Huawei banks on Mate 10 to challenge Apple

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd is banking on its artificial-intelligence-enabled smartphone Mate 10 to counter US tech giant Apple's dominance in the top-end smartphone segment, analysts said on Tuesday.

Jia Mo, an analyst at global consultancy Canalys, said the Kirin 970 AI chipset is the biggest advantage of Mate 10, which was unveiled by Huawei in Germany on Monday.

"It enables better photo-taking and real-time translation capabilities that can help Huawei wrest some market share from Apple in China and cement its position in the premium segment," Jia said.