Mar 05, 2024 08:25 PM

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In Depth: Will Satellite Smartphones Take Off?

By Zhai Shaohui, Qin Min and Ding Yi

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As a weaker economy drives Chinese consumers to hold onto their handsets for longer, phone brands are looking to a revamped technology to stimulate interest: satellite calling.

When Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. released the Mate 60 Pro in August, it set tongues wagging about how the heavily-sanctioned telecoms gear giant was able to procure the advanced, 7-nanometer semiconductors which powered the phones.

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