Huawei Mate 60 Pro review: The phone that proved Huawei was back — domestic Kirin 9000S.
The geopolitical comeback phone.
Mate 60 Pro signalled Huawei’s return to domestic 5G silicon. Strong camera + satellite, but a non-starter for buyers needing Google apps.
01Display
84/10084/100 trails the 88-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2023.
02Camera
86/10086/100 puts it above the 81-point average for flagship phones of 2023.
03Performance
74/10074/100 is one of the weaker performance results among flagship phones of 2023 — 14 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
80/10080/100 trails the 83-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2023.
05Build
84/10084/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2023.
06Value
74/10074/100 trails the 78-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2023.
- Domestic Kirin 9000S — first since US restrictions.
- Bidirectional satellite messaging.
- Variable f/1.4–4.0 main.
- IP68.
- No Google services.
- Limited Western availability.
- 7 nm SMIC chip thermally limited.
- Heavy.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 241-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .