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Chapter 1206 One stone stirs up a thousand waves
The Alcatel P5 mobile phone, which was regarded as electronic waste by the media and mobile phone reviewers, went crazy on the first day of sale, and the entire mobile phone industry was stunned. The pre-sale and first-day sales directly broke 200 million units record of!
When I saw that the actual sales volume of P5 on the official website of Alcatel mobile phone reached 200 million units, and the major financial media and Wall Street institutions were frantically reporting it, the technology media was a little silent for a while, and they really couldn’t understand it. Oh, this is too unscientific...

Just like when Hollywood faced the impact of popcorn movies back then, those professional film critics criticized popcorn movies in various ways, thinking that popcorn movies have no depth and connotation, and the actors' acting skills are exaggerated and have no artistic content. In the end, the Mi Hua movie was a big hit at the box office, and there was even a sequel. From then on, those professional film critics began to lose their voice in Hollywood.

Right now, the mobile phone industry is beginning to show such signs. Those media, reviewers, and professionals who point out the country in the mobile phone industry feel a sense of crisis at this time. They exist as a bridge between mobile phone manufacturers and users. , but now, on the user side, it seems that this bridge is not very popular.

Along with those who are confused, there are also major mobile phone brands. In the afternoon, when the global sales of P5 exceeded 200 million units, there were news that the P5 was sold out in America and many overseas regions. The price of Carter’s P5 immediately began to rise. Compared with the price on the official website, it is more than 11% higher. You must know that this is only the first day. The price is estimated to have to go up a bit!
All the major mobile phone manufacturers fell into confusion for a while. They didn’t know whether to continue to develop graphene mobile phones or follow Alcatel’s P5. Seeing that they don’t use graphene or 3G, they still sell Feiqi P5 mobile phones. So much energy, what are you trying to do? !

What really shook the entire mobile phone industry was the day of the world's first sale of the P5. Nokia's shocking news came out. Ollila, who has been in charge of Nokia for more than ten years and single-handedly brought Nokia to a market value of more than 3000 billion US dollars, announced his abdication. Kallasvuo Kallasvuo is the new president!

Although Ollila declared that he would not leave Nokia and would still help Kallasvuo Kallasvuo to take the helm of Nokia as the chairman of Nokia, everyone understood that Nokia has entered a new era since then, and the Ollila era is gone forever. up.

After all, once the emperor and the courtiers, Ollila retreats, no matter how influential he is, unless he wants to kick Kallasvuo out of the mountain again, otherwise, just like Bill Gates, he will eventually lose his influence in Nokia After all, the county magistrate is not as good as the current one!
The timing of Ollila's retreat was so coincidental that the outside world wondered whether Ollila wanted to quit by herself, or was destroyed by Alcatel's mobile phone. Although the latter is a bit absurd, it still It is too imaginative!

"Get your people to tell Steve Jobs that Motorola and Apple are going to make the best phone in the world!"

Motorola President Sandel said loudly to the Motorola executive on the other end of the phone, and after hanging up the phone, he tugged on his tie irritably.

In the past few years since the strong rise of Alcatel's mobile phone, Motorola, once the crown of America's electronics industry and providing communication equipment for America's lunar spacecraft, has gone from bad to worse.

To this day, Motorola's name is still resounding. When countless people mention Motorola, they will subconsciously think that it is still the overlord of the electronic product era, but Wall Street institutions have long begun to abandon it. Motorola's market value is now less than 400. Compared with what it was back then, it is simply not the same. Compared with the valuation of more than 2000 billion US dollars made by Wall Street institutions for Alcatel mobile phones, it is even more stretched.

Affected by the fiasco of the Iridium Project, Chris Calvin, who represented the founding family of Motorola, had already been kicked out of the Motorola board of directors. Sandor heard that Chris Calvin expected to sell all Motorola in the hands of the Calvin family. stock.

For Sandor, this news is of course...fucking good news. Although the stock price of Motorola will be affected in the short term, without Chris Calvin, Motorola will be monopolized in the future, and the mess of the Iridium project , I can also take the opportunity to sell it!

In the past, it was a good thing to be able to monopolize the power of Motorola, but now that Motorola is in turmoil, and Sandor is in charge of Motorola alone, it is equivalent to carrying a big pot. , the kind of scapegoat that has been written into MBA textbooks as the most failed professional manager in history!

The person Sandel called just now is a senior executive of Motorola's R&D department. Motorola currently has two major projects, one is the "Blade" series of mobile phones, and the other is a mobile phone project jointly developed with Apple.

As for Apple, why didn't it cooperate with the Alcatel mobile phone that had saved its life? Although Sandel didn't know it, he could guess some of Jobs' thoughts.

The arrogant Jobs probably still doesn't want to be controlled by others. Now Apple is actually half of the company of Bruno's camp because of the agreements that Song Yang made to Apple when he rescued Apple!
Song Yang is the largest individual shareholder of Apple. In terms of Apple software, all company software in the Song Yang camp, ICQ, Google, PayPal, Fortinet, eBay, etc., and in terms of hardware, Apple’s chip is ARM, a subsidiary of PA Semiconductor. Design, and then produced by PA Semiconductor, the screen is supplied by Panda TV, an Apple computer, and most of the parts are provided by Alcatel industrial chain suppliers.

When Apple was in jeopardy before, Joe's boss could bear it, but now Apple has relieved that breath. Relying on the iMax computer and the high-end MP3 player of the iPod brand, Apple's revenue and stock price have hit a record high since Jobs returned. new high.

At this time, Chief Qiao didn't want Apple to be subordinated to others anymore. He wanted to remove Song Yang's influence in Apple, but he couldn't directly turn Apple against Song Yang. That would be too much loss, and this time Apple tested the waters. The mobile phone industry is the countermeasure Qiao Gang tried to try, and jointly developed a mobile phone with Motorola to test the waters.

Jobs wanted to test the waters, and Motorola did the same. Fighting alone, it has been difficult to compete with the impact of Alcatel mobile phones. Joining hands with Apple, there is no unexpected effect. After Jobs returned, Apple has established a foothold in the high-end computer brand and high-end MP3 industry. In addition, Sandor also wants to use Apple's brand and influence to regain some of Motorola's influence.

However, the cooperation between the two giant companies is not easy. With Jobs' personality, he naturally wants to take the lead in the cooperation, and Motorola does not want to give Apple a hand. This makes the cooperation between the two sides constantly friction.

"What else?!"

Sandor, who put down the phone, looked at the assistant who was still standing in his office, and asked with a frown.

Sandor's assistant hesitated for a while, but still handed over an overseas newsletter to Sandor, and said in a low voice, "Ollila has vacated the position of Nokia's president, and Kallasvuo Kallasvuo will be the new president of Nokia!"

"He... retreated?!"

When he first heard it, Sandor still had a look of anxiety on his face. Motorola was also facing the impact of P5, which gave him a headache. However, after hearing the news of Ollila’s abdication, Sandor was stunned for dozens of seconds. Only then did he mutter something to himself, which seemed to be asking an assistant, more like asking himself.

Nokia and Motorola are a pair of rivals who have been in love with each other for more than ten years. Motorola's successive presidents hated Ollila very much, and wished to get rid of it quickly. But the so-called one who knows oneself best is precisely one's opponent.

The one who knows Motorola best is Nokia, and why not Motorola? Hearing that Ollila has retired, Sandor was not excited or gloated at the first moment, but a touch of melancholy. There is no more Ollila in the world, and Motorola has lost a deadly enemy. , but... the era belonging to Motorola has also passed, Sandor suddenly had such a thought in his mind.

"I see." Sandor waved his hand in despair, motioning for the assistant to go out, and then stopped the assistant, "Tell Nokia that I will attend Ollila's resignation banquet in person!"

"There is another thing. There is news from Qualcomm that they want to cooperate with Motorola and provide Motorola with customized 3G mobile phone chips!"

The assistant nodded and did not go out, but told Sandor another thing.

(End of this chapter)