Reinventing the Millennium.

Chapter 797 Female Friend (4K)

On January 1th, Apple will hold a Macworld conference at the Masconi Convention Center in San Francisco at 9:7 pm.

Everyone who pays attention knows that Apple is going to come up with its first product to enter the mobile phone market.

On this day, as a competitor who may value Apple more than anyone else, Fang Zhuo held a half-day meeting in an unremarkable manner, and listened to the communication between Qualcomm Vice President Anderson and the V business.

Then, after a simple working meal, he and Yu Hongyu waited for the true face of the competing product Lushan.

The R&D center has already closed get off work, so Xu Keden and other acquaintances did not stay together.

One is to give them time to digest on their own, and discuss it tomorrow.

The second is that Fang Zhuo doesn't want his bad ideas to come out during the press conference... Ah no, others will know about his wonderful ideas.

The press conference was not broadcast live, but many media were invited, and the video will also be released on the official website.

In addition, because Schmidt, Apple's foreign director and Google CEO, was invited as a guest, I am afraid that he can also know many real details.

"Mr. Fang, I found that you have done a lot of things with Bloomberg. Is this VIP membership fee worth it?" Yu Hong simply made two cups of coffee, handed a cup to Mr. Fang, and said that he could send the message as soon as possible. media.

"It's always been worth it. A little protection fee can settle the administrative factors. There is nothing more worthwhile." Fang Zhuo took a sip of his coffee and replied with a smile.

In front of him are a notebook, a Bloomberg news terminal, two Yike prototypes, and several documents.

Yu Hong took a prototype and said with admiration: "I often try our prototype, and I can't get used to Nokia's small screen."

In fact, Fang Zhuo could not feel such a feeling at all.

From start to finish, his evaluation seems to change from—rough toy→slightly less rough toy.

But for the moment, brand-new human-computer interaction + large-size screen + high-extensibility intelligent system, all these are so fresh!

Fang Zhuo has always been careful to separate his personal feelings from the evaluation that Yike mobile phone should receive at this time, otherwise, Yike mobile phone may never be released.

In the same way, his judgment on the Android system is the same.

Just like HTC, which is equipped with the initial Android system, still sells as high as the world's second largest smartphone in the smartphone market.

Consumers at this moment, their attention is all on such a novelty as the touch screen, not on Fang Zhuo's high requirements for the system.

Of course, a more complete system, a richer ecology, and a smoother experience will all become increasingly important competitiveness.

"Mr. Fang, Schmidt went to attend the Apple conference, um, he is a person who vigorously develops the Android system." Yu Hong opened her laptop and said with a smile, "For me, the absurdity of him going to the conference Second only to you to participate!"

Fang Zhuo said disapprovingly, "What's so absurd about this? The last time I met Jobs, we had a friendly discussion about the acquisition."

Yu Hong recalled the past, um, she was very friendly, did she shake hands before leaving?It seems to hold.

Ding!
An email from a reporter from Bloomberg popped up on Fang Zhuo's laptop.

However, the time was 10 minutes short of seven o'clock.

"It actually started early, come, come and see."

Fang Zhuo greeted Yu Hong.

He clicked on the alternative live broadcast from Bloomberg, and the email was full of pictures and texts.

——Jobs' first words on stage: "I've been looking forward to this day for two years and six months."

——Encouraging applause rang out at the scene.

Two on-site photos, one is the whole picture of the press conference before the start, and the other is Jobs with the Apple logo behind him.

Fang Zhuo and Yu Hong looked at each other. The reporter's description... What is encouragement?
"Maybe it's because everyone hasn't seen the mobile phone yet, so it's an encouragement to him in the past." Fang Zhuo could only guess like this, and then suggested, "Or, let's watch it after the press conference is over." , I found it too troublesome."

Yu Hong refused with her eyes, so how could the competitor's first message be missed?She also wanted to see if there was any bad water coming out of Mr. Fang.

Soon, the two of them spent a few minutes playing on their phones silently, and the reporter came with new information.

——Jobs said that he would release three revolutionary products, a touch-controlled widescreen iPod, a revolutionary mobile phone, and a breakthrough interconnected communication tool.

——Obviously, he is saying that the mobile phone he is going to release combines these three products.

——There were much warmer applause and whistles than before.

—He named it the iPhone, listed the phones on the market, thought that Nokia and Motorola's smartphones were only a little smarter than the average phone, and then began to comment on their keyboards.

The photos this time are the physical keyboards of four mainstream mobile phones on the market on the big screen.

"The cancellation of the keyboard is really worth talking about, Mr. Fang, what do you think?" Yu Hong looked at Mr. Fang.

Fang Zhuo was thinking about Yike's future press conference, and said cautiously: "The press conference, friends, get√."

Yu Hong frowned and looked at Boss Fang. Before she could speak, a new email came quickly.

—I saw the iPhone.

— Wow, more than I thought... I don't know how to describe it.

——Excuse me, Mr. Fang, what do you think?
The new picture is a shot of an iPhone on a big screen. At this time, Bloomberg reporters not only took on the role of information transmission, but also reflected their own journalistic instincts.

When Yu Hong saw the appearance of the iPhone, she was suddenly taken aback.

This appearance...why is it so similar to the No. 1 prototype?

Of course, I know that Apple is also going to replace the mobile phone keyboard with a screen, but why is the position of a physical key saved below so similar?
It's just in the same line!
Yu Hong was shocked.

At this moment, she also wants to know what Mr. Fang thinks!
She looked at Boss Fang.

Mr. Fang stood up in shock!

He froze for two seconds, and then spit out a person's name: "Schmidt!"

When Yu Hong heard this name, she also realized that this Apple external director, Google CEO, and Android collaborator is one of the few people who has seen the prototype of Yike and tried it out!
Where is this guy from?Or what link leaked?
Or, a simple crash?
After all, an earpiece should be placed on the top of a screen, and a microphone should be placed on the bottom. The shape is similar, and the arrangement of a few buttons is not without possibility of similarity.

Seeing Mr. Fang, Yu Hong sat down calmly very quickly.

"Does Schmidt have a reason?" Fang Zhuo frowned, looking at Xiao Yu, "Coincidence? Something went wrong in other areas? However, this does not prevent us from asking Schmidt about this!"

Yu Hong nodded slightly. Although this person surnamed Fang has always had a good mental quality, didn't he calm down too quickly?
Fang Zhuo picked up the Yike prototype again: "Mr. Yu, do you think this will affect the launch of our mobile phone?"

Yu Hong gave up extra thoughts, thought for a while, and said: "Touch screen mobile phones are undoubtedly a subversion of today's mobile phones. If consumers can really accept it, we as latecomers will be questioned, but we can also step on it." Apple warms up the market."

She continued: "The mobile phone market is so big, there is not only one Apple or Yike, and we can even be said to be in the same camp when the touch screen challenges the traditional stage."

Fang Zhuo nodded, and replied an email to the Bloomberg reporter: "Mr. Fang didn't know what to think. He asked Mr. Yu, and Mr. Yu said that Yike and Apple were in the same camp."

Yu Hong: "?"

Just as Fang Zhuo was about to close the email, his eyes suddenly fixed on the iPhone shot by the reporter.

The more he looked at it, the more strange it became. He zoomed in on the picture suspiciously, and then rubbed Yike's prototype. After a long while, he asked Yu Hong: "The iPhone is still different from the No. 1 prototype. Look at it, look at it." Look."

Yu Hong was deeply impressed by prototypes 1, 2, and 3. It was her first contact with a touch-screen mobile phone.

Comparing the iPhone at this time, the similarities and differences are obvious.

The same is the screen and an eye-catching physical button.

The difference is that there is an extra front-facing camera next to the side button position and the earpiece.

She talked about these similarities and differences one by one.

"This iPhone doesn't have a front camera!!" Fang Zhuo confirmed this.

Is there any history?
He couldn't remember clearly, but the iPhone released by Jobs now doesn't have a front camera!

"If there is none, there will be none. We have prototypes." Yu Hong said.

Yes, Yike's prototypes basically have a front camera.

When Fang Zhuo proposed the design direction with Xu Keden, he naturally mentioned the requirements for the front camera.

Who uses a smart phone without a front? !

How could a person who is accustomed to taking selfies, videos, and facial recognition not set the camera in advance when asking for a mobile phone?
In fact, Fang Zhuo didn't take this as the main point at all, all the time he cared about the processor, screen and other important parts.

Fang Zhuo put down the prototype that was inexplicably blacked out, drank two mouthfuls of coffee, and suddenly laughed.

"What are you laughing at?" Yu Hong asked.

If there are only multiple front-facing cameras, it doesn’t seem to be a big advantage. The current Nokia, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson all have this. For example, the Nokia in my hand has a front-facing 30-pixel camera, which is very tasteless.

Fang Zhuo took a photo of the prototype with a black screen in front of Xiao Yu, and officially notified the world: "From now on, I will be a girl's friend!"

"From now on, I will be a friend of beautiful women!"

"From now on, I am a friend of women!"

Yu Hong felt that the boss was stimulated.

"Nokia's front camera has not been installed for two years, it is used for video calls, right?" Fang Zhuo asked Yu Hong with a smile.

Yu Hong nodded: "If I remember correctly, it might have been last year, no, it's the year before last, and the mobile phone that went on the market was equipped with a 30-pixel front-facing camera, which was said to be capable of video calls, but the network and pixels are not very good. OK, you don’t need it.”

She also emphasized: "Its pixels are not good enough, and the 30-pixel camera we are equipped with is not good enough."

Fang Zhuo smiled and said, "Why don't you increase the pixels?"

Yu Hong thought about the materials she had learned since she started the mobile phone project and the Nokia, BlackBerry, Sony Ericsson, and Samsung she had disassembled by herself, and said slowly: "The camera is usually directly connected to the motherboard. Electronic component."

"Well, besides this, the camera needs a light sensor and a distance sensor. It already has a rear camera, so it still needs it."

"It's enough for us to take pictures with the back, let's put the camera on the phone."

How does the camera shoot?One person stood up, and the other held the pat.

This is also the case with mobile phones, which is very logical.

"Very good, your two sentences can be summed up in the same word, space." Fang Zhuo explained, "Nokia has a physical keyboard, and the screen is inherently small, how could it be possible to sacrifice the screen size for a better front camera? "

He took a breath: "But we are different, we cancel the keyboard, we can properly sacrifice the size of the screen, because it is already big enough, this part of the sacrifice is for the benefit of the front camera, so that it has an effect comparable to the rear, From then on, only one person is required to take pictures.”

Fang Zhuo has been thinking about how to compete with Apple in differentiation.

Now, the iPhone does not have a front-facing camera. Not only do I need a 30-pixel weak point, but a good camera that can change my shooting habits!
As for why the iPhone didn't choose the front at this time?

Fang Zhuo guessed that it was also because of the problem of internal space.

Perhaps, the further optimization and shrinkage of electronic components allowed the subsequent series of iPhones to have front-facing cameras.

However, Yike is already larger than the iPhone, and the screen is 3.7 inches instead of 3.5 inches. The extra 0.2 inches is 0.508 cm, and correspondingly, there is a larger internal operating space.

There is no hindrance in thinking, and there are operations in space. Is the front camera a problem that is difficult to overcome?

I don't want 30 pixels, I want 100 million, I want 200 million!
This is enough to bring about a revolutionary effect!

After all, today's mainstream rear cameras are only 200 million, 300 million, and 500 million.

Yu Hong lowered her head and fiddled with the prototype, pondered for a while, and said, "It seems reasonable. We are indeed bigger and have more space. In the future, Teacher Xu and Zhu Di will have to verify whether it is feasible, and we have to re-optimize the design."

"I'm confident." Fang Zhuo breathed a sigh of relief, "As long as the front end is done well and 3G network is added, video calls are also a highlight."

These are highly competitive differentiations and innovations in the global mobile phone industry.

Step by step, step by step.

The two discussed the work of the front camera in this way, and the Bloomberg reporter had already sent several emails and did not read them.

Fang Zhuo took a sip of coffee, clicked on these emails, and Jobs introduced the concept of iPhone, design, making calls, multi-touch, browser functions, Google search, GSM standard and invited Google CEO Schmidt to speak on stage.

While watching the live email, he thought about the front camera in his heart, and said with a smile, "Schmidt not only went, but also spoke on stage, I really don't know..."

hold on!
GSM standard?Isn't this the 2G communication standard?
Fang Zhuo's eyes flicked and flicked back.

Yu Hong also noticed the problem at this time, and said in surprise: "Doesn't the iPhone support 3G? Is this a 2G phone?"

She frowned and said, "Even considering the issue of 3G deployment, it shouldn't be a problem to support 3G and be compatible with 2G. Why did you choose that?"

Fang Zhuo's thoughts were intertwined, and he was very puzzled for a while.

However, Yike's recent joint efforts with Qualcomm suddenly came to mind.

He slowly guessed: "What if this is not Apple's choice, but the operator AT&T's request?"

A mobile phone that has not really proved its sales prospects, even if it is Apple, who is strong in its cooperation with operators?Who is vulnerable?
Yi Ke has recently personally experienced the toughness of the second V businessman.

Not to mention AT&T, which occupies the first place in the market.

"Good news, really good news." Fang Zhuo was very calm this time compared to the previous joy of the front. "Eco mobile phone will be the first real 3G smartphone. This concept is our key publicity strategy."

2G mobile phone Apple, 3G mobile phone Yike.

Here's another difference!
Moreover, Yike was originally released later than Apple, and this period of time will allow more investment and deployment of 3G networks.

The email from the Bloomberg reporter arrived again.

— After Google Search, Yahoo Search was introduced.

——The release time is June in the United States, the fourth quarter in Europe, and 2008 in Asia.

— $4 for the 499G version, $8 for the 599G version, exclusive to AT&T.

The main information of the press conference basically ends here.

"It was shipped in June? Get, Get√." Fang Zhuo put down the mouse, "It will be shipped in June. Isn't this equivalent to buying us at least half a year?"

Yu Hong nodded, this is good news, Yike has at least half a year to perfect and polish the mobile phone and Android system.

Fang Zhuo got up and made a decision: "Our mobile phone conference will be held in June, and the first 6G smartphone will be launched just before Apple officially starts selling it."

Yu Hong looked up at Boss Fang.

Fang Zhuo lowered his head slightly, looked into Xiao Yu's eyes, and smiled slightly: "I can't even wait."

(End of this chapter)