This sounds like nonsense.
A cheap, economical mobile phone is also a mobile phone, of course some people will like it!
But can it be done?
This was the question in Jiang Meihua's mind, and she asked it bluntly.
"Can we do this now?"
"This shouldn't be difficult. Although we can't make it as refined as Motorola's new product, we can still make the product fully functional without making too big a size requirement.
In fact, this is mainly to get around Motorola's patent barriers, otherwise we can do better. "
Li Xiucheng's tone on the phone was a little helpless. It was obvious that in the face of such a hard gap, what he could do even as a reborn person was limited.
Jiang Meihua could also feel Li Xiucheng's helplessness, and hurriedly comforted him: "Mr. Li, don't be discouraged, we will make progress, just like a pager, there is always a way to solve the problem, isn't it?"
"Haha, of course I won't be discouraged. Okay, no more gossip, I will tell you my idea, and then you can consult the R&D personnel to see if it can be realized. If there are difficulties, we will find a way to solve them. Just treat it as if we are ahead of schedule. Started to lay out the field of mobile phones.
First of all, the mobile phone I envisioned would be functionally identical to Motorola's products, with all the functions of making calls, a phone book, an alarm clock, and a calendar.
The difference and the most important point is that our mobile phones will be FSP phones, with the ability to receive short messages like a pager!
We want customers who buy our mobile phones to also have the function of pagers! "
In fact, this is a short message, but there is still no reply function.
Over the years, Li Xiucheng has been consciously collecting information from the outside world. He clearly knows that the text message function has been successfully sent from a personal computer to a mobile phone on the WoFunda GSM network in Eagle Country at the end of 1992.
This text message was very simple, just a dozen English characters of Merry Christmas. However, more than 20 years later, this text message was auctioned for a sky-high price of 170,000 eagle pounds, which is considered a curiosity.
The SMS function has become even more popular in China and even around the world, with the highest market value reaching 100 billion!
As for China, a country with a large population, around 2005, the size of the SMS market reached tens of billions at its peak, and major operators were able to make a lot of money.
However, the SMS function did not become popular in China until around 1999. There are two reasons why it was so late.
At the beginning, the performance of the SMS system platform lagged behind, and the efficiency of processing SMS messages was poor. Delays and omissions often occurred. This was a secondary reason.
Another reason is that, like the development history of pagers, few mobile phones in China two thousand years ago supported the Chinese display function.
Even if everyone wants to use the text messaging function, they can’t understand the painful foreign language!
Two thousand years later, the three major operators saw the huge potential of the SMS function and began to work hard in this area. China Mobile first vigorously promoted the SMS service and won a lot of praise. The other two operators also hurriedly followed suit.
Then in 2001, in just one year, the revenue of the three major operators from SMS services reached 2 billion yuan!
The number of SMS messages nationwide reached 19 billion, which shocked everyone.
With huge profits, everyone is naturally more willing to invest in it. Since then, Huaguo's SMS business has continued to take off. It was only later that with the popularity of smartphones and the popularity of 3 and 4G networks, it retreated to the second line.
Therefore, Li Xiucheng's plan is to ensure that the new mobile phone will not lose in the competition at a low price, and to copy the success of the pager and improve the Chinese display system to maximize the upper limit of the product.
This should not be difficult for Jinxiu Electronics, which has already developed the Chinese display function of pagers.
"Hey, Mr. Li, your idea is very good!" Jiang Meihua said softly, looking a little surprised.
"Motorola took advantage of our Han Display on pagers, and now they still haven't made improvements on their phones. I don't know if they don't take our country's consumers seriously, or they are too confident that no one will do anything in this regard." Surpass them!"
“I am confident that no one can surpass them in technology!
You can tell this from the arrogant face of that guy Spencer. "
In the car, Li Xiucheng smiled brightly, "This is my requirement for the function of the new phone, that is, the software, and then the hardware appearance requirements.
As for the hardware, there is no limit on the overall size. Try to purchase the patents needed for internal accessories. Even if you apply for authorization, it will take a long time. If there is no other way, you can research new technologies to bypass patent barriers.
In the end, my requirement is to reduce the product cost as much as possible while mastering all the patents as much as possible, and make a cheap mobile phone.
There are also some additional requirements, such as loud sound and long-lasting battery. "
After describing the 'cheap' mobile phone in his mind in one breath, Li Xiucheng stopped and waited for Jiang Meihua's answer.
Without keeping him waiting, Jiang Meihua's response rang on the phone a few seconds later: "Okay, Mr. Li, I'll make a note of it. I'll find the technical department to study your plan when I get to the company tomorrow."
"Okay, that's hard work! Let's do this first and get some rest early."
"Well, bye Mr. Li!"
Seeing Li Xiucheng hang up the phone, Zhao Qiang couldn't help but asked curiously: "Mr. Li, why did you specifically tell Manager Jiang to make the sound louder? We bought these mobile phones, and the sound seems to be getting quieter and quieter."
Li Xiucheng didn't expect Zhao Qiang to ask this, and said with a smile: "I personally prefer to have a louder voice so that I can hear you more clearly during the call."
In fact, this is nonsense.
The reason why he said to make the sound louder is because the country currently does not regulate some technical parameters for mobile phones.
How to produce and what kind of products to produce are all decided by the manufacturer.
Later, the state tightened control over this area and limited the volume.
But the result is that many people complain about the low volume when using mobile phones. The loudspeaker volume is too low and the incoming call ringtone cannot be heard, making people miss calls. The call volume is too low, and the surrounding environment is slightly noisy and people cannot hear clearly.
Later, there was a kind of copycat smart phone that was like a marquee with a loudspeaker. When the phone rang, the sound immediately shook the whole audience. It was so eye-catching.
Although it is difficult to install such magical things as marquees on new products, big speakers are a must.
Anyway, there is no such thing as a copycat phone now, and no one will regard loud sound as low quality.
He believes that when the product is actually delivered to the customer, as soon as the customer's phone rings in the crowd, they will be the most handsome boy in the room!
