As Huawei gets ready to release its first HarmonyOS phone, deep down it wants something else

According to Yahoo, even though Huawei has just unveiled the first handset powered by its home-grown Android replacement called HarmonyOS (the foldable Mate X2), the beleaguered Chinese manufacturer is not ready to forget about Android. Ever since the Trump administration placed Huawei on the entity list in 2019, the company has not been allowed to purchase hardware, software, and components from U.S. suppliers, including Google, without a license.
Huawei hopes to eventually get the green light to use Google's software again
Early last year, Huawei passed over Samsung to briefly become the largest smartphone manufacturer in the world. That was a goal the outfit aspired to since 2016. But by the fourth quarter of last year, shipments had declined 42% on an annual basis dropping the company behind Samsung, Apple, and red-hot Xiaomi. This year, Huawei divested itself of its Honor sub-brand for $15 billion, a move made to get Honor out from under the U.S. bans. As a result, this year some analysts expect Huawei to drop to seventh place in the smartphone league tables with Honor right behind at number eight. It is a long fall for Huawei, which has been accused of having close ties with the Communist Chinese government. As a result, it has become a national security threat in the U.S. It will be up to the new Biden administration to reverse the damage that the previous administration caused. Right now, there seems to be no interest on the part of President Biden to do anything about this, although to be fair, he has some more pressing matters including the coronavirus. For Huawei, such a move could be vital to its future. "The sooner we can make decisions to go back to Google, the better," Purdy said.
Ren says, "We hope the new US administration would have an open policy for the benefit of American firms and the economic development of the United States. We still hope that we can buy large volumes of American materials, components, and equipment so that we can all benefit from China’s growth." The executive also said last week that Huawei has 1 billion active smartphones. The goal will be to follow Apple's game plan and sell them services with recurring subscription fees.