Our Rise Era

Chapter 259: The Afterglow of the Empire (Part )
In this ever-changing era...

In this era when 4G is about to arrive...

In an era when everyone is desperately scrambling for the market...

The once glorious [Novia] experienced a series of internal struggles [within Saipan] and [within the Novia headquarters].

It's finally over.

but!
When they set their sights on the Chinese market again.

They suddenly realized something.

That is……

It seems that times have begun to change!
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July 2013.

As the high-end mobile phone market in the global market, iPhone 5 has sold nearly 8000 million units...

The entire global high-end mobile phone market has been completely occupied by iPhone 5.

And in this May.

[Novia] There have been some changes in the equity of the head office.

The former head of the Finnish headquarters and a group of shareholders sold Novia's mobile phone division to Microsoft for US$71 billion.

……

"I will make [Novia] glorious again!"

"From now on, we will announce our plans for the next two months!"

“We will release two phones, a high-end model and a low-end model!”

"..."

5 month 8 day.

The brand new [Novia] held a global conference at its headquarters.

Heads of various regions around the world almost simultaneously rushed to the Finnish headquarters for a meeting.

At the meeting, Epson, the head of the headquarters, said this very passionately.

After saying that...

Davis saw the next model that Novia was going to release.

They are [Novia Lumia 1020] and [ASHA 510].

Looking at these two models...

Davis didn't have much surprise in his mind.

All he could feel was a deep sense of disappointment and a bad premonition.

[Novia Lumia 1020] High-end model, priced at 4599, which is cheaper than iPhone 5.

The system comes with the [Microsoft WIN8] system, which is [Microsoft's] current work in the mobile phone field, known as the "king bomb". Its fluency is several steps higher than the previous [Symbian system], and its functionality is also extremely strong.

Meanwhile, at the meeting...

Amid applause!

Epson emphasized!
The Novia Lumia 1020 will be equipped with a 4200-megapixel, 1/1.5" sensor, a Carl Zeiss-certified lens and a xenon flash.

It’s a step further than the Novia 808 from a few years ago…

In terms of hardware, it is unparalleled, equipped with the latest [Qualcomm Snapdragon S600] processor, which is simply crazy!
……

And the price of another low-end machine.

It is also the most unprecedented price in the history of [Novia]!
It is sold at 499 in China! It is completely on par with the [Xiaomi A] phone. Except for the pixels, its hardware configuration is completely stronger than [Xiaomi A], and it can even be described as completely beating it!

……

Such a high configuration!

But Davis didn't feel much excitement.

Instead, it created a stronger sense of worry.

End of the meeting.

When everyone was immersed in great joy...

Davis walked silently in the direction of Epperson.

"Mr. Epperson..."

"Mr. Davis..."

"Mr. Epperson, can we talk for a minute?"

"Yes, in Microsoft's global strategy, the Chinese market is an important area. We should have a good chat..."

"..."

The two of them walked to the meeting room next door alone.

After sitting in the chair, Davis said something, which was also the issue he was most worried about.

"We must immediately build our own ecological chain..."

When he heard this, Epson frowned: "Our ecological chain is very complete..."

"I'm not referring to the supplier's ecosystem, but the [application] ecosystem. If possible, I hope to cooperate with China's [Xun Teng Technology]. If you don't mind, I even hope to cooperate with Zhang Yang of China's [Xiaomi A] and bring him into our [Microsoft] camp..."

"..."

When he heard this, Epson frowned deeply.

Finally, his expression gradually turned cold.

"You have no confidence in our future?"

"The current era of smart phones is no longer the era of smart phones we knew before. No matter how high the configuration is, it still needs applications. Our previous 808 may have a certain success story in the high-end field with its 4100 million pixels... But the times have changed. We need to look down and look at the market..."

"We dominate the market and we set the rules. Microsoft's success with the Windows system tells us one thing: we define the market and we set the rules... We don't need to bow to anyone!"

"..."

January.

After the [Novia] Global Conference ended.

No one knows what happened.

All everyone knew was that after Davis came back, he gradually became silent and no longer smiled.

Everyone around me noticed these things.

but……

He didn't tell anyone anything.

However, we are preparing for the launch of the low-end model [ASHA 6] in June...

……

Time passed little by little.

In the blink of an eye, it is June.

On June 6, after [Wheat Technology] announced its sales of 1 million...

The entire Chinese mobile phone market has gone crazy!
1 million sales in 2000 month!
It's like a myth!

The astonishing sales volume of [Wheat A] mobile phone has had a crazy impact on China’s low-end mobile phone systems.

Crazy to...

Almost all brands released a model in May.

The Android brand camp has announced that in June, three different brands of mobile phones will be released, priced at 6, 525, and 520 respectively...

However, this piece of news was quickly overshadowed by the news from the official website of [Novia ASHA 510]!

The shocking price of 499 announced by [Novia Official]!
Equipped with the latest Microsoft system, a new touch screen configuration, and a crystal shell design...

Configure one by one!

At the same price, except for the camera, the hardware system is almost a little bit stronger than [Wheat A]!
……

When the appearance was announced, countless young people were surprised!
And when this [ASHA 510] was launched...

That feeling of surprise gradually turned into astonishment.

The feel and system smoothness are very high. After downloading several applications, no obvious lag was seen.

Obviously, in order to grab the low-end market from the [Xiaomi A] mobile phone, [Novia] officials began to work hard to improve the cost performance...

The hardware in all aspects is more than a little higher than the [Wheat A] of the same price...

As the sales of [Wheat A] increased, hardware problems began to emerge.

【Xiaomi A】After installing two games, the entire system started to become noticeably laggy, and even the battery on the back began to get hot. Even though it was extremely compatible, the domestic hardware and system still couldn't keep up with the running of the game. I had to uninstall a game first and then close other applications before the game would stop lagging...

however……

Although [Wheat A] is stuck.

But at least, [Wheat A] has games to play and can overcome them.

But the games included in the Novia ASHA 510 are not bad, but they are not mainstream games on the market at all...

Even WeChat is completely incompatible. It can be downloaded, but it always crashes after downloading. It is obvious that the research and development team of Novia ASHA 510 has never considered WeChat.

After [Novia ASHA 510] finally started to urgently adapt to [WeChat], they discovered something...

That is, the [Wheat System] has officially undergone a new round of updates.

This time the update...

It directly destroyed the [Novia ASHA 510] mobile phone and dragged the already declining [Novia] brand into the abyss!
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"This upgrade of the [Wheat System] makes them feel like they have entered a new era..."

"I saw some familiar shadows on my new system!"

"..."

6 month 3 day.

sunset.

The sunset is like fire.

Davis heard the secretary knock hurriedly on the door.

Then, he came to the office silently.

He handed Davis a [Wheat A] cell phone.

The [Xiaomi A] mobile phone is equipped with the [Xiaomi 2.0 system].

Davis took the phone and tried it silently.

If the babbling of the [Wheat 1.0 system] is the [MTK] system developed by the research and development department in 2008.

The [Wheat 2.0] system is the second generation Android system in 2010.

Although it is still three years away from the Android system on the market, it has already achieved the ultimate degree of adaptation of domestic hardware...

……

Davis simply operated it.

Take a deep breath!

He did see some familiar yet unfamiliar shadows in this [Wheat 2.0] system.

This familiar feeling is very much like a combination of the Android system in 2010 and the Symbian system in 2010, but according to code analysis, their codes are completely different.

This is a brand new set of codes...

"Mr. Davis, I heard a piece of news..."

"what news?"

"More than 30 people left [Saipan headquarters] in May... Although these people have been staying in Finland, but..."

"But what?"

"Everyone is using [Xiaomi A] mobile phone..."

"..."

When Davis heard this, he shuddered slightly and realized something.

After a long time, he closed his eyes.

Say nothing more.

At this moment, everything he has said, done, and tried to do...

He has tried them all.

just now……

There was nothing he could do.

after all……

The building is about to collapse and one tree cannot support it!
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“【ASHA 510】sold only 100 million units in one week and was met with a cold reception from the market!”

"Novia ASHA 510's sales volume in China's low-end machine market has lost its dominance! It is completely outsold by the brand new system, Wheat A..."

"Could it be that the once glorious Novian Empire..."

"Just like that overnight..."

"..."

in the office.

Qiao Taike heard such a voice.

At this moment, Qiao Taike's expression was very solemn.

He stared closely at the new models of [Chuangshi Technology] and [Xuntong Technology].

Just now, they jointly released two games, one of which is a parkour game called [Everyday Parkour].

The other one is called [Happy Elimination]...

……

They have low configuration!
Their system is immature...

but……

They can play games!
……

"Is there no response from Xunteng Technology?"

"No……"

"We invited them to come in for free, but they didn't agree?"

"No……"

"What about other game manufacturers?"

"We have also introduced a lot of games, some of which are very popular, but the popularity of these games is completely incomparable to the games produced by Zhang Yang's game company... It seems... I don't know what happened, but the mobile game circle in China was suddenly dominated by him and [Xun Teng Technology]... We have become bystanders..."

"And one more thing……"

"what's up?"

"I heard a piece of news, which should be an open secret. The popular software such as [Xiaomi Mall] and [Extreme Takeaway] seem to be doing a series of adaptations... to be applied to mobile phones... It seems..."

"Like what?"

“I don’t know if it’s my illusion, but it seems that the iPhone defines the smartphone, and Zhang Yang defines the smartphone ecosystem… It seems that he is standing in front of us all of a sudden, and we can only stare blankly at the high-configuration system…”

"He can't do it. China's hardware system and chips can't support so many apps... He wants to build an ecological chain, unless he breaks the hardware blockade..."

"..."

Chotech took a deep breath.

Narrowed his eyes.

"He can't do it! He can only rely on his cleverness and take shortcuts..."

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