China's development in the field of smartphones is very fast, according to the data released by professional institutions, China's smartphone shipments in 2022 exceeded 300 million units, among the world's top ten mobile phone manufacturers, Chinese manufacturers occupy eight positions, the remaining two are Apple and Samsung.
From this data, it is not difficult to see that in the field of smartphones, China has achieved certain advantages, and even its influence in the international market is not small.
The development of China's mobile phone industry
Although on the surface, domestic mobile phones have attracted much attention in the world, but under the "flowers", there are two big problems, that is, chips and operating systems. China's mobile phone industry "lack of core and soul" can be said to be not a day or two, most of the domestic manufacturers hold the idea of "it is better to buy than to build, and it is better to rent than to buy", so the domestic mobile phone system and chip industry has not been developing fast.
Well-known domestic mobile phone manufacturers, including Xiaomi, OPPO, and Honor, basically use Android in terms of operating system, and use chips from Qualcomm, MediaTek and other manufacturers in terms of chips. Even many mobile phone manufacturers will use Qualcomm and MediaTek's first chips, which are one of the selling points of the new machine.
According to the mobile phone SoC chip shipment data released by professional market research institutions, MediaTek ranked first with a market share of 30% in the second quarter of this year, and Qualcomm ranked second with a market share of 29%. From this data, it is not difficult to see the influence of Qualcomm and MediaTek in the field of mobile phone SOC chips.
However, the good news is that after Huawei was included in the entity list and was completely cut off by American and Western companies, Chinese manufacturers have also begun to realize the importance of mastering core technologies, and only by mastering core technologies can they avoid being stuck. Therefore, domestic manufacturers have begun to strengthen research and development in the field of chips and operating systems.
In terms of mobile phone SoC chips, the Chinese manufacturer UNISOC has entered the top five in the world, and is currently the only chip platform in China that can ship 5G chips and has been successfully commercialized, and is one of the full-scene communication timely companies that have mastered a variety of communication technology chips such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
According to the data released by market research institutions, UNISOC increased its market share by about 7% in the third quarter compared with the first quarter, and increased by about 5% compared with the same period last year. From this point, it is not difficult to see that UNISOC has developed very rapidly, and has gradually begun to solve mobile phone SOC chips for Chinese mobile phone manufacturers, and its market share and influence have also begun to gradually increase.
In terms of operating systems, Xiaomi, OPPO, vivo and other manufacturers have recently released self-developed operating systems, although these operating systems are currently based on Android open sources**, but the follow-up may also be the same as Huawei to remove the underlying source of Android**.
The most important thing is that Huawei has officially announced the start of the construction of the ecological chain and native application construction of the HarmonyOS system, and a number of domestic manufacturers have begun to announce cooperation with Huawei. Recently, there is good news, the well-known domestic mobile phone manufacturer Coolpad announced that it will connect the HarmonyOS system to the Spreadtrum platform, which has attracted widespread attention at home and abroad.
The construction of HarmonyOS native applications beganCoolpad announcedConnect to the HarmonyOS system
Founded in 1993, Coolpad is one of the founders of "China Coollink", with business in more than 30 countries and regions such as China, the United States, and India, and has mature software and hardware development capabilities in the field of mobile communications.
Although Coolpad's mobile phones have gradually begun to fade out of our field of vision, and their market share and influence have also decreased, being surpassed by Xiaomi, Huawei, OPPO and other manufacturers, Coolpad's comprehensive performance in terms of technical level, R&D capabilities, self-developed systems, and self-built factories is still very good, and it has a complete R&D industry chain.
The integration of Coolpad's Spreadtrum platform into the HarmonyOS system is undoubtedly good news for the development of the HarmonyOS system. After all, although the Hongmeng system was donated by Huawei to the National Open Atom Open Source Association in 2020, there are many considerations, and so far no manufacturer has chosen to access the Hongmeng system. Leading manufacturers are worried that access to the HarmonyOS system will affect their business in overseas markets, while small manufacturers do not have system development capabilities.
Coolpad's access is undoubtedly a good start, not to mention that as many domestic enterprises have started to build Huawei's native applications, Huawei currently has more than 100 mainstream native applications, which can meet the needs of most users. This also means that there should be some mobile phone manufacturers who choose to access the HarmonyOS system in the next period of time.
The cooperation of UNISOC UNISOC and Harmony System and Coolpad basically means that the embarrassing situation of "lack of core and less soul" in the field of mobile phones has been solved, coupled with the help of domestic application manufacturers, it can not only bring a new choice to other companies, but also promote the development of Harmony System, UNISOC and Coolpad in their respective fields.
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Started the layout of native applications, with Coolpad and a number of well-known domestic manufacturers to join, Hongmeng will definitely be able to get a key opportunity for rapid development next, it is very likely to break the monopoly of iOS and Android in the field of operating systems, and solve the embarrassing situation of "lack of core and soul".
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