giants of the era

Chapter 476 All over the United States! (two chapters in one)

You can zoom in or zoom out a photo by swiping with your finger. This is the first time for everyone to see it. They think it is incredible. It would be really embarrassing to show such a hand in a crowded place!

And at this moment, YouTube's Apple iPhone conference live comment section is about to explode...

"Damn it, black technology, it's amazing!!!"

"Nimma, I'm completely convinced, the products designed by Chronos Li are simply amazing!"

"6666, I'm going to take Chronos Li... how many surprises are there waiting for us with this iPhone???"

"Made, my girlfriend's eyes are shining, and I have predicted that I will eat instant noodles in the next month, woo woo woo woo..."

"Hey, brother upstairs, my fate is as miserable as yours~ No, it should be said that you are more miserable than me! My wife said that I must get her an iPhone tonight, otherwise, I won't allow it for the next month. Fuck her~~~God, how can my little brother bear it?"

"Uh, brother, you are miserable!"

"..."

So far, there have been more than 20 comments on the live video of the press conference. Fortunately, Li Zetian did not let YouTube develop barrage, otherwise, the dense barrage would scare people to death.

Besides, at the press conference, when everyone was shocked by the finger operation function of zooming in and zooming out the picture, Li Zetian introduced: "As you can see, you can zoom in or zoom out the picture by stretching or shrinking two fingers! This is something that the previous single-touch screen mobile phones can never do, but multi-touch can do! Don’t you feel amazing? Haha, next I will show you a small game - "Fruit Ninja"!"

Accompanied by Li Zetian's voice, on the video screen, the iPhone exits the album, opens a software with a fruit icon on the phone interface, and enters "Fruit Ninja".

Games start.

Watermelons, apples, bananas and other fruits began to pop up, and I saw a finger swipe across, like a sharp knife, "swipe" to cut these in half. The refreshing feeling of cutting fruit, Almost everyone present can feel it!
Li Zetian looked at the reaction of the crowd, and the corners of his mouth could not help but rise slightly, revealing a smile.

He picked up the microphone and said with a smile: "This game is an application of multi-touch technology. Do you think it is fun? Besides, there are more and more fun mobile games waiting for you to play! And these games are all It can be found in a piece of software called the App Store!"

Li Zetian introduced: "The iPhone smart phone provides an application programming interface API, and all third-party developers can develop software on the iPhone platform and then publish it on the App Store. Please watch the big screen!"

After speaking, the staff followed Li Zetian's prompt, quit the game, and opened the App Store software.

At this time, everyone saw that the App Store was divided into categories, and there were many kinds of software.

Yahoo, Facebook, QQ, WeChat, Weibo, Amazon, eBay, Alibaba, Taobao, Baidu, Google, YouTube, Netflix, TripAdvisor, Battle.net, etc. There are also a variety of mobile games, such as Happy Farm and Plant Wars Zombies...

Everyone couldn't help being stunned by so many software.

The best smartphone nowadays is the N4 released by Nokia in April this year, but the application software of the N70 is not much.

Currently, the iPhone's App Store has 68 software, and users can download whichever one they need.

"The idea of ​​the App Store is awesome. In this way, the iPhone mobile application software becomes extremely rich, and the right to choose is entirely up to consumers!"

"Have you noticed? Some software is free, but some are paid. That is to say, third-party developers can make money through the App Store! If the sales of iPhones are very large, damn it, doesn't this mean that , third-party developers can make a lot of money through the App Store?!!"

When everyone was discussing, Li Zetian said with a smile: "As you can see, the App Store is actually a third-party software distribution platform. As long as the software has passed the review of Apple, it can be released on the App Store. There are free and paid software. For paid software, Apple will take [-]% of the revenue!"

"Now, let's download Facebook first, and let everyone take a look at how to use the most popular real-name social networking software on the iPhone!"

Then, click "get" to start downloading, the network speed of the press conference soared, and the download was completed in less than ten seconds.Of course, you can also download it in advance, but for the sake of demonstration, I downloaded it once.

After downloading, enter your account and password.

The account entered is Li Zetian's account, and the password is output as asterisks, which cannot be seen by anyone, so it doesn't matter.

After entering Facebook, Li Zetian entered his personal page and updated a message!
"Hi everyone, this is a message sent from the Facebook software on the iPhone. It is more convenient to play Facebook on the iPhone anytime, anywhere! In the early hours of tonight, everyone is welcome to snap up at Amazon, eBay, Apple flagship stores and Sprint business halls!! !"

When sending a message, don't forget to play a wave of advertisements!
And the whole process, everyone watched, with surprise and shock on their faces.

Not long after Li Zetian sent the message, a large group of netizens began to reply on Facebook!
"Chronos Li, I've been watching the live broadcast of the press conference. I just saw you posting on Facebook. Hehe, I hurried over to take a look. Chronos Li, it's really good to use iPhone to play Facebook6, if the price of iPhone is cheap Just a little!"

"Yeah, Chronos·Li, we are all attracted by the iPhone, if the price is cheaper, we can still be friends happily... Otherwise, I will unfollow you! You will lose the baby very easily~~~ "

"Yes, yes, the price is not cheap, so we will unfollow you!"

"..."

Li Zetian was also looking at the screen at this time, seeing these messages, he couldn't help but laugh.

Alas, the depth of love and the depth of responsibility!

The guests at the press conference couldn't help laughing when they saw these comments and replies.

"Haha, Chronos Li is in trouble now, the price reduction is the voice of the masses!"

"Chronos Li, why don't you follow them, haha..."

"Hehe, who told you to design the iPhone so well that everyone wants to buy it, but it's too expensive!"

"Interesting~~"

……

Li Zetian picked up the microphone at this time, smiled wryly at the camera, and said slowly: "Everyone, Facebook users, hello, I am very glad that you like the iPhone. The so-called you get what you pay for, and the configuration of the iPhone is as good as it sounds." How tall, I have introduced it to you before..."

Speaking of this, Li Zetian paused. In fact, the manufacturing cost of the 4GB version of the iPhone was less than 400 US dollars, but the price was 799. It made almost half of the money, which is super profitable!

"It is precisely because the manufacturing cost of the iPhone is too high, so the price cannot be reduced. However, Apple has cooperated with Sprint Telecom to produce 500 million iPhone contract machines for it, and the price of the iPhone contract machine is very cheap. The 4GB version of the iPhone is ordered for 2 years. The contract price is $399, and the 8GB version of the iPhone is priced at $2 with a two-year contract, doesn’t it feel cheap?”

When the netizens heard the news, all their eyes lit up, and some witty people were already preparing to go to the Sprint business hall.

"Although 500 million iPhone contract phones may seem like a lot, not every phone is called an iPhone... At that time, there must be a lot of people rushing to buy it. After all, the price is so much cheaper than Amazon and Apple's flagship store, just 500 million units. It won't be long before it sells out!"

At this time, on Li Zetian's Facebook personal homepage, many users replied.

"66666!"

"Chronos Li atmosphere!"

"Chronos LI is awesome!"

"Chronos Li is super handsome!"

"CHronos, I love you so much, I am willing to give birth to monkeys for you!"

……

Li Zetian shook his head and smiled, and joked into the microphone: "It's fine if you give birth to a monkey, please support Apple more! Next, I will give you a more detailed introduction to the usage and functions of the iPhone..."

An hour later, the entire press conference ended.

The surprise of the iPhone shocked the whole world. Tonight, countless people cheered and waited for the dawn.

At this moment, Apple's lights are bright, and countless partners rushed to Apple's headquarters overnight to discuss cooperation!
At the entrance of Apple's flagship store, there is a sea of ​​people, and the queue is hundreds of meters long, like a dragon swimming.

However, the Sprint business hall was completely overcrowded. There were probably hundreds or thousands of people outside the door. At a glance, it was densely packed and very scary. More than a dozen security guards were attracted to maintain order and the fence was pulled up.

"My god, there are so many people!"

Several young people who came from home were stunned when they saw the spectacular scene in front of them.

"Sprint's business hall has iPhone contract phones, and the price is half the price, so it's not surprising that many people come here..."

"Damn it, when do we have to line up??? I guess it's dawn, and it's not our turn yet!"

"Let's wait in line. If we don't line up, we're afraid we won't be able to buy a contract iPhone!"

"Yes, if you want to buy an iPhone contract machine, you will have to queue sooner or later!!"

"Uh, that's fine, but I suggest that everyone buy tents, food and water, the temperature is low at night, and you are hungry!"

……

Some people don't want to stand in line, and some people aren't Sprint subscribers, so they'd rather order online.

Time passed by, and the netizens standing in front of the computer were excited.

"Ding! It's 0 o'clock sharp, the purchase channel is officially opened, grab it!!! My iPhone!!!"

"In order to get a girlfriend, let my 24-year unicorn arm explode!!!"

"In order not to sleep on the floor, I must grab an iPhone as soon as possible!!!"

……

In just 1 minute, a total of 60 iPhones were sold on Amazon and eBay!

The network can't help but delay it a little bit.

Currently, there are less than 800 million iPhones in reserve, 50 are allocated to Amazon, 50 to eBay, 200 million to Apple's flagship store, and the rest to Sprint.

Li Zetian intends to take this opportunity to let more people become Sprint users.

Of course, although the price of the contract phone is low, Apple will not lose money. Sprint will naturally give Apple a rebate, and it will rebate to Apple every month according to the contract signed by the user. These two years are enough for Apple. The company earns more!
This business model was proposed by Li Zetian, which is beneficial to both Apple and Sprint, and it can be said to be mutually beneficial! ! !
In the previous life, Apple and other telecommunications companies had this kind of cooperation. Due to the low price of contract phones, it naturally greatly stimulated the sales of iPhone series mobile phones! ! !
And every telecommunications company that cooperates with Apple has made a lot of money in the end!

After another 2 minutes, the online iPhones were sold out.

"Damn it, it's actually sold out, it's only been a few minutes, and you actually told me that the iPhone is sold out!!!"

"Speechless, why is it sold out, is the iPhone production insufficient?"

"Damn, I'm so disappointed, I've been snatching it for so long, but I didn't get it."

"Ma De, the quantity on the Internet is too small, I can only go to the physical store to buy! There must be a lot of people queuing now! Oh, what a day~~ dog!"

In a certain apartment, a tough young woman pointed at a man and scolded: "Look at you, what you can do, you can't even buy a mobile phone online, what use are you! Get out now!" Line up to buy it for me, if you can't buy it, don't even think about going to bed!!"

"Hey, CHronos·li, you are so harmful! I'm going to stay up all night in line!"

……

Li Zetian has not slept tonight, he is waiting for the iPhone sales data at the Apple headquarters.

Just a few minutes later, the news came that the online iPhones were sold out, and Li Zetian breathed a sigh of relief.

What Li Zetian is most worried about is that the expensive price of the iPhone makes people hesitate or be discouraged, but now it seems that there are too many fruit fans, coupled with the excellence of the iPhone, it is already quite popular and sought after by everyone.

Is there anything more successful than selling 100 million iPhone smartphones online in a matter of minutes?

And according to the news, there are huge crowds of people at the entrance of the Apple flagship store and Sprint business hall, shoulder to shoulder, densely packed, and there are countless people.Since the online iPhone sold out, more and more people came from their homes or Internet cafes. The length of the queue is increasing every minute, blocking many streets, but fortunately, it is night and there are few vehicles...

Now that the iPhone has been a success, Li Zetian has no intention of staying up late at Apple headquarters.As I got older, staying up late was bad for my health, so I immediately bid farewell to everyone, left Apple, took my own car, and returned home overnight.

The next day, news about the iPhone smartphone was flying everywhere on the Internet, all reporting how the iPhone became so popular.

Yahoo website: "Apple's iPhone smartphone released yesterday became popular all over the United States overnight!!!"

Google: "The era of mobile Internet is coming, after the iPhone, who will compete?! Google will release the Android mobile operating system in October this year, please pay attention!!!"

Well, when Google reported on the iPhone, it took a lot of heat to promote the Android mobile operating system that is about to be released next!

After the iPhone, who will compete?Then I immediately said Android, what does this mean, it is obvious!
……

Nokia, Motorola, Ericsson, Samsung and other major mobile phone manufacturers in the world were all shocked by the strong attack of the iPhone.

If the iPhone doesn't sing, it's a blockbuster.

Only then did the chairman of Nokia know why Apple had not released any new products in the past two years. It turned out that it was secretly developing the iPhone.

"Everyone, the iPhone is popular in the United States, and it's super hot. Do you have any countermeasures?"

"Chairman, we never expected that Apple would play tricks on touch-screen mobile phones! I think the top priority is that Nokia must learn from Apple and launch similar touch-screen mobile phones!"

"I agree with this point of view, and I think we should buy Symbian as soon as possible to fight the iPhone!!"



(End of this chapter)