Whether you are looking for a new phone or you are simply looking to recycle your current phone, there are a few ways you can go about doing it.
Huawei’s market share declined in 2021
Despite Huawei‘s strong growth in China, the company is facing a huge drop in its global market share. The Chinese technology giant’s smartphone business dropped by nearly half from 2020 to 2021, according to a new report. In the same period, its consumer business, which includes tablets and wearables, slid by 50 percent.
In a statement, Huawei’s rotating chairman, Eric Xu, predicted that smartphone revenues would fall to $30-40 billion by the end of 2020. The company’s global market share, however, is expected to drop only to three percent by 2021, compared to ten percent in 2020.
Huawei is facing a tough challenge in the smartphone industry, with Apple, Samsung, and other Chinese Android-based rivals. But the company is trying to stay on top of the competition by making tactical moves to expand into other areas. And its efforts to attract top talent are paying off. In the past two years, Huawei has hired around 26,000 fresh graduates. It plans to hire ten thousand more in 2022.
The company is making its way into more retail spaces
During the late 2000s, Huawei was a rapidly growing company. Its phones were well-designed and had reasonable price tags. It had a big r&d budget and was also developing products in partnership with a variety of client industries. Eventually, the company overtook Samsung as the world’s largest smartphone manufacturer.
Today, Huawei’s consumer business group reported sales of $15.6 billion in the first half of the year, up 36.2%. That’s up from the $11.3 billion it reported in the same period last year. The company says its consumer business now accounts for nearly a quarter of its total revenue.
It’s also venturing into the commercial sector. Huawei’s terminal business has served 25,000 governmental customers in China. Its product lines include the MateStation B and PixLab B.
Another business, Huawei’s energy management product line, is growing quickly in Europe. It’s also working with carmakers to develop bespoke systems for electric vehicles. In April, Huawei announced a car-connected technology called Hisar. It’s partnering with Leica to launch dual-camera technology.
The company is aiming to have HarmonyOS on 200 million smartphones and 100 third-party smart devices by the end of the year
During a recent conference in Dongguang, Guangdong province, Huawei officials announced plans to deploy the company’s self-developed operating system, HarmonyOS, on as many as 200 million smartphones by the end of this year. That’s more than a quarter of the 3.2 billion global smartphone market.
Huawei is betting that its IoT-centric platform will help it establish a strong foothold in the emerging market for connected devices. It hopes to power a variety of devices, including smart TVs, smart watches, virtual reality glasses, smart earphones, and smart ovens.
While the smartphone market has plateaued, Huawei is looking to the Internet of Things as a competitive path. It’s working with more than 1800 hardware and software ecosystem partners to help bolster its OS. Ultimately, it plans to deploy HarmonyOS on 400 million devices in 2021.
The company is billing HarmonyOS as an ‘Internet-of-the-Things’ platform
Unlike Android, HarmonyOS is designed for smartwatches, smart TVs, smart home appliances, smart vehicles, and smart wearable devices. It is a microkernel-based operating system. It has over 500,000 developers, and Huawei plans to have 100 million third-party smart devices running on HarmonyOS by the end of the year.
According to Huawei, HarmonyOS will enable devices to share computing power and data. It will also provide users with a more secure experience. The company is aiming to market Harmony OS devices both domestically and abroad.
Huawei’s Smart Cockpit Solution is powered by HarmonyOS. It allows users to interact with hardware devices using a single panel on their smartphone. The company has also opened up APIs to manufacturers and suppliers. These APIs can be used to help develop smart devices and automobile OEMs.
Recycle your Huawei phone
Besides providing some of the best smartphone hardware, Huawei is also a leader in the field of electronics recycling. It has a number of initiatives in place, including a credit-based recycling program that has earned it more than 500,000 secondhand phones.
The company’s recycling operations are on track to recycle more than 3,000 tons of waste electronics this year. Aside from the recycled smartphone, Huawei has also made some major strides in reducing its carbon footprint. The company has invested in renewable materials and has set up over 1,300 recycling stations in 48 countries.
The company’s efforts are aimed at reducing its carbon footprint by sourcing, recycling, and reusing waste electronics. The company is also making the most of its global presence by providing recycling services in countries like India, Japan, and China.
