2 at 3.2 GHz + 3 × Cortex-A710 at 2.75 GHz + 4 × Cortex-A510 at 2.0 GHz.
However, the chipset has no 5G connectivity and is designed especially for Huawei phones.
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