Chinese phone maker Honor partners with key chip suppliers after Huawei split

SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) – Chinese budget phone maker Honor has signed partnerships with big chip vendors such as Intel and Qualcomm after being split from parent company Huawei Technologies in a bid to save it the last year, he said on Friday.

Huawei had sold Honor to a consortium of 30 agents and resellers of the sub-brand in November to help it resume supply of components restricted by US sanctions.

While chief executive George Zhao launched its first model phone since the split, Honor said in a statement that it now has its own deals with some tech companies.

These include AMD, MediaTek, Micron Technology, Microsoft, Samsung, SK Hynix, and Sony.