As we all know, Huawei's 5G patent fee is very cheap, up to $2.50, which will be charged according to the percentage of mobile phone price.
Compared with Qualcomm, Nokia and Ericsson, Huawei's patent fees are the cheapest, especially compared with Qualcomm. I don't know how cheap it is, because Huawei's 5G patent is the first in the world.
In fact, Huawei's patent fees are really harmless to mobile phone manufacturers, especially to Apple and Samsung. For domestic machines, such as Xiaomi, the harm is slightly greater, but it is not very serious.
But behind this little injury, to put it bluntly, it is still insulting, especially for Apple and Samsung.
Let's start with the fact that there is no harm. Last year, Apple sold 206 million mobile phones, and even if each phone was charged $2.50 (which is actually impossible), it was only over $500 million. For Apple, it's really Mao Mao rain.
So is Samsung. Last year, Samsung sold 267 million mobile phones, even if all were $2.50, it was only $670 million. For Samsung, it was also a rain in Mao Mao, not to mention that it didn't receive so much. Samsung has many low-end mobile phones, and Samsung's 5G patent is the second in the world, so it won't pay that much money.
Even for Xiaomi, it doesn't have much impact. Last year, the sales volume of millet was 65.438+0.5 billion yuan, and the average price was only about 654.38+0.000 yuan. It is impossible to receive $2.50. It is predicted that even if Xiaomi really pays Huawei's 5G patent fee, it will actually not exceed 200 million yuan a year. Last year, the profit of Xiaomi was expected to be more than 65.438+0.5 billion yuan, so the harm was really small.
However, it is not harmful and "insulting" is very strong. Everyone is a smartphone manufacturer, but Huawei can charge you patent fees. Obviously, in this contrast, Huawei's technology will be stronger, and other manufacturers are not as good as Huawei.
Apple and Samsung, in particular, have significantly higher sales than Huawei, and the United States is the backstage, but they still have to pay patent fees to Huawei. This is not an insult. What is it?