SWDnovel Chapter 102 Glory Play Online Livestream!
Chapter 102 Glory Play Online Livestream!
"Isn't it enough for a smartphone to sell for 2599? Is the big mouth going to drive the price down again?"
"Please release it soon! We must support it!"
"Fun fact: The cheapest smartphone currently available is the Meizu M8, and it even has a better screen..."
"Upstairs, let's put the Windows system aside for now."
"Yu Dazui is bragging again. He says everyone can afford a smartphone. Does he really think everyone has the same income as him?"
"Could it be that the Mate 1 sold so well through the carriers that he got carried away?"
The phrase "everyone can afford it" immediately flooded Yu Dazui's Weibo comment section with various sarcastic and mocking comments.
But he didn't reply...
Sometimes, these sarcastic remarks can generate even more buzz.
Let the bullets fly for a while...
At the same time, Lei Jun in Kyoto felt a pang of heartache once again...
However, Hong Feng had already secured the deal and hadn't been snatched away; he's currently leading the development of the MIUI system...
"Mr. Lei, I just saw a Weibo post. One of our competitors is actually going to release a smartphone that everyone can afford..."
Lin Bin said quickly, a slight smile playing on his lips.
He felt that the other party's marketing tactic was extremely clumsy!
"Affordable for everyone"—do you know the true value of that phrase?
But Lei Jun looked at him very seriously: "I suspect there's something fishy going on here. Keep a close eye on this."
"Okay!" Lin Bin was a little stunned when he said this, but seeing Lei Bus's serious expression, he nodded seriously.
Observing and waiting a little longer is definitely the right thing to do.
The time quickly came to November 10th, at the Kyoto National Convention Center.
The Honor Play1 launch event was originally planned to be held in Guangzhou, but due to the excellent conditions offered by China Unicom, it was eventually moved to the Kyoto National Convention Center.
At the press conference, China Unicom staff were urgently debugging the live broadcast equipment.
In an effort to change Yu Dazui's mind, China Unicom has proactively promised to host an online live stream, guaranteeing that the number of viewers will not be less than 200 million!
To achieve this goal, a dedicated fiber optic line was laid, and a professional team was assigned to directly transmit camera signals to the control room.
Upon entering the hardware encoder, technicians adjusted the bit rate and resolution on-site.
The compressed video quality is then streamed to the website server.
In summary, all costs for this press conference were borne by China Unicom, and they also offered more suitable packages... with the largest price reductions among the three major operators.
The Honor Play launch event was scheduled for 2 PM, but a long queue had already formed outside the venue by 10 AM.
Lei Jun sat in a room in the hotel next door, and through the window he could see the staff adjusting the equipment.
His mind was still focused on the documents in front of him:
MediaTek MTK6575 (6573 Enhanced Version): Priced at $71.5, with a delivery time of 35 days.
另一份则是林斌通过供应链调查出来的荣耀Play配置表:五英寸HVGA（320*480）、MTK6575处理器、256MB RAM+1GBROM（支持内存扩展）、300万后摄镜头、配备了2500mAh的大电池，
The last one was the invitation to the Honor launch event he received.
This invitation was also placed alongside the first draft of the MIUI launch event speech.
The title reads, "Solving user pain points and creating the smoothest Android experience."
The title is now circled in red and has a question mark next to it.
Lin Bin pushed open the door and came in, bringing two cups of coffee.
"Yu Dazui's side has already started rehearsals." He placed the coffee next to Lei Jun. "There are at least 100 technical staff from China Unicom present, and the online live streaming platform is also starting testing. It seems both sides are taking this quite seriously..."
Will this product be able to continue the success of the Mate series?
Lei Jun didn't take the coffee or respond to the question: "What did the supply chain say?"
Lin Bin hesitated for a moment: "MediaTek... will prioritize Transsion's orders, and Huachuan Technology has signed a two-year long-term agreement."
Because our order was too small (20 units in the first batch), they bluntly stated that the production capacity of the MTK6573 couldn't be increased, and the price of the 6575 couldn't be lowered.
What about Qualcomm?
As he spoke, Lei Jun drew a big X on the MediaTek logo!
Without a price reduction, the Mtk6573 is utter garbage.
"MSM8255, samples will be available next month, but mass production will not begin until Q1 of next year."
Lei Jun hesitated. The MSM 8255 was a good chip, manufactured using a 45nm process, with a frequency of 1.2GHz. Its graphics performance far surpassed the Mtk 6573, and even the enhanced 6575 would be far superior...
The problem is that it's still in Qualcomm's labs, while mass-produced Honor Play units are already piling up in seven warehouses in western Beijing.
"Old Lei," Lin Bin unusually didn't use "we," but instead used their private nickname, "How about we use Qualcomm? The MSM8255+ communication baseband is almost the same price as the enhanced MTK6575, and its performance is much stronger."
"Okay!" Lei Jun checked the Qualcomm box. "But if we use this chip, we'll have to make some adjustments to the other components, otherwise selling it for 1999 will easily result in a loss..."
"Losing a little money at the beginning is acceptable, since other manufacturers are unlikely to sell new machines for 1999..."
Lin Bin picked up his coffee, took a sip, and then contacted other suppliers.
Lei Jun didn't think about it any further. 1999 was not an easy price to achieve, not counting the price of Meizhu's inventory!
Putting that matter aside for a moment, it continued working online with the MIUI team to fix minor "bugs" in the system.
In an effort to circumvent iOS's patents, Android's "shitty" tendencies have already begun to emerge.
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2 p.m., National Convention Center.
Yu Dazui stood behind the curtain, holding a cue card in his hand, his hands slightly sweaty.
This is not right! He has hosted hundreds of press conferences, from 3G base stations to distributed base stations, from technical forums with four or five thousand people to operator bidding with two or three hundred people, and he has never been nervous.
But today, he was nervous.
It's not because of the phone.
He could talk for three hours straight about these hardware and technical issues with his eyes closed.
It was because of something Shen Fei said to him on the phone yesterday: "President Yu, if you follow the plan I gave you, the results will be very good."
Remember, you're not talking about a product this time, but an era. If you succeed, everyone who mentions this price point will think of Honor...
He took a deep breath and heard the countdown music in the arena gradually come to an end, and the curtain was drawn back.
Good afternoon, everyone!
Yu Dazui didn't bring any cue cards; he just stood in the center of the stage with a huge LED screen behind him, which was currently displaying the classic chrysanthemum logo of Huawei.
"Haha... The product we're launching today is the Honor Play."
He said it with a laugh, then paused for a few seconds...
"Three months ago, Huawei's Mate 1 was released, selling hundreds of thousands of units on its first day, and its cumulative sales have now exceeded 400 million units..."