Huawei Mate 60 Pro+ review: A 2023 Kirin 9000S 5G flagship with satellite calls and IP68.
The Mate that broke the chip ban.
Mate 60 Pro+ shocked the industry — the first post-ban Huawei 5G phone with Kirin 9000S, a China-made 7 nm chip, plus satellite calls. A geopolitical product as much as a phone.
01Display
86/10086/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2023.
02Camera
80/10080/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2023.
03Performance
80/10080/100 is one of the weaker performance results among flagship phones of 2023 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
78/10078/100 trails the 83-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2023.
05Build
88/10088/100 puts it above the 84-point average for flagship phones of 2023.
06Value
70/10070/100 is one of the weaker value results among flagship phones of 2023 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
- First post-ban Huawei 5G phone — Kirin 9000S built in China.
- Two-way Tiantong satellite calling.
- Variable f/1.4 + 3.5× periscope.
- Wi-Fi 7 + IP68.
- No GMS.
- 230 g.
- China-only.
- Surprise launch — limited supply at first.
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? .