Reinventing the Millennium.

Chapter 936 LG Banned (4K)

Yike replaces Google to provide Chinese consumers with better services.

Fang Zhuo has been thinking about the right time for this point.

Although it seems to be a bit of a prying corner of Google, and indeed a little bit of Google's corner, but the greater role is to provide a better product experience, and by the way, it also improves the competitiveness of Yike Mars in China.

Google GMS is now in its infancy, and in principle, there is no prohibition on the behavior of developers replacing GMS functions. However, Fang Zhuo knows its effects in the near future.

Simply put, foreign Android = AOSP (Android Open Source Project) + GMS (Google Services).

Google's GMS service is not part of the Android system, but Google bundles the two to provide Android products with higher compatibility and stability, and makes its own services appear on every Android phone as a matter of course.

Otherwise, Android is free and open source, and the mobile phone made by the manufacturer does not support Google. Wouldn't it be a waste of effort?
With the development of Android phones, GMS has become an indispensable existence for foreign users. Without GMS, it is difficult to shake the foreign market.

The situation in China is different. Because of the inability to access Google services, manufacturers directly castrated GMS, which gave birth to various app markets.

In this way, without GMS review, many app software in China have obtained permissions beyond the scope, such as access to address books, access to camera functions, etc., and cannot be installed and used without permission.

The consequence of such a high authority on the mobile phone experience is that many software will frequently self-start, and can quietly wake up brother software of the same family, which takes up a lot of memory.

Therefore, domestic Android phones are not as smooth as foreign Android phones.

Fang Zhuo intends to let Yike launch YMS, the first is the quality of his own mobile phone, the second is the domestic Android ecosystem, and other derived benefits will be listed later.

The launch of YMS should not be too late. After one night, the app market from all walks of life is in full swing. It is difficult to deal with it. Time to set the rules.

As for whether YMS will do certification like Google in China to forcibly win over the market, or become the biggest prince among all the princes, it depends on the development of the situation.

Fang Zhuo’s staged goal is to use YMS to make good money drive out bad money. Of course, domestic friends can not use YMS, but once there is a difference in user experience, other users will point to Yike Mars and ask—— Why can others do it smoothly?Why do people's software versions rarely have advertisements?
Once the complementary mechanisms are formed, future development will be natural.

Just like talking about the integration of software and hardware when making music players before, this is the user experience that will be presented to users after the integration of software and hardware.

Fang Zhuo believes that Schmidt can understand his painstaking efforts. Even if he doesn't understand it now, he can understand it when he thinks back. Special circumstances should be treated specially.

The second part of the sweet iron triangle broke up temporarily, but this did not affect the cooperation between the two companies. Google's pre-Christmas promotion is still in full swing, and Yike Mars still has a strong Google label.

There is still a strong coexistence of interests between the companies for the foreseeable time.

Fang Zhuo continued to deal with the company's affairs calmly for two days, and actually met a Nokia mobile phone R&D engineer from Finland, and listened to the other party's statement and emotion.

It's not that Nokia doesn't have more radical mobile phone design solutions, but every time it fails, the ones that finally appear in front of consumers are conservative.

It is not in a hurry, as if it is waiting for other manufacturers to verify the market before taking action.

In the end, the Finnish engineer who was not laid off but resigned voluntarily also gave a sublimation: "Mr. Fang, I came to Yike to make great products, and to use the spirit of the minority to make products for the majority!"

Fang Zhuo is not conscious of a great product at all, at least, the current Yike Mars should not be counted, at least it can digest this wave of financial crisis, digest the hummingbird chip, and then launch some fingerprints, face recognition and the like Function, probably can only talk about it.

On December 12rd, Fang Zhuo waited in his office for the ITC to announce the ruling against LG after receiving the news from a friend in the office ahead of time.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the US International Trade Commission ITC ruled that the mobile phone manufacturer LG Electronics infringed three patents of Yike Company, and issued a ban on the sale of LG's infringing mobile phones. If the big boss does not raise objections to the ban within 60 days , the ban will come into effect.

Considering that there will be two big bosses within 60 days, the review of this ban will be accepted by Xiao Ao.

By February 2 at the latest, if Xiao Ao does not overturn the ruling from the ITC, LG's latest mobile phone cannot be sold in the US market.

Because the ITC has issued prohibition orders from time to time in the past, and the big boss will hardly overturn the ruling, so this almost means the failure of LG Electronics.

As soon as the news came out, LG Electronics' stock price fell 7.6% on the New York Stock Exchange!

It also immediately attracted the attention of finance, technology media and mobile phone industry!

The overall performance of LG mobile phones this year is not good, but it is still the fifth largest mobile phone manufacturer in the world. Today, the exploration of touch-screen smart phones has been frustrated, and the future prospects look quite bleak.

Corresponding to it is Yike. The Mars series of two consecutive mobile phones have been welcomed by consumers and have established a firm foothold in the mobile phone industry.

The Silicon Valley R&D Center declined a media interview call.

At noon, Fang Zhuo saw the media's interview with Yu Hong on the Internet, and asked the president of Yike America what he thought of the ITC's ruling against LG and Yike, and what he thought of the cooperation between Nokia and Yike, HTC and Yike. patent litigation.

"The ITC has given a very fair ruling. There is no doubt that LG Electronics has seriously infringed our key patents in the field of touch screens."

"I hereby appeal to the Korean court to face up to this situation and overturn the unreasonable ban on Yike in the Korean market."

"I believe that the ITC will continue to correctly adjudicate the patent disputes between Echo and other companies."

"Eco adheres to innovation, strives for development, and is committed to bringing the best mobile phones to consumers. This cannot be stopped by any manufacturer. I also hope that Echo can compete with its peers in a healthy way. Only in this way can we continue to lead the mobile phone industry. progress in the industry."

Yu Hong's answer was straightforward.

This made Fang Zhuo very satisfied.

In the afternoon, Fang Zhuo, who was leaving the R&D center, was also stopped by reporters outside, who asked similar questions.

The questions are similar, and the answers are... similar.

Fang Zhuo recounted Mr. Yu's answer solemnly, first affirmed ITC, then appealed to South Korea, then believed in ITC, and finally stated the position of Yike Company, calling out industry friends from the air.

The more the reporter listened, the more he felt something was wrong. After listening patiently, he asked helplessly: "Mr. Fang, we want to hear your opinion on this matter. Mr. Yu has already heard it."

"My opinion is the same. This ruling from the ITC was not initiated by Yike. In fact, as you can see, Yike has been unable to enter the Korean market. I am very sorry to suffer such competition. Put the product in front of more consumers." Fang Zhuo had no opinion, but wanted to see LG's response.

The reporter asked a question in a normal way: "Mr. Fang, why is the ITC ruling process so fast this time?"

Fang Zhuo was surprised: "Really? Is that so?"

He thought for a second, then asked: "Could it be that even the ITC has looked down on LG's serious infringement of our Yike? Or, I think it must be that the ITC has also noticed how unreasonable the Korean court's unreasonable judgment is."

The reporter blinked, okay.

"Eco successfully defended your patent at the ITC. Mr. Fang, what do you think of the patent lawsuit between Nokia and Echo? It is said that Nokia also filed a request for a ban on the sale of Echo Mars at the ITC." The reporter asked the last one question.

"I have confidence in Yi Ke." Fang Zhuo replied succinctly.

With questions such as "Do you think Yike will be banned by Nokia" and "Whether Yike has infringed Nokia's patents" lingering in his ears, Fang Zhuo got into the car heading to the airport.

He is flying to New York today to participate in a negotiation between Yike and the operator Verizon.

Verizon had previously reached a cooperation with LG Electronics similar to that of Yike and T-Mobile, but the feedback of LG mobile phones in the market has shaken Verizon's executives. With the patent dispute in ITC, there will be more swings.

Today's suspected ruling from the ITC has been communicated to Verizon in advance.

Now that LG is sure to be banned, Verizon has no hesitation at all.

In order to show the importance he attaches to the cooperation, Fang Zhuo, the leader, also made an appointment to come in person.

Not long after the Qingzi took off, a passenger plane from New York landed at the airport.

Wang Xuehong, head of HTC, and a group of executives hurried to Silicon Valley.

However, when they arrived at the Silicon Valley R&D center in person to show their sincerity, the news that "Mr. Fang is going to New York" made them look at each other in dismay.

"When will Boss Fang come back?"

"Maybe tomorrow."

The vice president heard the answer from Yike executives, and said to the head: "President Fang will return to Silicon Valley tomorrow, let's wait here all night."

The hesitation in Wang Xuehong's heart quickly disappeared. She turned around and said, "Let's go, we're going back to New York now. No matter what, we have to see Mr. Fang himself."

Several executives showed disapproval on their faces. HTC was not banned, and LG was banned there. They jumped three feet high like a frightened rabbit. Now Google is willing to put pressure on it. Why bother? Still being watched as a joke back and forth?
The group has gone from Shanghai to New York to Silicon Valley, and now they seem to be followers, really losing their style.

"HTC and Yike have no friendship, so it's not certain how much pressure Google can exert." Wang Xuehong noticed the look of his own people, and said his own opinion, "Also, I think Fang Zhuo is really dark when he really strikes. "

"He has repeatedly avoided seeing him, probably because he has murderous intentions against HTC."

"If I'm a rich man like him, I don't care about Google or Schmidt, and I will focus on myself first."

When Wang Xuehong saw the news that LG was banned this morning, she felt a chill from her tail straight up to the top of her head. She booked a flight to Silicon Valley without hesitation, and rushed into Yike's R&D center.

Unexpectedly, Fang Zhuo happened to go to New York.

She couldn't wait any longer.

"Google is leading Android, and Schmidt and Fang Zhuo have always been known as the Iron Triangle, so it can't be..." The vice president was not so pessimistic.

"Who knows how strong the Iron Triangle is?" Wang Xuehong said quietly, "It's up to us."

The leader has made up his mind, so he can only return to the airport.

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It only takes four hours for the Qingzi to fly from Silicon Valley to New York, just in time to catch up with the Verizon team.

Speaking of Verizon, the original CEO Lowell also went to the scene of the Yike mobile phone conference in person and witnessed the appearance of the first generation of Mars.

It's a pity that the stalemate in the early negotiations and the exclusivity period of T-Mobile made each other miss.

This night, LG's ban seemed to be a gift for the two parties to establish a good relationship. Yan Yan, talking and laughing, you come and go, you all think that this will be a win-win situation that is late but arrives.

At the end of the welcome banquet, Lowell briefly mentioned the cooperation with LG and criticized this past partner.

"Who would have thought that LG would dare to infringe on Yike's patent like this!"

Fang Zhuo didn't want to hear this, so he just waved his hand: "It's over, we all look forward, our cooperation is a more important signal than LG being banned."

Lowell also drank together.

Verizon is the second largest telecom operator in the United States.

In addition to jointly developing the market, this cooperation will also help the sales of Yike mobile phones in the United States.

Yu Hong's expression after the banquet was always smiling, and she was in a good mood.

"Okay, Mr. Yu, laugh as much as you want, you finally see the hope of surpassing the European market, right?" Fang Zhuo put it bluntly.

"Ha, I'm happy for the company." Yu Hong pouted, "You think I'm as narrow-minded as you?"

"Yes, yes, I am narrow-minded, or the king of the United States has the most heart." Fang Zhuo laughed.

Just as Yu Hong wanted to choke, she received a call from HTC Wang Xuehong.

She chatted for a few words, hung up the phone, Fang Zhuo was surprised and said: "People from HTC went to Silicon Valley today and returned to New York tonight, just want to see you."

Fang Zhuo hesitantly said, "I knew they were going to Silicon Valley, but they came here again?"

"Did you see it or not?" Yu Hong asked.

"I am quite narrow-minded. HTC, from the perspective of market competition, it has always been an OEM, making low-end models." Fang Zhuo said, "At this time, LG is also banned, and many HTC There are not many companies, and it will avoid too much pressure on our entry-level models next year."

Yu Hong frowned slightly. She wasn't sympathetic to HTC, but felt that she had made too many enemies, and now there was still a powerful enemy like Nokia.

She pondered for a while: "The pressure on HTC to make Android phones should be okay. The most noteworthy thing is Samsung, which has a lot of action in terms of models and promotions."

"This entry-level model, um, if you can add your YMS conditions and HTC is willing to agree, the domestic Android market may grow faster."

Fang Zhuo took a look at Xiao Yu, and suddenly felt that this suggestion was really constructive. It would be a good signal for a powerful manufacturer like HTC to follow YMS first.

The matter of pressure can also be turned into motivation, so we must look at it dialectically.

(End of this chapter)