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Chapter 446
Almost at the same time, America Telecom's flagship stores were all opened at the same time. This time, the P1 mobile phone is expected to sell 15 units in America, and the rest will be sold in overseas markets. The Chinese version of the mobile phone was launched for the first time in China.

At present, domestic mobile phones, except for BB phones and mobile phones, do not have a real Chinese version of the mobile phone, and the P1 is the first mobile phone that is completely operated in Chinese and supports Chinese editing!

In addition, there are P1 mobile phones in several languages ​​such as German, French, Russian, Japanese, Bangzi, and Asan, but the number is not large, and they are basically testing the waters. There are only a few thousand phones in each of these markets. It depends on which market has a higher acceptance of P1 mobile phones, and will increase investment in this market in the future.

Brady entered the American Telecom store in San Jose. When he entered for the first time, he saw the light and luxurious decoration inside, which was completely different from the crowded telecom stores and mobile phone retail stores he remembered.

As soon as they entered the store, sales staff immediately began to guide Brady and the others to a transparent counter, and they saw a row of P1 mobile phones.

Before, before the same visit, the female salesperson who received Song Yang, with a professional smile on her face, asked Brady, "Do you want to buy a P1 mobile phone, P1 currently has five appearances to choose from... "

Brady saw the P1 mobile phone on the counter. In addition to the blue frame and white keys at the press conference, there are also shells in several colors such as silver, gray, red, and white for selection.

After looking at it for tens of seconds, Brady finally chose the blue mobile phone. The female salesperson took out a P1 mobile phone with a blue frame and gave it to Brady to experience.

Brady is holding the P1 phone in his hand. The weight is not light, but compared to other current mobile phones, it is still acceptable.

"The P1 mobile phone uses a double-layer shell to ensure the safety of the P1. There is a gap of 1mm between the screen, the body and the shell, and the shell can protect the screen and the body from damage!"

The female salesman was talking to Brady, and she had already memorized the words, because Song Yangde requested that the P1 mobile phone put a lot of effort into safety and sturdiness, and specially covered the P1 with a layer of tortoise shell. It can be said that the P1 mobile phone pixel Rotten, easy to heat, crashes and so on, but the safety is absolutely no problem.

"In the future, if you need it, you can come to America Telecom's stores and the after-sales repair center of Alcatel mobile phones for only fifteen dollars to replace the casing and repair it."

Seeing that Brady had been playing with the P1 in her hand, the female salesperson didn't have time to look at her, but she still kept a smile on her face. When she saw that Brady seemed to have made up her mind, she took advantage of the situation and said, "If you need to apply for a 2G mobile phone card If so, you can go to the communication area of ​​our store to handle it. At present, only America Telecom can provide 2G network services in America. If you need it, you can use America Telecom's two-year contract package, and you can buy a P6 mobile phone at a 1% discount... "

Although America Telecom didn't play the routine of giving away mobile phones with recharge, it also figured out that as long as you apply for a 2G plan and use America Telecom's mobile phone card within two years, you can buy a P6 mobile phone at a 1% discount.

This is for sales promotion, but also to attract people. 2G network is not cheap now, and Internet traffic is simply too expensive. Let alone buy it with a 6% discount, as long as you buy a package, even if you buy a mobile phone with a [-]% discount or a [-]% discount, relying on the traffic fee alone, American Telecom can earn back that part of the price difference, and it will be a net profit in the future. It is absolutely impossible to lose money...

Hearing that you can start with a 6% discount on the contract machine, Brady was stunned for a moment, but his family situation told him that there was something tricky about it.

"I pay cash!"

Brady shook his head and rejected the female salesperson's proposal, but when he just turned around and was about to go to the communication area, apply for a mobile phone card, and then left, he heard the salesman say, "Do you need to buy another spare battery? , If you buy it together with the new machine now, you can get a [-]% discount on the spare battery.

In addition, we have a universal charger, which can charge the battery of the mobile phone at any time, without the need for mobile phone lines and plugs. "

Looking at an official spare battery and a universal charger that Brady had never seen before, Brady hesitated for a moment. For electronic enthusiasts, who can refuse I bought this thing that I have never seen before, even if it is priced at 35 dollars!

Looking at it, it is composed of a plastic shell, two metal shrapnels, and a transparent clip. Brady feels that this is an IQ tax, but before leaving the counter, he still takes away a set of universal chargers. device!

Looking at the figure of Brady, the smile on the female salesperson's face became even bigger. For this list, a P499 mobile phone for 1 dollars, a spare battery for 20 dollars, and a universal charger for 35 dollars, all plus In total, the cost is more than 554 US dollars, and for this order, as a salesperson, she can get a 2% commission fee, which is 11 US dollars!

But now, the crowd in front of the female salesperson's counter seems to have grown a little bit more.

When Brady came out of America Telecom's flagship store, he looked at the bill in his hand, and it was more than $600. For the 2G package, the entry-level fee exceeded $49.

Now the whole of America, and even the whole world, is America Telecom, the only one who plays 2G network. The price is basically determined by America Telecom itself. America Telecom’s mobile data packages are divided into several levels. Brady’s entry-level mobile phone The data package, you can get 300 minutes of talk time, 450 text messages, and 20M data per month as a gift. If you exceed 20M, you will have to spend money to buy traffic, 10 dollars for 30M, and you can buy it repeatedly... …

The rest of the packages also include 59 US dollars, 30M free, and you can enjoy a 99% discount if you buy after using the data in the package, and the rest include 199 US dollars package, [-] US dollars family package, etc. .

Anyway, when he saw the Internet access fee, even Brady, who was from a good family, felt a bit of liver pain. Brady felt that he could afford the mobile phone, but the data seemed to be unaffordable!
But at last, the P1 mobile phone has arrived. Holding the P1 mobile phone, as well as the universal charger, mobile phone card and other things, Brady hurried back.

In the Alcatel Mobile Phone Industrial Park on the outskirts of San Jose, in the largest office building in the industrial park, Song Yang was casually flipping through an e-magazine, while Ertian was pacing back and forth like an ant on a hot pot. Everyone is waiting for the statistics from the marketing department.

Most of the morning time has passed, and when it is close to noon, the marketing department will conduct preliminary sales statistics, which may be inaccurate, but basically can estimate the sales volume of P1 this year.

Looking at Ertian's expression, Song Yang can imagine how he is feeling at this time. If the sales volume is low today, let's not talk about him. It is estimated that the future of Alcatel mobile phones will be uncertain.

As for the sales of P1, Song Yang can accept it as long as it is not too hip-stretching. Even if he needs to change his vest again, all the publicity expenses invested before are in vain.

If the sales volume is good, Alcatel's next-generation mobile phone can be considered now. As long as the Symbian system can keep up, Alcatel's next-generation mobile phone will have more tricks to play. If you add some memory card functions, you can sell a large number of earphones, memory cards, card readers and other accessories by the way.

While Song Yang was thinking, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, Ertian ran over immediately, and then asked directly to the marketing director who came in, "Have you got the sales statistics?"

The director of the marketing department gave a report to Ertian, "There are still data from many overseas regions, which have not been counted. Currently, there are only local data in America. Up to now, American Telecom, Best Buy and other channels have sold There are 1 P[-] mobile phones!"

Hearing this, Ertian couldn't help heaving a sigh of relief. Compared with Nokia, Motorola, etc., on the first day of the launch of the new phone, tens of millions of units were sold worldwide. The P1 seems not enough, but Al As far as Carter's mobile phone is concerned, it is also acceptable, as long as no one cares about it, according to this data, within that week, 1 units of P20 phones, Elthian feels, can be sold.

When Ertian received the sales statistics of the P1 mobile phone in the morning, Silicon Valley and other newspapers and media in the electronic technology industry also reported the news of the launch of the P1, but most of them were mentioned in passing, and Wall Street media magazines basically did not. Too much attention, obviously not much hope.

It wasn't until Alcatel Mobile's official website announced that mobile phone sales exceeded [-] units that it attracted the attention of some media.

In the afternoon, when Song Yang was about to leave the industrial park, the phone on Ertian's desk suddenly rang.

"England's P1 is sold out?"

Ertian heard that it was the agent of Alcatel mobile phones in England. He called and asked San Jose to deliver the goods to England immediately. It has been swept away!

After receiving this call, Elthian was a bit taken aback. It was beyond his expectation, but he still called the marketing department and asked to transfer a batch of phones from the warehouse in Europe to the mobile phone agent in England. business.

But as soon as the phone was put down, the phone rang in a hurry, but it rang again. After putting down the phone, Ertian turned his head and said to Song Yang, "It's from Germany, asking for a replenishment call!"

But just when Ertian thought that it was because of the previous Alcatel mobile phone brand and its influence in Europe that the P1 phones were sold out in these regions, the phone rang one after another.

There are only 20 units in stock, and if you want to transfer the goods, you can only transfer them from America, but it will take time, and you need to reinstall the system and set the language version.

While Ertian and the management were busy adjusting the goods, they received another call. The P1 mobile phones in Huaguo, Bangzi, Japan, and even the Asan area were starting to be out of stock or even sold out!

When they were about to transfer goods from America, the American Telecom flagship store in New York suddenly called, saying that all P1s were sold out in New York.

Without warning, when the NASDAQ and NYSE were about to close, the stock prices of more than a dozen companies engaged in the electronic components industry suddenly skyrocketed collectively!
(End of this chapter)