In fact, the real reason is that there is no need for others to compete with you in assembly and processing, and they cannot compete with you, because your labor costs and production costs are very low, so some things are simply imported from you. Why? What about enjoying it but not doing it? The key technologies in various fields are still mastered by others. We should be self-aware and stop sitting at home to entertain ourselves. I just want to say that Japan has just failed in the competition in the field of smartphones. It seems that Japan is very far-sighted and is not willing to make money from the huge mobile phone market. Apple, Samsung, Huawei, Xiaomi, OV, smartphones have created many great things, no Japan does not want to take the initiative to innovate, but the Japanese are conservative and cannot keep up with changes. They have no choice but to give up and switch to the parts route. Just like the current cooperation between Toyota and BYD in the new energy market, Japan is betting that hydrogen energy is not applicable globally and is forced to cooperate for fear of being eliminated.
Made in Japan is as old as the Japanese! The development trend is downward. Didn’t it use finished products before? It's also very strong, okay? It means that the finished product cannot compete with other countries, so it can only play upstream. Now South Korea and Taiwan have begun to catch up in many technologies, and our country has also begun to vigorously develop. Japan's advantage in parts production can be maintained for a few years!
Chips are also very profitable, but even Taiwan’s Unitech can produce mid-range mobile phone chips, but not a single mobile phone chip manufacturer in Japan has one! Don’t even compete with Huawei on communication technology! When it comes to making money from accessories, big items such as screens, storage and batteries have been beaten to a pulp. Sony is the dominant player in SLR sensor components, but now it is gradually being overtaken by Samsung in mobile phone sensor components! Japan is a typical loser when it comes to mobile phones, especially smartphones!
The reason why Japan can master civilian technology is because the United States allows it to master it. Do you understand? What China does not have is not because China does not want to master it, but because the United States suppresses China and prohibits other countries in the world from selling related technologies to China. Do you understand? Do you know why the United States is not suppressing Huawei? Do you think it’s because of the mobile phone? Japan's heavy industry. In the automotive field, have we cracked the top 10? Let’s see if we have any rivals. There are some high-end areas. Precision machining, pharmaceuticals. We are not afraid of gaps, we must pay attention to them in order to catch up.
If you take apart Chinese-made electronic products and see that the integrated circuits are basically the logo of Toshiba and Sony! The profits in the home appliance industry are now very low, so Japan has abandoned it and only earns chip royalties! People are focusing on developing high-precision and high-profit industries, such as medical equipment and high-precision instrument engineering systems in various industries! In a word, what the common people can afford is not considered technology now!
In the past, when our country did not join the WTO, it also followed Japan's route. TVs and other items have been used for 20 years without breaking. What's the result? If it’s not bad, who should I sell it to? Then everyone understood that it was not possible to pursue high-level expertise. Gradually, it gained the current domestic reputation. However, after joining the WTO, they still cling to this holy book until they grow up. This is not right. When the country is full, they can go out! This is why Huawei put down the holy book: go out!
Sony can make money just by making accessories for mobile phones. It makes mobile phones just for fun. Once it gets serious about making mobile phones, it will have nothing to do with Samsung or Huawei. So it made sense for Steve Jobs to respect Sony. Just like making television, anyone who studies the field of television knows that Sony TV is the king of kings. People who haven’t researched it just think it’s expensive and nothing great.
For Japanese mobile phone manufacturers, making complete mobile phones is considered low-end. Major technology companies are more inclined to provide accessories for mobile phones. Everyone knows the reason! Putting aside the Japanese-supplied accessories in mobile phones, there should be no high-end phone on the market! You can investigate why HW's high-end phones have developed so well in recent years. A lot of the reasons have to do with the Japanese mobile phone manufacturing industry chain.
I know that Japanese mobile phone companies have entered and exited the Chinese market many times. Every time they entered, they made a big fanfare, and every time they exited, their eyes were red. Earlier, Sony Ericsson, a brand that cooperated with Ericsson, had a selling point. Later, the partnership broke up, and Ericsson completely withdrew from the Chinese market and never entered again. Sony was in and out a few times but the phone wasn't suitable for the Chinese market. In fact, Japanese mobile phones are only sold well in Japan, and no one picks them up when they leave the island. It's unclear whether it was intentional or incompetent.
Japan now mainly produces accessories and raw materials. Most of the industrial production equipment in China's industry is Japanese. Every mobile phone has at least one accessory from Japan, including electronics, chemicals, heavy industry, and light industry. Japan leads the world in every industry, and the gap is not ten or eight years. There are very few Chinese brand cars in Japan, but Chinese and Japanese cars are everywhere. Although China is much stronger now than before, it is not as strong as you think. , China's basic industry is still lagging behind.
Only by fully understanding your own shortcomings, conducting in-depth research, and striving for excellence can you make progress. Many electronic manufacturing and automobile industries in China are still in the stages of imitation, joint ventures, and introduction. Have you ever seen trucks, excavators, heavy machinery, and cars produced in Japan being sold in developed countries such as Europe and the United States? Just look at the current Chinese automobile market. , high-end cars are still imported. When buying a car, the general public first chooses joint venture cars, such as FAW-Volkswagen, Audi, Toyota, Guangzhou Honda, Toyota, Shanghai Volkswagen, etc. Choosing domestically produced cars is the next best thing. What does this mean? Even the Huawei mobile phones that many Chinese people are proud of have an Android system, and many core electronic components and chips are imported. The day our computers and mobile phones are designed with world-leading systems and all-round independent research and development and manufacturing, without being controlled by others, will we be considered true success!
Japan and Germany were once unique in the design and manufacturing of machinery and electrical appliances, but they have taken many detours in the manufacturing of information technology and electronic technology. Many designs of Japanese mobile phones are particularly in line with the usage habits of Japanese people, and are very awkward for people from other countries to use.
It’s not that Japan doesn’t want to make mobile phones, it’s that it made many wrong bets in the development of communications and information technology and was forced to become part of the supply chain. China and the United States have reaped the biggest dividends from the development of information technology. If you look at the leading emerging technology companies, they are basically from China and the United States. Retreating from a technology giant to a small part of the supply chain is a step backwards in development. It’s not that they don’t want to make complete devices. After all, they can drive upstream and downstream companies across the country. Just look at the most powerful mobile app in the world. Who else is there besides China and the United States?
Mobile phones are developing the fastest, and the technology and design requirements for mobile phones are very, very high. In the past ten years, everyone must have felt that the mobile phone industry has developed the fastest. Many people used to think that the bottleneck period of mobile phones had arrived. Ever since Apple mobile phones broke through technological barriers. Enter the smartphone era. The development of mobile phones has just begun. The future development of mobile phones will make great strides.
Japan’s electronics and precision technology companies sold most of their businesses to China. The R&D departments of Lenovo and Huawei were originally acquired from Japanese companies, NEC, Toshiba, Honda, Toyota, Mitsubishi. Heavy industry and other companies are now targeting artificial intelligence research and development. Ten years later, Japan will still be leading the technological trend.