Christopher Galvin's statement was not wrong. As long as he could control the three major communication operators in the United States and make them stick to the GSM network, the Daqian mobile phone with the CDMA format was a dead end.
As for controlling the three major operators, it was actually very simple. Christopher Galvin didn't need to do anything at all because the three major operators had invested billions of dollars in the GSM base station. If you asked them to replace the base station with the CDMA format base station now, then it was like asking them to throw all the billions of dollars they had invested before into the water. There wouldn't even be a splash. How could these operators agree to such conditions?
Therefore, Motorola only needed to give some benefits to the three major operators, and they could easily get the guarantee that the three major communication operators would not change the GSM network.
Therefore, Christopher Galvin only took less than three days to get everything done, and then he waited quietly for the good show.
So, on the day the Daqian mobile phone was launched, Christopher Galvin went to a Grid Mall in New York with a mask and a cap.
After the Daqian invested in the Grid Mall the year before, branches were opened one after another in major cities in the United States. Although the current scale was not comparable to large stores such as Wal-Mart, it was still a well-known mall in the United States.
This time, the Daqian mobile phone was launched in the Daqian mobile phone counter of the Grid Mall.
When Christopher Galvin arrived at the Grid Mall, he was surprised to find that the number of customers lining up in front of the Daqian mobile phone counter was not small. There were about a hundred people. This quality was much higher than Christopher Galvin's previous estimation. He originally thought that it would be amazing if there were at most ten customers lining up here.
"You will cry later!" Christopher Galvin snorted coldly, then walked to the front of the line.
At this time, there were still five minutes before the 10 o 'clock in the morning, and the first person in line was a middle-aged man about 30 years old.
Although this middle-aged man was wearing a decent suit, the raw material of the suit was obviously damaged.
At the same time, there was a company nameplate of "Sigma Petroleum" hanging on the collar of the suit.
"Sigma Oil is a small oil company in New York. It specializes in refining oil. It's not a big company. This guy should be a middle-level employee of this company. He wants to buy a mobile phone like everyone else, but he suffers from the high price of a mobile phone. So when the Daqian mobile phone, which is about half the price, appears, he can't wait to buy it. Then, he also becomes a mobile phone guy! " Just by relying on the clues of the man's attire, Christopher Galvin easily deduced the basic situation of the man before him.
Then, Christopher Galvin looked at the middle-aged man and said calmly, "Sir, I want your position!"
"What did you say?" The middle-aged man looked at Christopher Galvin with a dumbfounded expression. Then, his expression turned furious. Christopher Galvin was obviously looking down on him!
"Don't get me wrong. If you're willing to give your seat to me, then the $500 is yours!" Christopher Galvin took out five $100 bills from his pocket and placed them in front of the middle-aged man.
"500 USD!" Although his monthly income had reached the level of 3000 USD, when he saw 500 USD in front of him, the middle-aged man couldn't help but gulp.
Then, he began to hesitate.
"500 USD and you can have my seat!" In the next second, the person behind the middle-aged man immediately shouted loudly. This shout also woke the middle-aged man up. He snatched the 500 dollars from Christopher Galvin's hand, then gave up his position and went directly to the end of the line.
"Pathetic human nature!" Christopher Galvin sighed with a compassionate tone. Then, he took the first position and became the first customer to buy a Daqian mobile phone.
"Hello sir, how may I help you?" In fact, the salesgirl at the counter also saw the scene just now. She said to Christopher Galvin cautiously.
This guy is either a rich man or a rich pervert. It's better not to provoke him.
"I'm here to buy a mobile phone, of course!" Christopher Galvin smiled and said, "How much is the Daqian mobile phone here?"
"Hello, the price of the Daqian mobile phone is 1399 USD!" The salesgirl quickly said.
“1399？ Didn't I hear that the price you announced at the launch was 1199 USD? Why is it 200 USD more expensive? "Christopher Galvin seemed to be very angry as he asked.
This guy just gave me 500 USD for free. Why is he haggling over 200 USD now?
The salesgirl looked at the man in front of her with a strange gaze. Then, her body unconsciously separated the two of them. However, she still replied with a sweet voice.
"Sir, the situation is like this. The price we announced at the launch was indeed 1199 USD, but this price is the global basic retail price. In other words, the price does not include tax."
"When we ship the mobile phone from Hua Xia to the United States, we need to pay a certain tax. Then, it is added to the price of the mobile phone and it becomes the current final price!"
"Oh!" Christopher Galvin nodded and didn't continue to make things difficult for her. The salesgirl was relieved.
"Can this mobile phone make calls in the United States?" Christopher Galvin squinted his eyes and asked.
"This … Our mobile phone's communication range is limited to the major cities in the country. After all, other than these cities, all the suburbs don't have base stations built. No mobile phone can provide service in these areas because there is no signal!" The salesgirl explained patiently.
"Then … This mobile phone, which communication operators' SIM cards can be checked?" Christopher Galvin's lips curled up slightly as he asked the most important question.
In the 1G era, mobile phones didn't have SIM cards. The number was directly burned into the mobile phone.
However, in the GSM and CDMA era, it was different. The mobile phone needed such a SIM card to make calls. Of course, even if I don't say this, everyone is very clear about this.
Now, all the well-known mobile communication operators in the United States use GSM communication base stations. Therefore, Christopher Galvin was very curious about which operator could provide service to a Daqian mobile phone using CDMA.
"All of them!" The salesgirl said with a smile. She didn't know that Christopher Galvin's mouth was stiff under the mask. She then said, "All the second-generation mobile communication operators in the United States can provide service to our Daqian mobile phone!"
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