Katherine couldn't believe her eyes. She had been a reporter for so many years and attended hundreds of product launches in Silicon Valley, but it was the first time she was so surprised by the same product so frequently!
When Jiang Chen, on the stage, rolled his phone into a watch and put it on his wrist, a ray of light appeared on his palm.
Everyone held their breath.
Holographic image!
No, it wasn't just a holographic image! She watched Jiang Chen's finger tap on the holographic image and operate the phone by touching the holographic screen. The screen suspended in the air was like a physical existence, and the transparent interface was simple but beautiful.
Holographic interaction technology! And it was a holographic interaction that was completely separated from the physical interface!
She didn't know what words to use to describe the shock in her heart at the moment. She peeked at the notes of her colleague and saw that the chief reporter of the Observer Daily next door couldn't stop the pen between his fingers from trembling, and he only wrote one word after a long time.
Incredible.
Yes … perhaps only the word incredible could describe the shock in the hearts of the audience.
Because what she saw was too shocking, Katherine's jaw was in a state where she couldn't close her mouth for the rest of the conference.
A fully charged phone could be on standby for 24 hours. Using the Dark Blue M1 processor chip designed by Future Heavy Industries, the performance was equivalent to twice that of phones of the same price on the market.
Because the phone itself was thinner than the SIM port, Future Heavy Industries specially designed a wireless charger to charge the phone. In addition, the Future would completely abandon the design of wired headphones and directly configure the original headphones as Bluetooth headphones, which could be switched between external and headphone modes with one button through the headphones or the switch on the phone.
Abandoning the original SIM card design, the Future phone used a concept similar to the virtual death card proposed by Apple and Samsung as early as 15 years ago. However, due to the impact on the operator's business, this function was temporarily unavailable in some countries. Instead, Future Technology added a SIM card scanning function to the phone.
In addition to these incredible functions, the Future would also introduce different styles such as Deep Space Gray, Snow Silver, Rose Gold, Gay Purple, and so on to provide the most distinguished service for distinguished users …
Well, in fact, there was no difference between different styles. Graphene was transparent, and the only difference between these different styles was the fluorescent material mixed in, which was the color of the screen border and the standby clock … and the sales price.
Among them, orange, blue, and other basic colors were the cheapest. The direct selling price was 950 USD before tax, while the selling price of Tycoon Gold was as high as 1,100 USD, which was 150 USD higher!
By the way, these money-making tricks were all learned from Apple.
As the chief designer, Jiang Chen didn't even know the difference between pink and rose gold. However, the bullet screen of the official website's live broadcast had already exploded. According to Jane's data analysis, 70% of the users had a strong desire to consume rose gold.
"Future, let us welcome the future together!"
With Jiang Chen's pun, the introduction of the product launch came to an end. The reporters all stepped forward and aimed their cameras and microphones at Jiang Chen.
"Mr. Jiang, may I ask if Future is a high-end phone? If I may be so bold as to ask, has your designer considered that the price of US $950 might be unacceptable to the majority of middle-income people, especially the consumers in developing China? "
"Future is a high-tech product. We don't want to label it as a low-end or high-end phone. Spending US $950 to buy an iPhone 8 may hurt your heart, but I promise that after you buy Future, you'll only feel that it's worth it, "Jiang Chen said.
The reporters' eyes lit up, and their ballpoint pens scribbled on their notebooks.
[Future Group's president, Jiang Chen, ridiculed Apple's iPhone 8 for being too expensive and completely unmatched with its poor functions.]
Gossip and arguments were always more selling points than the product itself. Jiang Chen didn't care about his exaggeration.
After all, it was also a kind of hype.
"Mr. Jiang, when will Future be available for sale?"
"Mr. Jiang, there are rumors on the Internet that you and Emma Watson …"
"…"
The two-hour Q&A session quickly passed, but the enthusiasm of the reporters in the venue did not diminish at all. When Jiang Chen walked out of the reporters' encirclement, even with his body injected with genetic vaccines, he felt a little overwhelmed.
He pushed the door into the backstage preparation room, sat down on a chair, and let out a long sigh. Xia Shiyu walked over with a glass of water. Jiang Chen took the water and drank it in one gulp.
"I'm so tired. I don't know why those reporters have so many questions."
Although he was complaining, Jiang Chen had a smile on his face.
The popularity of Future's product launch had, to some extent, reflected the market's expectations for this product. It was foreseeable that on the day of Future's release, it would be inevitable that there would be a shortage of stock.
"Did you know? The peak number of viewers just now exceeded one billion. "Xia Shiyu stood next to him with her arms crossed and smiled.
One billion?!
When he heard the number, Jiang Chen was shocked. Even if he was full of confidence in Future's popularity, he was still shocked by this number. One billion online users watched. Fortunately, the official website server was a quantum computer. Otherwise, the terrifying number of visitors would blow up the official website of Future Technology.
"Based on the IP of the online users, we have determined a list of 200 lucky users, and now the prizes have been distributed according to the address they filled in. In addition, the official website sales link has been opened ten minutes ago, and 200,000 units of inventory were sold within a minute. "
With the current production efficiency of the New Malaysia Special District, the average profit of a Future phone was 600 US Dollar, and all 200,000 units were sold. In other words, in just one minute, Future Group made 120 million US Dollar.
This was too f * cking scary.
Even the Federal Reserve's money printing machine didn't have this speed!
"Let Future Heavy Industries adjust production to increase monthly production to 4 million units within two months, and 9 million units by the end of this year!"
"I have already ordered people to do it." Xia Shiyu nodded, pushed the glasses on the bridge of her nose, and then said, "In addition, Samsung, Foxconn, and other five companies have submitted letters of intent to us, expressing their willingness to negotiate with us on the Future phone OEM agreement to help us expand production."
"What is their proposal?"
"They are willing to OEM our Deep Blue M1 chip, graphene screen, phone battery, and 13 other devices, which is expected to save 79 US Dollar. And it will be able to increase our production capacity to 5 million units per month in a short period of time, "Xia Shiyu said.
Jiang Chen pondered for half a minute, his index finger gently tapped on the table, and then said.
"Future Group doesn't have the idea of OEM for the time being. You can just reply to them."
"Okay, I'll edit the email in a bit." Xia Shiyu nodded.
Xia Shiyu was also opposed to outsourcing, but she still had to consult with Jiang Chen.
In order to build a complete set of electronic industry production lines in the New Malaysia Special District, Future Heavy Industries had invested 2 billion US Dollar. Although OEM could reduce product costs to a minimum in a short period of time through large-scale production and increase the production of mobile phones. But the side effect was also obvious, which was the leakage of technology.
Although the 21 components, including the Deep Blue M1 chip, had been patented by Future Group's legal team in various countries, Future Heavy Industries' production process of these electronic devices remained at the level of trade secrets.
If it was made public, it meant that OEM companies would also have these production technologies. For companies without their own products, it was fine. But for Samsung, a large company that not only provided OEM but also made their own phones, they could use the technology to develop their own graphene phones. At most, they would have to pay a patent fee to Jiang Chen.
For Future Group, the loss outweighed the gain.
Patent barriers and technical barriers, under the protection of the two fortresses, Future Group could maintain the hegemony of market monopoly to the greatest extent!
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