Reborn in 2011, 985 missing from two copies

Chapter 423 Frontier Technology Research and Development Center

Ironically, the core upgrades of mobile phones are not the result of the efforts of mobile phone manufacturers, but rather the result of breakthroughs in the supply chain.

This is true for both Apple and HTC, they are all solution integrators.

Even many of the breakthroughs of the current Xphone 2 are like this.

But the difference is that Wang Yi will gradually develop many core functions on his own and gradually break away from breakthroughs in the supply chain.

For example, the x-charge fast charging, fast charging chip C1, and power management chip P1 are all self-developed by Xingyi Technology.

Next, Wang Yi will develop more and better core technologies and accessories.

For example, fingerprint unlocking.

Sliding fingerprint unlocking appeared a few years ago, but it is cumbersome to operate and requires rubbing, which is not only troublesome but also has low accuracy.

Therefore, it is considered a failed update and has been abandoned by major brands in recent years because it is flashy and impractical.

It wasn't until the release of iPhone 5s in September next year, which adopted the press-type fingerprint unlocking, that the craze for press-type fingerprint unlocking was completely ignited.

In the following years, press-type fingerprint unlocking became the standard for flagship phones.

It was not until many years later that 3D structured light facial recognition and ultrasonic under-screen fingerprint unlocking appeared, which gradually put an end to press-type fingerprint unlocking.

This year's iPhone 5 will definitely be beaten by the Xphone 2.

But if next year's iPhone 5S comes with a press-type fingerprint unlocking feature, it might be able to make a comeback with this feature.

After all, Apple can brag about even the most insignificant updates.

Take Lingdong Island for example. Meizu had something similar a few years ago, but no one was interested in it until Apple made it and it became a groundbreaking innovation.

Wang Yi couldn't bear to watch.

Nowadays, press-type fingerprint unlocking is considered a groundbreaking upgrade. If the iPhone 5S is released first, it will definitely have a fatal impact on the Xingyi mobile phone.

This is not a good thing.

Xingyi Technology must plan ahead and strive to develop press-type fingerprint unlocking and release it ahead of time.

In this case, Apple will have nothing to do.

No matter what, being the first to try something new will make a fortune.

Thinking of this, Wang Yi called Zhu Changlin:
"Mr. Zhu, Xphone 2 sales are expected to exceed 1500 million this month, breaking the record. That's great. But we also need to prepare for the next generation of technology."

"Next generation technology? Is it an advanced technology similar to fast charging?" Zhu Changlin was very curious.

"Similar, but not fast charging technology, but fingerprint recognition, press-type fingerprint recognition!" Wang Yi said.

xphone 2上了10W快充，1080P，1300万像素……留给xphone 2pro升级的空间不多了。

Wang Yi must play with new tricks!
However, 10W fast charging is already far ahead, so next year's xphone 2pro naturally cannot be upgraded. It will not be too late to wait until xphone 4 to upgrade.

Wang Yi remembered that in his previous life, it was not until the Xiaomi 2016 in 5 that 18-watt fast charging was available.

Therefore, Wang Yi can also slow down the fast charging and upgrading, maintain precise swordsmanship, maintain the first place, and develop slowly.

The core of the xphone 2pro upgrade is fingerprint unlocking and press-type fingerprint unlocking.

"Press-type fingerprint unlocking..." Zhu Changlin understood Wang Yi's idea: "Chairman, if this is the case, our small circle breathing light will be gone!"

Wang Yi smiled and said, "It has to be gone. There is nothing we can do about it. With the emergence of the push-type fingerprint unlocking, Xingyi mobile phones can say goodbye to the small circle breathing light. Of course, it can be passed down to the next generation of borderless mobile phones."

"Okay, the touch-type fingerprint unlocking can be integrated with the X-back interaction." Zhu Changlin said faintly: "It's still a button. Tap it to go back to the previous level, long press it to return to the desktop, swipe up to call up the background, swipe down to close the application..."

"That's right, that's it! This way old users won't have any difficulty adapting, and the learning cost won't be too high." Wang Yi said.

A consistent interaction and design language is very important for a mobile phone brand.

This is the case with Apple and Meizu, the brands can still be seen even if the logos are covered.

But it’s hard to say about Xiaomi. I always feel that the new generation has nothing to do with the previous generation.

"Old Zhu, gather some talents and recruit some more people to set up a fingerprint recognition R&D center as soon as possible to develop push-type fingerprint unlocking."

Wang Yi said: "After we get the fingerprint unlocking function done, we will do fingerprint payment. These are the core functions of the future Xingyi mobile phone!"

Today, the number of Changchat users has exceeded 300 million, and is expected to exceed 400 million before New Year's Day.

We will launch the red envelope function before the Spring Festival and strive to reach the 500 million mark!

By then, QR code scanning payment and fingerprint payment will be available online.

"Okay, Chairman, leave it to me, I'll arrange it right away." Zhu Changlin responded.

"I'll send you the relevant design requirements and other information. Remember, you have to be quick. The next generation of iPhones will also have fingerprint unlocking." Wang Yi said, "They acquired AuthenTec, a company that does fingerprint recognition technology."

AuthenTec is a biotechnology company that has developed a fingerprint recognition technology that has been demonstrated to major customers such as Samsung, LG, Nokia, Fuji, and Apple.

But all the big customers felt that it was similar to sliding fingerprint unlocking and was meaningless, so they all gave up.

Only Apple saw the difference and bought the company in 3.5 for $2012 million.

With AuthenTec's fingerprint recognition technology, the iPhone 2013S in 5 successfully launched press-type fingerprint recognition, ushering in a new era.

Samsung and LG both regretted this, but it was too late.

However, Apple did not make much money from this deal.

After all, within a few years, Apple completely abandoned fingerprint recognition and entered the era of face recognition.

AuthenTec's core talents were also kicked out, which seemed like a case of getting rid of the donkey after it has served its purpose.

But there is no way, outdated technology is destined to be meaningless, and capital is the most ruthless.

Similarly, the press-type fingerprint is just a transitional technology for Wang Yi.

The final destination will be either 3D structured light face recognition or ultrasonic under-screen fingerprint technology.

However, the large forehead of the 3D structured light is a problem, and it is difficult for Apple to get rid of the notch screen.

On the contrary, ultrasonic under-screen fingerprint unlocking is more perfect.

There is no way, the notch screen is really ugly, and Wang Yi in his previous life complained about it a lot.

But this will take several years and generations to develop.

Originally, Wang Yi also planned to acquire a fingerprint company, and Goodix Technology was a good example.

But unfortunately, Goodix Technology was still in the research and development stage at that time, and it was not until 2014 that it developed the press-type fingerprint.

Wang Yi couldn't wait until that time, so he had to come by himself.

Fortunately, the pressure-type fingerprint recognition technology is not very difficult.

Of course, as the first generation of press-type fingerprint recognition, as long as it is made, it is considered a success and it does not need to be particularly powerful.

However, if you want to use fingerprint payment, you must have high and strict requirements, otherwise big problems will easily arise.

However, the mobile phone cutting-edge technology research and development center can be further developed.

Previously, there was only a beauty camera R&D center, which was responsible for developing beauty algorithms and continuously upgrading them.

The chip tuning center is responsible for chip tuning to make the chip perform more powerfully.

Heat dissipation R&D center, the heat dissipation of several generations of mobile phones comes from this department.

Fast charging R&D center, 10W fast charging is the solution developed by this department in collaboration with Xingyi Semiconductor, and the next-generation 18W fast charging technology is currently being developed.

Now we have established a fingerprint research and development center and started the research and development of press-type fingerprints.

More R&D centers can be established in the future to develop other technologies.

And other chips, such as imaging chips, HIFI chips, signal enhancement chips, etc.

These can be deployed gradually, provided that they do not affect the research and development of mobile phone SOC chips.

After arranging the fingerprint research and development, Wang Yi came to the headquarters of Unbounded Mobile.

The approval of Wujie Technology Park was finally granted, and the headquarters of Wujie mobile phones, like the headquarters of Xingyi Technology in Jeju, are temporarily located in Meiyu Technology Park, occupying a 26-story office building.

"Chairman, you are here." Wu Zhaowei, the head of Wujie Mobile, greeted him with a smile.

Wu Zhaowei was a former R&D manager at Motorola. However, as a Xia citizen, he was always excluded by the white-skinned senior executives. So he simply jumped to Xingyi Technology and was appointed by Wang Yi as the head of Wujie mobile phones.

"Let me see how the development of the borderless mobile phone is going?" Wang Yi said with a smile.

"Chairman, the development of the Unbounded mobile phone is going smoothly. The key is the chip. All other designs have been perfected, and the only thing left is the final chip. Once we get the Kunpeng 500, no, Kunpeng 700 chip, we can start making prototypes of the Unbounded mobile phone."

Wang Yi nodded: "Very good, the chip will probably be taped out next month."

"That's no problem. We will make a prototype for testing by the end of next month. We will test it for two months in October and November. If there are no problems, we can start mass production in December."

"Okay, then the Borderless phone will be mass-produced in December and released on New Year's Day!"

There is absolutely no problem with this progress.

Wang Yi looked at everyone's research and development progress again and was very satisfied overall.

Although the Wujie phone cannot catch up with the Xingyi phone and does not have such high configuration and quality, it is a thousand-yuan phone after all.

But overall it was done well and the cost control was also good.

The appearance design is quite satisfactory, and with the bargain price of 999, there is no doubt that it will sell well!
Wang Yi was also very satisfied with Wu Zhiyuan's abilities.

For the entire development of the borderless mobile phone, Wang Yi only put forward requirements and cost control, and Wu Zhaowei was responsible for all the specific details.

This is also a way to test Wu Zhaowei's ability.

Wang Yi was not disappointed. Wu Zhaowei's ability was not inferior to Zhu Changlin and he was fully capable of taking up the banner of the boundless mobile phone.

"Very good, let's proceed with the borderless mobile phone. But we can't relax either, as the system level also needs to be optimized and adapted." Wang Yi instructed.

After the first generation of the Unbounded mobile phone is put into mass production, Wu Zhaowei will start the research and development of the Unbounded Note.

The price of the Ultrawide Note is 1999-2999, which just replaces the market vacated by the Xphone 1.

It also competes with other domestic brands at the same price!
Even if the dual-core Xphone 1 lasts until next year, it will be hard to continue to sell well, so retiring after achieving success is the best outcome.

The next day, Wang Yi went back to his hometown again and bought some supplements for his grandparents and grandmother.

On the way back, we passed by the Xingyi store in town.

With the crazy hot sales of Xingyi mobile phones and Xingyi TVs, Xingyi stores have been opened in many towns and villages.

But things were not so smooth in the initial stages.

Many people feel that it is unrealistic to sell Xingyi mobile phones in rural areas due to their high price. There is no market and they will definitely lose money, so they dare not join in.

Not to mention other places, even Wang Yi’s hometown, Bailu Town, felt that it had no future. They all felt that it was difficult to get people to buy Xingyi mobile phones and Xingyi TVs that cost three to five thousand yuan.

Wang Shulin couldn’t stand seeing that no one was opening a store. In order to support her son’s business, she immediately bought the largest store in the most central location of Bailu Town and opened the Xingyi store in Bailu Town!

Wang Shulin naturally didn't have time to keep an eye on it every day, so she let Huang Cui be the store manager and be responsible for all matters in the store.

Huang Cui has a good image and is good at speaking, so she is perfect for the job of looking after the store.

The two guys who used to sell out-of-stock clothing with me were now responsible for door-to-door delivery and installation of televisions.

That’s right, the Xingyi store in Bailu Town also supports home delivery.

For users who place orders in more than a dozen villages in the surrounding area, delivery is made once in the morning and once in the afternoon, and the goods are delivered within half a day.

After all, televisions have to be delivered and installed at your doorstep, and expensive mobile phones can also be provided with doorstep delivery services.

As for other small items, just take them along when you send the TV.

Seeing Wang Yi coming in, Huang Cui was overjoyed: "Chairman, you are here!"

"Let me see how business is going lately."

"It's pretty good. The Xphone 2699 priced at 1 is the best-selling phone. When a child gets admitted to a university, parents will buy a phone for their child. Those who do averagely get a Xphone 1, while those who do very well get a Xphone 1 Pro or even a Xphone 2. Even small business owners have switched to Xphone 2!"

"Very good." Wang Yi was in a good mood.

It is considered quite good if a Xingyi mobile phone that costs three to five thousand yuan can sell well in rural areas.

In fact, the income in rural areas is low, but there are also many rich people.

Especially self-employed individuals make a lot of money.

The only difference is that city dwellers earn more and spend more, so they may not be able to save much in the end.

People in rural areas may earn less, but they spend less, so their savings are considerable.

As for those who run business, do business, undertake projects, and open shops, there are many rich people.

In their previous lives, they all bought iPhones, but this time, with the Xingyi store opening in the town, advertisements for Xingyi phones were everywhere, and there were international superstars endorsing them.

These people also felt that the Xingyi phone was better and more prestigious, so they simply switched to the Xingyi phone.

For the small business owners in the town, many of them are quite old and have presbyopia.

The iPhone 4s has a small 3.5-inch screen, which looks cumbersome.

The xphone 2 has a 5.0-inch large screen, looks elegant and clear, has a large battery, long battery life, charges quickly, and will not freeze and shut down in winter, so I just bought it.

Wang Yi looked at the Xingyi TV on the other side.

Huang Cui said quickly: "Xingyi TV is also selling very well. Xingyi TV X40, priced at 4999, is bought by many people."

"At present, many people still have black and white TVs at home. After so many years of use, they must be replaced. So I just bought the X40."

"Some people who are better off had already bought 25-inch and 29-inch color TVs more than a decade ago. Now they have gone all the way and bought the X50 large TV!"

Wang Yi nodded: "Which of the two TVs sells better?"

Huang Cui thought for a moment and said, "Initially, the X40 sold well because it was 2000 yuan cheaper. But later, the X50 sold well."

"Comparison?" Wang Yi said with a smile.

"Yes, that's right." Huang Cui smiled and said, "Director Liu of our central school originally planned to buy an X40, but he found out that Teacher Li had bought an X50. As the director, how could Director Liu fail? The guys had already loaded the car, but he called and changed it to an X50!"

"There is also Director Sun who just retired. He not only bought an X50, but also an Xphone 1Pro, Xiao Ai speakers, and ordered a Midea air conditioner that supports Xingyi Smart Home. He wants to build a Xingyi Smart Home. By the way, he also bought a Xingyi fan, a wireless version, which he said is perfect for fishing."

Wang Yi understood that old teachers in rural areas may not have high diplomas and limited abilities, but their pensions are very high, even higher than those in cities.

It’s nothing, just long teaching experience!

This group of veteran rural teachers have all experienced a special period, when there were not so many college students.

On the contrary, there are very few high school students, and those with only a junior high school diploma can become elementary school teachers.

Therefore, many veteran teachers started teaching in elementary schools when they were fifteen or sixteen years old!
By the time city teachers graduate from college in their twenties and start teaching, they already have seven or eight years of teaching experience!
These days male teachers retire at the age of 60. Teachers in cities have a teaching career of at most thirty years, while old teachers in rural areas can have a teaching career of up to forty-four or forty-five years.

With such a long teaching career, he must have achieved a high professional title. In addition, with such a long teaching career, a pension of 5,000 is normal.

That’s right, in an era when the average income per capita is 3,000, their pension can reach 5,000.

A few years later, the average income per person was around 4,000 to 5,000 yuan, and their pensions could reach tens of thousands.

After being poor for most of my life and enduring hardships and hard work, I have finally made it.

In rural areas, there are not many places to spend money, and there is no need to save money to buy a house, so it is normal to engage in occasional revenge consumption.

Each generation has its own long-cherished wish.

For that generation, being able to buy a big color TV and a big mobile phone was their childhood dream!

No wonder ten years ago, ordinary people in towns and villages could spend three or four months' salary to buy a TV worth two or three thousand yuan, and spend half a year's salary to buy a motorcycle.

You have to know that the monthly income at that time was less than one thousand yuan.

The reason is, first of all, a childhood wish.

Second, the consumption capacity of towns and villages cannot be underestimated.

After all, you don’t have to buy a house or a car, and you don’t have to pay off a mortgage or car loan, so you naturally have money to spend.

As for the third one, it is comparison!
City people love to compare with others, and people in the countryside also love to compare with others, and it is even more serious.

Therefore, setting up Xingyi stores in towns and villages is the right approach!

The high-end Xingyi products alone have achieved profitability.

Once the subsequent Unbounded series is launched, it is bound to make more money.

Moreover, the cost of opening a store in rural areas is low, and employee wages are also low. As for social security?

How many shop assistants in rural towns have this thing these days?

Many shop assistants in the city do not have social security, there is nothing that can be done about it.

After all, once the five insurances are paid, the original salary of 1500 will become 1000 after deducting the five insurances, and the employees will not agree.

There is nothing we can do about it.

That’s right, these days the salary of a shop clerk in a rural area is around 1500.

After all, the salary in the county is only around 2000, and in the urban area it can reach 2500.

If there are more, it will be suspected of disrupting the market and easy to cause trouble.

In order not to disrupt the market, Wang Shulin offered Huang Cui a monthly salary of only 1500 yuan. He also gave her a bonus of 2500 yuan every month based on her performance, so the total salary was about 4000 yuan, which was a top-level treatment in the city.

However, the salaries of other employees are not that high.

After all, we are old friends and there is affection between us.

While Wang Yi and Huang Cui were talking, three young men came in and wanted to buy a mobile phone.

"The guests are important, you should entertain them first." Wang Yi said.

"Okay." Huang Cui greeted them with a smile: "Three handsome guys, what do you want to buy?"

A young man was the first to speak up: "My classmates in vocational school have all switched to smartphones. My Nokia is too shabby. I want to buy a smartphone."

Huang Cui nodded and pointed to the phone next to her: "This is the Xphone 1, a dual-core phone with the best price/performance ratio, currently starting at 2699."

"This is the Xphone 1 Pro, the world's first quad-core phone, with dual 720-megapixel resolution, large freeze-proof battery, and 4P high-resolution screen. It has made the iPhone 500S extremely unsalable. There is a promotion going on right now, with a 16 yuan discount. The 4499G version starts at yuan."

"This is the Xphone 2, the flagship phone of the year that was just released at the beginning of the month. It is the world's first 28nm quad-core phone, with 2G of large RAM, which ensures smooth operation of large-scale games. The front camera has 800 megapixels, and the rear camera has 1300 megapixels, which is absolutely powerful for taking photos and videos. It also integrates Xingyi Technology's self-developed 10W fast charging technology, which is twice as fast as the iPhone, Samsung, and HTC."

"And this screen, look at it? Isn't it super clear?"

Huang Cui turned on the screen and showed it to the three people: "5.0-inch large screen, 1080P ultra-clear. What does 1080P mean? The iPhone 4S is only 640P, and ours is 1080P, almost twice as much!"

Hearing this, the three guys were stunned.

They didn’t get into university and just started vocational high school. They only heard about the good Xingyi mobile phone on the Internet, but they only knew the basics of its specific configuration.

After Huang Cui said this, the three of them were stunned. Those who originally wanted to buy xphone 1 now couldn't take their eyes off xphone 2.

Another young man with dyed blond hair asked, "Will this phone be able to play large-scale games without lags? For example, Star Hunter?"

"Of course it doesn't lag!" Huang Cui said with a smile, "Star Hunter was released by Xingyi Technology. Not only does the Xphone 2 not lag, but even the Xphone 1 doesn't lag."

"Of course, the Xphone 2 has a higher configuration, and Asphalt 7 can run perfectly. Look, the special effects are turned up to the maximum, I'll run a round for you!"

As she spoke, Huang Cui opened "Asphalt 2" on her Xphone 7, played a round herself, and showed it to the three people.

Wang Yi was very surprised. He didn’t expect Huang Cui to be so professional that she could even play “Asphalt 7”!
Facts speak louder than words.

After the game was over, all three of them were excited.

The guy with the crew cut and the yellow-haired guy placed the order immediately. The other guy hesitated a little, made a phone call, and also placed an order.

Three xphone 2s sold.

However, just as the three were about to leave, Huang Cui continued:
"Do you want xbuds Bluetooth headphones? They are very popular in Europe and America, and are used by Leo DiCaprio and Taylor Swift."

"Come on, try the sound quality!"

Three minutes later, xbuds completed two more orders.

"Well, do you want to open a Xingshen card? Xingyi apps are free of data usage, and the more you use, the more data you will get. I suggest you start paying for a plan now, and increase it every month!"

Ten minutes later, the three of them each opened a Star God Card and left contentedly.

Wang Yi clapped his hands: "Sister Cui, that's amazing."

"Thank you for the compliment, Chairman."

Return home in the evening.

Wang Yi said about this: "Sister Cui is really a qualified store manager. She has a strong ability to sell goods and a strong learning ability."

"That's right. During the store manager training, Huang Cui won the first prize. The people you selected at the beginning were all hardworking and dutiful. Maybe they have been beaten by society and they are particularly fond of learning." Wang Shulin said with a smile.

Wang Yi nodded: "By the way, where is Song Yang?"

"Song Yang's store is in the next town, and it's also a store I took over. In order to take care of Huang Cui, I asked her to be in charge of Bailu Town, which is close to home. Song Yang is in charge of Linde Town, which is a little further away. There are also Xingyi stores in Shangyao Town and Xiayao Town, but no one was willing to join, so I took them all over." Wang Shulin said with a smile.

Wang Yi fell silent: "..."

(End of this chapter)