Recently, Yu Chengdong, CEO of Huawei's consumer business, made controversial remarks at the 2023 Pollen Annual Meeting. He said with a smile: "When friends plagiarize, they say that they don't respect our (Huawei's) intellectual property rights, and they just make up a name and say their own." The double-rotating droplet hinge directly becomes the keel hinge, and the keel does not exist. This remark sparked a strong response from a spokesperson for Xiaomi.
A spokesperson for Xiaomi issued a statement on the 12th, giving a serious response to Mr. Yu Chengdong's remarks. The statement pointed out that Mr. Yu Chengdong's remarks are seriously inconsistent with the facts, and Xiaomi's self-developed "keel hinge" technology applied for a patent on September 18, 2020, and was granted a patent on January 5, 2021, and was first applied on Xiaomi Mix Fold 3 in August 2023. The so-called "double-spin droplet hinge" claimed by Mr. Yu Chengdong applied for a patent on December 13, 2019, and was only disclosed on June 18, 2021.
In the statement, a spokesperson for Xiaomi stressed that the development of the technology industry is inseparable from the efforts and innovation of every company, and the research and development of each technology requires a lot of time and energy. Therefore, the technological achievements of any company should be respected and recognized, rather than easily questioned and smeared. They hope that Mr. Yu Chengdong will follow the basic rules of "science and rigor" and stop smearing his peers and misleading the public.
In the technology industry, especially in the mobile phone industry, technology research and development and innovation are important driving forces to promote the development of the industry. The emergence of every new technology is the result of a lot of hard work and sweat by scientific and technological personnel after a long period of research and experimentation. Therefore, respect for technology is actually respect for the hard work of scientific and technological personnel.
Here, we also hope that all technology companies can respect the technological achievements of others and not easily question and smear. At the same time, it is also hoped that the public can look at various controversies rationally, not be misled by some untrue remarks, but make correct judgments based on facts and science.
In general, the development of the technology industry requires the joint efforts and cooperation of every company, and only in this way can we promote the sustainable development of the industry and bring better products and services to consumers. Let's look forward to a bright future for the technology industry.