The world is in trouble

The press conference for Chapter 333 was explosive!
In fact, both quantum technology and Lin Xiao himself have some regrets.

Over the past two or three years, quantum phones have achieved excellence in all aspects, and have also invested astronomical sums in brand operation.

It's fair to say that Quantum Technology has invested the most money in mobile phone advertising alone.

Moreover, it's the most high-end.

Because quantum technology advertisements appear on major global television stations in the form of very high-end commercials, with minor updates almost every six months, yet they all maintain a consistent style.

All of them are large-scale advertisements.

Moreover, the spokespeople they hire are all top global celebrities.

Especially in terms of product placement in film and television, quantum phones have secured almost the most top-tier resources.

For example, the movie "Inception," which was released this summer and became a global hit, and is hailed as a masterpiece, features a quantum phone that is cleverly integrated throughout the film.

Because of the powerful influence of Sony Columbia in Hollywood, many Hollywood stars also use quantum phones.

But... even so.

Neither the first-generation quantum phone nor the later quantum phone 1s and quantum phone NOTE became a super blockbuster.

Ultimately, the total shipments of smart devices with the X operating system reached 1.2 million, with the majority still relying on low-cost models.

Whether it's the quantum phone or the quantum note, the total shipment volume of a single phone model throughout its entire lifecycle is only around ten million or so.

However, there's no need to be too discouraged.

Because of the iPhone, the sales of the first, second and third generations gradually increased, from several million to 20 million.

With the iPhone 4, it completely exploded in popularity.

Quantitative change leads to qualitative change.

This time, Lin Xiao and quantum technology share the same expectations.

Hopefully, the Quantum Phone 2, Quantum Technology's third product, will bring about this qualitative leap.

Quantum Technology has prepared a great deal for this third press conference.

First of all, this is the world's first truly global live-streamed press conference.

The entire event was streamed live on YouTube.

Lin Xiao has dedicated countless years to his work on video websites, and now he is finally able to conduct real live streams.

To this end, YouTube applied for streaming licenses in almost all major countries around the world.

Then, it took about six months of pre-launch preparation.

During this period, YouTube spent a huge sum of money to purchase a large number of broadcasting rights.

This includes the NBA and this year's World Cup in South Africa.

The goal is to cultivate the habit of watching live streams on YouTube among users worldwide.

The results were significant, even alarming. YouTube already led all other video websites globally in daily active users, but after launching its live streaming service and acquiring a large number of broadcasting rights, its daily active users exploded once again.

It holds a near-monopoly position globally.

Furthermore, a month before the third quantum technology press conference, they began extensive promotion and advertising.

A huge number of celebrities from around the world have started counting down to this press conference.

Although there is a fee, the price is not high.

Because Facebook is the world's largest social media platform, celebrities and socialites worldwide need to operate on it. For a major platform to allow you to share and promote their content is a sign of respect.

So... this resulted in an almost explosive number of viewers worldwide for the September 30th press conference.

To this end, YouTube websites both domestically and internationally have temporarily added an unknown number of servers and bandwidth to ensure smooth live streaming and provide significant redundancy.

In addition, this is the first time that a press conference has been held entirely in English.

This has been discussed many, many times.

One of the proposed plans is to hold a press conference in China and then another one abroad. The main speaker at the China conference would be Wu Di, while the speaker at the abroad conference would be Lin Xiao.

If necessary, a press conference will be held in Europe, the United States, and China.

But... it was ultimately rejected.

Perhaps in the future, there may be two press conferences, or even three press conferences.

But at least this year, there will only be one press conference.

Moreover, it was in Ningbo, still starring Wu Di, but in English with Chinese subtitles.

For a pure live broadcast, the subtitles will be a huge challenge. Even though there was a PPT already prepared and Wu Di had memorized it perfectly, the live broadcast will still have to be slightly delayed compared to the actual live performance.

This is not about blindly worshipping foreign things, but because the majority of sales of quantum phones, such as the Quantum NOTE, are overseas.

Another issue is time zones.

In short, holding two press conferences is indeed more reasonable. But let's see how it goes this year first; if there's really no other way, we can change things next year.

However, in order to cater to users in major global markets as much as possible, the press conference was still moved to around 9 p.m.

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The third press conference on quantum technology officially began at 9 PM on September 30th.

This time the lineup is even more impressive.

Not only domestic stars, but also Hollywood celebrities, totaling more than dozens of people in attendance.

Hollywood stars and European stars are current or future spokespeople for quantum technology.

All the major supplier bosses were present.

Microsoft's vice president, Sony's chairman, LG's president, Sharp's chairman, and so on.

In short, this was definitely one of the most star-studded press conferences ever.

The global market requires education.

After three years of education, a vast number of users worldwide have finally gained a clear understanding of many things.

For example, the metrics and parameters of SOC.

Parameters for the camera module.

For various screen parameters.

Having a concept is enough; this way, global users can make comparisons and know what's good and bad.

Thanks to the education provided by countless tech video bloggers, a massive audience and user base have finally become familiar with these parameters.

At the press conference, quantum technology dropped its first bombshell.

X2 processor.

This time, it can be directly called SOC.

"As you all know, we originally did not plan to hold a press conference last year because our technology had not made any significant leaps."

"Because about two and a half years ago, Master Er Gou proposed an extremely radical target that seemed almost unattainable at the time."

“We were even worried that we wouldn’t be able to release any new products this year.”

"But we are grateful to TSMC for working with us and investing heavily to bring the 32-nanometer process technology to maturity within the timeframe we needed."

"Our joint venture with Texas Instruments and ARM, XTA Semiconductor, has spent a total of $15 billion to develop and design the X2."

"This is the world's first 32-nanometer mobile phone chip."

"This is also the world's first chip that fully integrates the CPU, GPU, and baseband chip. It is a true mobile SoC."

"No doubt about it, this is number one in the world."

"Whether it's development and design costs, manufacturing processes, energy efficiency, number of transistors, etc., everything is number one in the world."

"And it's a precipitous lead."

The development cost far exceeds that of Apple's A4 and even surpasses that of Qualcomm's MSM8260.

It still involves the timeframe for using the most advanced manufacturing processes from the forward-looking OEM manufacturers.

Only Lin Xiao dared to do this; Apple and Qualcomm, on the other hand, had to be more cautious and could not take such a radical gamble.

Next up is the much-anticipated benchmarking section.

At least in this era, benchmark scores are still a novel and intuitive feature at tech launch events.

Moreover, this time, the benchmarking was conducted live.

Users worldwide can clearly see that the X2's performance is a full 105% higher than the X1.5, and this is just the CPU performance.

The GPU performance was increased several times over. This is because it was the first chip to integrate a GPU.

The toothpaste tube exploded when squeezed; it went completely on fire.

Compared to its competitors in the same industry, the lead is incredibly significant.

It surpasses Apple's A4 and Qualcomm's latest flagship CPU by more than 75%.

Of course, this doesn't mean that quantum technology is particularly advanced; it's more due to the other side's conservatism.

Because Apple's latest A5 chip has already been released. It uses a 45-nanometer manufacturing process and has achieved a crushing lead over its A4 processor. Using a more outdated manufacturing process, it has almost the same performance as the X2. However, it will be used in next year's iPhone 4S.

They're just being more careful when squeezing toothpaste.

The first game-changer in quantum technology has already been incredibly impactful.

Of course, many viewers may not be aware of the power involved, but these benchmark scores are clearly visible.

You only need to remember one thing.

Number one in the world.

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Next, we'll move on to the screen segment.

Almost everyone is speculating, and major authoritative tech media outlets are guessing that the screen resolution of the Quantum Phone 2 will be around 720P.

Because it's perfectly adequate; even now, Samsung and Apple's flagship phones still only have 640P resolution.

Even Google's latest flagship only has a 720p resolution.

However, many people have a feeling that quantum technology might be more radical.

really……

Screen resolution: 1980*1080.

Upon seeing this resolution, countless viewers exclaimed in their hearts, "Awesome! It has to be you!"

It still uses a TFT LCD screen and remains Sharp's top-of-the-line product.

This Sharp is significantly stronger than in its history because it has a very wealthy and aggressive partner who constantly pushes it forward, which is why it can produce such excellent screens.

This resolution.

It remains the world's first.

Wu Di didn't even need to mention that the cost of this screen was more than twice that of a 720 flagship screen.

Because of the increased resolution, the phone screen size has increased from 4.2 inches to 4.6 inches.

Everyone was taken aback when they heard about the 4.6-inch screen.

Such a big screen?

What about your Note? It's only 5.2 inches.

Then, for the first time, a picture of the phone's front lit up appeared on the big screen.

"Although the phone screen size has increased from 4.2 inches to 4.6 inches, the overall size of the phone has not increased at all."

"Because the screen-to-body ratio has increased."

Everyone can see that this phone has an astonishingly high screen-to-body ratio.

The black borders on both sides are visibly narrower than those on other products.

The top and bottom bezels have also become much narrower.

This represents a significant leap forward in the screen-to-body ratio of mobile phones.

This is the first time that users around the world have seen a phone with such a high screen-to-body ratio, so it has a huge impact.

Just these two items.

That alone is enough to make this product amazing to the world.

"I can't really describe this high-resolution screen in words."

"But I want to say that once you've used it, you can't go back."

"This is a true retina-level screen."

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Next up is the camera module.

The previous generation of Quantum NOTE used a Sony IMX145 sensor with a maximum resolution of 800 megapixels.

Next, quantum technology began to customize sensors.

This once again forced Sony's optical processing solutions to squeeze out even more outdated technology.

"This time, the Quantum Phone 2 uses the Sony IMX220 sensor."

"1300 megapixels!"

"For a long time, quantum phones will exclusively use this CMOS sensor."

The entire audience gasped in astonishment once again.

Are you crazy?!

Last time it was 8 megapixels, this time it has jumped to 13 megapixels.

Your competitors' products are still all using 500-megapixel and 800-megapixel sensors.

But it seems like it's not over yet.

Wu Di turned the phone upside down.

To everyone's surprise, there were not one, but two cameras in the back.

"Our Quantum Phone 2 is the world's first phone to use dual cameras."

"One color camera and one monochrome camera are used to capture object details and improve the photo quality in low-light environments."

"Until now, the Quantum Note has been the world's best camera phone. But the Quantum Phone 2's camera performance, especially in low-light conditions, is superior to the Quantum Note in every aspect."

Next, a number of sample photos were shown directly.

There wasn't much explanation; it was just for everyone to see.

Moreover, it was quickly skipped over.

Without going into too much detail, this part is left to the review media around the world.

I'm sure they'll shower you with even more exaggerated praise.

Because quantum technology has truly gone crazy in both hardware and software algorithms.

Being the world's first dual-camera phone is already a huge selling point.

This product is already amazing enough.

You've stopped using your magic tricks. If you have any more innovative ideas, save them for the next product.

Don't use it all at once.

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Wu Di flipped the phone back to the front and focused on an oval shape on the bottom bezel.

"Many people wonder what this slightly unusual oval shape is for?"

"Three years ago, we acquired several companies in related fields and purchased many related patents."

"Even so, it wasn't until this year that we finally solved a mature fingerprint solution!"

"It is a great honor to share with you that this is the world's first mobile phone with fingerprint recognition."

"Although, we don't know how many of our products are number one in the world."

"But the fact that our fingerprint recognition solution is the world's best is what excites us the most."

"Because we know that we have once again pioneered a new era for smartphones."

"In the next few years, almost all smartphones will be equipped with fingerprint recognition, and we at Quantum Technology are very honored to be able to take the lead for now!"

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