Chapter 90 Future Flagship

Chapter 90 Future Flagship

Chapter 90 Future Flagship

In the contemporary domestic communications market, China Mobile is the undisputed leader with a very high market share.

But they were allocated the relatively poor TD-CDMA network... The network is poor, which is the most important thing is that there is no terminal device support.

A smartphone with multi-touch functionality, that is one that doesn’t have…

However, the demand for smart phones is universal among users...Modern mobile phone numbers are not as difficult to change as in later generations. Modern mobile phone numbers, especially those of young people, change frequently.

Your mobile network does not support smartphones, so other users use China Unicom cards!

If this happens a few times, the loss of 3G customers will be very serious!
Otherwise, China Mobile would not be in such a hurry and offer extremely favorable conditions to Zhiyun Technology, prompting Zhiyun Technology to develop a mobile version of the smartphone!
China Mobile is anxious, and China Telecom is no exception... They are also very anxious. In fact, CDMA2000 is not very good in the eyes of a large number of mobile phone manufacturers. It is a high-cost and high-risk type.

Among the three contemporary network standards, WCDMA is the one with the widest application range, the lowest cost, the largest number of users, and the one that mobile phone manufacturers are most willing to develop.

Fruit phones, Zhiyun C1, Meizu M8 and even a large number of WM, Symbian and other smart phones all support this standard.

However, there are very few smartphones of the other two standards. Even if there are, most of them are running messy WM, Symbian or some other systems.

Apple doesn't support it, and neither does the Meizu M8!

what does this mean?
This means that after Zhiyun Mobile launches the mobile version and telecom version of C1, it will monopolize the real smartphone market of these two networks for a long time to come.

Even in foreign countries, its telecommunications version, namely the CDMA2000 standard, can also gain a part of the market.

Again: They have no choice!
There are only a few smartphones that support multi-touch, or even two-touch. They are either the Apple 3G or the Zhiyun C1. There are also a few WM systems or Symbian systems that are half-baked and half-baked...

The fruit models support WCDMA but not CDMA2000, which means that the telecom version of Zhiyun C1 has lost an important competitor in the overseas market.

Just like domestic telecom operators and telecom users... overseas CDMA2000 operators and their users have no choice... If you want to use a real smart phone like a fruit phone, you can only choose the Zhiyun C1 Telecom version.

At least that’s the case for now, and even in the next few months!

This alone is enough for the telecom version of Zhiyun C1 to gain a share of the overseas market.

Therefore, after the R&D department developed the mobile version and the telecommunications version, Xu Shenxue was still very confident. He immediately discussed the subsequent marketing strategy with Ji Chenghe who came to see the new model.

Ji Chenghe said: "In a few days, I will invite representatives from China Telecom and China Mobile to come and see the prototype and discuss the purchase of contract phones!"

"They have been looking forward to it for a long time, so it shouldn't be a big problem!"

"For overseas markets, I will directly contact overseas operators that operate CDMA2000 networks and strive for their contract phone orders."

Xu Shenxue said: "We need to pay more attention to operator channels, both domestic and foreign operators. At present, operator channels are still an indispensable and important channel. Their contract phone subsidies can effectively enhance our competitiveness in the mobile phone market!"

Ji Chenghe said: "Understood!"

It is worth mentioning that in the current smartphone market, purchase orders from various operators are very important sales channels...both abroad and domestically.

This mainly involves the fact that in order to snatch 3G users, various operators will provide high subsidies for 3G smartphones... and give away mobile phones when you recharge your phone bills.

Therefore, in the contemporary early 3G smartphone market, operator channels are very important sales channels.

This is true for both Apple phones and Zhiyun phones.

Zhiyun mobile phones are currently sold overseas directly through overseas operator channels, and there are relatively few retail sales through third-party channels.

The domestic market is somewhat special. The retail channel is relatively large, but the operator channel is still the most important channel.

How important is it?
China Unicom has placed multiple C1 purchase orders with Zhiyun Mobile Phones, which have reached more than one million units and are still increasing orders.

Every month, China Unicom places new orders with Zhiyun Technology based on the sales of contract phones to maintain sales of C1 contract phones, which account for almost more than half of the sales of C1 phones.

At the same time, negotiations between China Unicom and Apple are also ongoing. According to rumors, the order quantity is estimated to be two to three million units... In fact, the order quantity was originally even greater, but China Unicom has already entered into a strategic partnership with Zhiyun Mobile and spent a lot of money to subsidize Zhiyun C1 contract phones... Under such circumstances, it is inevitable that China Unicom's purchase quantity of Apple phones has been affected.

The funds that China Unicom is prepared to use to subsidize contract phones are also limited.

The two mobile phone brands, Contemporary Fruit and Zhiyun, have coincidentally chosen operators as their main channels. This is the characteristic of the times!
As long as operators continue to provide high subsidies for contract phones, the importance of operator channels will not decrease!

Of course, sooner or later the operators will stop this money-burning subsidy plan. They cannot continue to provide subsidies like this... By that time, the sales of mobile phones will depend on the ordinary retail market.

Therefore, Xu Shenxue has always attached great importance to the construction of his own channels. The channel construction of Weicoo Trading has been ongoing and has gradually expanded from several southern provinces to every province.

Of course, although every province nominally has a sales channel of Wecoo Trading, some are good and some are bad. The provinces in the south are doing better, while the retail channels in the central and northern provinces are currently still cooperating with local first-tier channel dealers.

E-commerce channels are also continuing to...

After briefly chatting with Ji Chenghe about the sales plan for the two C1 mobile phones, everyone went to another laboratory next door.

There are even security guards standing guard outside the door of this laboratory!
After the security guard verified everyone's information, he let everyone in. However, not everyone could go in. Some people who did not have enough level could only wait outside!

Because this laboratory is a highly confidential laboratory, it is conducting various tests on future flagship models... Ordinary research and development does not need such confidentiality, but this laboratory is a whole machine testing laboratory. People who come in can see the detailed appearance and even some performance parameters of this future flagship model.

In order to avoid early leakage of information and to prevent other friendly competitors from following up in advance after learning the news, Zhiyun Technology's future flagship project has always been kept highly confidential.

Before conducting various trials and tests on the entire device, only a handful of people knew the full picture of this phone.

More people know about it now, but they are all core R&D personnel who have signed strict confidentiality agreements.

Ordinary R&D department employees, even if they are R&D employees involved in this project, still don’t know what the mobile phone they are making looks like.

After entering the laboratory, the first thing Xu Shenxue saw was the aluminum alloy shell that was being tested.

Xie Jianyong stepped forward and explained: "Anlong Precision tried to use a new process to improve this shell. They said that it can greatly reduce costs, but the performance is slightly worse than before. But how much is the difference and whether it meets the design requirements, we still need to conduct detailed comparative tests!"

Xu Shenxue looked down at the aluminum alloy shell... Judging from the surface, it was actually no different from the shells he had seen before.

But what is important is not the appearance, but some performance, such as the ability to resist bending...

At this time, the testers in front were simulating pressure testing.

Xie Jianyong said: "When using a mobile phone, it is inevitable that it will be squeezed. For example, if the mobile phone is placed in the back pocket of pants, when a person sits down, the mobile phone will be under certain pressure."

"If you put it too low, the phone might come into direct contact with the chair when you sit down."

"At this time, there is a certain demand for the fuselage's ability to withstand pressure... If it is made of plastic, it can bounce back even if it is slightly deformed."

"But the aluminum alloy shell we use won't bounce back once it's slightly deformed!"

"The same scenario also involves falling... The phone is impacted after falling, causing the body to deform."

"Especially the four corners. In our previous tests, most of the test bodies failed at this stage!"

"In the simulated drop test, the four corners are most susceptible to impact and deformation. We must find the best material to meet this compression and deformation resistance while keeping costs under control!"

Xie Jianyong sighed as he talked about this: "This is not easy. We have tested hundreds of aluminum alloy bodies with different formulas and processes. Although some of them meet our design requirements, the cost is too high. The ones with acceptable cost are lacking in performance. If you drop them casually, the four corners will be slightly deformed!"

Xu Shenxue said at this time: "Research and development is naturally not easy!"

"But no matter how difficult it is, we have to keep going!"

"Previous successful examples have shown that this approach is feasible. What we need to do now is to find a way to reduce costs!"

What can Xie Jianyong say after hearing these words?

I could only nod and say, "Boss Xu is right!"

Anyway, everyone in the entire project knows that Mr. Xu has a very strong obsession with this aluminum alloy fuselage. Many people in the company have advised Mr. Xu to give up this unrealistic fantasy... The current technology is not mature enough to do it.

Or lower some technical indicators... Don't always think about using cheap aluminum alloy and expect it to be shatter-resistant and durable.

Cost and performance, these are in conflict with each other!

You can't want cheap stuff and still maintain high performance... that's unrealistic.

But Xu Shenxue told them: "I don't understand technology, but I do know that if I buy a mobile phone and accidentally drop it on the ground, and the body is deformed, I will return it or even report and complain to this damn mobile phone manufacturer!"

"So the performance must be up to standard. As for how to reduce the cost, we can study it further..."

There is something Xu Shenxue hasn't said yet... If this thing was easy to make, I wouldn't have spent so much money to set up such a large team specializing in this aluminum alloy.

I know this thing is not easy to make, so I invested huge amounts of money in research and development!

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