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In overseas markets, Android has already seen a split with Samsung's OneUI, which has severely impacted Google's mobile strategy in a short period of time.

However, in China, Chen Yiran is not prepared to let Samsung conquer the market.

Chen Yiran always has his own ulterior motives when it comes to collaborators.

Compared to Apple, Samsung is also a significant threat. They are a true full-industry company, and Chen Yiran is unwilling to see Samsung completely replace Google's ecosystem.

Therefore, Chen Yiran had always planned to completely separate China's mobile phone operating system.

Samsung was naturally reluctant after learning of Chen Yiran's idea, but there was nothing they could do, as Chen Yiran's reasons were quite valid.

Just like Google's suite of services can't be sold in China, it's impossible for either Duck Family Bucket or Chen Yiran's Bean Buns to be sold directly to China.

If one were to self-censor to comply with various regulations in mainland China, it would require a professional team, which is very troublesome to assemble. The risks are also significant; even if many are successfully implemented, some may slip through the net, causing negative consequences.

Moreover, doing so will create a negative image of someone who fears powerful forces overseas.

But if it's not censored, it's impossible to sell. Not to mention, every year around the appointed time, people will definitely inquire and search for it. The inviolable red line will inevitably lead to all these things being banned.

So Samsung ultimately agreed to cooperate with Chen Yiran's actions. If Chinese manufacturers want to build their own Android branches like OneUI, Samsung can provide some support and assistance.

Chen Yiran had no choice but to consult Samsung first, as this was not the kind of work that Chinese mobile phone manufacturers do now, which only involves changing the UI.

Creating your own Android branch requires you to perform compatibility optimization, timely security patch updates, continuous driver adaptation, and system-level performance tuning—all of which require an independent team to maintain.

The partners he has chosen to cooperate with are not yet strong enough to completely split into a new Android.

In 2003, Huang Zhang founded Meizu Technology in Zhuhai. Initially, it entered the MP3 market. Because it paid the most thorough tribute to Apple's iPod and looked the most similar, it developed very well and made a lot of money.

Starting in 2008, the company transformed and entered the mobile phone industry. In 2009, it released its first product, the M8, which once again captured the hearts of many young people in China with its high degree of respect for Apple's iPhone in appearance and interactive design.

In April 2012, they launched the Meizu MX quad-core, abandoning Microsoft's mobile operating system and switching to the Android system, which had many excellent UI designs.

Chen Yiran chose them not because he had used their MP3 player in high school, nor because Meizu had a high market share.

In reality, China's current mobile phone market is entirely in the era of "sea of ​​models" tactics. Many brands can have dozens of mobile phone models. For example, Huawei is still doing this, covering all price ranges and all carrier standards, relying on a massive number of models to expand its distribution channels and boost sales.

The "ZTE, Huawei, Coolpad, and Lenovo" triad, also known as the "Chinese Coolpad and Lenovo" triad, relied on deep partnerships with telecom operators to rapidly expand their market share with affordable contract phones and extensive offline store networks.

In comparison, Meizu's market share is quite pitiful.

However, it also has its advantages. Its phone boasts top-tier specifications, making it a flagship model among domestic Chinese phones. It enjoys an extremely high reputation among tech enthusiasts. Furthermore, Meizu products receive an astonishing amount of attention, and user loyalty is widely recognized as being among the highest.

Meizu can be considered a pioneer in the transformation of domestic mobile phones from cheap budget phones to premium phones and then to flagship models. Along with Xiaomi, they are both considered a breath of fresh air among Chinese mobile phone manufacturers.

Therefore, when choosing partners, Chen Yiran first chose these two companies.

Under normal circumstances, choosing Xiaomi would definitely be a safer bet. After all, although Chen Yiran didn't know the reason, he knew the result: Meizu completely disappeared in the later mobile phone wars.

Xiaomi is not only developing in the mobile phone field, but has also extended its reach to all aspects of life. Chen Yiran's Ultron is basically a copy of Mijia.

Later, he even got into driving, and he did quite well at it.

Moreover, Lei Jun is quite talented, and Chen Yiran felt that handing the project over to him shouldn't cause any major problems.

However, after considering all factors and careful deliberation, Chen Yiran ultimately chose Meizu.

The main reason is the very good relationship between Meizu and Samsung. Meizu is currently the only manufacturer in the Chinese market that can obtain Samsung Exynos processors, and is Samsung's sole and exclusive partner.

It's one thing for Samsung to sell flagship chips, but they'll even accept custom orders from Meizu.

According to Samsung, they have customized a processor for Meizu to use in their new phones at the end of the year.

Samsung spared no expense on other components as well; Meizu was able to obtain top-of-the-line specifications from Samsung for both memory and screens.

This is also one of the reasons why Meizu phones have consistently maintained top-tier build quality and system optimization in China.

Therefore, this time, Samsung directly acted as a bridge, pushing Meizu to Chen Yiran.

Chen Yiran thought the process would be easy, but the reality was not so.

The TED team came to Meizu last month and offered good terms.

However, Meizu kept changing its mind, and Huang Zhang hesitated to make a decision.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to return to China to see the Wanguoyuan chip manufacturing process, Chen Yiran decided to come and talk to Huang Zhang in person to see what he really thought.