Huawei debuts first smartphone lacking Google's popular apps

Uncertainty looms for Chinese company's overseas sales as it unveils iPhone rival

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Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei's consumer business group, launches the Mate 30 smartphone series at the Convention Center in Munich, Germany, on Sept. 19. © Reuters

LAULY LI and CHENG TING-FANG, Nikkei staff writers

TAIPEI -- Huawei Technologies launched a flagship smartphone without Google's mobile services support for the first time on Thursday, after the partnership of more than 10 years was disrupted by Washington's blacklisting of the Chinese company.

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