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Chapter 138 Honor mobile phone officially released

Qu Li left a lot unsaid in "Win in Zhongguo", such as Honor's chip and operating system. It's not that no one asked about it, but he deliberately ignored it.

Although it is a bit late, Honor decided to start school recruitment after the National Day. Most of the software of Honor G1 was developed by Google. Honor has almost met all of Google’s requirements, but as a mobile phone manufacturer, it cannot be so spineless. The operating system There are interests that belong to them.

Qu Li and Zhou Shaoning went south to Pengcheng again. A batch of chips purchased from Texas Instruments finally arrived. BYD has started trial production. Whether it can produce mobile phones that meet Qu Li's requirements is of great importance. He is really worried and can only Visit the site.

A company with a billion-dollar valuation is treated completely differently from a start-up. This does not depend on the will of the founder, because the middle and senior management of BYD and Honor can offend small companies, but dare not offend large companies. Influential large companies.

As a photographer, Qu Li has a strong insight into products, which means he can pick out details. However, improving the process requires not only the cooperation of BYD, but also the ability of Honor's own team of process engineers to solve problems.

Qu Li knew a little about mechanical manufacturing technology, so he didn't have a blind eye. He knew how to act stupid at the right time, forcing BYD and his own employees to work overtime frequently, improving the process step by step, and finally made the Honor mobile phone meet his minimum requirements. .

It is inevitable to increase the salary of the team members on this project afterwards. They will be needed in the future, but we cannot lose credibility at this time.

Qu Li turned down many things with Honor and Jumei, and insisted on staying at the BYD factory for more than ten days, just to ensure the final product strength, and finally entered the formal production process. Qu Li brought the first batch of 2000 units of the 2G version of Honor The G1 mobile phone flew to Peanutton.

T-Mobile has decided to release Honor T-Mobile G10 on October 22, then launch pre-sale, and decide subsequent purchases based on the results.Qu Li wants to conduct a group buying event on Shopee after the product is released to reduce the risks for both parties.If there were to be problems with tens of millions of orders, his small body would not be able to bear it.

"Your efficiency is so high." Robert Dotson said with emotion as he looked at the exquisite Honor G1. The appearance of this phone is attractive enough.

"It may not go well. Texas Instruments' OMAP3430 chip production has restricted the delivery capacity of our foundry." Qu Li is optimistic about the future, but pessimistic about specific matters.

“When will Texas Instruments be able to supply it on a large scale?”

"This December."

"Can't you change the chip?"

"That will sacrifice the user experience, and the gain is not worth the loss." OMAP3430 is a classic, the world's first chip using the 65nm process. Until 2010, it was still widely used by mobile phone manufacturers such as Motorola and Nokia.Honor’s second 3.5-inch touch screen phone will still use this chip and the 320-megapixel OV camera.

Robert Dotson does not agree with the idea of ​​Honor group buying on Shopee. What he wants is to attract the most consumers. As for whether the Honor brand will be destroyed by negative reviews, that is not what he cares about.

After leaving T-Mobile, Qu Li flew to Silicon Valley to interview Honor's marketing manager in the United States. Honor will definitely have to advertise in major media and pay protection fees in the future. After all, Honor is not like Apple and Tesla. These two brands later seemed to have an undefeated golden status.

Qu Li, Honor's laboratory in Silicon Valley, ignored it. He didn't understand anyway. Even if he didn't develop mobile phone chips and basebands, he should focus on improving his photography, gaming and audio-visual capabilities. Action cameras were a must.However, he also arranged a long-term task, and he must have patents that can check and balance Apple.

As long as Honor grows and grows, a patent war with Apple is inevitable. HTC's successive bans in European and American markets illustrate the problem.Of course, unlike HTC, Honor is a company that grew up under the red flag. It may receive the blessing of national power when competition from major countries is not fierce.

Monday, October 10nd soon arrived. This press conference was both to build momentum for the Open Handset Alliance being organized by Google, and also an effort by T-Mobile not to be reconciled to being the fourth largest telecommunications operator in the United States.Therefore, many celebrities came, including reporters from the three major domestic portals and central government.

The second season of "Win in China" ended at the weekend. Domestic audiences saw Honor G1 for the first time. Looking at the shining smartphone on TV, there were a lot of discussions on the Internet because Honor had not announced it at that time. Any good news.

Some netizens left a message on Zhalang's blog, asking Qu Li when the Honor G1 will be sold in China. More people want to know the specific situation. Could the operating system and chip of this smartphone be Honor itself...

Well, after all, there are only a few who dream, and the voices of doubt are louder, thinking that Qu Li is habitually broadcasting satellites and bragging.

"Isn't this a model phone? Can a Chinese company make this kind of phone?"

"It's not like another Hanxin, buying someone else's mobile phone and polishing it..."

Some things hurt people so deeply, but the person involved can actually be peaceful and happy, no matter how hard the academics behind it worked.

Qu Li naturally chose to pretend to be deaf and dumb. In fact, he did not have time to watch these. The protagonist of this conference is Honor G1, T-Mobile, and Google. The only thing that cannot be Qu Li is Honor or a Chinese company, so Although he will attend, he will not speak on stage.

Seeing Robert Dotson, Schmidt, Andy Rubin and other big names on stage, Qu Li suddenly thought of something and said to Zhou Shaoning: "Keep a distance from Andy Rubin. Our partner is Google, not Android, not Andy Rubin.”

"Does that make any difference?"

"Stay away from Google's office politics." Qu Li remembered that Andy Rubin, a great hero of Android, was eventually kicked out. Isn't there a big problem that might arise?

Qu Li was lucky. What he didn't know was that HTC was banned from selling in Europe and the United States, which was related to their deep binding and full support for Andy Rubin. This angered Google's later CEO Pichai.Some clues can be seen from the timeline. Google had already acquired Motorola at that time and owned nearly [-] patents. Could it not protect HTC, the number one player in the Android camp?

"We must remember that we and Google Android are collaborators, not vassals!" Qu Li emphasized again that he would not get involved in Google's internal struggles.

"But we may not get enough support in the future." Zhou Shaoning is worried

"You are overthinking it. Honor will not have the ability to bargain with Google within three years. What I want is that after three years, Honor will be able to say no to Google!"

"I will work hard!" Zhou Shaoning breathed a sigh of relief. Qu Tianming had great foresight. Since he chose to believe him, why did he hesitate at that time.

Honor's financing allowed Zhou Shaoning's net worth to skyrocket to US$43 million in less than a year. Qu Li's shareholding ratio dropped to 6500%, but the 4.2 million soft sister coins invested are now worth US$[-] million. The team members they chose to invest in are all Make a lot of money.

At the end of the press conference, Robert Dotson announced that he will sell 2000 Honor T-Mobile G1 non-contract mobile phones through group purchases on Shopee. The price is directly comparable to the Apple iPhone. The price of the contract phone is US$200 lower than the price of the bare phone. Contract phones are officially accepted in major stores. For reservations, the specific delivery time will have to wait until after the year.

With the support of Google and T-Mobile, the news quickly spread throughout the United States and China, and Honor G1 was officially unveiled.