Reborn in 2011, 985 missing from two copies

Chapter 508 Monopoly profits, another 225 billion! (asking for monthly tickets)

This time, the technological development speed in the fingerprint field is also similar.

Goodix Technology's press-type fingerprint technology will be available in the second half of next year.

As for the more advanced light-touch fingerprint recognition technology, that will take even longer.

In the past, Apple only used the touch-sensitive function in the iPhone 2016 in 7.

It can be said that in the next two years, Xingyi Technology's light-touch fingerprint recognition technology will be in an absolute leading and monopolistic position.

Even the slightly backward press-type fingerprint recognition technology is in a monopoly position among the two giants!

Currently, the only companies that have mastered the press-type fingerprint recognition technology are Xingyi Technology and AuthenTec.

In order to increase iPhone shipments, Apple directly acquired AuthenTec, and naturally would not allow AuthenTec to sell press-type fingerprints to third-party companies.

It can be said that in the next year, only the Ultrawide Note 1 and iPhone 5s will be able to achieve press-type fingerprint recognition.

That’s right, in addition to the 999 Wujie 1st generation, there will also be a 2999 Wujie note 1!

The Unbounded Note 1 is equipped with the Kunpeng 700 SOC and is positioned as a mid-range smartphone, replacing the market vacated by the Xphone 1 after its discontinuation. Its standard configuration is the press-type fingerprint recognition!
From now on, the Xingyi mobile phone will be equipped with the more advanced light-touch fingerprint recognition technology, and the borderless flagship will be equipped with the press-type of the iPhone 5s.

If users want to buy a fingerprint recognition phone, they can choose either the Xphone 2 Pro, the Ultrawide Note 1, or the iPhone 5s.

There is no doubt that the earlier released and more advanced xphone 2pro and the more cost-effective 1mm note are bound to become the first choice.

Under the pressure of both, the sales of iPhone 5s will probably be dismal.

Especially the xphone 2 pro, with its monopoly on light-touch fingerprint recognition, the xphone 2 pro is bound to be a hot seller. If it can be sold globally, the annual sales volume can even exceed million units!

Based on this, Wang Yi will not easily sell the light-touch fingerprint recognition technology to third-party brands, at least not this year.

Wait until next year and then you’ll have to sell it.

However, the iPhone 5s's press-type fingerprint recognition will be available for sale in October this year.

There is no way. Even if Xingyi Technology does not sell the press-type fingerprint recognition technology, Goodix Technology will be able to develop it next year and sell it to the outside world. There is no way to stop it.

As for the acquisition of Goodix Technologies, it doesn't make much sense.

After all, it acquired Goodix Technology and Switzerland's FingerPrint Card.

FingerPrint Card will also be able to develop light-touch fingerprint recognition by the middle of next year, but the technology is not mature enough, so it can only be placed on the back, not the front.

The previous Huawei Mate 7 used the FingerPrint Card back-touch fingerprint recognition technology.

Xingyi Technology's light-touch fingerprint recognition is more mature and can be used on the front, back, and side.

It all depends on the design requirements of the mobile phone model.

For phones with a front home button, the front is naturally the best.

For example, the design of Meizu's home button with integrated fingerprint recognition became a public design for many years and was borrowed by major mobile phone manufacturers.

So many people think that Meizu releases new phones every day...

As for the fingerprint recognition on the back, it is very inconvenient in certain situations.

The simplest thing is that the phone cannot be unlocked directly when it is placed on the table or on the bed. You must pick it up first before you can unlock it.

The process is one step more complicated, so the effect is naturally not as good as the direct approach.

As for the side fingerprint recognition, in the case of a full-screen display without a home button, it is YYDS.

In the future, Xingyi Technology's fingerprint recognition route will be very clear. There will be a chin, a home button, and front fingerprint recognition integrated into the home button.

In the second half of the year, the Xphone 3 was launched, a full-screen mobile phone similar to the Xiaomi Mix. It had no chin and no home button, so it could only have a home button on the side or on the back.

In comparison, Wang Yi prefers the side view.

As for the back, in many scenarios, you need to pick up the phone first and then feel the correct position.

As for the side, it is integrated into the side lock screen button, which is more convenient to use and does not take up space.

Since Goodix Technology and FingerPrint Card will be able to produce it next year, it doesn’t make much sense for Xingyi Technology to continue to ban the sale of fingerprint recognition.

Even if Xingyi Technology does not sell, Goodix Technology and FingerPrint Card will also sell fingerprint recognition solutions.

Instead of doing this, it would be better for Xingyi Technology to seize the opportunity and sell fingerprint recognition technology in advance to attract users and make money.

By then, Goodix Technology and FingerPrint Card will not be able to find customers, and will not get enough orders, and they may go bankrupt...

Wang Yi had an idea and looked at Zhu Changlin: "Old Zhu, reply to them and tell them that the production capacity of fingerprint recognition modules is currently tight. We will provide them with push-type fingerprint unlocking modules and technical solutions in half a year at the earliest. We will provide them with light-touch fingerprint modules and solutions in one year. Let's talk about fingerprint payment technology."

Wang Yi has calculated clearly that he will provide press-type fingerprint unlocking in half a year, which is October. Once the mobile phone is manufactured, it will be on the market at the earliest in March or April next year.

Touch fingerprint unlocking will be available one year later, and it will take until September or October for new phones from major friendly manufacturers to be developed and successfully launched on the market.

These two time points were just right, allowing us to lock in orders from all the major competitors before Goodix Technology and FingerPrint Card.

It will not quickly impact the sales of Xingyi mobile phones!
It's maximizing benefits.

Zhu Changlin nodded: "Okay, Chairman, then the fingerprint payment technology we provide to third-party brands does not support Alipay payment, right?"

"Of course not. Our technical solution only supports Changchat payment!" Wang Yi said with a smile.

We provide fingerprint unlocking technology and equipment to friendly companies and also support fingerprint payment.

But all the solutions used are from Xingyi Technology.

Since it is Xingyi Technology’s solution, how could it support Alipay?
At least it can't be supported in the next two years.

We'll see how the situation develops later.

"What about the pricing strategy?" Zhu Changlin asked again.

Wang Yi fell into deep thought.

The cost of fingerprint recognition modules is not high. The key is the R&D cost. However, if we produce hundreds of millions of them, the total cost is only 10 yuan.

If a sapphire protective layer is used, the total cost will be less than 20 yuan.

But the selling price will be several times higher.

After all, fingerprint recognition is a rare high-end technology at present, and is monopolized by foreign companies AuthenTec and FingerPrint Card, and the prices are very high.

Even the outdated scratch-type fingerprint recognition of FingerPrint Card costs 100 yuan per set, and the press-type is naturally more expensive.

However, after Goodix Technology's breakthrough next year, the price of press-type fingerprint recognition will be reduced to around 70 yuan the year after, and with a sapphire protective layer it will be around 100 yuan.

But those are the prices for the year after next. This year we still have the monopoly on technology. If it is sold too cheaply, it would be Wang Yi who is stupid!

After all, FingerPrint Card is a scratch-type card with such low accuracy and is so useless. It costs 100 yuan per set and does not have a sapphire protective layer.

It’s reasonable that Xingyi Technology’s powerful front-press fingerprint recognition technology is more expensive, right?
In this regard, Wang Yi said: "Press-type fingerprint sensor + ordinary protection layer + technical support + Changchat payment linkage, delivery will start in October, a total of 150 yuan per set, more than 500 million sets, 130 yuan."

"Upgraded sapphire protective layer, 170 yuan per set, more than 500 million sets, 150 yuan."

It is 30% more expensive than the scratch-off FingerPrint Card, which is considered a reasonable price.

"As for the light-touch fingerprint module, it will be delivered in April next year, and the price is the same as the press-type one!"

The touch-type module will be available in April next year, and the price of the push-type module will have to be reduced a bit in the second half of the year.

There is nothing we can do about this.

"Okay!" Zhu Changlin responded.

Soon, Zhu Changlin arranged for people to respond to all the major friendly merchants.

After receiving a reply from Xingyi Technology, major friendly companies held high-level meetings to discuss the matter.

HTC headquarters.

"Chairman, Mr. Wang responded to the purchase of fingerprint modules, but he is not optimistic."

"They refuse to sell?" Wang Hong frowned slightly.

"No, it's like this. Xingyi Technology said that its production capacity is currently tight and the fingerprint modules are only enough for their own use."

"After half a year, when production capacity is reduced, we can sell push-type fingerprint unlocking modules and solutions, as well as fingerprint payment solutions. After a year, we will provide light-touch..."

"Press type in half a year, light touch type in a year..." Wang Hong was speechless: "Director Wang's time arrangement is very clear."

"Yes, if we want to use it, we have to wait half a year. If we don't want to wait and want to launch fingerprint unlocking as soon as possible, we have to find other solutions."

"Other solutions?" Wang Hong became interested. "Which other companies can do fingerprint unlocking? I don't want to wait for half a year. I'll check it out quickly."

"Yes."

Soon, the result was found: "Chairman, in addition to Xingyi Technology, there are also AuthenTec and FingerPrint Card that can do fingerprint recognition."

"However, AuthenTec was acquired by Apple and launched the press-type fingerprint recognition technology on the iPhone 5s, so it is impossible to sell it to the outside world."

"The other FingerPrint Card currently only has the scratch fingerprint unlocking technology. The light-touch fingerprint unlocking technology is still under development, and it is the back light-touch fingerprint recognition, and the results are expected to be available by the middle of next year."

"What the hell!" Wang Hong was helpless: "One is not for sale, and the other is not mature, isn't that equivalent to nothing?"

The vice president was also helpless: "It's like this, we either use FingerPrint Card's scratch fingerprint unlocking technology, or wait for FingerPrint Card's back touch type."

Wang Hong shook her head: "Neither works. The success rate of the scratch method is too low. It's meaningless."

"As for the FingerPrint Card, which will be on the market in the middle of next year, it is too late. It is better to use Xingyi Technology's technical solution directly."

The vice president nodded and said, "Yes, Xingyi Technology's technical solution is the most mature, and the push-type will be available in October this year, and the light-touch type will be available in April next year. Both are faster than FingerPrint Card!"

"That's all I can do. What's the price at Xingyi Technology?"

"For 500 million sets, the price is 130 yuan per set, including the fingerprint sensor, ordinary protective layer, technical support and chat payment linkage."

"The solution to upgrade the sapphire protective layer is 150 yuan per set."

"As for the light-touch module, it will be launched half a year later than the push-type one, and the price is the same."

Wang Hong was very surprised: "It is a generation more advanced than the scratch-type FingerPrint Card, but only 25%-30% more expensive. The price is reasonable. Who would still use the outdated scratch-type?"

A price difference of 25%-30% is nothing.

FingerPrint Card's scratch-off upgraded sapphire protective layer also costs 120!

The vice president nodded and said, "Xingyi Technology has always been quite reasonable in terms of pricing. For example, Kunpeng 702 is more powerful than Snapdragon 805, but cheaper than Snapdragon 600. Even with the recent price increase of 20 yuan, it is still the same price as Snapdragon 600. We also provide tuning services."

Wang Hong nodded: "Yes, this price is very good, then let's order 500 million sets of push-type modules, 500 million sets... No, 1000 million sets of touch-type modules!"

"Do you want a sapphire protective layer?"

"Of course, we at HTC make high-end flagship phones, how can we afford to lose face?" Wang Hong said. "That's right, a flagship phone that costs over 5000 yuan can't afford to lose 20 yuan."

Meizu headquarters.

"Press-type fingerprint unlocking will be available in October this year!"

Huang fell into deep thought: "This way, we can release MX4 in April next year, which is just the right time!"

Lao Bai nodded and said, "That's right. We will release MX3 in May this year and MX4 in April next year. It's just right."

"Then place the order. Use Xingyi Technology's touch-type fingerprint unlocking to make the MX4. Order 500 million sets." Old Huang made the final decision.

"What about Goodix Technology? They are also developing touch-type fingerprint recognition."

"Goodix Technology..." Huang fell into deep thought: "When will they be able to produce it?"

“The earliest it will be is the middle of next year.”

"Both are press-type fingerprint recognition, but Xingyi Technology's solution is more mature. It will be available in October this year, providing a full set of technical solutions, as well as fingerprint payment for Changchat Pay. Goodix Technology will be available in the middle of next year, and it is still unknown whether it will be successful."

Huang laughed and said: "Even if Goodix's solution is successful, our MX4 using Goodix's fingerprint will not be released until the end of next year. It will delay things too much."

Lao Bai nodded and said, "That's true. Why not just use Xingyi Technology's solution? The technology is more mature and will be available on the market earlier."

"Yes, let's use Xingyi Technology's solution. Even if Goodix succeeds, it may not be much cheaper." Old Huang said: "The most important thing is that we still have to work hard on research and development and adaptation. Use Xingyi Technology's mature solution and directly provide a full set of technical support."

"Well, the price is not expensive, and it saves trouble and effort." Lao Bai also responded: "Then let's place an order for 5 million sets?"

"Okay. Three million sets are 20 yuan more expensive, it's not worth it."

Similar scenes are happening in major brands.

After hesitation, communication, discussion... and comparison, the major manufacturers finally chose the technical solution of Xingyi Technology!
There is no way, AuthenTec was acquired by Apple and is not sold to the outside world.

FingerPrint Card's touch-type technology will be available in the middle of next year, which is too late, and it's still on the back. The scratch-type technology is extremely expensive and difficult to use, which is completely useless.

Goodix Technology may be cheaper, but it is still a long way off, and there is hope only in the middle of next year, and the technical risks are unknown...

After weighing the pros and cons, Xingyi Technology's solution was ultimately the most reliable and suitable.

Whether it is the maturity of technology, price or delivery time, there is no problem.

In particular, the mature solutions and technical support make all major friendly companies feel at ease.

After all, I have used Xingyi mobile phones, so there is naturally no problem.

Fingerprint Card and Goodix's fingerprint unlocking will not be available until the middle of next year, and the actual experience is still unknown.

Especially since Goodix's fingerprint unlocking function is on the front Home button, if it fails, the phone will be useless...

Even major brands don’t dare to take the risk.

You can only choose Xingyi Technology’s mature solution.

And they are worried that there are too many orders, which will result in insufficient production capacity. Most orders start at five million sets, or are super large orders of five million + five million sets.

The next day, seeing the big orders coming in, Zhu Changlin was very excited: "Chairman, Huawei has also placed an order, 2000 million sets!"

Wang Yi nodded: "This is just the beginning, and more brands will place orders in the future."

"Yes, I made a lot of money." Zhu Changlin said with a smile.

"By the way, the research and development of the next generation of Xingyi mobile phone is almost complete, right?" Wang Yi asked.

Zhu Changlin said: "The standard version is almost ready, but the flagship version still lacks the Kunpeng 902 processor. Both are full-screen designs, which will surely amaze the world!"

That’s right, the xphone 3 in the second half of the year will directly launch a full-screen version like the Xiaomi mix.

With its stunning design, it instantly beats the big foreheads of current competitors!

With the continuous investment and research and development of Xingyi Technology's R&D center, Xingyi Technology's packaging technology has made certain breakthroughs.

Although it is still the mainstream COG packaging process, it is much more powerful than that used by other companies.

Due to the limitations of the COG packaging process, Apple, Samsung, and HTC all have large foreheads and chins.

There is no way, this is the limitation of COG packaging technology.

Even if Xingyi Technology continues to invest money and optimize its technology, it can only make the forehead and chin narrower.

But it still cannot achieve a full screen without forehead and chin.

This is simply not possible with the COG process.

Fortunately, with continuous investment, Xingyi Technology has finally developed COG packaging technology to its extreme, and was able to produce the first generation of full-screen mobile phones such as Xiaomi Mix in advance, which has a removed forehead, a narrow chin, and a screen-to-body ratio of over 91%.

This is also the limit of COG technology.

The development of full-screen has gone through three stages.

The first stage is the full screen without forehead, which is also the originator of the full screen.

In fact, the real originator of the first generation of full-screen phones is not Xiaomi Mix, but Sharp.

As early as the second half of 2013, Sharp launched the EDGEST 302SH, which has a three-sided narrow bezel design and a bezel-free screen-to-body ratio of 80.5%.

It is Sharp's first generation of full-screen TV and also the world's first full-screen TV.

Due to the limitations of COG packaging technology, the ultra-narrow-framed mobile phones of major brands currently have a frameless screen-to-body ratio of 60%-70%.

For example, the screen-to-body ratio of iPhone 5 is only 60.85%.

Even the newly released xphone 2pro, with its narrow forehead, narrow chin, narrow bezels, and bezel-less screen-to-body ratio of 75%, is already the best at the moment.

Of course, the above screen-to-body ratios are all official ones, which means they are without the borders.

All are screen area/(front area of ​​the phone - frame area)

If the border is removed, the screen-to-body ratio will be even lower.

For example, the official screen-to-body ratio of Xiaomi Mix is ​​91.4%, but it is only 84.16% including the frame.

Similarly, the official screen-to-body ratio of Sharp EDGEST 302SH is 80.5%, and the screen-to-body ratio including the frame is less than 75%!

But there is no way. In order to make the data look better, the screen-to-body ratios of major brands do not include the borders.

But unfortunately, although Sharp's previous EDGEST 302S and later AQUOS Crystal pioneered the full-screen display, they did not ignite the full-screen era.

Instead, it ignited an arms race for narrow bezels, and since then all major Android brands have begun to frantically launch narrow-bezel phones.

It wasn't until 2016 that the Xiaomi Mix adopted a design similar to Sharp, with no forehead, an ultra-narrow chin, and the camera placed in the lower right corner that it became a big hit.

From then on, a new era of full-screen began.

In addition, Sharp mobile phones have rapidly declined and are on the verge of discontinuation, so many people call Xiaomi MIX the world's first full-screen mobile phone!

But this time, the world's first full-screen mobile phone is the xphone 3!
The borderless screen-to-body ratio is the same as that of Xiaomi Mix, which is as high as 91%, which is also the limit of COG packaging technology.

If you want to go a step further and make the screen-to-body ratio higher, remove the chin and make it very narrow, you need to upgrade to the next generation COF packaging technology!
To achieve a true full screen with a borderless screen ratio of 100%, the next-generation COP packaging technology is needed.

As for a 100% screen-to-body ratio without borders, it is necessary to have no borders on all four sides.

It is not possible to make a mobile phone without bezels at present, and it will not be possible even in ten years.

It is estimated that this may be possible after 2030.

In the following days, major brands placed orders one after another.

There is no other way. Xingyi Technology will ship according to the order time. Naturally, the earlier the order is placed, the earlier it will be shipped and the sooner it will be on the market!
Three days later, Zhu Changlin approached Wang Yi with a smile and said, "Chairman, the order for the fingerprint module has come out."

Wang Yi took a quick look and felt it was pleasing to the eye.

ZTE, Huawei, O, V, and Lenovo are all major customers, and have directly placed orders for 1000 million sets of press-type fingerprint recognition modules and 1000 million sets of light-touch fingerprint recognition modules.

HTC has placed an order for 500 million push-type units and 1000 million touch-type units.

Gionee has 1000 million sets of push-type and 500 million sets of touch-type.

Coolpad has 500 million sets of push-type and 500 million sets of light-touch type.

As for Meizu and Xiaomi, they only placed orders for 500 million sets of push-type ones.

It is worth mentioning that all customers chose to spend an extra 20 yuan to get a sapphire protective layer.

Major brands have thought clearly that face-saving projects must be in place!
I have already bought the 130 yuan fingerprint module, so I really don’t care about the 20 yuan sapphire protective layer.

More importantly, other competitors all have sapphire protective layers as standard, which is very impressive, but we don’t. Wouldn’t that be cheap?

Even if you have to cut corners, you have to save on places that users can't see, and the protective layer of the Home button is not acceptable.

As a result, major brands placed orders for a total of 8000 million sets of press-type fingerprint recognition modules and 7000 million sets of light-touch fingerprint recognition modules.

A total of 1.5 million pieces, with a total revenue of 225 billion!
In addition, the cost is really low, less than 20 yuan, and the profit exceeds 150 billion.

"Sure enough, monopoly technology means huge profits!" Wang Yi was filled with emotion.

Zhu Changlin was also in a good mood: "Yes, now the factory will be so busy that it will take off. The factory buildings and production lines will have to be expanded. Fortunately, the delivery will be in half a year and a year, so it is completely in time."

Wang Yi nodded: "Adding more production lines is just the beginning, and there will be more orders in the future."

"What? There will be more? There are already 1.5 million of them." Zhu Changlin was shocked.

Wang Yi said with a smile: "We are just getting started! In the future, the number will increase to 10 billion per year, or even more."

"No way?" Zhu Changlin was full of disbelief.

Wang Yi said with a smile: "Why not? In the future, low-end mobile phones will all be equipped with fingerprint recognition. Do you think sales will decrease? Besides, Xingyi Technology will use more than 300 million of them."

Wang Yi remembered that in his previous life, a company called Goodix Technology sold 9 million fingerprint recognition sensors in a year!
Not to mention other companies like FingerPrint Card.

Xingyi Technology started earlier and has more mature technology, so the number of chips would not be just 9 million.

xphone 2pro, xphone 3, third generation Xingyi tablet, and UB1 all come standard with fingerprint recognition, which exceeds 3.5 million sets!

Domestic manufacturers have another 1.5 million sets, and will subsequently place orders for more than 1 million sets.

That’s more than 6 million sets.

If we can get two big customers, Samsung and LG, that would be great, and we can increase the sales by hundreds of millions of units.

In the future, all domestic flagship mobile phones will be equipped with light-touch fingerprint recognition as standard, and at worst, the front-press type. Will Samsung and LG continue to use the outdated scratch-and-wipe FingerPrint Card?
of course not!

In order to avoid losing competitiveness, Samsung and LG may come to buy Xingyi Technology's press-type fingerprint recognition module or light-touch fingerprint recognition module!

(End of this chapter)