Since Jobs retired and Cook took over, Apple has been repeatedly questioned about the lack of technological innovation, and in fact, it is true, since Cook came to power, Apple has indeed lost its former glory in technology. It may be that Apple also recognizes its shortcomings in scientific research.
Recently, Apple has also begun to develop its own chips, and Apple is a big hand, directly 5G baseband chips, such scientific and technological achievements are still very dazzling. For Apple's self-developed baseband chip, many people think that Huawei can make a lot of money. So why is Huawei thought it can make a lot of money?
Apple's self-developed 5G baseband chip is likely to reduce or even get rid of its dependence on Qualcomm, so what will Qualcomm do in the future to reduce its losses as much as possible?
Apple's self-developed 5G baseband
On January 10, Apple publicly stated that the self-developed 5G baseband and the supporting 5G RF IC have completed the most important design and have now entered the trial production stage. It is said that Apple is ready to use this 5G RF chip directly on the iPhone 15, which will be released in 2023.
Of course, the reason why Apple wants to develop its own 5G baseband chip is likely to get rid of or reduce its dependence on Qualcomm. For Apple, it can naturally increase the economic benefits of Apple, and the benefits for Apple are still great. However, some people say that Huawei can make a lot of money according to Apple's move. So, why does Apple's move involve Huawei?
Why can Huawei make a lot of money?
As we all know, Huawei has the largest number of 5G patents in the world, according to the latest data released by the professional authority Clarivate, as of March 2021, a total of 4796 5G core standard patents, Huawei ranked first in the world with a proportion of 21%. Such a proportion is still very large, it is said that the second place Samsung, in the proportion of 5G patents, only 12%. The gap between the first and second is actually still very large.
Huawei has such a high proportion of 5G patents, and Apple's self-developed 5G baseband chips use 5G technology. Therefore, it is often impossible to give Huawei 5G patent fees. Many people may feel that Apple has never had the spirit of the contract, and will not rely on Huawei's 5G patent fees.
In fact, Apple should not be lai, previously, Qualcomm in 3G, 4G has a large number of patents, Apple tried to rely on, the result of the lawsuit, and then they also lost. Learning from the past, Apple should not want to think about doing it again, right?
Since Apple will not rely on Huawei's 5G patent fees, nor can it escape paying Huawei patent fees, Huawei may naturally make a lot of money.
Apple's use of 5G baseband chips can make Huawei a lot of money, of course, the reason why Apple will do this, in fact, is also forced, after all, Apple has been very crotchy in the signal, if not the use of 5G technology, the competitiveness of Apple products may suffer greatly.
Just as the so-called several joys and sorrows, Apple is ready to fully carry the self-developed 5G baseband chip on the new model iPhone 13 in 2023, which is bitter Qualcomm, you know, once Qualcomm was Apple's baseband chip has always been a partner.
So, at the moment when Apple abandons Qualcomm like this, what will Qualcomm do in the future to mitigate the negative impact of Apple's move?
Where does Qualcomm go from here?
For now, Apple is still likely to use its self-developed 5G baseband chip on the new iPhone 15 in 2023, and Qualcomm is still very likely to be abandoned by Apple. Without Qualcomm's Apple order, the impact will not be small. Qualcomm actually has to do some self-help measures at the moment.
In the future, if Apple really abandons Qualcomm, Qualcomm's economic loss will undoubtedly be very large, so Qualcomm should take advantage of the fact that Apple has not yet abandoned Qualcomm to find the next customer, which should not be difficult for Qualcomm. After all, Qualcomm's product performance is also good, and there is also a large consumer market in the international market, and it may not be impossible to find new customers and fill the gap after Apple leaves.
In addition, Qualcomm should also increase investment in science and technology and improve the quality of its own products as much as possible, only in this way can it ensure that in the future, after being abandoned by Apple, it can still have a strong competitive advantage in the international market. In order to ensure that the sales of their own products in the future will not be affected by the abandonment of Apple. After all, quality is the best publicity.
Of course, Qualcomm may actually be able to expand its own business, do not focus on the chip, you can also try to develop to other products, such as Qualcomm with its strong scientific and technological strength, in fact, can also try to do smart products such as mobile phones. Through business expansion, increase their own economic benefits, thereby alleviating the adverse effects of future abandonment by Apple.
summary
Apple announced the use of self-developed 5G baseband chips, often can not avoid Huawei's large number of 5G patents, Huawei may not be impossible to make a lot of money because of Apple's decision. With the increase of Huawei's economic interests, it is still very helpful for Huawei's future development and progress, and for Huawei to get out of the current predicament.
However, Qualcomm, which may be abandoned by Apple, will be miserable, may flow a large number of Apple orders, and may have great obstacles to its future development and progress. Of course, no matter how bad Qualcomm's situation is, at least the situation of Huawei in China is very good, and Apple's move will undoubtedly become a booster for Huawei's development in the future.