From a time perspective, nearly 10 months have passed since Huawei shipped back the last batch of Kirin chips. However, during these 10 months, due to the interference of the ban, Huawei not only used less chips, but also suffered a huge collapse in its mobile phone business in both overseas and domestic markets. What's even more terrible is that Huawei's new models cannot be mass-produced, and its market share has been further eroded.
For Huawei, without the emergence of new products, it cannot provide strong support to Hongmeng, not to mention that domestic friends have little interest in Hongmeng. Taking a step back, even if Huawei merges all its previous mobile phone models and smart wearable products into Hongmeng, I'm afraid it won't have much effect, because the establishment of any operating system should not just be "self-promotion" , other business partners and users are also needed to complete the establishment of the ecosystem.
From this perspective, if Huawei wants Hongmeng to go further, on the one hand, it must insist on using Hongmeng unswervingly, and on the other hand, it needs to find a chip supplier other than itself to supply itself with chips. , to continue the release and research and development of new Huawei products. So does this path exist? The answer exists, and there is probably only one opponent that can help Huawei at this stage, and it is Qualcomm.
Speaking of which, behind the fact that Huawei chips have become out-of-print is Qualcomm’s indiscriminate control of the market. At this stage, domestic mobile phone manufacturers basically rely on Qualcomm for their high-end chips, and Qualcomm’s new CEO An Meng also hinted in an interview with the media that the “gap left” by Huawei’s reduced mobile phone shipments in the Android market has given Qualcomm a huge opportunity. Opportunities. As far as the high-end market is concerned, Huawei can provide potential opportunities to tap behind it, which is no less than winning over big customers like Apple.
This sentence may sound confusing, but objectively it is also recognition of Huawei’s achievements in the high-end market. In Qualcomm’s eyes, Huawei and Apple’s markets are comparable, and their strength is no better than Apple’s. Much different. Therefore, for Qualcomm, now is a good time to replace Huawei's high-end chips, and it may also make Huawei dependent on Qualcomm. Why do you say that? This also depends on Huawei’s recently announced new phones.
According to media reports, Huawei has officially announced a new phone, which is the Huawei MatePad 11. According to reports, Huawei’s new phone MatePad 11 is a mid-to-high-end product. It looks simple, elegant, and fashionable in appearance, and Huawei’s new phone also has highlights in its core configuration. The 120hz high-refresh screen has a resolution of 2.5K, and it can also support multi-screen collaboration with PC, making it very interesting. With the addition of a stylus and magnetic keyboard, it can be adapted to more office scenarios.
It is worth mentioning that in terms of operating systems, Huawei continues to adapt to the Hongmeng system and continues to increase the construction of the Hongmeng system ecosystem. In terms of chip configuration, Huawei MatePad 11 is equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 processor. Although it is Qualcomm’s previous generation chip, this has positive significance for Qualcomm and Huawei. Huawei can use this to get more More sales, and Qualcomm's position becomes more solid.
Of course, in terms of price, Huawei is also very sincere this time. The MatePad 11, which can be equipped with Qualcomm chips and adapted to Hongmeng, has a basic price of only 2,499 yuan. Compared with Apple’s tablets, it is The price advantage is quite obvious. Some netizens even switched directly from Xiaomi Mi Pad 5 to Huawei after seeing the configuration of Huawei MatePad 11.
But there is another advantage of Huawei MatePad 11. Since this time it is equipped with Qualcomm chips, and Qualcomm has now obtained chip supply licenses for some products, which means that Huawei’s new product will be There will be no shortage. As long as Qualcomm chips can be supplied, fans can buy Huawei's new products.
Some people may say that accepting Qualcomm's chips is Huawei's compromise, but to be fair, Huawei has basically no retreat now. The "life and death line" of 16% of Hongmeng's market is right in front of us. If Huawei cannot improve the Hongmeng system ecology The degree of perfection pushed Hongmeng to the edge of the cliff. I hope everyone can understand more. After all, Huawei's only goal is to survive now.