readx(); While everyone in the Taihua Holdings Group was beaming with joy, Masao Kameda and Hajime Yagyu sat together to discuss how to deal with this formidable enemy that had just appeared.
Fruit Company has also entered the field of portable music players, and today it just launched a player named iPod.
This player uses a new music format, that is to say, they do not play music in the traditional mp3 format, and this format can burn CDs.
This music playback format was not developed by Fruit Company. It was developed by two other programmers. It was acquired by Fruit Company and was actually applied to Fruit Company’s PC this year.
Originally, Hajime Yagyu and the others did not care about what was special about a new audio format. The format itself was developing, taking up less storage space. This format did not make much progress.
But what they didn't expect was that the fruit company actually produced a music player, and the design was also very simple and beautiful.
Another brand from a fruit company, it is also one of the giants in the electronics field. Although it does not specialize in music players, it has many die-hard fans just like Sunny.
Moreover, the fruit company's products have always used its own system, and this system also has many users.
What surprised them even more was that the memory of this fruit's iPod turned out to be 5GB, far exceeding the capacity of aiwa. Even the LCD screen is larger than aiwa's products.
Only then did they discover that the development speed of hard disk MP3 was so fast. The products they saw last year were still bigger than a palm. How long has it passed? They are now only half the size of a palm.
In this way, it can definitely be called a portable music player. dudu1();
In addition to the selling point of large capacity, Fruit Company has also launched an audio download website, which is cheaper than aiwa's website and is supported by the Recording Industry Association of America.
Hajime Yagyu wanted to scold those Americans. This was clearly a kind of local protectionism! We were originally a legitimate download website, but you came to sue us, but now you turn around and support the fruit company's website. Isn't this distinction too obvious
On aiwa's English website, the price for downloading a single MP3 song is 99 cents. This price is already relatively cheap compared to the price of a genuine CD, which is around 20 US dollars.
But the download price of an mp3 song from Fruit Company is only 79 cents. Don’t they want to make money? Counting the unlimited number of monthly downloads, the normal selling price of an mp3 is,
It was less than fifty cents, and the price they had to pay the record company was more than thirty cents.
What about the operating expenses of the website? This cost is not a small amount either.
Only aiwa's website can barely make a profit. How can the fruit company make a profit if it gives this price? Can they still accept losing money? This is absolutely impossible!
Then there is only one possibility, those record companies sell the copyrights to fruit companies for lower fees!
"Hmph, we want to sue those record companies. Why do they charge us higher prices?" Yagyu Hao said angrily.
Kameda Masao was also helpless, but he still advised: "How to sue and why to sue? How much they sell is their business. Anyway, if they sell more or less, they will make a profit. As long as others do not sell at a loss, it is not illegal. . When we signed the contract, we did not expect this. Their music format is clearly a type of mp3, but if we change the name, our legal terms will not be able to restrict it." dudu2();
When signing the contract, of course they requested that no matter which company the mp3 format copyright is sold to, everyone's price can be different, but the difference must be within a limited range.
But the fruit company’s format is not called mp3, and there’s nothing they can do about it!
"Finding out the shortcomings of the iPod, we use this as the main promotion direction. I don't believe it. Not long after they entered the MP3 field, they can be as good as us. Not even Sunny, let alone the Fruit Company!" Yagyu Hao said through gritted teeth.
The industry is specialized in technology, and the fruit company has never produced a portable music player before. This is the first time, and it is impossible to surpass them all at once.
For example, noise, battery life, compatibility with PC systems, etc. There must be weaknesses in it.
Soon, the branch in the United States sent over the iPod evaluation report. After seeing this report, Hajime Yagyu breathed a sigh of relief.
Although the memory is a 5gb hard drive, the noise is indeed louder than aiwa's mp3, which means the sound quality is worse.
Including earphone technology, it is not as good as aiwa's. In this way, aiwa company can promote more in terms of sound quality. When they were able to defeat Sunny in the field of cassette-type walkman, they relied on their leadership in sound quality to provide users with better sound quality enjoyment.
In terms of battery, because the fruit one uses a mechanical hard drive and has a larger screen, it consumes more power. It can only be used continuously for five hours, while the awia one can be used for at least eight hours.
Aiwa is even developing a built-in lithium battery, which can be directly charged and used, and the battery life will definitely exceed ten hours! dudu3();
Another important point is that iPod does not support Microsoft's win system, so many users will not be able to use it. After all, there are more PCs using Microsoft systems than iMacs using Fruit systems. (wwukansu)
Moreover, they also tested and found that the iPod lacked a very popular function compared to the aiwa MP3, that is, random playback.
In other words, Fruit's iPod can only play in the order of the list, which makes it boring for many old users because of the lack of freshness. ℃≡mio℃≡bi℃≡ge℃≡
The news here spread back to China. After Feng Yu found out, he called Yagyu Shenghao.
"Don't worry, boss, our aiwa will definitely continue to suppress the iPod and maintain its absolute leadership in sales." Hajime Yagyu promised.
Feng Yu said with a smile: "Actually, you don't need to worry at all. Although iPod has some advantages, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Don't worry, just follow the route we have set. They The selling price is a hundred dollars higher than ours, which severely limits their sales."
The price of iPod is US$299, while the new model of Aiwa MP3 is only US$199. However, price is not the biggest advantage of aiwa. The biggest advantage of aiwa is that it supports the most traditional mp3 format.
Although aiwa provides genuine download websites and encourages users to download genuine copies, some pirated MP3s are still shared by users on multiple websites, breaking aiwa's technical protection.
Many people actually buy MP3s because they can download MP3 audio for free. This aspect is the biggest advantage of aiwa.
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