Huawei Technology has released its new smartphone "HUAWEI P50" series for China. The sale in Japan was not broadcast.
In fact, the upper model "HUAWEI P50 Pro" is equipped with a 50 million-pixel color image sensor and a 40 million-pixel monochrome image sensor, which, like the "HUAWEI P9" series sold in Japan, has a structure that uses a monochromatic sensor to take bright and clear photos. In addition, it also has very high camera performance, including a 64 million pixel telephoto camera, which can achieve up to 200x zoom shooting.
But what is more striking is the chipset. Huawei Technology is unable to develop smartphones as desired, and the purchase of chipsets is more affected by restrictions than operating systems. Sanctions prevent the manufacture of "Kirin", a chipset developed by Qualcomm Technology. It has had a fatal impact on Huawei Technology's smartphone development.
Sanctions such as those imposed by the United States continue, although the HUAWEI P50 series will use Qualcomm's latest high-end chipset "Snapdragon888" in addition to the "Kirin9000" developed by high-silicon technology. Kirin9000 is thought to use inventory produced before sanctions, and despite US sanctions, it is amazing to get the latest chipset supply from US company Qualcomm.
However, Huawei Technology's move to accept chipsets from Qualcomm was also seen before the HUAWEI P50. In fact, the tablet "HUAWEI MediaPad11", one of the new models released by the company's Japanese legal person Huawei Japan on July 13th, uses the "Snapdragon865" made by Qualcomm in addition to the HarmonyOS2.0, which has also sparked heated discussion.
The key to explaining the reason lies in the communication function. After confirming the specification table of HUAWEI P50/P50 Pro, the chipset is marked "Snapdragon888 4G" and does not support 5G.
In addition, according to the specification table of HUAWEI MediaPad 11, it does not have the mobile communication function itself, and only supports Wi-Fi. From this point of view, it can be said that the United States forbids the supply of chipsets to Huawei Technology companies, instead of focusing on providing technologies related to 5G communications and taking the helm in the direction of prohibition.
So why does the United States take a strict attitude towards 5G? or because 5G technology is considered important as a country. Different from the 4G network, which is dominated by mobile phone and smartphone communication, 5G is an important infrastructure to promote the digitization of enterprises and autonomous bodies, and it is becoming more and more important for countries to have more technologies related to 5G.
However, 5G technology development is considered to be China's leading, and if the rise of Chinese companies led by Huawei Technology, which is engaged in communications technology development, is allowed, it will have an impact on security, and it can be considered that the provision of 5G technology is prohibited. On the other hand, for the chipset itself, Qualcomm technology and high silicon technology both use British arm technology, even if it is provided itself will not lead to 5G technology leakage.
The United States has begun to lock in regulation on 5G rather than the entire chipset, which is positive for Huawei Technology to continue to engage in the smartphone business, but communications are limited to 4G, which is undoubtedly a stumbling block with the official popularity of 5G. The company may ask how to overcome this disadvantage and once again achieve smartphone sales outside China.
From Fukushima Prefecture, graduated from Tohoku University of Technology. As an engineer engaged in digital content development, turned to mobile phone, mobile professional writer. Now, from industry trends to culture, he is engaged in writing in a wide range of fields related to mobile phones.
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