It's normal to develop some black technology in the future, right?

Chapter 434 Matrix is ​​a truly unique product

“Sir, I would like to correct one thing. In Singapore, the top three smartphone shipments are Apple, Google and Samsung, with Samsung ranking third.

Secondly, if we expand our perspective to the entire Southeast Asia region, the company with the largest shipment volume is OPPO, followed by Xiaomi, and then Samsung.

Of course, in Singapore, the matrix phone directly impacts the Samsung market.”

The rise of China's industry has led to the swallowing up of high-profit industries that originally belonged to developed countries one by one, and Korea is definitely the one that has been hit hardest.

The situation is like this in the smartphone industry. Samsung, which used to be the absolute overlord in the Southeast Asian market, accounted for 2020% in 20, while OPPO only had 14%. In less than five years, by the third quarter of 2024, OPPO had overtaken Samsung, with a market share of 3%, which was a big gap from Samsung's 21%.

You should know that in 23, the market shares of Samsung and OPPO in Southeast Asia were the same, both at 17%.

If Huawei had not been directly impacted, this trend would have come earlier.

The outside world thinks that China has the industrial scale advantage in manufacturing and the financial advantage under China's foreign exchange control. There has always been a claim that China manipulates the exchange rate to promote exports.

However, in fact, these are only partial reasons. The fundamental reason is still the technological advantage. Whether it is scale effect or cost advantage, they are all advantages derived from technological advantage.

Take the LNG ships that have been popular in recent years as an example. This type of ship belongs to an industry with relatively high technical content. In the past, Korea accounted for more than 2017% of this market for a long time. Since 2027, Chinese players have begun to enter this market one after another, and their market share has increased year by year. By , Chinese companies' share of the LNG field has exceeded %, surpassing Korea.

The technical factors involved enabled China to seize the market that originally belonged to Goryeo by offering low prices.

In the past, when Korea monopolized the manufacturing of LNG ships, it still had to pay high patent fees to the French company GTT, and 5% of the sales price of each ship had to be given to the French company. This was because GTT mastered the technology of Invar steel, which is necessary for LNG ships. It should be noted that the profit of shipbuilding is only between 1% and 2%, which means that the majority of the profit of Korea's shipbuilding was eaten up by the French GTT.

Of course, this 5% fee is not only the patent fee, but also includes the core module designed by GTT for them.

China mastered the Invar steel technology in 2017. Of course, even with a technological breakthrough, patent fees had to be paid. However, Chinese shipbuilding companies only need to pay patent fees to GTT and can do the design themselves.

Doesn’t Korea want to achieve a technological breakthrough and keep the profits that were originally given to GTT in its own hands? Of course not. They have tried. As early as 2004, KOGAS, the Korean Natural Gas Company, took on the responsibility of technological breakthrough.

Until 2018, the first batch of LNG ships equipped with KOGAS's self-developed so-called KC-1 technology were delivered to Samsung Heavy Industries.
Then, in the four years after delivery, the two ships encountered constant problems, including natural gas leaks, cracks, and ice formation on the outer walls of the hulls, making them completely unusable.

Samsung Heavy Industries and SK Shipping jointly claimed more than 10 billion RMB from KOGAS, which was responsible for the specific operation of LNG ships. In the end, Samsung Heavy Industries and SK Shipping paid as much as they claimed, and KOGAS was exhausted by the 10 billion RMB compensation.

Then Korea hopes that KOGAS will continue to develop the second-generation technology called KC-2. Even if KOGAS wants to have a piece of this cake, it will be extremely cautious and its enthusiasm will be greatly reduced.

Therefore, compared with Korean shipbuilding companies, China's labor costs, water and electricity costs, and capital costs are certainly factors, and not having to pay the same high patent taxes to GTT as Korean shipbuilding companies is also an important factor. Therefore, Chinese shipbuilding companies can offer lower quotations than Korea.

"No reaction from the Chinese side?" Peter Thiel asked curiously.

“China has not yet adapted to how to protect its multinational companies from gaining non-market advantages,” George said.

Many of them are still stuck in the era of economic globalization and the global trade system built by America, and have not adapted well to the current new situation.

China will only passively defend itself. Even in areas like Southeast Asia where China's influence radiates, they tend to let companies deal with it from a legal perspective instead of using their influence to protect their own companies.

Another very important point is that the Matrix Phone directly impacts Samsung's mid-to-high-end market, rather than the mid-to-low-end market for Chinese smartphones.

In the past, Chinese brands’ smartphones were priced between $100 and $400, while Samsung’s were priced between $400 and $1000.

Although the price of Matrix phone is stuck at the threshold of 400 US dollars, it has reduced its price to 300 US dollars with the help of subsidies, and can provide users with a better experience than Samsung's 600 US dollar smartphone.

Therefore, it is difficult for Samsung to resist the direct offensive advantage of Matrix. "

Goryeo is unlucky enough to encounter such a strange combination of Alpha Technology and Lion City.

You say that the other party is protecting its own companies, but Alpha Technologies is not a local company in Singapore at all.

Peter Thiel took the Matrix Phone in his hand and tried to play with it. He didn't see anything particularly outstanding about the entire operating system or the smooth animation effects.

There are no other apps in the system except Hornbill. The overall feeling is very clean, a bit similar to the feeling of Android native operating system.

"It doesn't seem like there's anything special about it," said Peter Thiel.

George explained: "No, sir, because you usually use an iPhone, which is priced at $400. In fact, for consumers in Singapore, it is terrifying that a smartphone that can be bought for $300 can be compared with an iPhone that costs more than $.

The most important thing about it is the linkage function between mobile phones and smart glasses.

Since its release, its smart glasses have become the most popular electronic product on TikTok, claiming to help people get rid of nipple addiction.

Because all Matrix products have not yet been sold to the public, this pair of smart glasses is also the most popular digital product in Singapore purchased by overseas agents.”

Facebook's metaverse era has not yet arrived, but what has arrived ahead of time is the smart glasses that Facebook named Meta ai glass.

This product is also the first popular electronic product launched by Meta after its name change, and the first new form of electronic product explored by Mata after it bet on the VR ecosystem.

From its emergence in 24 years to its global spread in 25 years, and then to its popularity around the world in 2026 and 2027, it is still too early to say that smart glasses are the next smartphones, but there is absolutely no problem in saying that they are the next TWS headphones.

meta ai glass has ushered in the era of smart glasses, just as Apple's AirPods ushered in the era of Bluetooth headsets. They have both created new global popular electronic products.

Of course, there is still potential to be explored in smart glasses, but the space that can be explored in headphones is already very limited. After all, one has visual and auditory interaction, while the other only has auditory interaction.

It is precisely because smart glasses have great potential that after meta opened up this track, major manufacturers have begun to enter this market, especially previous smartphone manufacturers.

So Peter didn't find it strange to hear that Alpha Technology's consumer electronics brand Matrix also makes smart glasses.

He found it strange that this thing became so popular on TikTok.

After all, he doesn’t usually use TikTok. “Does it also receive government subsidies from Singapore?” Peter asked. This was his first reaction.

George took Peter to the matrix smart glasses, looked at the matrix glass, which only had silver and black colors on the experience table, and explained: “No, because it is the only pair of glasses that can help you quit TikTok and develop good habits.

To be precise, the most popular smart glasses on TikTok are glasses that can help them quit TikTok. "

George's words immediately aroused Peter's curiosity. What is TikTok? It's top-notch nipple fun.

In America, this thing is even more powerful than fentanyl in terms of cultural invasion.

It is precisely because this thing is so powerful that various forces in America have been obsessed with it and try every means to snatch it from Chinese capital.

This thing is so powerful that it can cause the film industry's market to plummet, can make governments call on young people not to play it, and can be powerful enough to break the discourse system constructed by the Donkey Party.

If it were so easy to quit, TikTok wouldn’t have developed to where it is today.

“It’s weird, very weird, because it has much less functionality than Meta Glass.

In addition to the common recording, calls and sounds, its greatest use is to help you achieve your goals.

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You set goals on your phone, the more detailed the better, and then the app on your phone will communicate with you to clarify what your goals are and whether you can accept the plan it helps you make.

In the end, matrix glass will supervise you.

For example, if my goal is to quit TikTok, then it will first apply to access the application usage time in the background of your mobile phone and make a plan for you based on your usage time.

If your usage time in the last week is 3 hours, then it will make a plan for you to reduce it to hours this month, and to hour next month, and then gradually reduce it.

Then the glasses will monitor whether you have really done it. If you have done it, it will give you the reward that you have communicated with it in advance.

If you want an iPhone, it will automatically buy you an iPhone. You know, whether it is Microsoft or China's Tencent, their cooperation with Alpha Technology has pushed artificial intelligence shopping to a very mature level.

The self-management function of matrix is ​​the best example of delayed gratification in artificial intelligence shopping.

That’s roughly it. People on TikTok, especially students, are crazy about matrix glass.

Because matrix glass can be paid for by parents.

For example, my son has made a plan to get A's in all his grades this semester, so the associated application on the matrix glass phone will make a detailed plan for him.

There is a camera in front of the matrix glass frame, and the camera's perspective will monitor his actual learning situation. You know, now both text recognition and AI's reading comprehension capabilities have reached an exaggerated level.

It can measure the time my son spends studying down to the second, and can even analyze how long he stays focused.

Then when he completes the short-term plan, he can get what he wants, and the money will be deducted from my credit card. The long-term plan also has corresponding rewards, which will be more generous.

Everything is done based on matrix glass.

In China, this thing is called a system and is very popular among young people. On the Chinese Internet, matrix glass has been sold at a sky-high price of over 600 US dollars, while its official price in Singapore is only 199 US dollars.

In America and Europe, these are called life management glasses, and they are also sold at very high prices.”

Peter Thiel finds it hard to imagine that technology products are now advanced enough to manage yourself: "I seem to have some impression that when I was at the board meeting at Meta, they seemed to have introduced a similar system, and they also wanted to do something similar.

It’s just that there are technical difficulties, and they don’t have mature artificial intelligence shopping like Hornbill, so there is no way to enter the minors market by specifying payment on their behalf.”

George nodded: "Yes, many manufacturers want to learn Matrix's product model, especially Chinese companies.

Because this thing is very popular in China, Chinese parents who know something about matrix glass are particularly fond of it.

But what they make is not as sophisticated as Matrix Glass, and in terms of interaction and artificial intelligence, there is no way they can compare with Matrix Glass, which is backed by Alpha Technology.

So many manufacturers gave up.

Mr. M, do you have matrix glass in stock?" George called the robot waiter in the store.

"Sorry, if you want to buy Matrix Glass, please register your personal information. Each person is limited to two units per year. According to the current data from Alpha Technology, you need to wait patiently for 45 days before you can pick it up. Do you need to make a reservation?"

“Okay, not for now.” After asking, George continued to say to Peter, “Look, it’s so popular that any matrix store only has samples on display but no stock.

If you want to buy, you have to make a reservation first, then register the parameters of your glasses, and then wait for the SMS reminder to pick up the goods before you go to pick them up. "

Peter could understand why this thing became popular. Self-management is a difficult thing. For many parents, managing children is even more difficult. This thing is simply a magic weapon for parents with children.

It is also a magic weapon for many adults with poor self-control.

Peter felt that he was out of touch with the world. He had never heard of such a magical device in the past when he was in Silicon Valley. Such an advanced technological product was not first created by Silicon Valley, but by a Malaysian technology company.

“It’s incredible. I even suspect that Alpha Technology was planning for Matrix Glass the moment it launched the Hornbill shopping function.

Does it have to be used in conjunction with the matrix phone? "

"Of course not. All you need is a mobile app with Hornbill kernel installed. Whether it is Hornbill from Tencent or Bing from Microsoft, both apps can support you to link your mobile phone with Matrix Glass." George explained, "This is a truly unique product of Matrix."

(End of this chapter)