In the first half of the year, the hottest news in the mobile phone market was that Huawei’s HiSilicon Kirin was about to become its swan song. Due to various restrictions in the United States, HiSilicon Kirin cannot find a suitable OEM factory worldwide. Even if Huawei has advanced chip design capabilities, it doesn't mean much if there is no one to produce them. At that time, many people believed that after losing HiSilicon Kirin, Huawei's share of the domestic mobile phone market would be hit hard.
After this news came out, industry professionals believed that Huawei was ready to cooperate with Qualcomm. If Qualcomm's Snapdragon chips can be used, Huawei's share of the domestic mobile phone market will not change much. However, news recently came out that Huawei has temporarily suspended its payment of supplementary patent fees to Qualcomm because Qualcomm has not resumed supply to Huawei.
In fact, when Huawei was preparing to pay the compensation, Qualcomm had already submitted relevant applications to the US authorities. In addition, many technology giants such as Intel have also proposed permission to resume supply to Huawei. But so far, the authorities have not made any comment on the applications of these companies. If Qualcomm has no way to supply Huawei, the so-called patent fees may have no meaning, and Huawei will naturally not continue to pay this fee to Qualcomm.
For Huawei now, since HiSilicon Kirin has no choice, only by cooperating with Qualcomm can it maintain the share of Huawei mobile phones in the domestic market. The biggest difference between Huawei and Xiaomi, OPPO and vivo is that Huawei mobile phones are very popular in the high-end market. In the high-end mobile phone market, in addition to HiSilicon Kirin, domestic consumers recognize the remaining two products: Apple's A series and Qualcomm Snapdragon. Although MediaTek has worked very hard this year, it still cannot change consumers' impression of mid-to-low-end chips. To some extent, Qualcomm is Huawei's best choice now, unless Huawei chooses to completely withdraw from the mobile phone market. With pressure from many parties, the possibility of Qualcomm obtaining permission from the authorities is still very high.