Huawei in China aimed Apple's secret company, targeting Apple Watch's heart rate measuring sensor etc

by Michał Kubalczyk

The information reports that Huawei, a communication equipment manufacturer in China that is familiar in Japan with smartphones and the like, has stealed corporate secrets from Apple.

How Huawei Targets Apple Trade Secrets - The Information
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/how-huawei-targets-apple-trade-secrets

Report claims Huawei tried to copy Apple Watch heart rate sensor by asking Apple supplier to share
its secrets - 9to 5Mac
https://9to5mac.com/2019/02/18/apple-watch-heart-rate-sensor-copied/

According to the information that The Information independently got, Huawei made a large order to Apple-related suppliers and steal information from the production process of parts ordered by Apple instead.

by Kamil Kot

One example is the event that happened in the autumn of 2018. An engineer working on the development of smartwatch at Huawei contacts a supplier supplying parts for Apple Watch to Apple and steals information on the specifications of Apple Watch's heart rate measurement sensor on promise of a large order He said he tried to make it.

According to The Information, the person in charge of Huawei has commissioned the manufacture of a heart rate measuring sensor designed very similar to Apple Watch, but refuses to deliver the circuit diagram itself to the supplier, instead the manufacturing cost It seems that she has requested that the estimate be made first. This means that Huawei was trying to infer information on sensor structure from the manufacturing cost of Apple 's heart rate measuring sensor.

by Daniel Cañibano

In another case, Huawei engineer sent the material pictures to Apple suppliers, asked "please feel free to propose already experienced designs" and tried to know the information about the design of Apple's next product It seems there was also. In this case, The Information tells that the supplier refused cooperation.

In addition, The Information reports that Huawei got information on the thin hinge design of the 2016 model MacBook Pro before the launch and may have copied as it is. One supplier was asked to manufacture a new laptop PC from Huawei and he showed the blueprint and it was almost the same as the MacBook Pro of the 2016 model, so he refused to manufacture it. After that, Huawei who decided to secure another supplier or another production line finally succeeded in manufacturing and selling Huawei MateBook Pro with a hinge structure similar to MacBook Pro.

According to The Information, it has also been reported that Huawei and other companies have asked workers at the supplier factory of Apple to request a design sketch for the parts used in Apple products. Workers can not bring parts out of the factory because Apple 's manufacturing line is isolated and protected by metal detectors. However, it is possible to write the information viewed by the eye directly on the drawing and send it to the outside, suggesting the possibility that multiple corporate secrets of Apple were stolen by such a classic method.

Also, when Apple's former employee applied for Huawei's recruitment, there was also a case where Huawei asked about the roadmap for Apple products at the interview, and former employee said that "Huawei is better than hiring me I was also interested in knowing Apple's confidentiality. "