Huawei is 'open' to selling 5G chips to Apple for iPhones, marking a big shift in strategy
Huawei is "open" to selling high-speed 5G chips and other silicon to rival smartphone maker Apple, marking a significant shift in the Chinese tech giant's thinking toward its own intellectual property.
The world's largest networking equipment maker has been in the consumer market for a relatively short amount of time with its own-brand smartphones, but it has quickly risen to become the third-largest vendor by market share.
Huawei started by selling phones at low prices but in recent years has shifted focus to increase its market share in the high end of the market, battling Apple and Samsung. As part of that move, Huawei has developed its own chips, including a modem to give smartphones 5G connectivity, and a processor to power its devices. 5G is next-generation mobile internet, which delivers data at very high speeds.
So far, those pieces of technology have been used only in Huawei's devices. That could change. In an interview with CNBC that aired Monday, Huawei founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei said the company would consider selling its 5G chips to Apple. "We are open to Apple in this regard," Ren said. The CEO spoke in Mandarin, which was translated into English by an official translator.
Apple products (e.g. new iPhones) are likely to use 5G modems from Intel, although they won't be ready until 2020. Huawei has been shunned by U.S. companies due to warnings and pressure from the U.S. government claiming that Huawei products enable Chinese espionage. There has even been discussion of the U.S. government developing a 5G network free of Chinese influence. Given that there aren't many places in the country where you can get a "5G" connection yet, is there any point to this offer?
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(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 15 2019, @08:58PM (7 children)
When I buy an iPhone, it is because I don't want a Chinaman reading my email.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 15 2019, @09:22PM
(Score: 3, Funny) by DannyB on Monday April 15 2019, @09:30PM (4 children)
I don't want China or Apple reading my email.
That's why I use Android. It gives me a feeling of complete safety. So I can relax.
Fact: We get heavier as we age due to more information in our heads. When no more will fit it accumulates as fat.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 15 2019, @10:13PM (3 children)
One order of Alphabet soup with a side of denial coming right up.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 15 2019, @10:50PM (2 children)
I actually think that was supposed to be read with a sarcastic tone...but, I am not so sure of anything anymore. This is the Internet after all.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 15 2019, @11:01PM (1 child)
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 16 2019, @06:58AM
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 16 2019, @12:01AM
ceiling chinaman is watching you fap?
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Monday April 15 2019, @09:01PM (1 child)
Considering the current troubles, Apple isn't going to be adopting Huawei chips. Perhaps, it would have made sense at one time, but that time isn't now. Not sure, the same troubles would apply to iPhones that won't be sold to the US market. So, maybe, just not in the USA, but that would still be a risk.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday April 16 2019, @12:42AM
I wonder if Apple has the clout to end the current troubles*? Considering the current troubles seem to be a 5-eyes problem.
Maybe not.
* Try saying it with an Irish accent.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by corey on Tuesday April 16 2019, @07:24AM (1 child)
Is such a crock. They're talking millimetre wave frequencies which don't penetrate through walls and have a range of a couple of hundred metres tops. Access points in every building and house. Like WiFi. It's not going to happen.
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Tuesday April 16 2019, @03:10PM
What you're saying is, this will be yet another technology, that won't get rolled out to the rural areas, because money. Then again, we've handed them dump truck loads of money and they still haven't provided a decent connection to a large part of rural America.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"