The root cause of the stagnation of mobile phone innovation
The mobile phone industry has experienced rapid development over the past decade, and smartphones have become an indispensable digital partner in modern society. In recent years, the pace of mobile phone innovation has slowed down significantly, and although the frequency of new product launches has not decreased, most of the new models have only made small changes in terms of appearance design and camera capability, and core hardware and system innovation are lackluster. The main reasons for this are as follows.
Mainstream mobile phone manufacturers are too focused on specification data and appearance design, and ignore the innovation investment in core technologies. They pay more attention to how to make the mobile phone look more fashionable and beautiful, how to make the hardware parameter numbers more attractive, and less R&D investment in the underlying technology such as chips and operating systems. This short-sighted behavior has led to the superficial innovation of mobile phones, and the construction of core capabilities has been neglected.
The development of smartphone technology has approached the theoretical limit, and there are certain bottlenecks to make revolutionary breakthroughs within the existing framework. The basic functions of the mobile phone are already very complete, and the hardware performance is already powerful enough, and it is not easy to make major innovations on this basis. Mobile phone manufacturers are constantly optimizing and improving the existing technical routes.
There is a lack of true technology leaders in the mobile phone industry. The current mobile phone market is basically dominated by leading manufacturers such as Apple, Samsung, and Huawei, who are more followers than innovation leaders. In the absence of a drive for disruptive innovation, industry innovation has naturally stalled.
There is a lack of new transformative technology injections in the mobile phone industry. Although new technologies such as G and artificial intelligence are applied to mobile phones, because the development of these technologies themselves is not mature enough, it is difficult to have a subversive impact on mobile phones for the time being. Mobile innovation is likely to be rekindled only when the next generation of transformative technologies truly mature and are absorbed by mobile phones.
The stagnation of mobile phone innovation is the result of a combination of factors. The lack of innovation momentum in the industry, technological bottlenecks restricting development, and the lack of new transformative technology injection have created the current innovation dilemma. In order to regain the vitality of mobile phone innovation, manufacturers need to change their concepts and increase investment in core technologies, and at the same time, the industry needs the emergence of new transformative technologies to inject new power sources into mobile phones.
The current situation and shortcomings of domestic mobile phone chips
The chip is the "heart" of the mobile phone, and its performance directly determines the overall strength of the mobile phone. In this key area, domestic mobile phone manufacturers have long been monopolized and constrained by foreign giants. The main reasons for this are as follows.
Domestic chip companies lack technical reserves and R&D strength in the field of high-end chips. Due to the long-term blockade and restriction by foreign giants, the mainland lags behind its foreign counterparts in core technologies such as chip design and process manufacturing, and it is difficult to get a share of the high-end chip market.
Domestic chip companies are also far inferior to foreign giants in terms of financial strength. Chip R&D is a capital-intensive industry that requires continuous investment of a large amount of money, and mainland chip companies are difficult to compete with foreign giants in terms of financial strength due to various reasons.
There is a lack of a complete supporting system for the chip industry in China. The chip industry chain is very long, from design to manufacturing to packaging and testing, every link is critical. However, the mainland has different degrees of shortcomings in these links, and it is difficult to form a complete industrial chain.
Domestic chip companies are also facing considerable challenges in terms of talent reserves. Due to the long-term blockade by foreign countries, the mainland's talent training in the field of chips is relatively lagging behind, and there is a lack of high-end chip talents, which restricts the development of enterprises.
The reason why the development of domestic mobile phone chips is difficult is that the mainland's overall strength in this field is insufficient, and there are shortcomings in technology, capital, industrial chain, talent and other aspects. In order to truly realize the independence and controllability of chips, it is necessary to give strong support from the national level, continue to increase investment, improve the industrial ecology, and cultivate high-end talents, so as to finally break through the bottleneck and catch up with foreign countries.
Opportunities and challenges of Huawei Kirin 0
In the context of the development of domestic mobile phone chips, Huawei's self-developed Kirin 80 chip has attracted much attention. With its nano process and powerful AI capabilities, it was once regarded as a milestone for domestic chips. However, the Kirin 80 also has many flaws and challenges, and whether it can become a real breakthrough in domestic chips remains to be tested by time.
From the perspective of opportunities, the Kirin 980 has some leading technical advantages. It uses TSMC's nano process process, which is ahead of other mobile phone chips in the same period in terms of integration and energy consumption, and it is also the first artificial intelligence chip equipped with nano process, with powerful AI performance. These technical advantages have made the Kirin 980 highly praised upon its launch.
The emergence of Kirin 80 also pointed out a feasible development path for domestic chips. For a long time, it has been difficult for domestic chip companies to independently develop high-end chips for various reasons. Through continuous and large investment, Huawei has finally made a breakthrough in the Kirin 80, setting a benchmark for other domestic chip companies and pointing out the direction of development.
The success of the Kirin 80 is also conducive to breaking the blockade of the mainland chip industry by foreign countries. For a long time, foreign countries have imposed a strict technical blockade on mainland chip companies, which has caused the mainland to lag behind in this field. The emergence of Kirin 80 marks a breakthrough in the field of high-end chips in the mainland, which will help break the technological blockade of foreign countries and create a fairer development environment for domestic enterprises.
The Kirin 980 also faces its many challenges and drawbacks. First of all, its power consumption is high, which will affect the battery life of the mobile phone;Its reliability remains to be tested by time,After all, the 7nm process is still the first time to be applied to mobile phone chips;Thirdly,Kirin 980 is only a mobile phone chip,In order to truly realize the chip independent and controllable,It also needs to make breakthroughs in other fields。
The emergence of Kirin 980 is an important milestone for the development of domestic chips, but it is not the end, but only opens a new door. Mainland chip companies also need to continue to innovate on this basis and constantly break through new technical bottlenecks in order to finally achieve the goal of independent and controllable chips.
The future trend of the development of the mobile phone industry
Looking at the current situation of the mobile phone industry, problems such as lack of innovation and obvious shortcomings of domestic chips do exist, but it does not mean that the industry has fallen into permanent stagnation. With the continuous emergence of new technologies, there is still a lot of room for development in the mobile phone industry in the future.
The gradual maturity and application of 5G technology will bring new impetus to the development of mobile phones. 5G network has the advantages of high speed, large connection, and low latency, which will promote the qualitative leap of mobile phones in communication, entertainment, office and other aspects. 5G technology will also promote the wide application of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and virtual reality in mobile phones, injecting new vitality into mobile phones.
The emergence of new display and shooting technologies such as flexible display and 3D structured light will bring a new look and interactive experience to mobile phones. The mobile phone will get rid of the existing flat rigid body design and present a more curved, thin and light shape, and the 3D structured light technology will greatly improve the mobile phone's photo ability, bringing users a more immersive image experience.
The development of biometrics will also bring disruptive changes to mobile phones. Mobile phones will no longer rely on traditional biometric methods such as fingerprints and faces, but will unlock and pay through more secure and reliable biometric technologies such as palm prints, iris, and heart rate, greatly improving the security and convenience of mobile phones.
The independent innovation of mobile phone operating systems and chips will also bring new development momentum to the industry. With the continuous breakthroughs of domestic enterprises in these fields, mobile phones will gradually realize independent and controllable in the future, get rid of dependence on foreign technology, and truly achieve independent control of core technologies.
Although the mobile phone industry is currently facing some development difficulties, as long as we continue to innovate and keep up with the development trend of technology, the industry will be able to regain its vitality and usher in a new take-off. In the future, mobile phones will show a more intelligent, personalized and secure development trend, and become a powerful assistant in people's life and work.