Reinventing the Millennium.

Chapter 1018
Fang Zhuo didn't mind cooperating with competitors.

As long as the pros outweigh the cons.

Just like Samsung is an opponent of the Android camp, but Yike has a chip project cooperation with Samsung.

Similarly, Apple and Samsung are both cooperating and competing, and the processors, storage, and screens all come from the latter.

It's just that, the current Nokia... no matter in terms of market, finance, or customer relations, it is completely impossible to cooperate.

Nokia will only get weaker and weaker, and what can be talked about now will only be easier to talk about in the future.

Fang Zhuo drank tea lightly, with various thoughts in his mind. Nokia still grasped the key points of the patents this time. The patents of Apple and Yike can be bypassed, but it takes effort.

According to the usual process, everyone will authorize each other to make up the price difference, but Nokia wants to ban the sale to catch a typical example due to various considerations—of course, there may also be some factors that it has communicated many times in public.

The problem is that Nokia was stabbed by Apple, which was already negotiating patent cooperation, and was immediately in a very embarrassing situation.

This is also to blame for its consistent slowness in the past two years.

The patent issue is critical, but more importantly, Nokia has also shown signs of failure in market competition.

Even if Nokia bypasses patents, Echo is not afraid to compete head-on with it.

The silence in the office was broken by the vibration of Simmons' cell phone in his pocket.

Simmons took out his mobile phone, didn't answer it, put it on the table, and said slowly again: "Mr. Fang, Samsung's new Trump has sold nearly 70 units in less than two weeks. Yike this time Can the combination of Mars and Selfy compare to it?"

Nokia has already compared the actual devices of Yike and Samsung internally.

Both are the same system, same pixels, similar size.

And, very interestingly, Samsung provides Apple with its self-developed chips, but its own Android flagship also uses Qualcomm MSM7388 series processors.

According to the information obtained so far, the MSM7388 provided by Qualcomm for Yike has been specially optimized, and the MSM7388B provided for Samsung is a general version, but Nokia only found a slight difference when testing the two.

If the Yike chip is 100, Samsung also has 95, which will not bring trouble for consumers to choose.

Before Simmons came, he listened to the conclusions of the R&D department, and believed that Samsung Trump was trying to use Apple's appearance and Yike's hardware to achieve a new round of success.

Judging from market performance, the cunning Samsung seems to have done this.

"LG quickly reached 100 million units at the beginning, and then there was no movement." Fang Zhuo was very calm, "Besides, this is a matter between Yike and Samsung. I know what you said, so you don't have to worry about it. Since you are here After leaving Huaxia, instead of wasting time with me, it is better to see more of the eastern scenery."

Just as Simmons was about to talk about other reasons, the phone on the table vibrated again.

He frowned, and apologized to President Fang this time, then picked up his mobile phone and walked to the window of the office to listen to the call from Finland.

In just a few words, Simmons frowned even tighter.

He responded in a low voice, and sat down in front of President Fang again.

According to the latest news from the Finnish headquarters, the interim board of directors decided to cooperate with Microsoft at a deeper level and asked him not to make group-related decisions as interim CEO for the time being.

Last week, Simmons joined the interim board, replacing Kallasvuo.

Now, the Finnish side held an interim board of directors and decided to cooperate with Microsoft, bypassing him as the CEO.

Simmons felt a little indescribably depressed.

There are disagreements within Nokia. Before finding Microsoft for patents and development, they were willing to carry the WM system, but the focus is still self-centered, considering Symbian or a new smartphone operating system.

If a deeper cooperation is carried out...

Simmons chose one of the two, preferring to cooperate with Yike first, and then talk about the future of the product.

He glanced at Mr. Fang with a calm expression, and felt relieved that he could talk outside and finalize the matter first.

"Mr. Fang, Nokia can bypass patents, and it doesn't have to cooperate with Yike. In fact, before I came, we were already negotiating a larger-scale cooperation with Microsoft, and Intel was also on our cooperation list. "

"Nokia is willing to make a comprehensive settlement with Yike, and even, we can consider installing the Android system to help you beat Apple."

Simmons set conditions beyond his authority and internal discussions.

Nokia has a Linux-based mobile phone system. It tried products as early as 05, but the development has always been slow. Now under this situation, it is considering cooperation with Intel. The other party has a Moblin system that is also based on Linux.

In addition, since Symbian has been considered unable to meet the increasingly intelligent requirements, Microsoft WM, Android and even Apple iOS have been included in Nokia's internal discussions.

Who is the future of Nokia?
Intuitively, Simmons is unwilling to have a deeper cooperation with Microsoft, and is also touched by Samsung's successful new flagship. He thinks that it may not be possible to directly adopt the open-source, fast-growing, and gradually mature Android like it, and get the chicken-and-lay-egg style. success.

But now, the answer given by the interim board tends to Microsoft.

Simmons looked at Mr. Fang with piercing eyes.

However, he didn't see the look he wanted at all, and the other party's emotions didn't even seem to move.

Fang Zhuo met the gaze of Nokia's interim CEO, and only asked, "Did you just know about the cooperation with Microsoft before you came?"

Simmons: "..."

Fang Zhuo observed the expression on the other side, and said in surprise: "You really just found out?"

Simmons couldn't see the slightest sincerity from the other party, so he finally got up and said regretfully: "Mr. Fang, you have established a strong enemy for Android. We will strengthen our cooperation with Microsoft."

Fang Zhuo stretched out his right hand gracefully: "Congratulations."

Simmons held out his hand but didn't shake it, took back the documents on the table, turned and left.

Fang Zhuo didn't take offense. He held his left hand with his right hand and shook it up and down: "We are happy together."

Google has used Android to create its entrance in the mobile era, and Microsoft, which has a competitive relationship with it, will be even more frantically looking for alternatives.

Homework is in front of us. Google’s Android system has a dark horse like Eke, Samsung’s rising flagship, Sony Ericsson in Microsoft’s WM system is useless, HTC has switched to rivals, and the weak well-known brand Nokia seems to have the potential to become WM’s face.

Fang Zhuo walked out of the president's office, only to see the back of the Nokia team leaving in a hurry.

Since it is suspected that there is internal intervention, I don't know how long the new head of Simmons can last.

He shook his head slightly, and gave the secretary a task to ask the technical department to try to demonstrate the possibility and time for Nokia to bypass the patent.

On the morning of May 5, Simmons, the new Nokia CEO who inspected the Chinese market, was interviewed by the media before the end of the trip, saying that Nokia is ready to deal with the challenges of the intelligent era and competitors.

Just this afternoon, Fang Zhuo reposted Simmons’ interview on Twitter and made a comment: I met Simmons and thought that Nokia hadn’t bottomed out yet. Perhaps, it was almost time to miss Kallasvuo.

People are in Shanghai, and their mouths are on Twitter.

Fang Zhuo's sense of presence immediately angered Simmons who flew to Tokyo.

Simmons: Yike will soon pay more in the US market, and Samsung will soon replace Yike in the Android camp.

Fang Zhuo: Why?Is it because Nokia wants to cooperate with Microsoft?Is it because Nokia wants to give up the Symbian platform?Simmons, are you Nokia giving up Symbian users?

Although Simmons is in his prime at the executive level, he is still 50 years old after all, and he really can't stand the output like a quarrel being watched on the public platform. What is the difference between this and running naked on the street?
He replied the last one: Nokia will always be sincere to consumers, Mr. Fang, speak with products.

Fang Zhuo responded: The more the truth is debated, the clearer it becomes. Kallasvuo is not afraid to discuss it with me. What are you afraid of?
Simmons didn't hear back.

This is another Nokia CEO who is not happy with Mr. Fang.

Seeing that Simmons and Fang Zhuo were arguing on the street...the two sides really failed to reach an agreement, and there was another real news from Finland in Europe, which made several American institutions breathe a sigh of relief.

At this moment, the other party always has a common wish, never to reconcile with Nokia, this time kill Nokia, or be killed by Nokia.

(End of this chapter)