Huawei P30 Pro teardown reveals how many US parts are in there
The ongoing trade war between the United States and China makes people wonder how much will it affect Huawei, but Nikkei Asian Review went one step further. The media published a detailed teardown of a Huawei P30 Pro unit revealing how many US-made parts are in there. The answer is just 15 out of the total of 1,631, but they account for 16.3% of the total production cost.
| Cost in USD / Percentage of total | Number of parts / Percentage of total | |
| China | 138.61 / 38.1% | 80 / 4.9% |
| Japan | 83.71 / 23% | 869 / 53.2% |
| USA | 59.3 / 16.3% | 15 / 0.9% |
| Taiwan | 28.85 / 7.9% | 83 / 5% |
| South Korea | 28 / 7.7% | 562 / 34.4% |
| Total | 363.83 | 1631 |
The reason why so few components cost so much is because of the DRAM, manufactured my Micron, a company, based in Boise, Ohio. It is the second most expensive part, just after the OLED panel, manufactured by BOE. There are also two communication semiconductors, built by Skyworks and Qorvo, while the large IC is a joint venture between American and Japanese companies.
A breakdown of the key parts reveals Huawei is using a Chinese SoC, built by its subsidiary HiSilicon. The NAND flash memory is made by Samsung, while the cameras are from Sony. Hong Kong-made is the lithium-ion battery, while other Japanese companies like TDK and Kyocera have a hand in the antenna duplexer.
American companies are prohibited to trade with Huawei if the product or goods is more than 25% comprised of US-derived technologies. The Chinese company will have no trouble to choose non-American manufacturers, but if the consumer trust hurts the overall sales and shipments plummet, all the other companies will feel the hit.
More importantly though, even if Huawei drops the US parts suppliers it will still need to work with Google for Android. Plans of its own platform are fine, but there's no chance that it will deliver the same user experience for a few years at least, if ever.