The Intellectual Property Organization released a ranking of R&D investment in 2018. Huawei ranked fourth, which updated some data released earlier.
Last year, Huawei ranked first in the world with 5,405 patent applications. This can also clearly show that Huawei is efficient in research and development. We see the current ranking of R&D expenses. In 2017, Huawei's R&D ranked sixth. In 2017, Huawei's R&D had surpassed Apple. In 2018, Huawei's R&D continued to surpass Microsoft and Intel, becoming fourth in the world. There are three companies ahead of it: Samsung, Google and Volkswagen.
Huawei not only has high R&D efficiency, but also has created certain barriers in the direction of R&D, such as its chips, Kirin processing chips plus balong baseband chips, and basic accessories for consumer electronics products. One is the underlying operation. System, one is a chip. Now that chips have made breakthroughs, Huawei will soon transform from an operator service provider to a consumer service provider. It can also be seen from the ranking that Samsung and Google actually occupy these two aspects. In fact, Apple's early chips came from Samsung, while Google controls a powerful and popular Android operating system.
In China, most people like to compare Huawei with Apple. In fact, due to differences in product lines, Huawei's main competitor should be Samsung. The product lines of both parties overlap in dimensions. Of course, competition with Samsung must not only be about the number of patents. Huawei encounters greater resistance in the West than Samsung, and both Samsung and Huawei have some weaknesses. These weaknesses come from software, and the advantage lies with Google. Therefore, I personally think that Huawei may be necessary and should cooperate with Apple.