The reporter who knows no one in the field of science and technology is Masaichi Honda. Mr. Honda, this series on wearable devices. This time, Huawei introduces the "WATCH GT2" sold with its own operating system. Last year's review of the first generation of "WATCH GT" has the advantages of batteries, so it tells the story of this work that is even more washed.
本田雅一：文Text by Masakazu HondaI didn't expect to write an article about Huawei's enterprise in webChronos. As we all know, China's large high-tech manufacturers are basically good at the development of communications infrastructure machines and consumer products. Not to mention showing a sense of presence on wearable devices.
But Huawei's wearables are all convincing products.
He admires the product called HUAWEI WATCH GT, which was also introduced in last year's serial. Although it is not possible to install additional applications, the required applications have been introduced from the start, and connected smartphones support iOS and Andorid.
And on the basis of reasonable price, the battery will last for two weeks when the battery lasts about 1.5 days in Apple Watch.
Despite the smartwatch with the OLED as its display, he admires him for being so indifferent to battery use. This time, become the protagonist is its successor product HUAWEI WATCH GT2, but also want to introduce HUAWEI Band4Pro. Because the two products are complementary to each other, usability will be improved if they are owned at the same time.
Huawei "WATCH GT2"「WATCH GT」の後継モデルとして2019年11月に発売。軽量で取り回しに優れる42mmケースモデル（写真左と中右）とバッテリー容量の大きな46mmケースモデル（写真中左と右）がラインナップされる。独自開発のOSを搭載しており、iOSとAndroidどちらの搭載機種とペアリングが可能だ。AMOLEDディスプレイ。5気圧防水。Bluetooth 5.1BLE/BR/EDR。Android4.4以降、iOS9.0以降対応。42mmモデル：2万2800円〜（税別）。46mmモデル2万4800円〜（税別）。Huawei has also rapidly increased its sense of presence in smartphone terminals in recent years. Did you know that this manufacturer is already a company known for its equipment used to build communication infrastructure for telephone and Internet networks?
Later, although it was famous for WiFi routers, it was not too gorgeous, but it was a large enterprise supporting the communications infrastructure. Especially those companies that have been praised by people in the industry.
Huawei became a mainstream brand simply because it began to develop smartphone terminals. The development of communication infrastructure equipment such as mobile phone-oriented base stations requires not only simple design technology and production capacity, but also in-depth technical knowledge, key equipment development capabilities, software development capabilities and so on.
It suddenly becomes a serious story, and the key is that Huawei has the technology needed to develop high-tech equipment. On this basis, he devoted himself to terminal development and finally grew to surpass Apple on the basis of the number of terminals.
What if such a Huawei is serious about developing wearables? That answer is shown in these two products.
The company has developed its own SoC, called Kirin, for smartphones, but also a chip called Kirin A1 for wearable devices. A compact collection of minimal equipment is required, laying the foundation for driving the required functions to power saving.
Apple is also trying to add value in both hardware and software by developing a separate SoC for each device, an approach that can be said to be a common practice in electronic devices. But in order to use this customary method, you must be able to sell a large number of products. Because you have to develop semiconductor chips for your own products.
For this reason, any high-end brand. No, the smaller the number of high-end brand-name products produced, the more common the platform for wearable devices will be.
Huawei is able to cross this threshold to a greater extent with China, the leading company in the big market-here. On this basis, because of the technical ability and production capacity, it can be differentiated through the combination of software and hardware.