Huawei shares vision of a connected, mobile, digitally intelligent future

At the Huawei Innovation Day Asia today, the President of Strategy Marketing, Huawei Consumer Business Group (BG), Shao Yang shared Huawei’s vision of how the next-generation mobile device, the ‘superphone’, will take us closer to a world where physical and digital are further integrated.

Source: Huawei. Shao.

Huawei believes that a 12-year cycle following the year 2007 will see the emergence of the next generation of mobile phones. The company predicted that the next-generation superphone will emerge around 2020. The superphone will eventually lead to a new world where all things are digital, connected, integrated intelligently and seamlessly, and synergistically arrives at intelligence.

“Inspired by the biological evolution, the mobile phone we currently know will come to life as the superphone,” said Shao. “The intelligence of the superphone will continue to evolve and develop itself into digital intelligence, capable of empowering us with interactions with the world. Through evolution and adaptation, the superphone will be more intelligent, enhancing and even transforming our perceptions, enabling humans to go further than ever before.”

According to Huawei, the superphone will play a key role in unifying digital and human intelligence and revolutionise the way we interact with the world. To embrace this new era, Huawei has already capitalised on the huge potential in connected cars. The company entered into strategic partnerships with a significant number of major automobile brands in 2015, including Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, and Audi, with the latter two partners appointing their third-party suppliers to use Huawei vehicle-mounted 4G communication modules in their future automotive networking equipment.

By integrating the company’s capabilities in 4G and 5G networks, big data and cloud technology, Huawei has also been pursuing the maturity of cloud services. The Huawei Cloud Congress in September 2015 in Shanghai, China saw the unveiling of new cloud computing products and solutions including the industry's first OpenStack-based cloud disaster recovery solution. The world’s first software-defined networking-based agile IoT solution was also introduced this year, at the Huawei Network Congress in Beijing, China in May 2015.

Huawei has already deployed resources to develop key technologies for IoT. These include perception technology such as sensors, object recognition, and 3D scanning; Intelligence technology such as big data analysis, digital intelligence, and circumstantial intelligence platforms; connection technology such as IoT platforms, multi-device network standards; and interactivity technology such as augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR). Huawei also has plans to invest US$600 million in R&D for patented 5G technology.

Shao said, “With our commitment to creating value through innovation, Huawei has driven the technology industry by focusing on ecosystem, alliance and partnership. From smartphones, connected cars, wearables to smart cities, mobile technology innovation continues to evolve, profoundly changing the relationship between human and the world. Our concept of the superphone opens a dimension of infinite possibilities. Through continued aggressive investments in R&D coupled with the brightest technical minds and talent, we are poised to create technology that will serve and empower mankind.”

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