Huawei used to produce some of the best Android smartphones around. But then, in 2019, a U.S. trade ban crippled the company’s ability to stay competitive globally, primarily because the company could not ship even the most basic Google services, such as Play Store or Maps, with its Android phones.
This, sadly, is the story of Huawei’s new flagship, the Huawei Mate 40 Pro. The phone looks good, it’s very powerful, and it has the specs to send most flagships home crying. But it doesn’t…