Less than 1 percent of Huawei P30 Pro parts come from the U.S., teardown reveals

It's no secret that Huawei's in big trouble given its recent placement on the U.Sentity list, which forbids American companies from selling parts to the Chinese smartphone giant. 

But how reliant is Huawei on U.S.-made parts when it comes to building smartphones? According to a recent analysis by Nikkei (via Android Authority), not very — the company used a very small number of U.S.-built parts for its recent flagship, the P30 Pro. 

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Nikkei tore down the Huawei P30 Pro, finding a total of 1,631 parts. After examining the parts, the outlet concluded that 859 parts, or 53.2 percent, were made in Japan. 562 (34.4 percent) parts were made in South Korea, 83 parts (5 percent) were made in Taiwan, 80 parts (4.9 percent) were made in China, and just 15 parts (0.9 percent) were made in the U.S.  Read more...

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