Crossover: 2014

Chapter 216 An Engineering Machine Without Aesthetics
However, it has just reached a transfer agreement with Apple.

It doesn't seem very good for Lin Hui to refuse the invitation to meet with the handover team now.

You must know that although 500 million US dollars have already been credited.

But after all, there are still several final upgrades.

These final payments are not small sums.

Therefore, although Lin Hui hesitated a little.

But after all, there is no shirk.

Lin Hui is Elizabeth Nishi whom I met at the Beiyu International Conference Center.

Beiyu International Conference Center is a building completed in Beiyu in recent years.

Lin Hui remembered that in the next few years, the building was once a landmark building in Beiyu City.

It's not just about meeting rooms of all sizes.

It also includes academic lecture halls, press conference halls, and meeting rooms with simultaneous interpretation functions in multiple languages.

It is said that there are also some multi-functional theaters with internationally advanced lighting, sound, LED, and film projection systems.

It is also fully functional.

Although much is known about this place, most of these are hearsay.

Lin Hui is not very familiar with this place, this is the first time Lin Hui has been here.

But compared to other animals, humans have always been extremely adaptable to the environment.

Lin Hui quickly became familiar with this place.

Lin Hui met Elizabeth in a living room with simultaneous interpretation.

The meeting with Elizabeth Nishi did not discuss the further handover of the shortcut software.

Even so, Elizabeth Nishi's behavior after the meeting also made Lin Hui a little unexpected.

Elizabeth Nishi asked Lin Hui to sign a non-disclosure agreement.

Lin Hui: (⊙﹏⊙)?Confidentiality agreement? ?

Elizabeth Nishi actually took out several documents printed in both Chinese and English.

This kind of document is too familiar to Lin Hui, it basically has the same format as the confidentiality agreement in the document signed during the day.

Lin Hui glanced at it, and vaguely saw that the liquidated damages on it was 50 US dollars.

Uh, what's the situation?And liquidated damages?
Made it so outrageous?
Lin Hui took the agreement and roughly read the content of the agreement.

Only then did Lin Hui realize that it was Guozi who wanted to provide Lin Hui with a batch of mobile phone engineering machines.

Before that, Lin Hui had to sign a non-disclosure agreement as usual.

The so-called engineering machine is not a high-end stuff either.

As a product, a mobile phone has to go through many links such as pre-research planning, R&D design, comprehensive testing, and media promotion before a model is launched on the market.

A mature mobile phone may need to be modified and perfected in various aspects many times before it is successfully launched and distributed.

In the whole process of improvement, some finished and semi-finished models made by manufacturers can be collectively referred to as "engineering machines".

The reason why it is provided to Lin Hui's engineering machine is probably to make it easier for Lin Hui to upgrade in the next step.

After all, according to the original contract, Lin Hui had to upgrade the compatibility of the shortcut software.

Make this software compatible with the upcoming iOS8 version.

Although the mobile phone has not been officially released, it is a common practice to sign a non-disclosure agreement when non-insiders use the engineering machine during the test session.

But is it like Guozi's confidentiality agreement?
Signed is actually the same as not signed.

Even if there is a non-disclosure agreement, every year before the launch of Apple's new phone is held, the new phone will basically be exposed in all directions.

It is even very likely that it came from internal official leaks.

But this kind of thing, see through but not talk through.

Lin Hui still signed the corresponding agreement.

Anyway, the confidentiality period is less than three months.

After Lin Hui signed the agreement.

Elizabeth Nishi took a tightly sealed box from her assistant.

Carefully handed it over to Lin Hui.

This is a cautious look.

I don't know what kind of peerless treasure it is.

Lin Hui is not as cautious as Elizabeth Nishi.

Lin Hui opened the box.

Suddenly found a bunch of engineering machines and supporting facilities such as charging devices.

As for the engineering machine itself.

Lin Hui counted, there were twenty in total.

Ten are relatively small, and ten are slightly larger.

There are many differences between these engineering phones and the common mobile phones on the market.

The engineering machines that Lin Hui got at this time were cuboids.

There is no design aesthetic at all.

Compared with the existing Apple products, the only commendable thing about these engineering machines may be that the battery capacity is larger than the existing products.

After all, program testers have no time to waste on frequent charging.

Although there is no beauty to speak of, it doesn't matter.

It’s just an engineering machine, and it doesn’t need to be too demanding, as long as it is durable.

According to Elizabeth Nishi's introduction.

There are two types of engineering machines in the box, which are currently called engineering machine gen 6 and engineering machine gen 6+
Although the name is weird.

But from the corresponding size of the screen of the two engineering machines.

Lin Hui can still accurately judge that these two are the predecessors of Apple 6 and Apple 6plus in the previous life.

The 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch screens are relatively recognizable in Apple's mobile phone product line at this time.

Speaking of which, Apple has been squeezing toothpaste on the screen for many years.

In 2012, Apple released the iPhone 4 with a 5-inch screen.

This is the first change in the screen size of an Apple mobile phone in history.

Except that the iPhone 5 has changed slightly on the screen.

In 2013, Apple released the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c, which have no size changes compared to the iPhone 5.

If it progressed as it did in the previous life.

Then the change on the screen of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6plus will be the biggest change in the screen size of Apple mobile phones.

The change in screen size may be a good thing for mobile phone users.

But it's not so friendly to developers.

The logical resolution of the screen has not changed, and the application generally does not need to adapt to the screen of the new model.

But when the screen size changes, the logical resolution of the screen changes.

The application needs to be adapted for the screen of the new model.

It is more troublesome to adapt the application that has already been developed.

Especially a phone like 6plus.

In Lin Hui's impression, the rendering resolution of the phone is 1242×2208px.

But the real screen physical resolution of its device is only 1080×1920px.

That is, the image resolution rendered by the processor is higher than the physical resolution of the screen itself.

The rendered image is also scaled down by a factor of 1.15 when actually displayed.

Under normal circumstances, when the image is displayed on the screen, the pixel-to-pixel display effect can be perfect.

Doesn't Apple know that the one-to-one correspondence between pixels is the most perfect display effect?
Naturally should know.

After all, almost half of the world's top smartphone talents are in Apple.

Now that you know why?

The reason should be that the widespread use of 1080p screens can cut the cost of mobile phones, speed up shipping dates, and so on.

Although there are various reasons, but the root cause.

There are more or less elements of compromise.

(End of this chapter)