Chen Zifan, who has experienced the explosion of smartphones and has seen various customized systems, quickly felt that the overall style of Stardust OS was very similar to Hydrogen OS, but there were differences in details.
The animation is smooth and brisk, but it doesn't look silly. It conforms to human's inertial thinking and responds quickly. Even if the engineering machine chip in Chen Zifan's hand is very poor, it can still show its characteristics.
Moreover, the interface of Stardust OS is also simple. As the first-generation system, it is impossible not to be simple. As for the difference... it is in the color matching. The interface color of Hydrogen OS comes from the Morandi color system.
The so-called Morandi color system refers to various grays with low saturation, which have a simple, gray, low-key and elegant visual experience, or to use a later popular term, it is called "high-end gray".
The color matching of Stardust OS is derived from the Memphis color system, which is composed of high-purity and high-brightness colors, which can bring an exciting and active spiritual experience, and is full of freedom and randomness in simplicity.
The Morandi color system of Hydrogen OS represents "calmness and elegance", while the Memphis color system of Stardust OS represents "lightness and vitality". "Calmness and elegance" is good, but it is not what Chen Zifan wants.
He wants Stardust Technology's products to express a more youthful feel, rather than blindly pursue the so-called calmness. The Memphis color system is not only reflected in the system, but also will have a series of mobile phone cases in the future.
Of course, in order to meet the needs of different users, Stardust Technology will also launch some other styles of products and accessories, but that is another matter. For now, we have to make the first finished product.
After testing by Chen Zifan and others, the first-generation version of Stardust OS has met the requirements in terms of basic fluency and animation effects. What remains to be solved is to improve the main interface, such as detailed drawing of icons, etc.
In order to complete this work, we need to recruit some more art professionals.
The second is the Stardust application. With the initial version of Stardust OS, Stardust Network can develop different applications based on this. Of course, what they develop is the "Stardust official application".
There are also some "unofficial applications" that Chen Zifan plans to outsource to third-party companies. This will save time and effort, and may lead to more partners. If he wants to develop, he cannot be the only one.
Regardless of whether it is official or unofficial, he only has a few application requirements for entering the Stardust application: "A clean interface, clear functions, small memory usage, and presentation in the form of graphics and text as much as possible..."
Since the 3G network has not been introduced in China yet, and the 2G network is far inferior to the 3G network in terms of transmission speed and network quality, this poses a great challenge to the Stardust application installation package and content settings.
It can even be said that the 2G network is not suitable for smartphones at all, it is stuck and slow, so Chen Zifan did not plan to focus on 2G from the beginning, but instead aimed at wifi with average penetration rate.
The first mobile phone with WiFi in China appeared around 2003. At that time, it was not for surfing the Internet, but for making so-called VoIP calls.
Later, the popularity of WiFi at home and abroad increased, and major mobile phone manufacturers gradually listed WiFi as an important configuration of mobile phones. Even so, WiFi is not common in feature phones.
Chen Zifan once saw some claims that some things that have the value of promoting wifi include the free wifi of a certain foreign Buck and Apple's Monile Star, which corresponds to the free wifi of a certain Buck.
A certain Buck ran an ad in 2007, the next year: “Travel the Internet at breakneck speeds—all from the comfort of your favorite chair.”
Their original purpose was just to promote commercial wifi, targeting laptops. They focused on mobile office, campus network and other scenarios, and had little to do with mobile wifi.
In China, Buck is temporarily unable to gain popularity due to various reasons. Apple will not be able to produce the first-generation iPhone within a year and will not be able to enter the Chinese market, so Chen Zifan thinks this is a good opportunity.
He needed to connect wifi and mobile phones "closer", and also needed a scene to achieve this "close connection", so he found Wang Jinli and assigned him a new task:
"We have relevant patents and technologies in wireless data transmission, but we alone are not enough for this matter, so I need you to help me find two more partners. The specific requirements are..."
"Huh? No problem!"
Although Wang Jinli didn't understand, the first one was fine, but the second one was really a bit confusing to him. Why did Chen Zifan ask him to find a food company? milk tea? What is that? The one that Mongolians drink?
"Tea is tea, can't you drink it well? You have to make some oil tea, milk tea... which will destroy the fragrance of the tea... By the way, Lao Zhao gave me Huangshan Maofeng, I have to hide it, and I can't be discovered by Mr. Chen..."
Wang Jinli muttered along the way, but the work at hand was not slow at all. Chen Zifan's request was also very simple. Find a wireless communication company that is about to be acquired and a milk tea company that is about to go bankrupt.
The former ones are hard to find in China, but there are a lot of them abroad. There are too many WiFi companies, and the market competition is very fierce. He quickly selected a few targets. Begin an in-depth investigation.
At the same time, Wang Jinli's assistant also bought him powdered granulated milk tea that is common on the market, which is divided into Hong Kong style and Taiwanese style. As for Xiangyou's two domestic milk teas, they have not yet made a name for themselves.
"tui~it doesn't taste good!"
Wang Jinli pushed the cup away with a look of disgust. He really didn't want to touch this sweet and greasy thing again. It would be better to drink than to drink, and to drink tea if he retreated. But he had to admit that young people would probably like it.
"If my son drinks something like this, he will definitely yell for more..."
These are just powdered granules of milk tea, and they are two completely different marketing models from the later street milk tea shops. Chen Zifan's purpose is to invest in a company to create "Chinese-style milk tea."
Then, through a marketing method similar to that of a certain Buck, "free wifi" is bound to a "milk tea shop", and even Stardust mobile phones can automatically connect to wifi as long as they are close to their milk tea shop.
As for what to do if it fails... all investments are risky. If Chen Zifan cannot defeat Hong Kong and Taiwanese milk tea in China by using the marketing methods of major milk tea shops in later generations, he has nothing to say.
If Stardust Technology can invest in a milk tea brand similar to Mixue, they can not only get more shares, but also have a powerful marketing tool. This is Chen Zifan's goal.
And why should we look for a wireless communication company that is on the verge of bankruptcy? Chen Zifan believes that the current domestic WiFi technology cannot meet his needs. He needs to improve the WiFi level and come up with more powerful products.
