i have an electronics factory

Chapter 46 A Stronger Apple

"On June 6st, the summer solstice developer cooperation conference, do you really want to name it?"

Chen Zifan looked at the documents handed over by the employees with a look of bewilderment. The top management of MediaTek is really...but the name is not important. The important thing is that he also needs to use the power of MediaTek to build smartphone chips.

"Also, what the hell are 200 million functional machine chips? I want this thing to be useless!"

If the chip cooperation with MediaTek is really confirmed, then the enhanced technology of the Stardust Factory does not need to be based on functional phone chips, and it is enough to directly build smart phone chips. If the cooperation cannot be obtained...

Even if there is a so-called high-end functional machine chip, it is useless. First, it is different from the basic chip currently used by Stardust 1. Second, the stitching chip is only a temporary product and cannot be continued to the next generation of products.

Regardless of whether he can finally cooperate with MediaTek, Chen Zifan will not give up the road of self-developed chips, but this work is really too urgent...

It’s just that this has caused a lot of domestic mobile phone manufacturers headed by Bird. The next day TSMC caught fire in the backyard, followed by a shortage of raw materials and price increases, and MediaTek’s chip supply was directly cut off.

Bird is still researching how to imitate Stardust 1, but MediaTek has cut off the supply, making it impossible to continue producing some of their functional phone products. Fortunately, there is still a batch of inventory in front of them.

A certain middle-aged chairman was yelling at this moment: "Fucking MediaTek! Fuck you! Labor and management hired you to mess with you! Out of stock? Bah!"

If something catches fire, this kind of reason can only deceive a three-year-old child, to restore the insufficient supply of raw materials, the price increase... Really think that he has no access to raw material suppliers?But it doesn't matter what the truth is.

The waveguide mobile phone can only be knocked out and swallowed in the stomach. Isn't that the case without technology?It can only be slaughtered wantonly by upstream suppliers with technology...

"Wait a little longer, first take the stock to top it up, and then send someone to talk to MediaTek. When the limelight of Stardust Technology passes, we still have a chance!"

He said so, but he also knows that Stardust Technology has broken the original mobile phone market structure, and the most lethal feature of Stardust 1 is not the so-called large screen, aluminum alloy frame, glass cover...

It's Stardust OS, without an operating system, even if they break the sky, they can only produce a pseudo-smart machine that looks very similar to Stardust 1.

The system of the Bird mobile phone is doomed that they cannot develop their own operating system, and Lenovo, a domestic manufacturer with such strength, bears the brunt. Unfortunately, the focus of Lenovo's work is not on technology research and development.

As for international brands, Nokia, Google, Ericsson, Motorola, Apple, Microsoft... There are too many companies with the strength to develop operating systems.

After Stardust 1 was released, they did the same thing. There was always a concept in their subconscious mind: "Why can't we create a mobile operating system that can be produced by Chinese brands?"

Nokia executives held a high-level meeting overnight on the day Stardust 1 was released. The focus of the meeting was only one: "Intensify the research and development of the Symbian system! By the way, let's learn from the functions of the Stardust OS..."

It is said to be a reference, but in fact it is copying, you copy me, I copy you, that is, Microsoft is still working hard to transform Windows into a mobile phone system, and the rest is basically copying, including Google's Android and Apple's Apple OS.

Especially for Apple, after Jobs gave instructions to Wilson, the person in charge of Apple in China, no matter how much Wilson complained and thought carefully, he had to send a batch of Stardust 1 back to the head office the next day.

It cost 23 yuan for the manpower and material resources of a flight + transportation to Apple's head office, but Jobs didn't care, he just wanted to see what the "smart machine" was one step ahead of them.

After getting the Stardust 1, Jobs immediately led Jonathan and a group of capable officers to the R&D laboratory. After unpacking the first Stardust 1, Jobs only felt that he had been hit hard again.

"how can that be?"

"It can be seen that they have spent a lot of thought on the packaging design, which is concise and clear, and the color is uniform. The material of the packaging box should be custom-made PU+cardboard, and the damping feeling is very strong when it is opened..."

"The use of internal space is also very neat. On the top is a very thin small cardboard box, which contains product introductions, manuals, and after-sales warranty cards!"

"Is Stardust 1 in the middle? It looks really exquisite! The soft film on their screen... is a white plastic film, which is pasted with static electricity!"

Tear off this layer of screen protection film, and you will see a whole pure black screen. Since the screen and upper and lower borders of Stardust 1 have been blackened in the same style, the visual perception is very good when the screen is off.

Coupled with the flashing silver light of the CNC-cut chamfer on the metal frame, and the enamel-like black glass cover on the back cover, the texture of the Stardust 1 directly surpasses all mobile phones recognized by Jobs and others.

This time, not only Jobs was hit hard, but all the senior executives of Apple and the engineers of the "Purple Project" were hit hard, and a feeling of depression began to spread around...

"What are you worried about? It's just a Huaxia brand, our products will be even better!"

Seeing this, Jonathan began to ease the atmosphere, but everyone at the scene didn't say a word, and they didn't know what they were thinking. They seemed to acquiesce to Jonathan's words, and their hand movements became faster.

And under the real device of Stardust 1, there is a white power adapter and data cable. The data cable is Micro to USB, and the power adapter is 5V1A. The charging power is very small, and the space it occupies is also very small.

Further down is a very thick base, which is the entire content of the Stardust 1 package. There are no earphones, no mobile phone case, and the card pin is inserted on the after-sales warranty card, so all the necessary things are omitted.

But no matter how much Chen Zifan saves, he can't save the charger and data cable. It's okay to buy a mobile phone without a mobile phone case, but don't send a charger...

Isn't this a joke?
Jobs, who always believed that over-marketing would destroy the research and development potential of technology companies, probably never imagined that one day, Apple’s products would not even give away chargers in the name of environmental protection marketing.

What's even more outrageous is that Apple made a bad start. As a result, some domestic Android manufacturers actually tried the same. 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 into. 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" knew what the design sketches of Apple 1 looked like.

"Their screens are bigger, they have a higher screen-to-body ratio, is this...the full lamination and retina technology they claim? Oh my god, I've never seen such a clear phone screen! This is incredible!"

Jonathan started to praise his competitor's products as soon as he finished cheering everyone up, which made everyone around him speechless, but he was always so honest.

"But Stardust Technology made a mistake. Do they think that the full screen will be more technological? No, this will only increase the difficulty of getting started. The Home button + touch screen is the right choice, and it is easier!"

Jobs, who was always silent, finally spoke. In his opinion, the full-screen operation of Stardust 1 is too extreme. It is difficult for people to transition from the traditional button mobile phone to such an extreme operation mode.

Home button + touch screen is a more market-friendly choice. 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 also lower.

However, Chen Zifan didn't think so. If Stardust Technology didn't have a super-high-quality full-fit screen, of course he wouldn't dare to use full-screen gestures directly. The hardware configuration is high, and the choice is naturally more radical.

He not only wants to make Stardust OS the mainstream operating system for smartphones, but also to keep the hardware advantages of Stardust phones, so that Stardust Technology will always be the leader in the era of smartphones...

Although Jobs said so, the first time he saw the screen of Stardust 1, he changed his mind. If he wanted to compete with such a product, he could not use the original accessories plan.

The competitiveness in his bones 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 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 Huaxia website. If we can get it..."

"Then the development of the original Apple OS will be much less difficult. The underlying logic of the Stardust OS is perfect, but the protection level is very high. As long as we brute force it, it will start the self-destruct program!"

"Give us a little time, what Stardust OS can do, Apple OS can do too! But I think, like Stardust Technology, we need to call more Internet companies to join in application development!"

"The Stardust app is the core! They claim to have 800+ apps, but we actually found that only 1/3 of the apps are really usable and useful!"

"This is the flaw of Huaxia Internet Corporation! They are not serious enough and only seek profits, which will make the applications they develop full of loopholes!"

"We have better resources... as long as one year... no, nine months, nine months! We will make the best mobile phone operating system in the world!"

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Chen Zifan did not expect that Stardust 1 aroused the competitive spirit of Jobs and all Apple executives and engineers, and the countermeasures would be so quick.

A stronger Apple than in the original history was born. At the same time, the design, software and hardware configuration of Apple 1 has also evolved to a higher level. Of course, even if he knows, he doesn't care. What is there to be afraid of?

He has long wanted to see how powerful the godfather of Apple is. In the past, the price of the 3GB version of the Apple 8GS was also 3999. It is best to have a head-to-head confrontation to completely end the era of feature phones.

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