Chapter 489: Saipan Alliance! (1st Update)
Many Americans didn't pay attention to Apple's iPhone launch last night, but by the next day, they had learned about the iPhone from newspapers, the Internet, on television, or by word of mouth.
At the same time, the news of the popularity of the iPhone in the United States quickly spread all over the world.
Countless foreign netizens have "Aite" Chronos· Li, I hope that in their country, Apple can also sell iPhones.
Among them, Chinese netizens said: "Such an awesome mobile phone, is it a black technology? Why is it only sold in the United States, it's unfair, what does it depend on our Chinese users?!"
“Chronos· Li, you're still not Chinese, hurry up and get us millions of iPhones, otherwise, the boat of our friendship will capsize!"
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Li Zetian looked at his Weibo, and he couldn't complain in his heart, Nima, so many people "Aite" me, scolded me, what's wrong with me, it makes sense for Apple to choose to launch the iPhone in the United States, such an expensive mobile phone, Americans consume it, and the development of 3G network is relatively mature. If it is sold in China, there will definitely be very few people who buy it, and if it does, how can this be embarrassing......
Li Zetian took out his iPhone, opened Weibo, and updated a message.
"Dear, don't worry, the ant factory produces tens of millions of units per month, and the production capacity is strong, and you will soon be able to buy iPhones through multiple channels......"
As soon as this news was issued, it was immediately reprinted by netizens.
"Hehe, Chronos· Li is so funny, dear ??? hehe, the person who called is so kind~~ Well, for the sake of your sincerity, we forgive you!"
"Dear, hurry up and ship it, we can't wait!!"
"Dear, are you a tease sent by the monkey?"
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Countless netizens have talked to Chronos· Li interacted on Weibo, this scene was so spicy that I couldn't bear to look at it directly.
Other mobile phone manufacturers want to scold their mothers!
In fact, they are envious, jealous and hateful.
In less than a week, 8 million iPhones were sold out in the United States.
At this time, it was reported by the media that some netizens on eBay auctioned iPhones, the 4GB version was priced at $1,600, and the 8GB version was priced at $2,000.
The original price of the 4GB version of the iPhone was $799, and it made $800 as soon as it changed hands, which is more profitable than Apple.
Netizens shouted, "My God, scalpers, Lao Tzu knelt down for you, you dare to sell it at such a high price, you are still not human!!"
Not to mention, there are really people who buy it, and it is still in short supply!
Soon, the price of the iPhone on the eBay website became more and more expensive, and even the 8GB version of the iPhone was fried to $5,000!
By August, Ant Factory had produced 10 million iPhones, and this time only 3 million were allocated to the United States, 4 million in Europe, 1 million in China, and 800,000 in Japan......
You know, the iPhone is popular all over the world and has become a fashion, coupled with the high price of the iPhone, it can be used to show off and pretend, which is very popular in the United States and even all over the world.
Everyone waited for a month, and many people made a special trip to save money to buy an iPhone.
No, as soon as the iPhone was launched in various countries around the world, it immediately attracted a frenzy of panic buying, and the outside of stores everywhere was densely packed with long queues, so it was spectacular!! in less than two weeks, the 10 million iPhones were sold out.
At this time, netizens began to complain again, asking Apple to produce more iPhones.
Alas, there are only tired cattle, no ploughed fields, and the production capacity of 10 million per month can't feed you~~~ What else can Li Zetian say.
Apple and Li Zetian can only be painful and happy.
Of course, for other mobile phone manufacturers, it really only hurts, and it hurts the heart!
The iPhone sold well, and the sales of mobile phones from Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola and other companies fell sharply. Previously, the Nokia N70 sold well, selling 4 million units in June alone, but in July, it only sold 750,000 units. By August, sales were even lower.
Of course it is impossible, Nokia and a large number of other mobile phone manufacturers are working hard one by one at this moment, and they are also preparing to develop touchscreen mobile phones.
Obviously, touch screen mobile phones are very different from traditional smartphones, among them, the mobile phone operating system is the key, otherwise, how to support touch operation?
Nokia has always been the majority shareholder of Symbian Systems, and this time, Nokia has decided to buy Symbian Systems in order to compete with the iPhone and iOS systems.
On August 15, Nokia held a press conference, and the company's chairman announced: "Nokia will work with Sony Ericsson, Motorola and NTT DoCoMo to form a new open mobile software platform that integrates the current Symbian OS, S60, UIQ, and MOAP systems."
In addition to the four companies, Nokia will join forces with AT&T, LG, Samsung, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments and Vodafone to form the non-profit Symbian Foundation to promote the new Symbian mobile operating system platform globally.
In order to realize the formation of the foundation, Nokia has decided to spend 264 million euros to acquire all the shares of Symbian currently held by Ericsson, Panasonic, Samsung, Siemens and Sony Ericsson, making Symbian a wholly owned subsidiary of Nokia!!"
As soon as the press conference ended, it immediately caused a shock in the industry!
Obviously, this move by the giants is to counter Apple, solve the gap between the various versions of Symbian in the same open way, and join forces to enter the market competition!
Li Zetian was also quite shocked when he heard the news, but after thinking about it carefully, he took it for granted.
The previous Nokia company itself is the industry boss, as the industry boss, it is naturally very hypocritical, even indispensable, Apple launched a multi-touch screen mobile phone at that time, Nokia looked down on it, and did not want to transform, and even finally lost its decline.
But in this life, Nokia became the second in the company. The boss is Apple, and now that the iPhone is selling so hot, Nokia will certainly think of transformation. So, acquiring Symbian, developing a mobile phone operating system, and uniting many mobile phone manufacturers to fight against Apple is what Nokia is doing now!
However, many netizens are not optimistic about the alliance formed by Nokia, Ericsson and other companies, and laughed: "The alliance has an egg, and the most popular mobile phone application is Chronos· Li's industry, if he doesn't let these companies develop software for the Symbian system, will you sell it?!"
"Hehe, Chronos· Li will definitely be very arrogant and say, 'I'm not your Nokia garbage, it's all the mobile phone manufacturers in the alliance are garbage!!'"
"Sit back and watch the iPhone sling the world!"
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The words of netizens caused concern among a number of mobile phone manufacturers in the Saipan Alliance, and Nokia held a meeting with other companies to discuss the matter.
Someone said: "Chronos· Li can't cover the sky single-handedly, there are many of his competitors on the Internet, and we can win over these Internet companies. Although it still has some impact on sales, it is at least a solution! Of course, if Li Zetian's Internet company is willing to develop application software for our mobile phones, that is of course the best! Not to mention, Chronos· Is Li worried that other applications will become bigger and stronger on Symbian phones?"
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Oh, yes, Chronos· Li must also be afraid that other software will grow and steal the market share of the mobile Internet!"
Nokia's chairman studied it and laughed: "Haha, in this way, Chronos· Li will definitely give in to us! The thought of him being deflated makes me feel like I'm happy!"
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help laughing.
It's just that Chronos· Is Li just the kind of person who will give in?