With the gradual popularization of smart phones, many smartphone manufacturers have emerged at home and abroad, and among many mobile phone manufacturers in the world, only Huawei can compete with Apple, which is known as the "world's most valuable company" in the high-end smartphone market. The reason why Huawei can stand out among many mobile phone manufacturers is inextricably linked to Huawei's emphasis on technology.
Before Huawei was sanctioned by the United States, Ren Zhengfei also repeatedly said that he would learn from the excellent technology of the United States, and it can be said that Huawei is one of the earliest enterprises in China to start technology self-research.
It is precisely because of the emphasis on technology that Huawei can surpass Qualcomm and other companies in the United States, become the first company in the world to develop 5G and large-scale commercial use, and also master the world's most 5G core patents.
It's just clear that Huawei's development and rise in technology has made the United States feel a threat, so it has included Huawei in the entity list and launched 4 rounds of sanctions against Huawei since 2019. It not only required TSMC to cut off Huawei's Kirin chip foundry, but also allowed Google to exclude Huawei from Android system updates, and restricted Huawei imports in the field of smartphone components and chips.
After being sanctioned by the United States, Huawei's mobile phone shipments plummeted, leaving a large gap in the low, medium and high mobile phone markets at home and abroad. The United States once thought that Huawei would be like Japanese semiconductors in the eighties, but Huawei recently came up with a new report card, proving that suppression cannot limit Huawei's development.
According to the latest news, in the first quarter of 2023, Huawei's Hongmeng system has occupied 8% of the domestic market and 2% of the global market, becoming the world's third largest mobile phone operating system, the number of users is second only to Google's Android system and Apple's IOS system. Not only that, Huawei also publicly announced that the estimated mobile phone shipments in 2023 will be officially raised from 37 million units to 40 million units.
After this news came out, many foreign media have said: this is Huawei speed.
Self-developed Hongmeng, layout of the Internet of Things
Huawei's self-developed Hongmeng system was not optimistic at first, because the first generation Hongmeng system and the second generation Hongmeng system were not only using the Android source code provided by Google, but also did not deal well with some software compatibility issues, and many Huawei users did not choose to use the Hongmeng system at that time.
But when the third-generation Hongmeng system was released, everyone was shocked. Because the third-generation Harmony system not only completes the problem of software compatibility, but also removes the Android source code provided by Google, the most important thing is that the third-generation Harmony system also realizes the Internet of Things that Android has not been able to achieve.
The Harmony system can provide a unified operating system and ecosystem for on-board devices, smart wearable devices, smart phones and other smart devices, and connect all smart devices equipped with the Harmony system together, which can realize the control of smart devices in the home on mobile phones and even on-board devices.
According to the latest news, the Harmony system has 8% of the domestic market and 2% of the international market, in addition to Huawei mobile phones, many banks, universities, and enterprises have also begun to use the Harmony system. According to relevant sources, the fourth-generation Hongmeng system will be released next year, and it is likely to be installed on Huawei Mate60 series mobile phones.
Presumably, with the release of Huawei's fourth-generation Hongmeng system, the market share occupied by Hongmeng system will inevitably further increase, and with the gradual construction of the Hongmeng system ecosystem, it is only a matter of time to catch up with Android and IOS. No wonder there are foreign media saying: this is Huawei speed.
Bucking the trend and shipping 40 million units
In the past year, affected by the global economic environment, smartphone consumption has become weaker, and the shipments of major mobile phone manufacturers around the world are decreasing, but under this circumstance, Huawei announced that its expected shipments in 2023 will be raised from 37 million units to 40 million units. Huawei's contrarian trend is enough to see Huawei's determination and persistence, and it also shows that Huawei's mobile phone business is gradually recovering.
On the one hand, Huawei's ability to increase shipments is enough to prove that Huawei has found a domestic supply chain and can solve problems such as electronic components. This can also be mutually proved from the announcement of Yu Chengdong at Huawei's Mate 50 conference last year, according to Yu Chengdong, Huawei has achieved 70% of the domestic supply chain.
On the other hand, Huawei raised its estimated shipments from 37 million units to 40 million units, and Huawei can buck the trend under the weak demand for mobile phones, which shows Huawei's confidence in itself. Therefore, although the goal of 40 million units is quite a lot, Huawei will definitely be able to complete it.
As Meng Wanzhou said at Huawei's 2022 annual earnings conference: "In the face of the future, we have pressure and more confidence." "Huawei is already proving its confidence in the outside world with its actions.
Written at the end: The United States thought that China would be defeated by the United States like Japan in the eighties, but Huawei and other Chinese companies proved with their own actions that the suppression of the United States will only make Chinese companies pay more attention to technological self-research and let the United States taste the counter-effect of technological blockade. Huawei is using mobile phone shipments and the Hongmeng system to prove that Chinese companies can not rely on American technology, and more and more Chinese companies are investing in technology self-research.