"A young man!"
This is what most of the audience thought. In the eyes of many people who have not seen the Stardust Technology press conference, the chairman of Stardust Technology should be an educated middle-aged doctor wearing a single-sided gold wire mirror.
This is in line with their idea of being a bit "scientist" and a bit "big businessman". However, in fact, it is not the case. Chen Zifan is much younger than they thought, too young to be true.
But no matter what the chairman of Stardust Technology looks like, being able to create a product like Stardust 1 is worthy of their cheers. Being younger is not a bad thing in terms of product innovation.
Chen Zifan's attention was not on the audience's reaction. After he came on stage, the entire audience either applauded or cheered, and some held up their mobile phones to take pictures. There were too many people of all kinds.
After a brief pause, he began to introduce today's highlight to the audience: "We always believe that good hardware is only the foundation, and based on the Stardust 1 hardware is Stardust OS.
Mr. Zhao speaks highly of it. He has always believed that Stardust OS is a representative of creativity. He believes, or everyone here has reason to believe, that Stardust OS will lead a new smartphone era.
But I think it may not be the product that leads the times, but each of us who use the product! This should be our electronic age! Everyone can participate with just a smartphone!
I have seen some products that are called 'smartphones', but in fact they are not smart. They lack the most basic creativity and can only connect to the 2G network and browse emails.
When building Stardust OS, we are committed to being simpler, more direct, and easier to use! We thought, why can't we put all the functionality on the desktop? You can order whatever you use!
Thus, Stardust OS was born!
Now, the mobile phone in my hand is in an inactive state. I only need to connect it to the computer through a data cable, and then through a software, the screen of Stardust 1 can be projected to the big screen!
As you can see, before entering the desktop, we only need to briefly learn the full-screen navigation method. Swipe up from the bottom to return to the desktop, and return to the previous level on the left and right sides of the screen! "
There are no virtual buttons or three-stage return keys. These things can be added later. What we have now are direct and pure full-screen gestures, which were demonstrated by Chen Zifan.
He didn't even need to demonstrate. The audience at the scene could operate it themselves when they got the demo machine. Moreover, every slide was matched with a motor vibration, and the feedback when used was no worse than that of physical buttons.
After experiencing Stardust 1, these viewers took out their thick, heavy, small-screen, button-function phone with poor display effect. For a moment, they didn’t want it anymore. The gap was too great.
“I didn’t think there was anything wrong with my phone until I saw Stardust 1…”
too exaggerated! It's really too exaggerated! It’s outrageous that it’s exceeded the standard from beginning to end! However, a mere full-screen gesture is only the most basic aspect of Stardust OS. Chen Zifan continued to introduce on the stage:
"Here I think someone will ask a question! The full touch screen is great, but there is no physical button to unlock it. What should I do if I don't feel safe? What should I do if it automatically unlocks when I put it in my pocket?
Don’t worry at all. Our Stardust 1 requires two steps to re-enter Stardust OS after the screen is turned off. First, press the power button on the right side of the phone. After turning on the screen, we make a sliding motion! "
A simple animation, from bottom to top, press and hold the unlock button in the center of the screen and slide it all the way up, as if opening a curtain, and it also seems like the golden meteor logo of Stardust Technology rising, very beautiful.
“In this way, we don’t have to worry about accidentally unlocking our Stardust 1 when we put it in our pocket…”
This is a completely different unlocking method from the iPhone 1. The unlocking method of the iPhone 1 is certainly classic, but the overall style is a bit inconsistent with Stardust OS. The various interfaces of Stardust OS give people a stronger sense of vitality.
In fact, if Chen Zifan hadn't mentioned this, many viewers wouldn't even be aware of this problem at all. After Chen Zifan introduced it like this, they couldn't help but think of what it would be like to have sex with him in the crowd...
Two words: Absolutely amazing!
Especially in China, many people care about face. As long as their budget is sufficient, they will definitely not give up a mobile phone that can make people pretend to be fake and show novelty everywhere!
Chen Zifan just grasped this pain point of users, grasped the users' need to show their presence and pretend to be fake, and deliberately used a less practical body language during the practical demonstration.
I don’t know if he is handsome or not, but according to Zhao Wushang, Mo Shaokun and others, he looks a bit like a model~
"If we still feel uneasy, we can also find password and security on the desktop and set a four-digit password. Every time we light up the screen, we need to enter the password to verify our identity!"
A sense of security is a basic need. In this way, the "security problem" of some users is solved. Although the phone may not be safe if it is set with a password, at least it can provide peace of mind.
The problems have been solved one by one. The problem of Stardust OS entering the desktop has been solved, and the operation problem has been solved. Next is the thing that countless viewers are most concerned about: How to type without a physical keyboard?
“In order to solve the problem of virtual keyboard input, Stardust Input Method provides four templates: Pinyin 9-key input method, Pinyin 26-key input method, standard Wubi input method, and standard handwriting input method!
The first time we need to input text, Stardust OS will pop up an option. The default state is the standard handwriting input method. Of course, we can also switch to any input method at any time! "
In fact, the handwriting input method is not easy to use, especially on the Stardust 1, which has a screen size of only 4.8 inches. But whether it is easy to use or not is not important now. Chen Zifan needs a shocking effect!
Sure enough, it was exactly what he thought. When he practiced the handwriting input method and wrote Chinese characters on the screen one by one, the audience at the scene and even in other squares burst into unprecedented cheers.
"This is the input method that Stardust 1 should have! Direct handwriting on the big screen! It's so cool! Who needs to use keys to input when you have this! It's slow and difficult to use! Handwriting is the king of input methods!"
"I can't stand my broken phone for a long time! Every time I send a text message, it's so slow! It takes me a long time to type and a long time to select the words. If there is a touch screen, I can directly click on the words I want! "
"That's how it should be! We have learned to write for so many years, and we should be able to write on mobile phones! Write out what you want to say! Pinyin every day! Who knows how to pronounce the pinyin of any word?"
This looks like dialect users... Compared to the 26-key input method provided by Apple 3GS when it entered the Chinese market, the Stardust input method that comes with Stardust 1 is undoubtedly more localized and provides more diverse choices.
Handwriting is more in line with the "intuitive" operation of Chinese users, but whether it is easy to use is another matter. At least Chen Zifan is personally more accustomed to using pinyin nine-key and voice input, but the latter has not yet been developed.
"After entering the main interface, each icon represents an application. We have redrawn each icon to make the visual look and feel more integrated with the main interface and in line with people's intuitive feelings!"
The vitality of the Memphis color system always catches people's attention at the first moment, and each icon is very full of color. Next is the function introduction from the outside to the inside, starting with the three-stage mute key:
"In the upper left corner of Stardust 1, there is a three-stage mute button. Its function is also very simple. Mute up, vibrate in the center, and normal volume down. We simulated some practical scenarios for it..."
For example, make a phone call~
Chen Zifan stretched out his hand to say hello. Five seconds later, the Stardust 1 in his hand vibrated. At the same time, a brisk and melodious ringtone sounded, and a green phone symbol appeared on the screen of the phone.
On the phone symbol, there are dotted lines extending to the left, right, and upward. In the same way as unlocking, you only need to hold down the phone symbol in the middle and slide in different directions to achieve different goals.
"Left, reject the incoming call! Right, answer the incoming call! Up, stop ringing and vibrating! Or... when it is inconvenient to touch the screen, directly toggle the three-stage mute button to achieve a mute effect!
Of course, the three-stage mute button can be used in any situation where you think silence is needed! Play movies, play music, and even simulate shutter sounds when turning on the camera and taking photos! "
Chen Zifan explained and practiced. Many people think that the three-stage mute button will not be very useful in the future, and may even be a bit useless. However, this is a label that distinguishes Stardust 1 from other brands.
When introducing the three-stage mute button, I also introduced the phone function. Stardust OS has put a little thought into the animation design of each basic function, and all the required functions are available.
"If we receive a call from John Doe at the same time as John Doe, we can choose to keep John Doe's call, answer John Doe's call first, and then come back after the call is over...
This is the call hold feature!
If we want to turn off our microphone during a call, we just need to click on the microphone emulation icon... If we want to turn on hands-free during a call, we just need to click on the speaker emulation icon..."
If you have a phone, you must have text messages!
"In order to present different text message contents more intuitively, we divide text messages into read and unread text messages. Among unread text messages, we can arbitrarily select the text messages we think are important in the interface..."
These are all basic functions, not to mention Stardust 1, even copycat feature phones have them. The next camera introduction is the key point. Stardust 1 comes with a 2-megapixel camera.
2 million pixels is definitely not a high pixel count, and the sensor used in Stardust 1 is also very small, but these are not important. People only know that a card camera that became popular this year also only has 2 million pixels.
“During the research and development process, we unanimously believed that in the future, mobile phones may replace some traditional imaging equipment. To this end, we have brought a set of imaging algorithms unique to Stardust Technology!
Many friends who have studied photography know that in order to take a perfect photo, we usually take many photos at once, then combine these photos and select the best parts of them!
On Stardust 1, we can directly omit the post-production work of shooting. The only thing to do is to open the camera, aim at the target, and press the shutter!
You can take 3 photos in just one moment! And through the Stardust algorithm, the most perfect part of each photo is revealed! Not only can it be photographed! Let us take good photos! "
As soon as Chen Zifan finished speaking, the audience burst into applause again. Most of the audience had never been exposed to photography, but this did not prevent them from thinking that Stardust Technology had developed a different set of cameras.
After the applause ended, Chen Zifan took a photo as usual. In fact, the so-called "3-in-1" technology is just to cover up the huge exposure time of Stardust 1 when taking photos, and the same goes for the transition animation.
"This noise..."
The lighting in the Stardust Conference Center was not enough. After 1.5 seconds, the photo appeared on the big screen. From Chen Zifan's perspective, the photo naturally did not meet his requirements, but from the audience's perspective...
This was already one of the best phones they had ever seen for taking pictures. What was even more outrageous was what Chen Zifan did with the photos next, which shocked everyone present:
"Zoom in and out with two fingers! Rotate with three fingers! But we have to note that we can only rotate 90° at a time. We can also simply crop the photo through the small scissors-like button at the bottom~"
As if it comes from science fiction movies, as if it comes from future technology, this sense of arbitrary manipulation not only shocks everyone, not only the scene, but also the audience outside is going crazy.
At the entrance of Huaya Building in Haicheng, a dark crowd gathered under a large LED screen. No matter how horns of cars behind them honked, there was still no road ahead, and many drivers simply stopped and resigned themselves to their fate.
I originally wanted to follow the crowd to see what they were watching, but I was fascinated by it as soon as I saw it: "Holy crap! Is this a mobile phone? Where is this mobile phone? I'm afraid even a computer can't do this, right?"
Perhaps it was such a simple function that made countless viewers recognize the identity of Stardust 1 as a "smartphone" at this moment. In the eyes of many people, this is a technology from the future!
"We are moving into the future!"
If you have to take pictures, you must have videos. Before the audience could get over the photos of Stardust 1, Chen Zifan showed off the video function.
There is no optical image stabilization or electronic image stabilization. The video frame rate of 30 frames is enough, but the screen shakes very strongly during recording, and the recorded video is a bit terrible, but what does it matter?
Even if what Stardust 1 records is nothing, let alone what you see is what you get, as long as it can record, it can already meet the needs of current mobile phone users. It’s that simple~
What screen shake?
Isn't that because I didn't hold my hand steady?
What's the matter with Stardust's mobile phone?
Nowadays, there are many functional phones that can take pictures, but there are really not many that can record videos. Stardust 1 not only successfully covers up the problem of long photo taking time through simulated shutter animation and "3-in-1".
Moreover, it also integrates the video recording function. The 480P pixel 30-frame video can only be shot for 2 minutes, but it makes every audience watching the Stardust conference feel the power of Stardust 1.
But the most powerful feature of Stardust OS has never been the photography, video, and phone calls... nor the Stardust input method or transition animation... but the Stardust application that represents Stardust 1 as a real smartphone.
