Chapter 91 Give the World a Small Shock

Chapter 91 Give the World a Small Shock

Chapter 91 Give the World a Little Shock
In Xu Shenxue's opinion, historically fruit companies have been able to use aluminum alloy bodies while still maintaining high hardware profits, which shows that the route of low-priced aluminum alloy bodies is feasible, but the right direction has not yet been found.

If the direction is wrong, then try a few different directions and you will be able to figure it out by keeping working on it... After all, this thing is not some Zenith Star technology, it is already feasible on the technical level, and what is lacking now is just some effort and luck.

Now Xu Shenxue wants to shorten this process through large-scale investment in R&D and quotas in the scientific research system.

If the cost cannot be reduced, the worst that can happen is to use a high-cost aluminum alloy body...

The higher-cost aluminum alloy body is not unusable, and there is even money to be made, but the profit margin is smaller.

Anyway, the price of future flagship phones will definitely be above 4,000 yuan, so there is enough price space to support the high-priced aluminum alloy body... at worst, you can make less money!

Of course, there is no need to say this to these R&D personnel, as it will make them feel that they have a way out and then become relaxed.

Whether you are doing research and development or doing other things, you cannot have this kind of lax mentality... Once you feel that you have a way out, then when you do things, you will develop a mentality of retreating when you encounter difficulties.

This is not possible!

After all, although there are alternative plans, Xu Shenxue still hopes that the R&D personnel can come up with a cheap and easy-to-use aluminum alloy body...

Wouldn’t it be great if we could increase gross profit?

After looking at the aluminum alloy body, Xu Shenxue, under the guidance of Xie Jianyong, looked at some other sub-projects that were being tested, such as the camera module.

As for the camera module itself, there is not much to say. The 8-megapixel camera is not that unique. Many Symbian pseudo-smartphones have 8-megapixel cameras.

Zhiyun Technology's main research in the field of photography is algorithms, and current tests are mainly aimed at testing new algorithms.

On a simulated mobile phone, call the algorithm to take a photo to see what happens and how to optimize it later.

Xu Shenxue also looked at some of the photos he took as a test...and they felt pretty good!
Although it didn't reach the level of photography that he remembered later mobile phones should have...but considering the era, the level of photography was not bad.

At least compared with some professional camera phones of other mobile phone manufacturers in the same period, the shooting effect is not bad. In fact, because of the addition of an 8-megapixel camera, its imaging effect is better than other smartphones.

With eight million pixels and this algorithm, the final imaging effect is much better than the previous C1 phone. It is not much different from some so-called camera phones in pseudo-smartphones, at least the difference cannot be seen by the naked eye.

As a smart phone, Zhiyun phone is not compared with those camera phones among feature phones, but with other smart phone rivals... According to the intelligence collected on the smart phone R&D plans of various manufacturers, there are only a handful of smart phones using 8 million pixels.

The main competitor, Fruit, doesn't even have 8 million pixels.

In addition, as one of the main selling points of Zhiyun mobile phones, the selfies and video calls brought by the front camera, the front camera has also been upgraded to improve this effect.

The original C1 standard version has a -megapixel camera, while the PRO version has a -megapixel camera.

The front camera of future flagship phones will be equipped with 2 million pixels as standard... This will be the front camera with the highest pixel on the entire network... Well, okay, although there is no other smartphone with a front camera at present.

In addition to the upgrades to the camera and shooting algorithms, this time, based on Xu Shenxue's suggestions, the project team also specially created a variety of filter modes and the "beauty mode" that Xu Shenxue was most concerned about.

The beauty mode, as the name suggests, uses algorithms to optimize and beautify the portraits taken.

For this beauty function, Zhiyun Technology also invested in and took control of a new startup called Meixiu, spending a large amount of money to acquire more than 60% of the shares and complete controlling stake.

But it was not for the Meixiu photo editing software produced by this new startup... Zhiyun Technology is a serious smart device manufacturer and has no interest in pure application software.

What they are interested in is Meixiu’s accumulation of beauty optimization technology. Their core entrepreneurial team has very good technology and has developed a relatively reliable beauty algorithm.

After taking control of the startup, Zhiyun Technology's algorithm engineers in the camera field and Meixiu's engineers conducted joint development, conducted in-depth development based on Meixiu's beauty algorithm, and finally developed a 'beauty mode' for mobile phone cameras.

Xu Shenxue tried to take a selfie with the test phone. The 2-megapixel front camera plus the beauty mode made the final photo look very good to Xu Shenxue.

The photos show that the skin is whiter and more delicate, and even the cheeks have been slightly adjusted to make it look softer.

However, for a grown man like him, there was not much effect from this kind of beauty selfie, so he immediately asked a female researcher to take a selfie with him.

Then Xu Shenxue carefully compared the photo with the real person and nodded slightly: "Not bad, the beauty improvement is quite obvious. I think our female users will love this feature!"

Although the current beauty mode is still relatively primitive, it only has basic functions such as simple skin smoothing, whitening and face thinning, and the degree of beauty is not large...

The main problem is that the algorithm is rather average. If the beautification level is too large, it is easy to be distorted and look too fake.

But it is still a very excellent function in modern times!
Because under normal circumstances, if people want to obtain this beauty optimization function, they can only use some professional software or the Meixiu software launched by Meixiu Company last year.

But if you use a Zhiyun Technology phone, then you don’t have to go through so much trouble. You can just select the beauty mode when taking a photo, and you will get a beautified photo directly... It can effectively improve the shooting experience and promote the user's happy mood.

In Xu Shenxue's opinion, this thing is no less important than that 1GHZ mobile phone CPU!
A mobile phone that can bring joy to users... this sounds much more reliable than any cold hardware parameters.

Xu Shenxue put down the test machine, then turned to the photography project team and said, "Your work has exceeded my expectations. You have done a great job. Keep up the hard work. I look forward to seeing more and better results from you!"

Then we moved on to the display project next door… The reason why Xu Shenxue came to watch this screen testing session specifically, especially since this screen was made by someone else, was naturally because this screen was very important.

Because this is a four-inch LCD screen... not just four inches, but also a screen with a 16:9 aspect ratio, an astonishing resolution of 960x540, and a pixel density of 275PPI.

This thing has a top-level LCD screen that Zhiyun Technology specially customized from LG... If it is released, it will be so powerful that it will far surpass its competitors.

The screen size of contemporary mobile phones is generally still 3.2. For example, HTZ, which is also in the Android camp, plans to launch several Android phones in the first half of this year that will continue to use 3.2-inch screens.

The 1-inch screen of the current Zhiyun C3.5 mobile phone is already called a large-screen mobile phone.

As for the four-inch smartphones... well, to be precise, there are currently no capacitive screens that support multi-touch in hardware.

The Toshiba TG01 that made a lot of noise a while ago, although the screen is also as large as four inches, it still uses a resistive screen...

I don't know what they were thinking, using the best chip with an outdated resistive screen.

Of course, some mobile phone manufacturers have plans to develop 3.7 or -inch capacitive screen phones, but it will take time to come up with them. And there is another key factor, which is the aspect ratio of the screen... Although they are all -inch screens, different manufacturers may use -inch screens with different aspect ratios.

The screen aspect ratio that Zhiyun Technology has prepared for its future flagship phone is 16:9, which is relatively rare today.

Due to many reasons, this thing is not available in the market and needs to be customized by Zhiyun Technology... Of course, there is no technical problem. If Zhiyun Technology needs it, LG can even make a bigger LCD screen with higher pixel density. It can even directly make a four-inch LCD retina screen for you!

At least it is not a problem for large screen manufacturers like LG and Sharp...it's just that the cost is high and the price is expensive.

But Xu Shenxue felt that it was unnecessary for the time being... the four-inch reticulated screen was too expensive!

When it comes to stacking mobile phone hardware, the bigger it is, the better the performance is, the more suitable it is... This requires balancing the cost and selling price.

Then we need to consider the interaction mode, that is, whether it is easy to use.

At the beginning, that is, at the end of last year, Xu Shenxue wanted to use a 3.5-inch screen for the mobile phone, but with the release of the C1 mobile phone, which was originally a transitional model, it achieved huge success.

At the same time, the upgraded C2 series will be launched in the future.

This puts Zhiyun Technology's originally planned flagship phone in a rather awkward position. If it continues to use the C1/C2 standard, it will just be a C1/C2 with an aluminum alloy body.

There is no unique advantage.

In this case, Zhiyun Technology's future flagship phone actually had a significant improvement in design standards in January, requiring the use of more powerful chips, larger screens, and better cameras.

But how big a bigger screen?
At present, Xu Shenxue believes that a four-inch screen is enough... As for the resolution, 960*540 is enough for the time being, at least it can beat a lot of other friendly companies' screens.

If nothing unexpected happens, this screen will be the best screen of the time this year.

As for the four-inch reticle screen with a PPI of over 300, there is no need for it for the time being... it is too expensive and we can't afford it. We will wait until next year when the cost comes down before getting it.

The 3.5-inch screen can be used as a visual model screen, but Xu Shenxue thinks that the 3.5-inch screen is too small for future flagship phones.

In the end, the plan for a 3.5-inch 300PPI screen was abandoned and a four-inch 275ppi screen was chosen.

It is worth noting that the retina model screen is just a promotional term for the original time and space fruit, and it is not a professional term that already exists.

And there is a premise to this statement, that is, at a certain distance... If the distance is too close, you can still see the pixels.

On the other hand, even if the pixel density is lower, but the distance is slightly farther, people's eyes still cannot distinguish pixels...

But it seems a bit self-deceptive.

People can't see it from a distance of more than 20 centimeters.

You have to be more than 30 centimeters tall to not be able to see it... It's a bit embarrassing!
In this case, Xu Shenxue might as well choose to use a four-inch large screen. Even if this screen cannot reach the level of a retina model screen, its 275PPI has already surpassed many competitors.

Of course... such a good screen is also very expensive.

Therefore, this kind of screen is destined to be used only in future flagship phones.

The C2 mobile phone that is also under development is not worthy of this top-level screen at the moment.

Zhiyun Technology has high hopes for its future flagship phone, which doesn't even have a name yet. It integrates many of the current top hardware and is supplemented by its own unique technologies, such as beauty mode, aluminum alloy body, and the unique and even era-leading upgraded version of the Yun OS 2.0 system.

Xu Shenxue is planning to use such a mobile phone to compete with Apple's and even future four-star flagship phones, as well as a large number of miscellaneous foreign mobile phones.

That’s right. In Xu Shenxue’s opinion, the real competitors in the future are only Apple and Four Star. As for other so-called international mobile phone brands, they are all inferior brands... The threat posed by these international mobile phone manufacturers is not as great as that of a number of domestic mobile phone manufacturers that have not yet emerged.

why?
Just look at Toshiba TG01 and you will know. It uses such a good 8250 chip, but it is equipped with a resistive screen.

This is a completely incomprehensible train of thought. At least you should have a capacitive screen...

There is also Motorola. It is rumored that they are developing a top-level three-proof flagship phone... I can't understand the train of thought of their product manager. Are they expecting a three-proof phone as thick as a brick to beat Fruit and Zhiyun C1?

While others are pursuing thinness, they are pursuing solidity!

It’s simply baffling!
Norwegian is also clinging to Symbian. It is almost incurable due to big enterprise disease and is completely hopeless. It will die sooner or later.

Even HTZ has some problems... It's a different era now and you're still using 3.2 to make money. What you're selling are not low- or mid-end phones of one or two thousand yuan, but high-end phones of three or four thousand yuan. You should at least get a 3.5-inch screen, even if the resolution is a little lower!

In the past, people had no choice but to buy HTZ's Android phones, but now the Zhiyun C1 is out, and other manufacturers are following suit, and many are preparing to use 3.4 or 3.5-inch screens.

HTZ, on the other hand, still uses 3.2-inch screens in its new products released in the first half of this year... They really treat consumers as fools.

Looking at the operations of these international giants, Xu Shenxue feels that these so-called international giants have their own ways of dying, so there is no need to worry...

But fruits and four stars must be taken seriously...

At the same time, Xu Shenxue is also on guard against a number of domestic mobile phone manufacturers, especially Huawei next door... Although they don't seem to pose any threat now, they do have money to invest in research and development, and they are on the right track. In time, they will inevitably become a major threat.

Whether it is to crack down on foreign manufacturers or to guard against domestic manufacturers, what is the best way?
Create products that they cannot surpass or even catch up with!

The future flagship phone is just such a product!
Xu Shenxue wants people all over the world to see this mobile phone and be amazed by it!

In 07, Steve Jobs redefined the mobile phone. This fall, he, Xu Shenxue, will redefine the smartphone!

Give the world a little shock!

(End of this chapter)