That's quite sad actually. Without the pressure of competition, the other phone makers are going to become lazy and slow down the pace of innovation and continue to overcharge for their flagships for minor incremental improvements.
Huawei's push for multi lens Camera, bigger batteries etc were an impetus for Samsung and hopefully eventually Apple to improve the features on their flagships, such as wide angle lens.
Their software, sad to say, have always been mediocre. I don't think the plan B they envision will be any good when even their plan A is not up to par.
Sony provides the best in class CMOS senors now. Once Sony pulls out, Huawei can be out of the camera game