Cheap.
Really cheap!
It even made people wonder if the manufacturers were making a profit by setting such a low price.
Of course they were.
Even if it was a friendly price, the profit per unit of hardware for the two versions of Red Pepper Z1 was about 50 dollars.
If the sales volume exceeded millions or even tens of millions, the profit per unit of hardware might approach 100 dollars.
The reason was that in order to support this 100% domestic mobile phone, the SX-800 jointly developed by Xing Hai Technologies and Teng Xun, the LPDDR4 memory chip from Purple Ray, and the UFS memory chip from Da Jiang Storage Factory were all given a very favorable price to Tiny Pepper Company.
It could be said that it was only slightly higher than the cost price.
In addition, the screen from Oriental Crystal, the motherboard from Shengtong, the camera module from Ou Feiguang, the battery from Desai, and so on were all priced more favorably in order to build a good relationship with Xing Hai Technologies.
The price of the communication baseband was slightly more expensive. It used Hua Yao Company's Baron 5000 plug-in baseband … Hua Yao Company was still quite loyal. Not only was the price of this 5G baseband not considered expensive, but they also waived the communication patent licensing fee, which was equivalent to 3.5% of the overall selling price of the mobile phone.
Eh, what about the patent troll Qualcomm?
Even the most advanced 5G communication baseband still could not bypass the early CMDA patented technology. Without these technologies, mobile phones could not even make phone calls.
Almost all of the more than 10,000 CMDA-related patents were in the hands of Qualcomm.
Unless you did not want the phone call function, you had to pay Qualcomm.
But time was the biggest enemy. After 20X0, most of the CMDA communication patents with a 20-year validity had expired and could be used for free.
Therefore, Qualcomm had become much more honest and low-key in recent years. They could no longer play the trick of "buy the baseband and give away the CPU."
In addition, most of the products produced by the Z country's suppliers had the characteristics of "good quality and low price."
Therefore, even if the price of a 100% domestic mobile phone like the Red Pepper Z1 was not high, there was still a certain profit margin. Even all the "100% domestic" electronic products had the quality of "good quality and low price."
But none of this had much to do with Xing Hai Technologies. Whether the Red Pepper Z1 was a flop or an explosion in sales, Xing Hai Technologies would not get a single cent regardless of whether it was a loss or a profit. Chen Jin was helping Tiny Pepper to advertise for free just to promote the Star Cloud system. The lower the phone's price, the better.
…
Backstage experience area.
On a few long tables.
Reporters from hundreds of technology media outlets and reviewers from dozens of evaluation organizations were doing hands-on testing of the newly released Red Pepper Z1 cell phone.
Bilibili's well-known commentator, "Playful Koala," held a white mobile phone in his hand and said in front of the camera,
"Let's have a simple hands-on experience."
"First of all, let's talk about the feel. The front has a 5.8-inch OLED screen, and the back is made of plastic. A plastic phone case from the last century? Alright, although it's not as good as metal, carbon fiber, and other materials in terms of heat dissipation, it's light, very light, and the feel is unexpectedly good. "
Looking at the gap in the middle of the phone, he muttered in a low voice, "This kind of phone is the easiest to disassemble. I can open its interior with my bare hands."
"Let's take a look at the user experience. The system interface is simple, and the swiping is very smooth … Entering the Taobao interface, holy shit, it took about 0.5 seconds. It's faster than any phone I've ever used … This is really amazing."
"Opening WeChat, Penguin, UC Explorer, TikTok … it's unimaginably fast. Perhaps this is the advantage of being a latecomer. The optimization of the Star Cloud system is far ahead of the Android and IOS systems. The positioning of the Star Cloud system should be speed from the very beginning!"
"The photo quality is average. The rear camera is 12 million, but it's basically enough. A phone of this price can take any kind of photo."
"Let's try out the games. Am I seeing things? Mainstream mobile games like 'King of Glory', 'The Exciting Battlefield', and 'Crash 3' are all available? Even the newly released 'Crash 4' is available? It's only been a few months, and Xing Hai Technologies' application ecosystem has already reached such a terrifying level? "
Koala's mouth was agape. He was really a little shocked. Xing Hai Technologies was really too scary. The first 100% domestic mobile phone had not even been launched, and not many people were using the Star Cloud system, but the basic construction of the application ecosystem had already been completed.
"Whatever, let's enter these games first!"
He first entered "King of Glory" and played a round of "King of Glory". He nodded and said, "Maintaining a stress-free 60 frames throughout the entire game. The SX-800 is awesome!"
He was matched into a round of "The Exciting Battlefield."
"What the f * ck, what's going on? Maintaining a maximum of 60 frames in HD quality and occasionally dropping to 58 or 57 frames? How is this possible? The running score of the SX-800 is only half that of a top-notch CPU. How can the frame rate be the same? "
The cameraman beside him reminded him, "President Chen said at the press conference that the Star Cloud system has built-in 'Game Super Optimization' technology for games. By reducing the level of code conversion, compressing program instructions, and so on, the GPU performance is doubled. Moreover, it does not bring about additional CPU power consumption.
This optimization technology is twice as powerful as Hua Yao's GPUTurbo. It optimizes the game to the extreme! "
Koala's eyes widened. He murmured, "What did I miss at the press conference just now?"
After finishing a round of "The Exciting Battlefield," he played "Crash 3" for more than 10 minutes. He placed the back of his hand on the back of the phone. Then, he said in surprise, "Where's the temperature? The phone's temperature. I've been playing for half an hour straight. Where's the feeling of burning my hand? "
The back of the phone was made of plastic and there was no graphene heat dissipation inside. How could it not burn his hand after playing games for half an hour?
The cameraman explained again, "The press conference mentioned that the Red Pepper Z1 has excellent power consumption control. When fully charged, it can play 'King of Glory' for 18 hours straight. That's twice as long as most phones. There's no need to worry about overheating or CPU down-clocking."
Koala was stunned.
He looked at the phone in his hand, which was slightly crudely made. His heart was filled with endless curiosity. He could not wait to open the phone and see its internal structure.
However, he still suppressed this impulse.
He came to a conclusion. Due to the excellence of the system, the user experience of the Red Pepper Z1 was not inferior to those top-notch flagships that cost thousands or tens of thousands.
But it was only sold for 999 yuan.
The high-end version was also only 1099 yuan.
Spending the same amount of money to buy a top-notch Android or Fruit flagship could buy ten or even eight Red Pepper Z1's.
Then, he looked at its appearance and the color scheme that was as pale as paper.
An idea flashed through his mind!
He could not help but ask the cameraman, "What's this color scheme called again? What's white?"
"Despair White."
Koala patted his chest and raised his head to look at the lights on the ceiling.
Suddenly, he cursed, "What the f * ck is Despair White?!"
The person who came up with this term was simply a genius.
He had already predicted that the faces of other phone manufacturers, be it domestic or foreign, would be as pale as paper when they got their hands on the Red Pepper Z1. It was a color known as "Despair White."
"We've won, Xing Hai Technologies has definitely won! Through the system bonus, the thousand-yuan phone has a user experience comparable to the ten-thousand-yuan phone. Xing Hai Technologies will not win! "
The king standing at the top of the city wall was about to change.
In the face of such an exaggerated price-performance ratio, what empire could not be defeated?
In the past, smartphones had defeated Nokia by relying on a generation ahead in usage. Now, the secret of the Star Cloud system defeating Android and iOS should be its amazing price-performance ratio.
…
After the press conference.
Chen Jin returned to his room. Just as he took out his phone, he received a WeChat message.
It was from Su Zipeng.
Chen Jin was slightly stunned when he saw the content of the message.
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