Chapter 935: No Cost
The design of Yuwenfei was drawn according to the former IPHONE4, that is, the fourth-generation Apple mobile phone.
In his mind, this generation of Apple mobile phones is the most classic!
In fact, it was from this generation of mobile phones that Apple really began to become popular all over the world!
The first three generations can only be said to be popular or not, and they did not sell very well.
Of course, what Yuwenfei is taking out now is something that no mobile phone manufacturer in the world has launched, including Apple!
At this time in early 2005, perhaps Apple had already started to set up a mobile phone project.
But it is still only a preliminary stage, and the first generation of mobile phones and the fourth generation are also very different.
On the drawings, this mobile phone does look inconspicuous, but Yu Wenfei believes that when the mobile phone is really made, everyone who sees it will be amazed!
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When the drawings were received by the team in charge of industrial design, everyone didn't care about it at first.
I feel that Fei is always a whim, and this design is indeed a bit amateurish.
Shinzo Ono, the chief industrial designer of Toei's design department, was quick to express his opinion.
"Mr. Fei, I think there is something wrong with this design. ”
Yu Wenfei smiled and asked, "There is a problem there, it doesn't matter, I took out the design drawing, and I just want to discuss it with everyone." Only by fully communicating can the follow-up work be carried out more smoothly. ”、
Shinzo Ono frowned and said, "First of all, it can be seen that on the drawing of Mr. Fei, the frame of the mobile phone is angular. Mr. Fei may not have understood the industrial design of the mobile phone, the mobile phone frame is angular, which is a taboo in design! Because the corners of metal or glass will be sharp, which may cause injury to the user. ”
At that time, the mobile phone was all about mellowness!
Indeed, if you follow the design on Yuwen Feitu, their experienced design team can see a lot of problems at a glance.
What Shinzo Ono said is the most obvious and prominent problem!
Let's not talk about whether this mobile phone is beautiful or not, the safety of users cannot be guaranteed, how can this mobile phone be sold?
For Shinzo Ono's worries, Yu Wenfei was not worried, he said with a smile: "This is very easy to solve, it can be solved in the process, front and rear glass panels, aluminum alloy or stainless steel frames." As long as you are willing to pay for it, I believe that there will never be a phenomenon of cutting hands. ”
Shinzo Ono was a little dumbfounded, the solution that Mr. Fei said sounded very simple, but to really meet his requirements, the process cost would be high.
Generally, mobile phone companies will not spend so much money on the mobile phone shell!
He asked incredulously: "Does Mr. Fei know how high the cost will be if you use the rear glass panel and aluminum alloy frame to achieve the level of craftsmanship you require?"
"Is sixty dollars enough?" Yu Wenfei shrugged his shoulders and said nonchalantly.
"Uh......? This depends on the purchase volume, if it reaches the million level? Sixty dollars should be enough. And such a level of craftsmanship? There are only a few companies in the world that can do it. Shinzo Ono hesitated for a moment and replied.
"It's not a million level, but a starting point of 10 million!" Yu Wenfei said confidently.
This phone that I took out myself? What if you can't sell tens of millions of units? So what is he still tossing?
It's conservative to say that you should start with 10 million!
Of course? Because this mobile phone must be expensive, Yu Wenfei also tried to estimate it conservatively.
Like a legendary mobile phone, in the mainland market alone, a CQ1 has sold tens of millions of units!
If it is sold all over the world, it will be tens of millions.
Of course? That's also because the legendary phone is cheap enough!
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Although these people in charge of industrial design? I can't believe that the mobile phone that Yu Wenfei took out can sell for tens of millions.
But since the boss is so confident? Everyone made plans according to what he said.
Wait until Yu Wenfei talks about the whole of this mobile phone? Everyone suddenly felt that this phone was not as ugly as it seemed on the drawings.
Just a front and back panel full glass, sandwiched stainless steel frame design? Plus a full touch screen.
This design is quite a highlight.
Because it's very, very simple!
It's so simple that there's only one button on the entire front!
Is this the current mobile phone market? Never before.
And? Yuwenfei requires all materials to be used with the best!
Corning Gorilla Glass is used for the glass panels, which again raises questions.
Because Corning Gorilla Glass was still bulletproof glass at the time, it was not used in consumer electronics.
However, Yu Wenfei said without thinking: "Place an order for them, let them carry out technical transformation, as long as they give enough money, then they will always be able to do it!"
Well, to have money is to be able to do whatever you want.
The money is in place, and it is naturally not a problem to change bulletproof glass into civilian products.
These companies in the United States are all business-oriented, and the technology is there, it depends on whether the money you give him can satisfy him.
Stainless steel frame, made of medical-grade materials!
Through laser grinding, it is absolutely silky smooth to the touch, and there will never be imagination such as cutting hands.
It's still the same sentence, as long as you are willing to pay for it, you can have everything!
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The industrial design part is done, and the rest is the structural design and hardware design.
Yu Wenfei handed it over to the professional team, and he didn't say much.
But he also made his own demands.
That's the phone, because there is only one button, so it has to be designed with a touch screen.
The requirements for the screen are very high.
At present, there are only a few companies that produce mobile phone screens in the world, especially the high-end LCD screens used in mobile phones, only Samsung and LG next door, as well as Sharp, Toshiba, and Sony in Japan.
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In China, Foxconn's Innolux has just started production, but the screens produced are still used in computers and TVs.
In addition, BOE does not have the ability to produce high-end LCD screens.
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The screen on Yu Wenfei's mobile phone can meet his requirements, and there are only three companies: Samsung, LG, and Sharp.
Nothing else.
In fact, for mobile phone screens, in 2005, no mobile phone companies began to pay attention to them.
Because the market at that time was chaotic and the competition was fierce.
Even if it is Samsung and LG, there are still competitors Sharp Toshiba.
But in another two years, when Japan's LCD panel industry is completely crushed by Samsung LG, mobile phone manufacturers will slowly realize that a small mobile phone screen can sometimes play a decisive role in the competition!
HTC, which used to be the world's No. 1 seller, has suffered a big loss in this!
It can even be said that it was because of Samsung's disconnection of the screen supply, which directly made HTC go from the world's first sales to decay!