"June 21st is the Summer Solstice Developer Cooperation Conference. Do you really want to name it this way?"
Chen Zifan was confused when he looked at the documents handed over by employees. MediaTek's senior management was really... But the name was not important. What was important was that he also needed MediaTek's power to build smartphone chips.
"Also, what the hell are 2 million functional machine chips? It's useless to me!"
If the chip cooperation with MediaTek is confirmed, then the enhanced technology of Stardust Factory will no longer need to be based on functional machine chips, and it will be enough to directly build smart machine chips. If cooperation cannot be obtained...
Then even if there are so-called high-end functional machine chips, it is useless. Firstly, it is different from the basic chip currently used by Stardust 1. Secondly, the stitched chip is only a temporary product and cannot be extended to the next generation of products.
No matter whether he can finally cooperate with MediaTek or not, Chen Zifan will not give up the road of independent research and development of chips, but this work cannot be rushed...
But this was a disaster for domestic mobile phone manufacturers led by Bird. The next day, TSMC had a fire in its backyard. What followed was a shortage of raw materials, price increases, and MediaTek's chip supply was cut off.
The Bird mobile phone is still studying how to imitate the Stardust 1, but MediaTek has cut off supply, making it impossible to continue production of some of their feature phone products. Unfortunately, there is still a batch of inventory in front of them.
A certain middle-aged chairman was yelling at this time: "***MediaTek! Damn you! The labor and management provoked you! Out of stock? Bah!"
What kind of thing has caught fire? This kind of excuse can only deceive a three-year-old child. It means insufficient supply of raw materials and rising prices... Do you really think he can't contact raw material suppliers? But it doesn't matter what the facts are.
Waveguide mobile phones can only have their teeth knocked out and swallowed in the stomach. Isn't that what it is like if you don't have technology? They can only be arbitrarily exploited by upstream suppliers with technical skills...
"Wait a little longer, get one in stock first, and then send someone to talk to MediaTek. When Stardust Technology's limelight is over, we still have a chance!"
Although he said this, he actually knew that Stardust Technology had broken the original mobile phone market structure. The most lethal thing about Stardust 1 was not the so-called large screen, aluminum alloy frame, and glass cover...
It's Stardust OS. Without an operating system, no matter how hard they try, they can only produce a pseudo-smartphone that looks very similar to Stardust 1.
The system of Bird mobile phones destined them to be unable to develop their own operating system, and Lenovo, a domestic manufacturer with such strength, is the first to bear the brunt. Unfortunately, Lenovo's focus is not on technology research and development.
As for international brands, Nokia, Google, Ericsson, Motorola, Apple, Microsoft... there are too many companies with the ability to develop operating systems.
After the release of Stardust 1, they did the same thing. They always had a concept in their subconscious: "Chinese brands can develop a mobile operating system, why can't we do it?"
Nokia executives held a high-level meeting overnight on the day Stardust 1 was released. The focus of the meeting was only one: "Increase the research and development of Symbian system! By the way, learn from the functions of Stardust OS..."
It is said to be a reference, but in fact it is copying. You copy me and I copy you. That is to say, Microsoft is still working hard to transform Indo into a mobile phone system. The rest are basically copied, including Google's Android and Apple's Apple OS. ….
Especially for Apple, after Jobs gave the order to Wilson, the head of Apple in China, Wilson had to send a batch of Stardust 1 back to the head office the next day no matter how much he complained and was careful.
It cost 230,000 yuan in manpower, material resources, and transportation to Apple headquarters for one flight, but Jobs didn't care. He just wanted to see what the level of the "smartphone" that was ahead of them was.
After getting the Stardust 1, Jobs immediately led Jonathan and a group of capable people to the R&D laboratory. After unpacking the first Stardust 1, Jobs only felt that he had been hit hard again.
"How can this be?"
"It can be seen that they put a lot of thought into their packaging design. It is simple and clear, and the colors are uniform. The material of the packaging box should be customized PU + cardboard. It has a strong sense of damping when it is opened..."
"The internal space is also well utilized.
It's neat and tidy. There is a thin small paper box on top, which contains product introduction, manual, and after-sales warranty card! "
"Is that Stardust 1 in the middle? It looks really exquisite! The soft film on their screen... is a white plastic film that uses electrostatic pasting!"
When you tear off the screen protective film, you will see a pure black screen. Since the Stardust 1's screen and upper and lower borders have been treated with the same blackening process, the visual impression when the screen is turned off is very good.
Coupled with the sparkling silver light of the C-cut chamfers on the metal frame and the enamel-like black glass cover on the back cover, the texture of Stardust 1 directly surpasses all mobile phones recognized by Steve Jobs and others.
This time, not only Jobs was hit hard, but also the senior Apple executives and engineers of the "Purple Project" were also hit hard. A mood called depression began to spread around...
"What are you worried about? It's just a Chinese brand, our products will be better!"
Upon seeing this, Jonathan began to lighten the atmosphere. Everyone at the scene said nothing and didn't know what they were thinking. They seemed to acquiesce to Jonathan's words, and their hand movements became faster.
Under the actual machine of Stardust 1, there are white power adapter and data cable. The data cable is Mro to USB, and the power adapter is 5V1A. The charging power is very small and it takes up very little space.
Further down is a very thick base. This is the entire package of Stardust 1. There are no headphones or mobile phone cases. The pins are inserted on the after-sales warranty card, so everything that needs to be saved is omitted.
But even if Chen Zifan saves money, he can't save chargers and data cables. It's okay to buy a mobile phone without a mobile phone case, but not with a charger...
Isn't this a joke?
Jobs, who always believed that excessive marketing would destroy the R&D potential of technology companies, probably never imagined that one day Apple's products would not even come with a charger in the name of environmentally friendly marketing.
What’s even more outrageous is that Apple made a bad start, and as a result, some domestic Android manufacturers actually tried the same thing. It stands to reason that the development strategies of Apple and Android mobile phone manufacturers are fundamentally different!
Jobs still doesn't know what kind of situation Cook, who is working hard by his side, will lead Apple to develop. His eyes are always on Stardust 1.
As soon as Stardust 1 was turned on, the atmosphere at the scene became even more depressing. Apple executives and engineers from the "Purple Project" all knew what the design sketches of Apple 1 looked like. It was amazing to compare the two. ….
"Their screens are bigger and the screen-to-body ratio is higher. Is this...the full fit and retina technology they claim? Oh my God, I have never seen such a clear mobile phone screen! This is incredible!"
As soon as Jonathan finished cheering everyone up, he started to praise his competitors' products, which made the people around him speechless. However, he has always been so sincere.
"But Stardust Technology made a mistake. Do they think that a full screen will be more technological? No, this will only make it more difficult to get started. The Ho key + touch screen is the right choice, and it is simpler!"
Jobs, who had always been silent, finally spoke. In his opinion, the full-screen operation of Stardust 1 was too extreme, and it would be difficult for people to suddenly transition from traditional button phones to such an extreme operation method.
Ho key + touch screen is the choice that is more in line with the market. Compared with traditional button phones, it is simpler and less difficult to get started. At the same time, you can enjoy the fun of a large screen and the cost is lower.
However, Chen Zifan didn't think so. If Stardust Technology didn't have a super high-quality fully-fitted screen, of course it wouldn't dare to use full-screen gestures directly. The hardware configuration is high, and the choice will naturally be more radical.
He not only wants Stardust OS to become the mainstream operating system for smartphones, but also wants to maintain the hardware advantages of Stardust mobile phones and make Stardust Technology always the leader in the smartphone era...
Although Jobs said this, he changed his mind the first time he saw the screen of Stardust 1. If he wanted to compete with such a product, he couldn't use the original accessories plan.
Being competitive at heart made him unable to bear that Apple 1 was inferior to Stardust 1 in every aspect. He wanted to make changes to make Apple 1 become
It was even more perfect, and then everyone started a comprehensive analysis of Stardust OS.
Soon they discovered an important point: "Stardust OS is a semi-open source operating system. They uploaded part of the source code on an official Chinese website. If we can get it..."
"Then the development of the first-generation Apple OS will be much easier. The underlying logic of Stardust OS is perfect, but the protection level is very high. As soon as we perform a brute force crack, it will start a self-destruct program!"
"Give us some time, if Stardust OS can do it, Apple OS can do it too! But I think, like Stardust Technology, we need to recruit more Internet companies to join in application development!"
"The Stardust application is the core! They claim to have 800+ applications, but in fact we found that only 1/3 of the applications are truly usable and useful!"
"This is the flaw of China Internet Company! They are not serious enough and are only interested in profit, which will make the applications they develop full of loopholes!"
"We have better resources... Just one year... no, nine months, nine months! We will make the best mobile operating system in the world!"
"..."
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Chen Zifan never expected that Stardust 1 would arouse the competitiveness of Jobs and many Apple executives and engineers, and that the response would be so quick.
A stronger Apple was born than in the original history. At the same time, the design, software and hardware configuration of Apple 1 have also evolved to a higher level. Of course, even if he knew about it, he wouldn't care. What is there to be afraid of?
He has long wanted to see how powerful the godfather of Apple is. Originally, the price of the 8GB version of Apple 3GS in China was also 3,999. It would be best to have a head-on showdown to completely end the era of feature phones. .
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