"Lao Xu, Lao Duan, you said you have good news for me?" Feng Yu picked up the tea cup, blew on it twice, and took a sip.
Duan Yongping looked at Xu Lihua: "Old Xu, it's up to you to talk about this matter."
Xu Lihua nodded. It was indeed his team that made the greatest contribution. Besides, he was the one who led the matter and was instructed by Mr. Feng.
"Mr. Feng, the mobile phone was successfully developed!"
Feng Yu immediately put down the cup and swallowed the tea in his mouth: "The research and development was successful?! Great, is it the flip-top version I mentioned?"
"This is a prototype, take a look." Xu Lihua opened a box, took out the mobile phone wrapped in yellow silk cloth solemnly, and handed it to Feng Yu like a treasure.
This is the first mobile phone successfully developed by Aihua Electronics, which is very memorable! If Feng Yu hadn't come, he would have been reluctant to take it out.
Feng Yu turned on the phone and took a look. The screen was very small. It was still gray after turning on the phone and the resolution was not high. The buttons are not big, and the entire phone is only about ten centimeters long, five centimeters wide, and more than three centimeters thick.
But it’s a flip-top one, so it’s understandably thicker.
Feng Yu looked at the function list and frowned. It only made calls and sent and received text messages. At least it had a game function, right
When he heard the ringtone, Feng Yu became even more upset. There are no forty chords in this, right
When Xu Lihua and Duan Yongping, who were originally in high spirits, saw Feng Yu's expression, the joy on their faces gradually disappeared and turned into a little uneasy.
Feng was always dissatisfied with this phone, but they thought it was pretty good.
"Let me mention a few directions for improvement. First, when the phone cover is not lifted, you cannot see the number. Now there is a caller ID service. Do you know? Although it is expensive, it will definitely be available in the future. More people are willing to use this function. When the lid is lifted, the phone is connected. What should I do if I get a call I don’t want to answer? So on the other side of the lid, there is also a small screen, one inch is enough, which is the display Phone number. Then there should be a hang up button next to it. If you don’t want to answer the call, you can just hang up.”
Xu Lihua immediately took a pen to record. Every time Mr. Feng put forward some suggestions, they were all good words.
"Second point, the cover is so big, but the screen is too small. Didn't tell me, we can cooperate with Fengyu Electronics on the screen. Their research on LCD and other displays is pretty good. And why is this a gray screen? "We all have color screens abroad, and we also need color screens, even if it's just a blue screen or an orange screen now."
"The third point is that the sound quality of the mobile phone is too poor. It only has the most traditional ringtones. First of all, the sound quality of the ringtones must be improved. Secondly, there must be more choices of ringtones. We must have a ringtone that we have researched ourselves so that others can hear it. , you know it’s our mobile phone. Forget it, I’ll get the ringtone later.” Feng Yu turned around and thought carefully about which familiar music to use to replace the classic ringtone of China’s mobile phone, as well as the startup ringtone.
"Fourth, there are too few functions in the mobile phone. The simplest point is that the mobile phone is not just for making calls and sending and receiving text messages. You can load some games into it, such as Tetris, Snake, etc. It is simple, fun, and relatively easy. Load it on your phone.”
Xu Lihua asked in surprise: "Mr. Feng, this mobile phone is not cheap. It is not a small game console that can be held in the palm of your hand. If these buttons are used to play games, then they won't break. Who would give it up?"
"So, you need to increase research and development efforts on the service life of the buttons and ensure that the buttons on our mobile phones are very durable. If you are not willing to press such an expensive thing, then why use it?" Feng Yu rolled his eyes at Xu Lihua.
In this regard, Nokia did the best in its previous life, claiming to be able to crack walnuts. It's a pity that later mobile phones didn't pay attention to this at all, because no one was willing to drop such an expensive thing. Instead, various mobile phone protective cases became popular. Besides, it doesn’t matter if your phone gets damaged while playing games. If you’re willing to use it, you’re willing to buy a new one.
"The last point is the system functions of the mobile phone. We need to talk to Lianxiang Yinshan Software Company and try to increase them as much as possible. Forget it, I will talk to them in detail about this later. You should try to make this mobile phone as thin as possible and as strong as possible. , the appearance design should be more beautiful, the color of the casing should be the same as our pager, and there should be a variety of options. By the way, how is the battery life of this mobile phone?"
"The battery is customized with the wind and rain battery. The standby time and talk time are more than 50% longer than those on the market, but the cost is a bit high."
"It doesn't matter if the cost is higher. This is also one of our selling points. People who buy mobile phones are so-called successful people. They definitely don't want their phones to run out of power at critical times. When the mobile phones are launched, they must give away an original battery. , so that others can replace it when they run out of power.”
"If we also give away batteries, our costs will increase a lot."
"You won't add the money for the free battery to the price of the mobile phone? This is equivalent to us selling an extra battery!" Feng Yu glared at Xu Lihua, these researchers are not smart enough, they are so stupid!
Look at Duan Yongping, he is also a researcher, what a flexible mind he has! The Aihua cordless phones and Fengyu cordless phones are selling so well. Just the advertisement you choose makes people remember the product.
Products should be developed from the perspective of users and focus on user experience. No matter how good or useless you, a developer, think it is? There are also products that are sold to make money, not put on display here. We want to maximize profits!
Only then did Xu Lihua realize, yes, it's a gift in name, but you can actually add money. Mr. Feng is really good at doing business, why didn't I think of that
"How much does this mobile phone cost now?" Feng Yu asked, holding the heavy guy in his hand.
"If we can produce enough, the cost can be controlled below 2,000 yuan." Xu Lihua said with some pride.
Nowadays, a mobile phone on the market costs at least 6,000 yuan, and a good one costs 8,000 to 9,000 yuan, and some even cost 10,000 to 20,000 yuan. Well, not all are imported products, there is also a domestic mobile phone brand called Panda!
Panda had been producing mobile phones as early as 1993. It was the first domestic manufacturer in China to have a network access license, but its technology was average and its product design was not very good.
When Feng Yu talked about building a mobile phone, Xu Lihua said that he would catch up with Panda Mobile within three years, which did not make Feng Yu mad. This unambitious guy, what can Panda Mobile do to catch up with? If we want to catch up, we must catch up with Motorola.
If you don't set your goals higher, how can you be motivated? Nokia could surpass Motorola in the previous life, why can't Aihua Electronics do the same now
Money is given, and the design concept is still ahead of its time. If Feng Yu's goal cannot be achieved in this way, then Xu Lihua and the others will have greatly disappointed Feng Yu!
"This is enough to ensure that we are both profitable and competitive. The next step is to prepare for mass production of mobile phones and pager businesses, and we must abandon them all within three years. From now on, our mobile phones will be heard all over the world!"
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(End of chapter)