Honor launches first post-Huawei device, with new chip deals Following Huawei’s sale of its Honor smartphone brand last year, the now-independent company has announced a new flagship device, based on new semiconductor supply agreements. The sale, to a Chinese consortium, apparently was sufficient to get around US sanctions, as Honor now claims deals with many suppliers, including US chip vendors Intel, Qualcomm and AMD (as well as MediaTek and SK Hynix). Its new handset is called the View40 and the company also plans to expand further into the IoT market. There are also reports that Honor will be free to use Google mobile applications, which were denied to Huawei when the Chinese firm was placed on the USA’s Entity List…