Abstract:Under the influence of the new round of science and technology revolution, lots of external forces, especially from information industry, are pouring into the automotive sector, deeply effecting this field. Facing with the increasingly fierce competition in the complex market, traditional automotive enterprises need to think about how to learn from the development ideas and methods of IT product, so as to meet individual needs of consumers preferably. To this end, this paper selects smartphone as the typical representative of IT product, making a comprehensive comparison of the inherent characteristics and product development processes of automotive and smartphone, systematically evaluating the possible space for automotive enterprises to learn from the smartphone product development thoughts, patterns and methods to optimize the automotive product development process. On this basis, this paper puts forward the direction suggestions of improving automotive product development process.