Why doesn t Qualcomm make its own phone?

Qualcomm is a patent harvester, a landowner

First of all, you have to understand that Qualcomm is not a self-developed high-tech team, it is just a patented harvester, and the people under Qualcomm are just high-tech porters. So, how does a company with such a business model turn it into a factory? Relying on human brains is certainly not enough, because it depends on the industrious hands of working people!

There are no workers, no equipment, no factory management talents, and knowledge that is divorced from practice can only be used in lawsuits

Qualcomm doesn't have any of the resources that a manufacturing plant needs, so it's hard to disassemble a phone, let alone produce a part of a phone and assemble it into a usable phone. The so-called just is power, and this sentence is not wrong, Qualcomm through its own harvested patents, coupled with its own team of lawyers, it is easy for them to win a patent case. <>

If I were Qualcomm and waiting for the money, who wouldn't be happy to be a rent collector

If I'm a hooligan, no, I'm a high-level hooligan who harvests patents, then it's good if I use patents to extort (it's not extortion, people have justification) other companies' money, why shoot myself in the foot? Eggs touch stones, that's not what "high-level intellectuals" do! How cool it is to be a patent charter wife, why bother to assemble a mobile phone when you are full and have nothing to do?

Qualcomm has made so many enemies that if it gives up being a patent troll and becomes a good citizen, the companies that have been bullied by it will not sit idly by

The spare parts needed for mobile phones are not only chips, and Qualcomm's patents are not enough to cover the mobile phone product, so once it starts to make mobile phones, it will not only face the blow of other companies, but also the market run. Once the whole enterprise runs on Qualcomm's mobile phone, it can be successfully produced!

Because Qualcomm's strength is to develop software, such as mobile phones. They can't do it well, and they don't know how to market, so it's better to keep making software.

Because there are so many kinds of things needed to make mobile phones, it is impossible for a company to swallow up all the profits of an industry.

Qualcomm has first-class chip technology, why not make your own mobile phone?

After Qualcomm made a mobile phone, many of his patents lost their value. And he doesn't have a complete industrial chain for mobile phone production, and all kinds of parts have to be purchased from other manufacturers, except for his own Snapdragon processor. There is no need to do such a loss-making thing.

There is a specialization in the art industry, Qualcomm is already very good at making his own chips, and if he makes mobile phones again, his company may not have so much energy.

Qualcomm is a company, he only does what he is good at, leaves what he is not good at to others to do, and concentrates on developing mobile phones.

Unless it has its own system, Qualcomm is easy to be targeted by the local Apple when it makes mobile phones, and technology and manufacturing are two different things.

Because the output of core technology has made them a lot of money, they can make huge profits even if they do not increase the business of mobile phone manufacturing.

I believe everyone is familiar with the term 5G, and many technology giants are stepping up the development of 5G networks. In this field, the mobile phone chip giant Qualcomm is very active, and today we will talk about Qualcomm. As long as you are a friend who knows about mobile phones, everyone has heard of this company.

Most of the Android phone chips on the market come from Bi Luqi's family, including Xiaomi, OPPO, Samsung, etc. However, when it was first established in 1985, Qualcomm was not a chip company, but a company that solved communication solutions, and its revenue was mainly from patent licensing fees. Qualcomm's first product was a system for satellite positioning of trucks.

The system was based on CDMA technology, which was controversial at the time. <

To prove that CDMA is useful, Qualcomm has spent several years experimenting and industry demonstrations. Facts have proved that CDMA technology provides better sound quality, lower operating costs, CDMA has since entered the highway of development, in 1990 Qualcomm applied CDMA technology to mobile phone and chip business, in 1992 applied for a patent. In fact, the advent of CDMA technology has changed the situation of wireless mobile communication around the world.

Since then, from 3G, 4G to 5G, which has not yet been applied, the basic principle comes from CDMA technology. Since then, Qualcomm's CDMA technology has been recognized by many operators, and many countries have begun to invest in the CDMA market. <

Since then, CDMA technology and related patents have become the basis of communication technology standards, and Qualcomm has up to 600 core patents with CDMA technology, accounting for 90% of the global market share. In China, where the percentage is close to 100 percent, Qualcomm has benefited greatly from patent licensing fees. Nowadays, most of the world's mobile phones have Qualcomm's patents, Qualcomm is well aware of the importance of chip share, mobile phone manufacturers in their own chips, and then change to other scenarios need a high migration cost, therefore, the use of Qualcomm chips mobile phone manufacturers have a certain discount in terms of patent fees, but the specific is somewhat confidential, Qualcomm also has a domineering.

The main reason why Qualcomm does not build its own mobile phones is that it is not good at it, and it is impossible for a company to do any business, focusing on its own advantages, so that the town can achieve better results, so as to obtain a higher market share and achieve a monopoly position.

Because they don't have relevant mobile phone parts, they mainly produce other mobile phone parts made by those who suspect hail cores, and they don't have a supply, and the cost of building mobile phones is also very expensive.

Because mobile phones also need a lot of things, such as shells, chips, cameras, etc.

Because they don't have any related mobile phone parts, they mainly produce chips and grind other mobile phone parts. They don't have a source of goods, and the cost of manufacturing a mobile phone is very expensive.

Qualcomm Snapdragon series processors must be familiar to everyone, and we can often see Snapdragon processors at the launch of some mobile phones. The Snapdragon series processors have a high market share and good performance, and they have always been the object of catch-up by major processor manufacturers. So why doesn't such a powerful mobile phone processor manufacturer build a mobile phone itself?

First of all, although Qualcomm has done a good job in processors, it does not mean that it can be equally good in the field of mobile phone manufacturing. You must know that the structure of a mobile phone is not only a processor, but also a screen assembly, camera module, battery module, communication module, system software and so on. Although Qualcomm is no worse than Huawei and Ericsson in the field of communications, he still lacks experience in making mobile phones.

Take a system software as an example, domestic mobile phone manufacturers have done a very good job, such as the feature-rich, highly playable MIUI system, such as the HarmonyOS system that supports super terminals and the Internet of Everything, as well as the stable and smooth Color OS and so on. If Qualcomm wants to build a mobile phone dipole, it must first solve the problem of system ecology, although he can use the native Android system, but everyone knows that the native Android system does not meet the usage habits of domestic consumers. One system software level alone is enough to give Qualcomm programmers a headache.

In addition, in addition to his lack of experience in making mobile phones, another reason is that if he makes his own mobile phones, he will come up with a new brand. Then it will inevitably affect his corporate strategy. If he makes a mobile phone, he will think that the chips supplied to them are not the latest by friends, and if he makes a mobile phone very dismal, he will be questioned that the processor is so good, and how the mobile phone is very bad.

So Qualcomm won't take this risk to smash its own signboard.

In fact, with Qualcomm's technology accumulation and resource integration capabilities, it is not impossible for him to save up one or even many mobile phones, but from a comprehensive and multi-point perspective, the risk of building a mobile phone by himself is too great, and the possibility of failure is higher.

Qualcomm can earn high profits by selling chips and patent fees every year, so why should it spend money on developing mobile phones? Originally, today's smartphone industry is gradually saturated, and it is getting worse and worse. If Qualcomm wants to make mobile phones at this time, it will really be asking for hardship.

Qualcomm doesn't want to compete with its partners.

Qualcomm currently works with many manufacturers, such as handset manufacturers such as Xiaomi, OPPO, and vivo. If Qualcomm chooses to produce phones at this time, it will compete with phones from other brands and the problems will gradually become more and more numerous. Even if Qualcomm makes a mobile phone, sales will not be very good.

So if Qualcomm does that, it really needs to take a big risk. Therefore, Qualcomm may think that it is better to produce chips. <>

The profits from chips far outweigh the risks associated with making mobile phones.

Today, there are only a few high-end manufacturers in the mobile phone market, and the mid-range and low-end markets are gradually saturated. If Qualcomm enters the mobile phone market at this time, then it is not suitable for him to position himself in the high, medium and low end. Instead of taking risks to make mobile phones, why not sell chips in a down-to-earth manner?

Now Qualcomm makes much more profits every year by selling chips and collecting patent fees than those mobile phone manufacturers. Therefore, Qualcomm will choose to give up manufacturing mobile phones and focus on developing chips. So the chip is everything about smartphones.

To summarize why Qualcomm doesn't make mobile phones.

All in all, Qualcomm is smart in this matter, and it is still able to see the current state of the mobile phone market. Based on the premise of being able to accept the loss of many partners, Qualcomm will not be able to do anything. Qualcomm relies on its own chip patents, making it harder to enter its own world.

After all, today's mobile market can be said to be unavoidable. Domestic brand mobile phone manufacturers already have a set of relatively mature systems and functions, and many domestic first-line manufacturers have gone abroad. How does Qualcomm compete with it when it comes to mobile phones?

In fact, many mobile phone brands have accumulated popularity after years of good reputation, but Qualcomm still knows very little about mobile marketing. <>

Because the quality of the chip is not particularly high, there is a lack of innovation consciousness, and if you want to build a mobile phone, in addition to the chip, you should also have a host, a display, etc., so there is no particularly sufficient labor.

This is because this manufacturer does not have the strength to build its own mobile phones, so it can only produce some chips and obtain corresponding profits in this way.

Qualcomm is a platform provider, and it is engaged in the development of technology in the field of communications, including communication solutions for mobile phones. That is, the mobile phone set. In fact, it is only the manufacturer of the product that makes mobile phone products, and it is the use of Qualcomm's solution to get the finished product after secondary development.

In fact, there is another layer between the two, that is, mobile phone solution providers, that is, design units similar to Longqi. There are few companies that can make sets, and the profits are just right, and they don't have to play the market by themselves.

Qualcomm's customers and partners include the world's leading manufacturers of mobile phones, tablets, routers and systems, as well as the world's leading wireless carriers. Adhering to the consistent spirit of innovation and relying on technological innovation and progress, Qualcomm continues to lead the evolution of 3G, 4G and next-generation wireless technologies, promoting the development of the wireless communication industry while enabling advanced wireless digital technologies to better benefit mankind.

According to isuppli statistics, Qualcomm became the world's largest wireless semiconductor manufacturer for the first time in the first quarter of 2007, and has continued to maintain this leading position since then. Its Snapdragon Mobile Intelligence processor is an industry-leading all-in-one.

1. A full range of mobile processors with high performance, low power consumption, realistic multi-** and comprehensive connectivity. At present, the company's products and businesses are transforming many fields such as healthcare, automotive, Internet of Things, smart home, and smart city.