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As we all know, the top three global mobile phone sales are Samsung, Huawei , and Apple. , and these three companies have one common feature, that is, they have their own chips.
Samsung has Orion, Huawei has HiSilicon Kirin, and Apple has its own powerful A-series chips, which is one of the reasons why they can become mobile phone giants. However, (domestic) mobile phone manufacturers without independent chips are trapped in the vicious cycle of price wars, and are often restricted by the price of competitors. This is also the reason why other domestic manufacturers except Huawei cannot stand firm in the high-end position. It is not that mobile phones are not good, but that they do not have their own characteristics and have no differentiation.
It can be said that the rise of HiSilicon Kirin chip not only laid the high-end image of Huawei mobile phone , but also won glory for domestic products. Kirin Chip is not as experienced as a Samsung, but it will never be inferior or even be on the front line in terms of practicality. The reason is very simple. Currently, Huawei is the only one in the world that can integrate 5G baseband ratio in high-end chips.
What is regrettable is that when Kirin chips were brilliant, they were sanctioned by the US ban and were eventually forced to stop production. I don’t know where the way out is? That is, Huawei may not have chips in the future. How can we not find an alternative within the deadline? The advantages Huawei has accumulated over the years on mobile phones will no longer exist, which will be a huge blow to the domestic mobile phone industry.
However, it has ushered in a very unexpected ending recently. With the pressure of completely cutting off the supply of chips, Huawei's rotating chairman Guo Ping said in an interview: If the policy allows, Huawei is willing to use Qualcomm chips to make mobile phones.
Is Huawei going to compromise? This is the first feeling of the editor, but after thinking about it for a while, I can understand the reason for making this decision. Huawei's mobile phones currently have a market share of more than 50% in China, and under the competition of other domestic brands, this is stronger than Nokia's peak at the beginning. If this is undoubtedly very happy with other brands, it is a bit embarrassing for Huawei at the moment. Such a huge market is out of stock, which is not a good thing. So if Qualcomm can supply chips, it can be said that it is Huawei's best choice. Of course, this is also a helpless choice, which does not mean bankruptcy.
Some people may not understand Huawei’s Qualcomm chips? The editor thinks it is a very normal thing, that is, without the ban, Huawei also needs to purchase valuable chips from Qualcomm every year, and now it is just a little more. In fact, as long as you are involved in the mobile phone industry, you cannot live without the constraints of Qualcomm. How powerful is
Qualcomm? Looking at the entire mobile phone market, from Samsung and Apple, which are at the forefront to Xiaomi, OPPO, vivo, OnePlus, Meizu, etc., all of them are inseparable from the support of Qualcomm chips or related technologies. It can be said that Qualcomm is the absolute overlord in the fields of chips and communications. Even Apple, as strong as 5G, had to bow its head and choose to accept it before the arrival of 5G. Although
is forced to do so, judging from the current situation, Qualcomm is one of Huawei's most reliable chip suppliers in terms of technology and supply chain capabilities. At least it can ensure that Huawei's mobile phones can continue. As long as they are still there, there will be a chance.
This time, Qualcomm is the biggest beneficiary. Qualcomm originally occupied 40% of the domestic chip market share. If Huawei, which has the largest sales and sales volume, it will really dominate the world. It is estimated that MediaTek will have a harder life. The original order for 120 million chips with Huawei has disappeared, and the opportunity to build a tree in high-end chips is lost.
Conclusion
Although Huawei's next new products are very likely to use Snapdragon chip, we don't have to worry about the Kirin chip disappearing.
Some time ago, Huawei executives said: Kirin chips will not give up R&D, and the silence during this period will usher in a stronger HiSilicon in a few years.Huawei in the future may not only be as simple as designing chips, but will be completed by itself from design to production, and no one will be able to curb it.
Finally, I hope Huawei will become stronger.
