Our Rise Era

Chapter 232 The King Returns!
China Mobile Phone Circle in 2012.

This is a turbulent era...

It looks very much like the copycat phone brands of the past.

After you sing, I will appear.

And this war between systems is the prelude to a fierce competition among the heroes...

It is also a battle of life and death for the next five or even ten years!
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“How much are the sales?”

"In just one day, we have received 25 pre-orders!"

"25, 25, damn it!"

"..."

Early in the morning of June 5.

【Samsung】China Headquarters.

For Jin Zhenming...

It was the most emotionally complex day.

As a member of the Android Open Developer Alliance, he did not feel any excitement. Instead, he felt like he was being stepped on.

but……

This emotion was suddenly accompanied by a feeling of anger that I couldn't describe.

In 2009, it was [Xiaomi 2] that knocked their I750 off the altar, and it never recovered for a long time!
Samsung has been suppressing [Wheat 3] for two full years...

At this moment, [Xiaomi 3] is still stepping on his head, taking the lead in using the latest version of Qualcomm 4S processor...

Although the purchase price is more expensive than their next order...

Although the profit of [Wheat 3] is much lower than that of [Wheat 2] this time.

However, watching the rise of a brand, the feeling of hatred in my heart is indescribable, as if I am watching the mid-range market being bitten into pieces by the "Xiaomi" brand.

The release of [Xiaomi 3] has nailed the high-end mobile phone [I790], which already had embarrassing sales, to the pillar of shame.

Today, the sales volume is only over 200 units...

It’s simply a Waterloo called “disaster”!
Feeling angry, he called Chotech again.

"Mr. Jin, as a member of the Android Developers Alliance, I hope you can put aside the past grudges. In the past two years, we have been suppressing the Wheat 3. We have given Samsung mobile phones many, many opportunities..."

"Mr. Chotech, [Wheat 3] will have an immeasurable impact on our [I790] high-end image!"

"But if there is no [Xiaomi 3], will there be no guarantee of other brands? For example, [Novia] will soon release [Novia Lumia 625]!"

"..."

When he heard this, Jin Zhenming's breathing paused slightly.

He turned on the computer and stared at it...

On the computer...

The Novia Lumia 625, which was supposed to be released in a few months, was suddenly announced to be released ahead of schedule!
Even this time...

Its price is published directly on the official website.

It was not 1999 as rumored online, but 1899, a full yuan cheaper.

This is the first time in history that a Novia brand mobile phone goes against rumors!
He stared at the configuration closely!

[Novia Lumia 625] This phone is also equipped with Qualcomm 4S mobile phone, and its processor configuration is exactly the same as its own I790!
In addition, other spare parts configuration...

"Mr. Jin, I know you are in a hurry, but things are changing too fast in this era!"

"This is a war about the system..."

“Everyone hopes to occupy the mainstream in this era!”

"Do you hope that the system led by [Microsoft] will completely defeat our Android and become a major system other than iOS, or do you hope that our Android will win?"

"Although Zhang Yang's sales are huge..."

"However, many of its spare parts come from our alliance. In fact, part of the money it earns from selling a mobile phone will go to your Samsung industry..."

"..."

Every word on the phone made Jin Zhenming's complicated emotions feel a little better.

He was silent for a while, and finally sighed: "I understand, but I hope Qualcomm won't lower the price for them! Damn Qualcomm, they even sold chips to [Novia]..."

"Except for Apple, the best processor in the world is only Qualcomm. We have no solution, and neither does our boss Google!"

"..."

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"Oh my god! What a surprise!"

"The waterproof rating of this phone is no different from the previous ones... Other than that, as long as the screen is not dropped, its drop and shock resistance is still exactly the same as the previous two generations!"

“Why aren’t these publicized?”

"Perhaps, it's because these are already standard features of the [Wheat] series, so there's no need to use them as a catchphrase or a selling point, right?"

“It can be seen that Mr. Zhang really put a lot of effort into this phone!”

"..."

On May 5, the first day of release, 21 units were sold!

On May 5, the next day, the number of pre-orders exceeded 22 units...

May 5, the third day, 23 units...

……

May 5, the fifth day, 25 units!

……

The configuration is comparable to that of iPhone 4S, but the price is 1999!
The ultimate value for money!
Naturally it will attract extreme admiration!

The crazy increase in pre-orders made [Xiaomi 3] like a wild beast, and it was torn into a gap under the extremely high popularity of [iPhone 4S].

5月20日到5月25日，iPhone4S的日销量，竟然每天都非正常地下滑几百台……

One is to target mid-range users!

One that focuses on high-end users!
There should not be any competition. Everyone sells their own products and buys their own products!
but……

No one could have imagined that [Xiaomi 3] could still attract users in the hands of iPhone 4S!
……

Users have sharp eyes.

Perhaps, there are still countless people who still have an unprecedented longing for iPhone 4S and are eager to own an iPhone 4S phone...

However, gradually people began to realize that cost-effectiveness is actually the most important thing.

……

【Xiaomi 2】 has a good reputation!
On [Wheat 3], fermentation was carried out thoroughly!
In the pursuit of countless people!
As the first batch of [Wheat 3] users arrived, many people publicly released violent tests on [Wheat 3] on the Internet...

Despite all the controversy, why do people treat iPhone 4S like a treasure, afraid of bumping it... However, everyone drops and smashes [Xiaomi 3]...

However, as more and more videos were released, more and more people found that the quality of [Wheat 3] continued the quality of [Wheat 2], and even inherited [Wheat 1]...

The ultimate cost-effectiveness and ultimate quality have brought the popularity of [Wheat 3] to a new high!
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5 Month 25 Day!
Seeing that the sales of [Xiaomi 3] were getting higher and higher and its popularity was not decreasing at all, [Novia] finally couldn't sit still and announced the launch conference of [Novia Lumia 625] in advance.

It was an exciting press conference!
1899, also an extremely amazing price!

pity……

No one could have imagined that after the launch of [Novia Lumia 625]...

The sales of [Novia Lumia 625] are not as hot as expected...

5月25到5月26日一整天时间，预售仅仅卖出了10万台！

10 units is not bad...

But for Novia, it was an unprecedented failure. We can even say in advance that Novia Lumia 625 is no longer competitive in the mid-range mobile phone market!
A set of data survey...

In the end, it resulted in an embarrassing outcome.

That is……

The processor of Novia Lumia 625 is not as good as that of Wheat 3...

There is no epoch-making artificial intelligence like SIRI, because the system is closed source. Even games like Talking Tom Cat cannot be downloaded, let alone popular games like Temple Run and Angry Birds, which have been downloaded tens of millions of times...

A mobile phone!
If the entertainment function is single.

What’s the use of having a high configuration?

Are you using a cannon to kill mosquitoes?
Smooth?

If only for the sake of fluency...

Then aren’t those copycat phones more smooth?
Are you good at taking photos?

But, who can know except professionals?

On May 5, when the number of pre-orders for [Xiaomi 27] exceeded 3 million units...

The pre-sale of [Novia Lumia 625] only sold 5 units, which was cut in half!

5月28日，【小麦3】突破120万台，【诺维亚Lumia 625】仅仅卖出了3万台！

It was one of the few Waterloos in the history of [Novia]...

In the next few days, the news about [Novia Lumia 625] gradually disappeared from the public view of China...

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"This is a serious strategic failure!"

"It's not too late to adjust now!"

"We have to be open, we have to open source!"

"We have high configuration, but users have simpler ideas. We can't play some games!"

“Even if we can’t open source it, at least we should make our processors more useful!”

"..."

"..."

After seeing the dismal sales of the Novia Lumia 625, Davis, the head of the Greater China region,

He immediately stood up from his chair.

Immediately called headquarters.

But the headquarters seemed to be caught in a dispute between Microsoft and Symbian systems.

One group thinks that the release of the Novia 808 at the beginning of this year, which was equipped with the Symbian system, proved that Symbian is the market, and the failure of the Novia Lumia 625 in sales just gave them an excuse.

The other group is [Microsoft], who believe that [Microsoft] system will sooner or later dominate the world like the PC side, and it will be a behemoth!

And in the internal struggle...

No one cared what Davis thought.

Even the leader of the Microsoft faction severely criticized Davis...

Let Davis' eyes look gloomy and uncertain!
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“This time, the [Xiaomi] mobile phone has truly returned as the king!”

"It chased after the iPhone 4S and tore apart the old-fashioned mobile phone [Novia], like a wild beast, running wildly in the Colosseum!"

"We don't know where its end point is, but we know that 220 million units is definitely not its end point!"

"..."

June 6th is coming soon!
Under the attention of the public, [Xiaomi 3] achieved an astonishing sales volume of nearly 220 million units, shocking the entire Chinese mobile phone industry!

[Huaxia Science and Technology News], [Huaxia Mobile News], [Weibo] and major portals used these few words to describe the sudden emergence of [Xiaomi 3]!

【Samsung】

China Headquarters.

To Jin Zhenming, these words were the most irritating.

but……

Even more jarring is...

He got a call.

The call was from Zhang Yang.

"Hello, Mr. Jin..."

"Hello, Mr. Zhang Yang..."

"Mr. Jin, our production capacity of [Wheat 3] can't keep up. I want you [Samsung] to produce our [Wheat 3] in the foundry in China. Is that okay? Anyway, your factory is very empty now..."

"..."

He hung up the phone.

Expression cold.

But not long after I hung up the phone...

But there was a knock on the door.

Immediately afterwards...

"President Jin, something bad has happened!"

"Some of our Huaxia foundries have secretly signed a production agreement with [Wheat 3]..."

"..."

(End of this chapter)