Reborn in 2011, 985 missing from two copies

Chapter 721 LG’s backstab, Fire Dragon became popular, Qualcomm was in trouble!
"Time can solve everything."

"Even if the engineers at LG and HTC are incompetent, they can still optimize the Snapdragon 810 SOC to the right level in two months!"

The R&D director also agreed: "The key issue right now is that online public opinion is very unfavorable to us!"

"Ever since Wang Yi criticized our Snapdragon 810 as the weakest flagship processor of the year, many media outlets and users have begun to question us, which has seriously affected the sales of new Snapdragon 810 phones and the shipment volume of our Snapdragon 810 SOC. We must manage this crisis and turn the situation around as soon as possible!"

Other senior executives also spoke up:
"That's right, the most crucial thing right now is public opinion. Wang Yi's influence is too great!"

"His one sentence rendered our Snapdragon 810 obsolete!"

"We need to change public opinion first, make the public feel that the Snapdragon 810 is not a failure, but very powerful, even more powerful than the Kunpeng 910, before it can be sold."

"Even if news breaks right now that the Snapdragon 810 SOC has failed, we have to spend money to suppress it and forcibly control public opinion."

"By May, when phones equipped with the Snapdragon 810 will be available on a large scale, there will still be a month or two. By then, those phone manufacturers should have optimized the Snapdragon 810, so there won't be any problems, and everything will be perfect!"

Jacob nodded: "Very good, let's do it this way. Now we'll guide public opinion to clear the name of the Snapdragon 810. Once the Snapdragon 810 is optimized, it will naturally stop making mistakes, the lie will become the truth, and the tragedy will be for the Kunpeng 910!"

"Yes, that's how we'll do it. As long as we control the public opinion in the next two months and optimize it in May, the Snapdragon 810 SOC will naturally sell like hotcakes. The 28nm Kunpeng 910 SOC will be doomed."

"The key is these two months. Before we can optimize things properly, we have to suppress public opinion."

……

Qualcomm was very efficient; with a large number of online trolls mobilized, public opinion online quickly shifted.
"Although I'm a fan of Samsung, I still have to say something fair. How could a 20-nanometer chip be inferior to a 28-nanometer one?"

"That's right, there's a generational difference between 20nm and 28nm processes, and the Snapdragon 810 SoC is clearly more powerful!"

“鲲鹏910 SOC不只是工艺制程落后一代，架构也落后了。鲲鹏910 SOC只有2个A57大核，怎么可能打得过四个A57大核的骁龙810？”

"There are still some discerning people who noticed this problem a long time ago, but they were afraid of being criticized and didn't dare to say it. The Snapdragon 810 SOC is at least 70% ahead of the Kunpeng 910 SOC, a whole generation."

"70%? That's outrageous! No way!"

"How could it not be? 20nm is at least 30% ahead of 28nm, four A57s are twice as big as two A57s, and as for the GPU, Qualcomm's GPUs have always been powerful. All things considered, a 70% lead is at least."

"My God, isn't the Snapdragon 810 SOC ridiculously powerful?"

"With a 70% lead, and considering the 60% boost from the XOS system, Qualcomm still has a 10% lead."

"Furthermore, the Snapdragon 810 SoC is also 64-bit, and Android will also upgrade to 64-bit this year, which will provide a terrifying boost. Even if Android's 64-bit boost isn't as good as XOS's, it will still be 40%, so the lead won't be 10%, but 50%!"

"That's right, that's the truth. It's precisely because Qualcomm surpassed it by more than 50% that Chairman Wang got angry and publicly attacked the Snapdragon 810 SOC, smearing the Snapdragon 810 SOC."

“In the past, Xingyi phones led the market with their 64-bit capability, but now Qualcomm also has 64-bit capability, so Xingyi phones are no longer viable.”

"I see. I was almost fooled by Chairman Wang. It seems that the Snapdragon 810 SOC is still stronger. When buying a phone, you should buy a model with the Snapdragon 810 SOC."

"I also think the Snapdragon 810 is stronger, and I've already ordered the LG G Flex 2, the flagship phone of the year!"

"I've also pre-ordered the HTC One M9!"

Public opinion shifted again, influenced by Qualcomm's online trolls.

In addition, these online trolls use very professional language, making their claims half true and half false. Many people with limited knowledge of technology and digital products simply cannot distinguish between truth and falsehood, and believe them to be true. They place orders for the new LG G Flex 2 or pre-order the HTC One M9 with full payment.

This led to a surge in sales of both the LG G Flex 2 and the HTC One M9.

Seeing this, Qualcomm Chairman Jacobs breathed a long sigh of relief:

"Fortunately, public opinion has been brought under control, and sales have picked up. We're taking advantage of this situation to ship the goods as soon as possible."

"For customers who have already placed orders, ship them as soon as possible and persuade them to place additional orders! For those who haven't placed orders yet, persuade them to place orders!"

"Yes!"

The subordinate responded and acted decisively and swiftly.

Xingyi Technology Headquarters.

Zhu Changlin approached Wang Yi: "Chairman, Qualcomm's online army has launched a massive smear campaign against us to reverse public opinion."

"Alright, let's begin the second wave of operations!"

"No problem, let's give Qualcomm another big gift, hahaha!"

Zhu Changlin was in a great mood, having already made all the arrangements.

Soon, a group of tech bloggers uploaded actual performance tests of the Snapdragon 810 SOC, and Performance Jun even started a live test broadcast:

"Brothers, the streamer has gotten his hands on the newly released LG G Flex 2 and is now starting the first round of testing."

"First, let's run a benchmark test and see how the Snapdragon 810 SOC performs."

"As you can see, the Snapdragon 810 SOC scores very well, 20% higher than the Kunpeng 910 SOC, but the phone gets a bit hot to the touch."

As he spoke, the performance expert picked up the instrument and measured it: "45 degrees!"

"No wonder it's so hot!"

"And look at the Xphone 4, its body temperature is 35 degrees Celsius!"

"With such a large temperature difference, I'm worried that the LG G Flex 2 might crash."

"Next, we'll test the game."

"The Snapdragon 810 SOC can play most games, but the body temperature is a bit high, reaching 45 degrees Celsius."

"I'm worried it might explode."

"But for the sake of my brothers, I'll risk continuing the testing."

"Everyone says that Honkai Impact 3rd is the only standard to test a phone's performance!"

"Alright, let's jump right in with the Honkai Impact 3rd test."

"The Xphone 4 is still very smooth and stable, with a high frame rate and a body temperature of only 37 degrees Celsius, which is very stable."

"The LG G Flex 2 started off very smoothly, with a good frame rate, comparable to the Xphone 4, but... the frame rate started to drop!"

"Guys, it's only been two minutes, and the frame rate is dropping!"

"It started lagging badly after three minutes!"

"Five minutes, it's frozen!"

"Damn, what's the difference between this performance and the Snapdragon 801?"

"The Snapdragon 810 SOC really messed up. It froze after three minutes on high settings, making it unplayable. Let's switch to medium settings and continue testing. Hmm, it froze after five minutes too."

"Switch to lower graphics settings, that should work this time. After all, the Snapdragon 801 can run smoothly on low settings, so the Snapdragon 810 SoC can't be worse than the 801, right?"

"Hmm... it's not as good as before. It lags even on low settings. The main problem is that the temperature is too high, it's 50 degrees Celsius. I can't hold it, it's burning my hands!"

"I'm really worried about it exploding, so I'll leave it aside. Safety first."

With that, the performance expert tossed the LG G Flex 2 aside:
"As it turns out, the Snapdragon 810 SOC has failed again, just as Chairman Wang predicted."

"And it's even more serious than the previous generation Snapdragon 805's failure!"

"Its actual performance is not as good as the Snapdragon 801, let alone the Kunpeng 706, and it is several generations behind Xingyi Technology."

"So, for those of you planning to buy the LG G Flex 2 or HTC One M9, just forget it. The Snapdragon 810 SOC is really no good. It gets hot and is incredibly inefficient! It's a complete disaster."

"Most importantly, it's only March, and it's still quite cold. What will it be like in June? 55 degrees Celsius?"

"That could burn a person to death, it would burn the donkey's skin off completely."

"Xingyi phones are still better. Whether it's the Kunpeng 706 or 902 from the year before last, or the Kunpeng 906 or Kunpeng 910 from last year, they are all much more powerful and stable than the Snapdragon 810 SOC, and the temperature is much lower."

"As for the Snapdragon 810 SOC, it's practically a second-generation Fire Dragon!"

"Finally, I sincerely advise everyone to cherish life and stay away from Qualcomm."

The comments section below was buzzing with activity:
"Holy crap! 50 degrees Celsius, that's scalding hot!"

"It would definitely scald someone to death. Just say it, who would dare to take a bath in 50-degree water?"

"The Snapdragon 810 is a real disappointment; its performance is worse than the 801! It's garbage; Kunpeng is much better."

"Return it, return it, buy an Xphone 4!"

There are many similar test videos and live streams, created by both domestic and overseas bloggers, which quickly went viral across the internet.

Unsurprisingly, the Snapdragon 810 malfunction quickly became a trending topic!
[Numerous tech bloggers' tests show that the LG G Flex 2 is seriously flawed; the Snapdragon 810 SOC's actual performance is inferior to the Snapdragon 801!]

[LG G Flex 2 suffers a major setback; Snapdragon 810 SOC earns the title of "Second Generation Fire Dragon," lagging behind the Kunpeng 910 SOC by at least three years!]

[Game temperature exceeds 50 degrees Celsius; even playing Honkai Impact 3rd on low settings results in lag. The Snapdragon 810 SOC's performance is worse than the Snapdragon 805!] [Confirmed! The Snapdragon 810 SOC performs admirably for two minutes, but after that, it severely lags, the phone gets extremely hot, and its performance is severely lacking.]

[Wang Dong was right! The Snapdragon 810 SOC has failed again, its actual performance is inferior to the Kunpeng 702 from three years ago!]

The Snapdragon 810 SOC has seriously failed, causing lag and overheating during gameplay, making it the weakest flagship processor of the year!

[With the Snapdragon 805 and Snapdragon 810 SoCs experiencing two consecutive generations of disastrous flagship processor failures, Qualcomm's stock price may plummet again.]

……

Looking at these opinions, Jacob broke out in a cold sweat:

"Wasn't public opinion under control before? How did it turn out this way?"

The PR director trembled: "Chairman, we've got it under control, but suddenly a large number of test videos appeared, and coupled with the LG G Flex 2's inadequate optimization, it directly exposed the fact that the Snapdragon 810 SOC has failed..."

"Fake!"

"Fake!"

"Can't you just spend money to delete these videos? You can't even do this basic thing?" Jacob was furious.

"We deleted some, but there were just too many. And many bloggers couldn't get away with it even if they offered money."

"Moreover, it feels like there's a powerful force behind it all; for every deletion we make, the other side adds the same amount."

"We had just suppressed a small wave of hype when the other side ignited a huge wave of hype again."

"In short, this matter has caused a great uproar and cannot be suppressed at all."

"As things stand now, many LG G Flex 2 users have also joined the testing group and are publicly exposing the fact that our device failed."

Jacob fell silent: "..."

The LG G Flex 2 has just been launched in China, with very low sales and little media exposure.

However, the LG G Flex 2 has been on the market overseas for two months and has sold well. Now that it's starting to be exposed, the impact will be significant.

These user testimonials, actual performance tests, and even live-streamed tests are incredibly convincing.

It doesn't need to be complicated. Just download Honkai Impact 3rd and play the game. After a while, it will lag. Then, use a thermometer to measure your temperature, and the video will explode!
The LG G Flex 2 is finished, and the Snapdragon 810 SOC is even worse!
Jacob paced frantically, shouting, "Fuck!"

"This is a big deal, we need to handle this through public relations as soon as possible."

"Just say it's not about the Snapdragon 810 SOC, it's about the LG G Flex 2!"

"Yes, it's not that our Snapdragon 810 SOC isn't powerful enough. It's that the LG G Flex 2 isn't optimized properly, which prevents the Snapdragon 810 SOC from performing to its full potential, causing the problem. We will release an OTA update to fix it!"

But the public relations manager sighed, "It's no use, Chairman. Now there are some new developments."

"What is it now?" Jacob had a bad feeling.

"After the LG G Flex 2 crashed, many people questioned the performance of the Snapdragon 810 SOC, so they went to the HTC flagship store to test the HTC One M9 in the store, and it also crashed, and the results were posted online."

Jacob's face turned ashen: "..."

"What's worse is that once one person did this, others followed suit. Now users all over the world are rushing to nearby HTC stores to test the new HTC One M9, and they've all had terrible experiences!"

Jacob's lips twitched: "!!!"

If a phone malfunctions, it's a problem with the phone itself, not a problem with the Snapdragon 810 SOC.

But now, the LG G Flex 2 has failed, and the HTC One M9 has also failed!

The fact that both of the only two brands that released new phones with the Snapdragon 810 SOC have had issues means that the problem isn't with the phones themselves, but with the Snapdragon 810 SOC processor!

This is fatal!
Qualcomm's attempts to whitewash its image and shirk responsibility are futile!
"We're in big trouble!"

Jacob's expression was grave: "If this isn't handled properly, phones equipped with the Snapdragon 810 SOC won't sell, and neither will phones with the Snapdragon 810 SOC itself."

"Yes, Chairman, we've contacted a whole bunch of customers, and not a single one is willing to increase their order for the Snapdragon 810 SOC. Not a single one. Even LG refused to increase their order and chose to cancel their existing order, but they did order an additional three million Kunpeng 910 SOCs!"

"!!!" Jacob was furious, but there was nothing he could do.

With the situation developing to this point, Qualcomm is in a very passive position!
But what Jacob didn't know was that this was just the beginning!
LG headquarters.

The people in the room all had solemn expressions.
"As expected, the Snapdragon 810 SOC failure has finally come to light, and it has been exposed globally, making it known to everyone. Our LG G Flex 2 is now useless."

"The LG G Flex 2 with the Snapdragon 810 SOC is definitely ruined. It's fifty degrees Celsius, it's so hot it's killing people. It's practically useless."

"I suggest immediately halting production of the LG G Flex 2 equipped with the Snapdragon 810 SOC to cut losses, and simultaneously starting production of the LG G Flex 2 equipped with the Kunpeng 910 SOC!"

"Yes, the Snapdragon 810 SOC version of the LG G Flex 2 simply doesn't sell. Even if it's produced, it just sits in the warehouse. It would be better to stop production and switch entirely to the Kunpeng 910 SOC version."

"In addition, we also need to issue a statement to clarify our responsibilities and let everyone know that the failure of the LG G Flex 2 was not due to the phone itself, but to the Snapdragon 810 SOC chip. Otherwise, the LG G Flex 2 with the Kunpeng 910 SOC will not sell well in the future."

"Yes, this statement is necessary. We must absolve ourselves of responsibility and prevent the LG G Flex 2 from being ruined as well."

"Exactly! LG spent so much money on the development of the G Flex 2. We can't let it flop after only a few units sold. That would be not only a huge financial loss, but also a loss of reputation! LG can't afford to lose face like that!"

"Calm down! Calm down!"

“You need to think this through. If we do this, we might save the LG G Flex 2, but the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 SOC will be ruined! Then we'll have to bear Qualcomm's wrath!”

"That's right. If we make such a statement, it's like announcing to the world that the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 SOC has seriously failed. Qualcomm will definitely be furious. Can LG withstand that?"

"Think twice!"

Upon hearing this, the previously agitated crowd calmed down.

Yeah, that's a big problem.

But then someone else spoke up: "What are you afraid of? Qualcomm tricked us first, why would we be afraid of their retaliation? You're kidding!"

"Exactly! This is clearly a disastrous failure of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 SOC, which has ruined LG. We are the victims, and we can't even protect ourselves?"

"And so what if Qualcomm is angry? So what if they retaliate? At worst, we'll just stop using Qualcomm processors and switch to Xingyi Technology's Kunpeng processors from now on!"

"That's right, this is the way out. Compared to the Kunpeng processor, Qualcomm is garbage!"

"Okay, let's do it this way!" The president of the mobile phone division made the final decision.

LG quickly issued a statement:

The LG G Flex 2 with Kunpeng 910 SOC is coming soon, offering more stable performance and a more powerful experience. Stay tuned!

This sparked a lively discussion online:
"What does this mean? A Kunpeng 910 SOC version? Is LG admitting that the Snapdragon 810 SOC failed, so they released a Kunpeng 910 SOC version?"

"That's right, that's exactly it, LG sacrificed the pawn to save the king! Seeing that the Snapdragon 810 SOC version of the LG G Flex 2 had failed, they immediately switched to the Kunpeng 910 SOC!"

"LG has abandoned the Snapdragon 810 SOC and switched to the Kunpeng 910 SOC, which is enough to show that the Snapdragon 810 SOC was a complete failure and is beyond saving."

"To be fair, the LG G Flex 2 phone has good other specifications, but the processor is lacking. If it were equipped with a Kunpeng 910 SOC, it would be much better."

"Even major clients have betrayed us. It seems the Snapdragon 810 SOC is truly doomed. You really shouldn't buy any phones with the Snapdragon 810 SOC."

"Qualcomm garbage, what a load of rubbish! It's supposed to be the strongest flagship processor of the year, but it's clearly the weakest flagship processor of the year. It's not even as good as the chip from Xingyi Technology three years ago!"

Seeing this, Qualcomm Chairman Jacobs was furious:

"Fuck! That damn bastard betrayed us! He's fucking damned!"

"By doing this, aren't they essentially confirming that the Snapdragon 810 SOC has been a complete disaster? Doesn't it make everyone aware that the Snapdragon 810 SOC is a major flop? How are we supposed to sell our Qualcomm processors now?"

"Damn it!"

"Fake!"

"Fake!"

Other senior executives were also furious: "LG is really unreliable. We were waiting for LG to optimize the Snapdragon 810 SOC and fix the problems. But instead of optimizing the Snapdragon 810 SOC, LG chose to abandon it and switch to the Kunpeng 910 SOC! They deserve to die!"

"By doing this, they are sacrificing the pawn to save the king, protecting their new LG G Flex 2 phone, but they've ruined our Snapdragon 810 SOC and Qualcomm itself!"

"This is a huge problem. Qualcomm's stock is going to plummet again when the market opens! Damn it, damn it!"

"They should all be sent to meet God! Fuck! Fuck!"

"LG must be sanctioned, severely sanctioned!"

"That's right, LG dares to treat Qualcomm like this, ruining us. They must pay the price!"

"Block LG outright! From now on, LG can forget about using any Qualcomm chip! Let alone being the first to launch one!"

(End of this chapter)