187. Chapter 186 Special thanks to one person
Chapter 186 Special thanks to one person
[iPhone 15 128G $750, 4999]
[iPhone 15 Plus 128G $899, 5999]
[iPhone 15 Pro 256G $1299, 7999]
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When the starting price from Pingguo was passed to Xiaomi’s live broadcast room, the entire live broadcast room suddenly became lively.
“Fuck, I remember the starting price of the Fruit 14 was 799 dollars in the United States and 5999 in China? The price of 15 is even cheaper?”
”The key is that the domestic version is even cheaper this time?”
”Is the Fruit 4999 suddenly so attractive?”
”This wave of pressure has been put on Mr. Lei.”
”Will Xiaomi 14 be more expensive than the Fruit?”
”…”
During the discussion among netizens in the live broadcast room, Mr. Lei finally announced the starting price of Xiaomi 14, 4699.
As soon as this price came out, it immediately caused an uproar in the audience.
Of course, most of the people who came to the scene were media and fans, and Mr. Lei had laid so much groundwork before, plus they didn’t know the starting price of the Pingguo, so although this price obviously exceeded their expectations, they were only surprised for a while.
But the audience in the live broadcast room was not so easy to fool.
“4699? Are you crazy about money?”
”Although it is 300 cheaper than the Apple Watch, you are Xiaomi! Where is the price-performance ratio king and the affordable phone?”
”I was still hesitating whether to change to Apple Watch, but now it seems that there is no need to hesitate.”
”Hua Zi said that the price is an expert. Mr. Lei is a little bit arrogant this time!”
”Didn’t Mr. Lei say that there is nothing he can do about the price increase of chips?”
”Haha, the price of chips will increase only for domestic mobile phones, right? Why does the Apple Watch fall instead of rising?”
”Let’s go, there’s nothing good to see. I really can’t afford to change my mobile phone now.”
”Suddenly I feel that my Nont9 can last another two years…”
”…”
Mr. Lei, who was giving a speech on the stage, soon learned from the headset the starting price of Apple and the one-sided badmouthing in the live broadcast room, and his mind was blank for a short time.
However, he soon started the last wave of speeches according to the original plan.
The focus of this wave is the localization rate of Xiaomi 14, which has reached an astonishing 75%.
Strictly speaking, this data is actually correct.
The localization rate is calculated according to the proportion of the number of components.
It’s just that the value of these 75% of domestic parts may be less than one-third of the cost of the whole machine, while the remaining 25% of non-domestic parts eat up most of the profits.
This is why many people say that Xiaomi’s essence is actually an ‘M country enterprise’, and its role is to help M country enterprises sell parts.
At the same time, it also has the purpose of dumping goods at low prices and suppressing the enthusiasm and brand of independent research and development.
From the perspective of ordinary consumers, these assembly plants have indeed brought everyone high-quality and low-priced products in the early dumping process, meeting the needs of China’s huge mobile phone consumer group for mobile phones.
This is positive to a certain extent.
It is inevitable for consumers to choose products with good quality and low price.
Whether users choose Xiaomi or Huawei has nothing to do with whether they love their country or not. Xiaomi is an inevitable product of history. Without Xiaomi, there will be Da Mi and Wei Mi.
However, they will make it more difficult for companies like Huawei and Zhongxing, who are unwilling to work for American companies and want to embark on a path of self-research.
If you don’t sell at a high price, where will the funds for research and development come from? But what if consumers don’t buy it at a high price? When the technology accumulation is not enough, this is almost a dead end.
However, fortunately, Huawei had a certain amount of technology accumulation when it showed its self-research, so although it sold at a high price, it also provided better technical services.
However, the cost performance is very low…
So Huawei’s R&D funds are actually donated by pollens.
Therefore, Huawei represents not only a company, but also a group.
One hopes to see domestically produced chips andDomestic mobile phones are truly on the rise.
So after the Xiaomi and Pingguo press conferences, everyone’s attention began to focus on Huawei again.
At eight o’clock the next night, the Pengcheng Stadium was crowded with countless media reporters and fans. In addition to them, many fans of Daqin Optics and ordinary digital enthusiasts also came here, further increasing the popularity of this press conference.
Everyone is looking forward to seeing if Huawei can come up with a big move this time.
And as for this big move, everyone can actually guess vaguely.
After all, the problem of chip manufacturing has been basically solved, and it should be reflected in consumer-grade products.
So there is no need to guess that the chip must be independently developed by Huawei.
In addition to the cooperation with Daqin Optics that has been revealed in advance.
The camera module is also developed by Daqin Optics in all likelihood.
Although we have guessed what the move will be, the specific power of this move is still unknown.
Therefore, everyone’s expectations have not weakened, but have become stronger.
Under the expectant eyes of everyone, Huawei’s General Manager Yu finally stepped onto the stage.
He picked up the microphone and began to give an opening speech:
”In May three years ago, Huawei was sanctioned. As of now, more than a thousand days and nights have passed.”
”But everyone has seen the result. Not only did we survive with difficulty, but we finally waited for China’s semiconductor industry to complete the breakthrough in chip manufacturing technology, which finally brought Huawei a huge turning point.”
”Here, I want to thank someone in particular.”
”Actually, I don’t need to say this name, everyone should know… His name is——”
General Manager Yu pointed the microphone towards the audience.
“Kang Chi!”
“Mr. Kang!”
“Dr. Kang!”
“Master Kang!”
“…”
Although everyone called him by different names, the excited and excited voices immediately pushed the atmosphere to a climax.
“Yes, it’s Dr. Kang Chi who developed the domestic EUV lithography machine!”
“Please allow me to express my highest respect and gratitude to Dr. Kang Chi on behalf of Huawei Group!”
“It was Dr. Kang who led our semiconductor industry step by step from semiconductor silicon wafers, breaking the blockade of chip manufacturing technology, and finally making the chips designed by Huawei Haisi available for manufacturing!”
After speaking, Mr. Yu bowed deeply to the camera and stayed there for five or six seconds before slowly standing up.
Thunderous applause also rang out from the audience.
“It’s a pity that Dr. Kang was too busy with his research work to come to our site, but I think he must be in front of the screen, watching the live broadcast of our press conference. After all, this press conference is a joint press conference of Huawei and Daqin Optics!”
As soon as Mr. Yu finished speaking, a few big words suddenly appeared on the big screen behind him: [Huawei P60——Huawei|Daqin Optics|Joint R&D]
The audience screamed again.
“Pass it on, Mr. Kang is peeking at the screen!”
”Dr. Kang, look at my comments, I’m giving you 6 points!”
”Mr. Kang, the highway service area in the next county has an automatic noodle machine, and our county also needs noodles!”
”When will Daqin Optics’ video micro-single be released? Mr. Li’s words are not reliable at all, and he said it would definitely be soon, but you guys are just working on mobile phone cameras in the blink of an eye?”
”…”
The comments in the live broadcast room also reached a peak again, and Kang Chi, who was indeed “peeking at the screen”, couldn’t help but smile.
Netizens are always so enthusiastic, and it’s embarrassing.
In fact, Kang Chi also wanted to go to the scene and feel the atmosphere,
But that kind of occasion was too complicated and too unsafe. Kang Chi hesitated again and again, and felt that it was more important to save his life.
(End of this chapter)