Huawei will reveal its mate 40 series on October 22. It is likely the last of its phones to have Kirin chips.

The US has accused Huawei of building backdoors into network infrastructure. Huawei has denied the Trump administration’s accusations of spying.

The Trump administration placed Huawei and 114 of its affiliates on its list in May 2019. Us firms were unable to sell technology to the company without explicit us approval.

In May, the US Commerce Department issued an amended export rule to block shipments of semiconductors to Huawei. It also meant Google was barred from doing business with Huawei, preventing Huawei from obtaining an Android license.