Huawei teardown shows US ban made company turn to Chinese parts – Nikkei Asian Review
TOKYO — A year has passed since Huawei Technologies was put on a black list by the U.S. government that banned American companies from selling to the Chinese telecoms group. Nikkei, together with Tokyo teardown specialist Fomalhaut Techno Solutions, took apart Huawei’s flagship model, the Mate 30, to analyze the parts that have gone into the Chinese electronics maker’s top-of-the-range smartphone. Mate 30, which is compatible with fifth-generation networks, has been launched in several countries since the third quarter of last year. Nikkei and Fomalhaut identified the origin of each component in Mate 30 and pegged their prices to market rates. At a glance, parts made in China now form 42% of the total value of components, up from about 25% when Huawei was still able to buy from U.S. companies. American-made parts now represent only 1% of the total components value in Mate 30, down sharply from about 11%. They found ...