Reborn in 2011, 985 missing from two copies

Chapter 507: Ali asks for peace? Rejected! Technology monopoly!
"More importantly, once the home button becomes unpressable, the home button interaction logic of the iOS system will have to be changed!"

Apple R&D director Lorne Dias was speechless:
"The layout needs to be overhauled, some components need to be replaced, and the system interactions need to be changed. This is a big project."

"In this case, cost is a problem, liquidated damages is a problem, and time is even more of a problem!"

"It's already mid-April. If we need to make major changes, it will take July to complete the changes and debugging. It will take August to make a prototype. Add in testing, optimization, and ordering of new components. The arrival of the products will take October. Production and stocking will take November. Distribution to stores around the world will take December. It will be too late to launch it before the end of the year, let alone release it in September."

“Unless the iPhone 5s is delayed until next year!”

"This..." All the senior executives were speechless.

Cook frowned even more.

No wonder those who proposed to modify the home button were all management executives with a pure operations background.

On the contrary, none of the executives with a technical background spoke.

It turns out that the executives who come from a technical background know the difficulty and that it is unrealistic.

Only management who don’t understand technology would think that modifying a home button is just modifying a home button, which is very simple...

"Alas!" Cook sighed, "Our iPhone 5 has been severely impacted by the Xingyi phone. It is definitely not possible to delay the launch of the iPhone 5s until next year."

"Since it's difficult to change, then let's not change it. Just continue to use the fingerprint sensor unlocking method. It's better than nothing."

"Ugh!"

A sigh of helplessness.

The situation is better than people.

The atmosphere in the entire conference room also became solemn.

Cook is not optimistic about the future of iPhone 5s, and neither is anyone else.

The 64-bit processor and 64-bit system were first launched by the Xingyi mobile phone.

Even fingerprint recognition was released first by the Xingyi mobile phone, which is a whole generation ahead of Apple.

In the past, the iPhone 5S, iPhone 6, and iPhone 6s all had pressable home buttons, all with press-type fingerprint recognition technology.

It wasn't until the iPhone 7 that the home button could no longer be pressed, and the light-touch fingerprint recognition was used.

Today, the three core selling points of iPhone 5s have all become outdated.

It can be said that iPhone 5s is a product that is destined to be inferior to Xphone 2 Pro even before it is launched.

It is destined to be overshadowed by xphone 2pro.

Even Cook had a complicated expression.

Fortunately, in addition to the iPhone 5s, there is also the iPhone 5C, which is priced one thousand lower.

Even if the sales of iPhone 5s are not good, 5C can still bring in a lot of sales. At worst, the price of 5C can be lowered a little bit.

Seeing the low morale, the vice president said with a smile:

"Don't be discouraged. Fortunately, the Xingyi phone is only sold in Xiaguo and will not be sold globally. Even if our iPhone 5s is not as good as the Xphone 2Pro, it can be sold globally and is a global hit. However, no matter how good the Xphone 2Pro is, it cannot be sold publicly worldwide. At most, it can be sold secretly as a parallel import."

"Yes, this is the best news and also the advantage of our iPhone 5s!"

Cook breathed a sigh of relief: "If the Xphone 2 Pro is also sold globally, then the iPhone 5s is really finished."

Another senior executive also nodded: "The fact that the Xphone 2 Pro cannot be sold globally has limited impact on us. However, HTC's new flagship HTC New One, equipped with Kunpeng 702, has powerful performance and is sold globally, which has a great impact on the iPhone 5."

Cook nodded and said: "The global launch of HTC New One is a big problem. Prepare materials immediately and sue HTC New One for infringing Apple's core patents and ban its sale!"

"Yes!"

All the senior executives are interested. If they can’t deal with Xingyi Technology, they can deal with you, HTC?

joke!

HTC headquarters.

Wang Hong looked complicated: "I didn't expect that at this Xingyi Technology press conference, not only did they directly launch the XOS system for mobile phones and tablets, but they also directly launched fingerprint recognition and fingerprint payment. What do you think?"

After a brief silence, everyone started to speak:
"With the same price of 5499, there is no doubt that the Xphone 2 Pro crushes our HTC New One. Even the previous generation Xphone 2 can crush the HTC New One. I suggest that the price of HTC New One be reduced by 4999 yuan to 2 and sold at the same price as the Xphone ."

"I also support the price cut. If the price is not cut, HTC New One's sales will not be good. Everyone will buy Xingyi Technology's Xphone 2 and Xphone 2 Pro instead."

"I object. HTC's new one has only been on the market for half a month and you're already reducing the price. Are you crazy?"

"Once the price is reduced, it will have a huge impact on our HTC New One brand."

"HTC cuts the price just half a month after launch. Does it have any dignity?"

"Although the Xphone 2 Pro is selling well, it is not available globally, so it has little impact on us."

Wang Hong nodded. "That's right. HTC New One's main market is overseas. Xphone 2 Pro is not available for sale overseas. It will at most impact our domestic sales. It's not a big problem. There's no need to lower the price. At least not in the short term."

Wang Hong made the final decision, and everyone started to propose a new one:
"Xphone 2 Pro sold 700 million units in three days, setting a new record. This shows that users like fingerprint recognition and fingerprint payment. HTC must follow up as soon as possible and develop its own fingerprint recognition."

"No. Fingerprint recognition needs to be followed up, but it will take too long and cost too much for us to develop it ourselves, and we may not succeed. I suggest directly introducing Xingyi Technology's fingerprint module and full set of technical solutions."

"Yes, Xingyi Technology's fingerprint unlocking technology is very advanced. I don't think we can come up with something more advanced. In this case, we might as well just buy it."

But then someone objected: "Nonsense. You have a comprador mentality, which is not conducive to the long-term development of HTC!"

"Long-term development? It will probably take until the year after next for you to develop a fingerprint unlocking system comparable to Xingyi Technology. By then, HTC will probably be out of business. Do you still want long-term development?"

"That's right, efficiency is everything! HTC New One was able to turn things around because it used Xingyi Technology's Kunpeng 702 processor and a full set of x-charge fast charging solutions and modules, and was quickly launched on the market. If we developed it ourselves, it wouldn't even be available next year."

"It doesn't matter whether you are a comprador or not. The most important thing is to survive!"

"Do you still want to develop your own products? With HTC's current performance and profits, do we have the spare money to do research and development for you? Or do we have the time to do research and development for you?"

"I……"

Several executives who advocated independent research and development were left speechless.

Things are different now!
Two years ago, HTC was still very popular.

Last year, HTC was also able to continue its success.

This year, HTC can only struggle.

There is indeed no extra funds to develop fingerprint modules or fast charging, let alone develop self-developed processors and basebands.

Wang Hong no longer has such a dream.

Wang Hong took a deep breath and said, "HTC's sales have dropped sharply this year, and it has even suffered losses. At present, HTC has limited funds and energy, and can only maintain the research and development of new mobile phones. As for fingerprint recognition and the like, it is better to directly introduce Xingyi Technology's mature solutions."

"Okay, Chairman, I will contact Xingyi Technology in a moment. With our relationship from previous cooperation with Xingyi Technology, they will be happy to sell it to us."

Wang Hong nodded: "Develop the next generation flagship as soon as possible. No, make a major overhaul. Can it be done in three months?"

The R&D director shook his head and said, "Chairman, this time is different. The previous major changes were mainly to the appearance, and the internal structure was mostly unchanged, so it can be completed within three months."

"The introduction of fingerprint recognition this time requires major changes to the external structure, the internal structure, the interaction logic, and the system interaction design. The research and development alone will take half a year. Add in testing, purchasing, and production, and it will be released next year anyway."

"Okay, half a year is half a year, let's push it forward as soon as possible. Who knows, the HTC New One might be banned from sale by those bastards at Apple someday."

"Okay, Chairman, how much do we order for the fingerprint module?"

Wang Hong pondered, "The Xphone 2 Pro sold 700 million units in three days, which is the best advertisement for fingerprint recognition. HTC has set its sights on Xingyi Technology's fingerprint recognition module and solution, and so have other companies. We still have to place more orders. If we are late, we will have to wait in line for subsequent orders."

"Yeah, that's what I'm worried about."

"In this way, the fingerprint module will be directly ordered in the amount of 10 million sets."

"Ten million sets!" The vice president was shocked. "Chairman, isn't that too much? Right now, I'm afraid that if our HTC new phone doesn't sell 10 million units, it will be sued and banned by those bastards like Apple and Samsung!"

HTC’s brand is still okay at the moment, and its products are pretty good.

HTC one X and HTC new one are not inferior to the flagship phones of Apple and Samsung, and they even have many highlights.

Logically speaking, it would be easy for HTC's new flagship model to achieve annual sales of over 20 to 30 million if it goes on sale globally.

But unfortunately, life is short.

Most of them are hot sellers, but they are banned from sale due to the lawsuit...

The frequent sales bans have caused dealers to be afraid to place large orders, so HTC's sales have declined even before the new phones were banned.

If dealers don’t dare to stock up goods on a large scale, sales will definitely not be good.

On the contrary, Xingyi Technology’s dealers are not hoarding large quantities of goods, but are frantically buying them!

Every time an ordering conference is held, major dealers do not make excuses and order small orders, but go crazy and place large orders with full payment.

The dealer’s quota was 300 million units, but he insisted on 500 million units.

No worries about selling. No worries about selling at all.

Some dealers even resorted to physical violence in order to grab quotas.

Even the three giants, China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom, place orders of 20 million or 10 million each time.

Especially China Mobile. If it weren't for Wang Yi's pressure, they would have placed an order for 30 million units directly.

There is no way. There are not many high-end mobile phones that support mobile 3G. Even the iPhone 5 and Samsung flagship do not support it. Mobile does not have many choices, so it naturally has to rely on Xingyi Technology.

The sales volume of Xingyi mobile phones accounts for a large part of the current performance evaluation standards within mobile business halls.

"Chairman, 1000 million sets are too many. I suggest that 600 million sets will be enough. We will be thankful if the new flagship can be sold for 600 million."

Other senior executives also spoke up, saying that HTC is now walking on thin ice and cannot afford a few more mistakes.

Wang Hong didn't care: "Just order 10 million. Even if one phone doesn't work, we'll continue using the next one. Fingerprint recognition will be standard in the future! Due to the ban, HTC has to launch at least two phones every year."

"To prepare for a rainy day, both mobile phones must be developed and prepared in advance. If we don't reserve enough fingerprint recognition modules in advance, once they are banned from sale, we won't be able to buy enough fingerprint recognition modules in a short period of time, and we won't be able to launch new phones!"

"Other components have mature industrial chains and many suppliers to choose from. But for fingerprint recognition, especially light-touch fingerprint recognition, there is only one company in the world, Xingyi Technology. If you don't place more orders, you won't be able to buy it when the time comes!"

"I see, that's a good idea, Chairman!"

Everyone suddenly realized that, just as Wang Hong said, there are multiple suppliers to choose from for processors, memory, lenses, and screens.

Xingyi Technology is the only company that provides light-touch fingerprint modules.

Their own sales are so horrific that other brands are also rushing to place orders. If HTC doesn't stock up more, subsequent orders will have to wait in line.

There is no need for more. If you wait in line for three months and the goods are out of stock for three months, you will suffer heavy losses.

"And if you place an order for tens of millions of sets, you can get a better price," Wang Hong continued.

As for the subsequent price reduction?
Don’t even think about it within two years, it would be good if the price doesn’t increase.

The light-touch fingerprint module is in a monopoly position, and it is a complete seller's market.

There is no such thing as price reduction for products with a monopoly position.

This is true for the fingerprint module and the Xingyi fast charging module.

There is also no price reduction for Kunpeng 702 SOC and Kunpeng 700 SOC. Instead, the price has increased! There is nothing we can do. Our competitors are too useless.

With the 64-bit bonus, last year's sub-flagship Kunpeng 700 can beat Qualcomm's new flagship Snapdragon 800 this year, so there is no need to cut the price.

于是，最近鲲鹏700从210涨到了230，鲲鹏702从240涨到了260！

Even so, many brands are still rushing to place orders.

After all, Qualcomm's Snapdragon 600, with its 32-bit performance being poor, plus its 3G baseband and lack of support for mobile 3G, still costs 250-260!

It is better to buy Kunpeng 700 and 702 directly.

In the evening, Song Si Ning approached Wang Yi:
“Chairman, I talked to Ali’s vice president Mo Yi, and he meant to negotiate.”

"Negotiation?" Wang Yi smiled. "I didn't expect Ali to come here to seek peace. Are they targeting our fingerprint payment?"

"Yes." Song Si Ning said: "Ali said that they can stop blocking each other. Taobao, Tmall, and Alibaba restarted the Changchat payment interface. And the platform under Xingyi Technology also restarted the payment interface of Alipay."

"In addition, Alipay has also been connected to the fingerprint payment of xphone 2pro."

Hearing this, Wang Yi laughed: "They can break up if they want to, and make peace if they want to. How can it be so easy?"

"Then I refuse?" Song Si Ning asked.

Wang Yi nodded: "Refuse it. Since the war has started, let's fight to the end. He spoiled me."

"Besides, we have the advantage right now. If things continue to develop like this, Alipay will not be a match for Changchat Payment. If other e-commerce companies perform well, Taobao might even lose volume, but the possibility is not high."

Wang Yi wants QQ Online Shopping to defeat Taobao, but his hope is slim.

In the future, the ones who can defeat Taobao will still be PDD and Douyin Mall.

There is no other reason. Douyin has such a huge number of users and the duration of usage, as well as functions like live streaming and the shared yellow car, which are simply invincible.

In its previous life, Douyin e-commerce started late, but if it had planned earlier, it could have easily surpassed Taobao.

The simplest thing is that the time users spend on Taobao is less than one-tenth of the time they spend on TikTok!

I use Douyin every day, but I only open Taobao when I want to buy something.

No one would check Taobao every day to see if there is anything they want to buy.

On the contrary, Taobao may not be opened once a week.

If the ban continues like this, Xingyi Technology will lose 300 and Alibaba will lose 5,000!
Totally cost effective.

What's more, all major e-commerce platforms will become exclusive in the future.

Their own payment methods will be prioritized and used as the default.

As for other payment methods, even if they are activated, they still have to be selected manually.

We will also launch a quick payment method and password-free payment, all of which will be default payments made by our own company.

To put it bluntly, mutual exclusion is the norm and the trend of the future.

In that case, why not start to exclude others now!

Changchat payment is similar to Alipay, and Douyin Mall is similar to Taobao!

After spending a wonderful night with Song Si Ning, Wang Yi set off again the next day and went to the imperial capital.

Alibaba Vice President Mo Yi came to Mayu Technology Park early in the morning and approached Song Si Ning: "President Song, do you think Director Wang is available today?"

"I'm sorry, President Mo, Director Wang has already returned to the imperial capital."

The corner of Mo Yi's mouth twitched: "..."

He has been here for three days and hasn't even seen Wang Yi.

On the first day of going to the imperial capital, Wang Yiren was in Jeju.

The next day in Jeju, Wang Yi returned to his hometown.

On the third day, Wang Yi came back to the imperial capital!
Mo Yi completely understood that Director Wang was really angry, so much so that he didn't want to see him, or rather, didn't want to see anyone from Ali!

Then it would be difficult to make peace.

In desperation, Mo Yi had to ask tentatively: "President Song, what about the peace talks..."

Song Si Ning waved her hand: "Forget about the peace talks, the current situation is pretty good."

Mo Yi's expression changed drastically: "Song Si Ning, misunderstanding, it's all misunderstanding! We at Ali came here with sincerity..."

Song Si Ning sneered: "When Ali banned Changchat Payment, it was very sincere. In this case, let's go all the way and ban each other!"

"This……"

Mo Yi's face turned pale, and he wanted to say something, but Song Si Ning ordered him to leave: "President Mo, I have an important meeting on hand..."

"Excuse me." Mo Yi left Mayu Technology Park with a gloomy face and called Jack Ma:

"Chairman, things are not going well. Wang Yi rejected our request for peace."

"???" Jack Ma's mouth twitched, somewhat unbelievable:
"What? He actually refused!"

"He said it to my face?"

"No, I've been here for three days and haven't met Mr. Wang at all. I've only met President Song twice."

"Okay, it seems that Wang Yi is determined to become a comprehensive e-commerce company and wants to fight us to the death!"

Jack Ma fully understood the situation.

"This should be."

"Well, if that's the case, then forget it. We at Alibaba are not afraid of them. Isn't it just that Alipay doesn't have fingerprint payment? Other brands will also release it later, sooner or later. Let's come back first." Jack Ma said.

"Okay." Mo Yi responded and set off on his journey home.

But people are becoming increasingly unsure about the future of Alipay.

He doesn't think Alipay can outperform Changchat.

I don’t think Alibaba can outperform Xingyi Technology.

The simplest thing is that Alibaba has played all the cards it can play and used all the means it can use. And Xingyi Technology still has a trump card in its hand!
The simplest thing is that even though Xingyi Technology has not banned apps such as Alipay, Taobao, and Tmall in order to promote the XOS system.

But once the XOS system becomes bigger, more applications are compatible with it, and the user scale reaches an extremely terrifying stage, it will be hard to say.

By then, the XOS system will find a reason to remove Alipay or Taobao, and Alibaba will have a hard time doing anything about it.

Just like Apple removing Xunlei from its app store, all they need to do is find a reason. Xunlei is not only helpless, but also has to beg Apple to take the initiative to rectify the situation...

If Xingyi Technology treats Alibaba in this way, Alibaba will also suffer heavy losses.

Even on the current XOS system e-commerce recommendation list, Taobao and Tmall are not at the top.

As for integrating Taobao and Tmall, that is even more impossible. Even if Alibaba pays, Xingyi Technology will not agree.

To put it bluntly, XOS has not removed Alibaba's apps, but has also put them into cold storage.

After the call ended, Jack Ma looked at the public opinion about xphone 2pro on the Internet, and his expression became even uglier.

Looking up, public opinion is very unified.

"XOS system is really easy to use. My Kunpeng 700-powered xphone 1pro is smoother and more powerful than my classmates' Snapdragon 600-powered phones."

"After upgrading to the XOS system, I don't even know what lag is. The battery life has also increased by about 30% compared to before."

"The 60% improvement of the XOS system is not exaggerated. Anyone who has used it knows it. If you haven't upgraded yet, hurry up and upgrade. You will never regret it."

"I have received the Xphone 2 Pro. The fingerprint unlocking is very sensitive and the fingerprint payment is amazing. It is a hundred times better than entering a password!"

“I went to buy flowers today and talked about scanning codes and paying with fingerprints. The lady in the florist shop was stunned!”

……

Looking at these rave reviews, Jack Ma became more and more annoyed.

I couldn't even find a bad review.

"XOS system, fingerprint unlocking, fingerprint payment, are they so easy to use?"

"It's a pity that Alipay can't enjoy this benefit."

Jack Ma snorted coldly, feeling envious and jealous.

I just hope that other brands will launch fingerprint unlocked phones as soon as possible, and then Alipay will be able to launch fingerprint payment.

Otherwise, for the sake of fingerprint payment, everyone will buy an Xphone 2 Pro and use Changchat payment, then Alipay will be completely finished.

There is a huge difference between entering a password and paying with fingerprints.

But what Jack Ma didn’t know was that fingerprint payment for other brands was not that easy.

Wang Yi had just returned to Xingyi Technology Headquarters when Zhu Changlin approached him:

"Chairman, HTC, ZTE, Meizu, Xiaomi, O, V, Gionee, Lenovo, and Coolpad have all come to us and want to buy our fingerprint recognition modules."

Wang Yi smiled: "They are really fast and so neat."

"Should we sell it then?"

"You can sell it, but not this year, but next year!" Wang Yi said with a smile.

The technical content of scratch-type fingerprint recognition is not high, and AuthenTec, FingerPrint Card, and STMicroelectronics can all do it.

However, the technology content of press-type fingerprint recognition is not low. Currently, only Xingyi Technology and Apple, which acquired AuthenTec, can do it.

The technology and patents of iPhone 5s come from AuthenTec.

As for the light-touch fingerprint recognition technology, currently only Xingyi Technology can do it.

In the past, the iPhone 2016 in 7 first introduced the touch-based fingerprint unlocking feature.

However, this time, stimulated by Xingyi Technology, it is estimated that next year's iPhone 6 will launch light-touch fingerprint recognition.

As for other companies, that is difficult and they simply cannot accomplish it in a short period of time.

In the past, whether it was Samsung, HTC, Huawei, or VIVO, they all used scratch-type fingerprint recognition, or back-scratch fingerprint recognition. The experience was very poor, very useless, and could be called a failure.

It wasn't until the end of 2014, when the mx4pro was released, that a second front-facing press-type fingerprint unlocking feature finally appeared, with a performance comparable to that of the iPhone 5S.

It was with the help of Goodix Technologies’ technology that the two parties worked together on research and development and worked hard for more than two months to finally complete it.

At that time, Goodix Technology was still a small company. It started to develop press-type fingerprint recognition technology in 2012 and succeeded at the end of 2014.

The subsequent breakthrough in front-press fingerprint recognition technology ushered in a new era.

(End of this chapter)