I'm going to be honest, at this point, after blatantly stealing tech from both Cisco and Samsung, how can you even claim Huawei developed the technical know how and didn't just steal it?
Because they have a lot of patents. Either they developed the tech in the patents independently or they stole tech which other companies declined to patent. The latter option doesn't make sense since everyone in the wireless industry makes money from patent licensing. (Opposed to something like DRAM manufacturing tech where you generally aren't licensing patents and your tech is your competitive advantage)
But to be fair Huawei is spending a large amount of their revenue on R&D so not surprised they are inventing new technologies. That said we also know that they have stolen a lot of IP in the past (and maybe now).
While the stealing part is likely true, everytime a Westerner has dismissed the innovation ability of China, they've typically been wrong. China has long passed the phase of being an imitator with low cost manufacturing abilities, and matured into an innovator.
There probably is still a cultural tolerance of IP theft, but that too will pass in a decade
A more appropriate example would be if every engine was the same right down to the Daimler logo still plastered on the engine blocks. That company has no shame.
From everything I know,MediaTek basically caters to the low end. It will be years before catering to the low end will be a viable business model. The only companies selling high end phones at scale are Apple and Samsung and even Samsung sells mostly low end phones -their average selling price is below $300.
That’s also the problem with Android watches. The Android market for Android Wear is minuscule because the processors suck and the processors suck because the market is too small to be worth the investment.
