Coquettish Rebirth

In addition to the poor anti-vibration performance, Jia Hongjian and the others also did a mind-opening and unscrupulous experiment-running the machine for 5 days in a row, collecting enough 120 hours to simulate listening to it for 4 hours a day and then using it for a month status.In fact, such a test is not limited to only 5 days, but an ultra-long marathon test without a specific deadline. The main test is the durability and noise of the mechanical hard drive and other issues.As a result, on the fifth day, that is, after almost a month of use by consumers, if you only hold the inner case, you can definitely find that the sound of the mechanical hard drive is louder than when it was brand new in a relatively quiet environment. Some!

Your sister, this is only a month if it is used by consumers!It's only been a month since the sound started to get louder. It doesn't feel high-end at all, doesn't it?In the previous life, when Jia Hongjian listened to things, he mainly listened to them on the way to and from work, such as buses and subways. At that time, he didn’t think the sound was too loud. But looking at it now, the sound is probably hidden by Apple. , definitely not Toshiba's products are good, nor are Apple's optimizations good—they can't optimize this hard drive no matter how optimized it is!You must know that the speed of this hard drive is already lower than that of ordinary notebook hard drives in order to silence it!If it is lowered further, although the sound may be quieter, it will definitely make people rush out and slow down when reading!

After much deliberation, Jia Hongjian and the others felt that it is still necessary to add an attractive shock-proof sponge between the outer shell and the internal medicine for sound insulation—of course, for better heat dissipation.The shock-proof sponge between the inner shell and the outer shell must not completely cover the inner shell, otherwise, although the noise is small and shock-proof, the temperature is another problem!Therefore, even if the shockproof sponge is to be attached, it can only be pasted on the key parts, that is, the entire inner shell and the outer shell will be connected with the shockproof sponge. In this way, there will be no rigid connection, and the sound will be sure. It's not easy to transmit it to the outside!Then it can be shockproof too!

Next, a group of people tested the heat dissipation problem after the inner and outer shells were installed in the laboratory.Although it is said that the mechanical hard disk itself does not generate much heat, the problem is that it is wrapped in two shells!When heating the surface of the shell to about 35 degrees with a heating method such as a small sun.Half an hour passed.The aluminum-magnesium alloy shell has already heated the temperature between the inner shell and the outer shell to 35 degrees, and then the temperature inside the inner shell is directly 40 degrees!This is still in the case of half an hour!As the working time increases, the heat of the hard disk itself cannot be dissipated, plus the heat conducted by the casing.After an hour and a half, the hard disk is about to go on strike, okay?

Therefore, the problem facing Jia Hongjian and the others was to add cooling measures to the machine.Otherwise, simply change the shell directly to something with poor thermal conductivity!Although taking heat dissipation measures is a temporary solution.But the problem is that the cost will definitely rise!Regardless of whether active cooling or passive cooling is used.Active heat dissipation will increase the noise, while passive heat dissipation will conduct the heat from the outside!Anyway, Jia Hongjian must not be able to accept it!So it's better to strengthen the seal a little bit, and then change it to a material with poor thermal conductivity!

After temporarily changing the shell to nylon.I tested the temperature problem again. After an hour in an environment with an external temperature of 35 degrees, the temperature of the internal hard disk was only 45 degrees!And it's still working!And the temperature of 45 degrees can still make the hard disk work longer!Of course, after two hours, the temperature of this hard drive has risen to the early 50s, but this is not representative-who the hell is going to be outdoors with a music pod in 35 degrees heat Work two hours?Is this going crazy?In the domestic contracting teams and construction sites, when the temperature exceeds 35 degrees or so, the migrant workers only work in the morning and evening, and they can't work at noon, okay?

Seriously, two hours outside in 35-degree temperatures, even without work, is unbearable!How much sweat would it take!Among the consumers who can afford this product as a whole, is there one in a hundred consumers who can have such a working environment?So even if there is such a kind, it is an extreme data in statistics and can be ignored!

The music pod of the mechanical hard disk is so aggressive. To be honest, Jia Hongjian really thinks that this thing is not tall at all!When he was still a consumer, looking at the ipod produced by Apple, he felt that he was tall!But now that I really make products, I really feel... not so good!At least for Jia Hongjian, apart from the large capacity, there is only one advantage of this thing - the price of storage media with the same capacity is low!

Therefore, Jia Hongjian became even more determined that such a product must be made into a fucking low-end product!If this thing is made into a high-end product to swindle money, a villain like Jia Hongjian will find it hard to bear!It's so immoral!And it's too bad of a reputation!He really doesn't understand how Jobs and others in the previous life launched this thing under pressure. Seriously, if it doesn't work well, it's really a smashing brand!

Having said that, for such a thing that uses mechanical hard disks, after a rough trial production, Ni Guangnan and other old men used their own experience to roughly estimate the cost after the shipment volume is large-this is not real. According to the data, it is only a basic order of magnitude estimate.For large-scale purchases, the price of Toshiba's hard drives is around 1500 yuan, and other accessories are messy, and 500 yuan can get it done!Of course, the 500 yuan includes the price of a large-capacity lithium battery, earphones, charging cables, single-chip microcomputers, and even the price of the display screen and inner shell.

If calculated in this way, the cost is basically about 2000 yuan, and if it is calculated in US dollars, it is about 250 US dollars.So how much do we sell this thing for?The selling price of Apple's ipod in history is 399 US dollars, which is equivalent to 400 US dollars. If it is calculated in RMB, if it is calculated according to the exchange rate of about 8.2 this year, it is about 3280 RMB.So people really earn a lot from Apple!Naturally, Jia Hongjian couldn't sell it so expensive, but should he sell it for 299 or 349?

Considering that historically, Apple's ipod pricing was specified when there were no competitors of the same type, maybe this time and space Apple will consider the pricing of music pods?Maybe they may also come to a price of around 299?After much deliberation, Jia Hongjian decided to tentatively price the product at $275 to $299—don’t forget that this is without shipping!Jia Hongjian and his Sherlock Holmes company's free shipping in the United States is all in cooperation with more reliable couriers such as UPS.And even if UPS is a batch contract price, the weight of that pound is 9 taels and 1 yuan, and the price of less than a catty is 5 dollars to send to 48 states in the continental United States.If we add the original packing box, a cardboard box outside and foam and other things in this mess, then the weight is estimated to be more than one pound?Let's count it as two pounds, and the overall shipping cost will be more.It's also $10!If the list price is $275.Because according to the rules of the website, postage is not charged for more than US$30, so US$275 of our US$250 price is the cost, and the remaining US$10 will be given to UPS.Our own including the overseas shipping fee is only 15 US dollars!Does your sister really earn a little money?

Of course.The material cost calculated here is the current quotation of Toshiba.When the volume of sales is really increased next year, because the order quantity is getting bigger and bigger, the cost of materials will definitely be getting lower and lower.And Jia Hongjian's source of profit at that time is estimated to be able to count on the decline in Toshiba's quotation!It can be said that it is all about earning hard money!But if you think about it carefully, if such a "trash" is too expensive to sell, wouldn't that make Apple die of laughter?Jia Hongjian originally designed such a thing, and that was to attack Apple's products!So he even ordered a large-capacity battery, requiring such a hard disk Walkman to work for at least 10 hours!This is on par with the iPod that Jia Hongjian used in his previous life!

After testing such a product, Jia Hongjian and the others took the three-defense mp3 and tried it out.As for the three-defense mp3, according to Jia Hongjian's requirements, the overall size has been slimmed down. It is basically the size of a cigarette case, and it is very light in weight - such a belt only displays three lines of blue and black and white display. The weight of the Walkman with a large screen and the battery is only a little over 100 grams, which is a little over 2 taels!There is also a specially designed belt buckle on the back of this thing, and then it can be directly stuck on the belt, or it can be combined with a special Velcro strap, which can be tied to the thigh or arm, and it is quite stable.After sticking it on, because of its light weight, it doesn't matter how you run, as long as it is tied tightly, it will not fall down!

Such a gadget, because it uses a brand-new complete solution developed by Sandisk, which uses two 512m modular memory chipsets.As for such a memory chipset, Sandisk has designed all related things, and it is about the size of a disposable lighter.After these two things are put together, one is light and the other is solid!As long as you don't throw it with the attitude that it's broken and you can't live, this thing basically won't break!Falling freely from a height of 1.5 meters, it won't even fall apart when you pick it up!Then throw it into the sand pile and take it out again, there is no problem at all!You can even take this thing to take a shower!

Coupled with a lithium battery with a capacity similar to that of a mobile phone battery, the battery life of this thing is simply amazing-40 hours!That is to say, if you use it for 4 hours a day, you can charge it once every 10 days!This is because the battery capacity of mobile phones in this year is not large, and Huaxia Hi-Tech has not specially optimized the design.If a program is specially designed for power management, let’s not talk about learning from Philips’ magical mobile phone 99++ back then. The standby time is as long as 1 month, but it is estimated that it can be used continuously for half a month!

Why does such a thing look better than the hard disk version?That is required!And the price is also good!The capacity is still only 1g, and the cost has reached the $200 mark!In addition to the expensive chip, the cost of the three-proof shell is also more expensive!After adding up the messy prices, it is really not surprising to reach $200!

So how much does such a thing cost?Well, Jia Hongjian thought, how about just $399?That's $349 with a little room for a price cut?In this way, we can only make high profits by relying on this!Moreover, Jia Hongjian also considered that because of the low price of the hard disk version, the sales would definitely be low.If the sales volume is low, there may be no way to run the volume, and all kinds of costs may increase in the future-after all, the cost of 200 US dollars we mentioned before is only an estimate.Therefore, for products with low sales volume, we naturally have to sell them at a higher price, so that the gross profit is higher so that we can make money as well! (To be continued..)