There are not many new games in the 2nd generation of non-palm entertainment, and the only heavyweight original new game is "Pokemon".

Some other old games have also developed new versions. For example, the original handheld version of "Tank Wars" had 1, 2, and 3 generations, and the handheld platform versions of these three games were all simplified black and white versions. Because,The screen is small、CPU performance is also very good.,Naturally, you can't make any big deals.。 However, the handheld version of the Tank Wars series has sold more than 27 million copies, far more than the console version.

And now the 2nd generation platform of Palm Entertainment, the CPU performance has been improved, but the screen has become colorful, and it has become larger. Therefore, the new "Tank Wars 4" is already a bit close to the current console version of "Tank Wars". And the console version of "Tank Wars" is currently mainly a small overlord of the platform. The hardware performance is also half a pound and eight taels with the handheld, and the strength is also limited.

In the past, it was also bullied that the handheld had a small screen, and it was still a TN panel with a very low resolution. But now after switching to a TFT-LCD panel, the screen is still smaller than the TV screen, but the resolution is high and the clarity is amazing. In the past, handheld games had a low resolution, so the picture was blurry and couldn't be too detailed. But now, although it can't be compared with film and television, it is much more delicate than in the past.

In addition to these new games, the 2nd generation is compatible with all the game cartridges of the previous 1st generation. In this way, a large number of first-generation handheld players in the past can not abandon the large number of game cartridges of the previous one because of a new one.

In this way, there is no risk of poor compatibility and loss of a large number of old players in the platform transition.

"That's great!"

"With such a small screen, the display effect is almost the same as that of a shrunken color TV. ”

"No, the display effect of the color TV is not as good as it!"

"In the past, Japanese manufacturers have also launched watch-sized color TVs, and the images are so poor that they can't be seen at all. ”

"Those screen colors are too fake, TFT-LCD screen is the real color!"

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After waiting for the player to try out the game for a while, Lin Qi continued to return to the podium and said: "Palm Entertainment 2nd generation, not only let our handheld not be black and white, but entered the era of color display, moreover, it is not perfunctory, with the trend of using a low-tech STN panel, but using a TFT-LCD panel that other manufacturers in the world do not have." The advent of this panel means that the LCD display has a new possibility, and it will gradually enter the era of true color, rather than the distorted color of the STN panel. ”

"After the TFT-LCD panel appeared in the laboratory, I said that it was very good and should be taken out immediately for the market to share. Rather than eating ashes in the laboratory for many years, it began to be commercialized slowly. ”

"Now due to process limitations, it is mainly used for small size handhelds. However, in the future, as we invest more and more R&D expenses, its process will gradually mature, and it is very promising to achieve TV and computer displays. After all, I've talked to a lot of researchers in the TV industry and come to some consensus: since the advent of CRT displays in the 50s, their technological progress has been almost slow, and they are far from being comparable to the semiconductor industry. The advent of the liquid crystal industry has received a large number of technical dividends from integrated circuits, and its various technical indicators will make significant progress with the investment of funds. Although, progress is not comparable to Moore's Law. However, compared to CRT, which has invested a lot of money, technological progress is still not obvious, and liquid crystal is obviously a better technical direction. Today's LCD panels, in addition to size, are above CRT displays in all indicators. ”

"The main selling point of the 2nd generation of palm entertainment is the upgrade of the screen. Lin Qi said frankly, "Although we are trying to reduce costs and give consumers a better price, it is impossible to achieve a very low level due to the current capacity and yield rate limitations." Therefore, the pricing of the 2nd generation of Palm Entertainment is ......"

Everyone present held their breath and was full of anticipation. At the same time, many users are also afraid that the price is too high to afford.

"HK$398!" Lin Qi announced with a smile.

There was a cheer!

"It's so cheap!"

"Hooray!"

Although, the price of the 2nd generation of Palm Entertainment has more than doubled compared to the previous generation. However, the novelty and shock brought by this screen is worth the price.

You must know that the gap between TN and STN panels and TFT-LCD is much larger than that between TFT-LCD panels and LED and AMOLED. In fact, all kinds of high-definition, ultra-clear, 2K, 4K, in fact, for the user's experience upgrade, it is not as big as the early screen upgrade from 480P to 720P, and 720P to 1080P. 1080P's clarity is already very high,Stack up the performance again,Although it will be a little improved,But the stimulation is less and less obvious than the clarity upgrade of the early screen。

Now the screen of the 2nd generation of palm entertainment has reached a level of 480P at most. But,After all480P is still a very high configuration in the world at present,Many color TVs that sell more than 10,000 yuan,It may not even reach480P clarity。 And if these color TVs receive wireless signals, the clarity of the broadcast picture is much less than 240P.

At present, there is no product for portable terminals, and its screen is high-definition. Therefore, after the 2nd generation of palm entertainment was released, just relying on the appearance brought by the screen, it attracted a large number of fans.

"For the game cartridge of the second generation of Palm Entertainment, we recommend a reference price of HK$30, which will be adjusted according to local costs and tax rates around the world. But in general, the price difference should not be too large. Lin Qi said, "For the first 1 million consumers who buy Handheld 2, we will provide Pokemon as a game cartridge that comes with it by default. After 1 million, the bonus game is "Chinese Cube" or "Tank Battle 4", and players can choose one of them as the default bonus game. Since, the new game platform is compatible with most of the games of the previous 1st generation of Zhangyu, therefore, if you have previously owned the game cartridge of "Chinese Cube", it is recommended not to claim it repeatedly, because the difference between the two is not big. ”

"Users don't have to worry about the after-sales problems of the handheld. We are working hard to establish a strong after-sales guarantee all over the world, which can be replaced within 1 year and repaired free of charge within 3 years. As long as there is a local store operated by us or a formal channel that has signed a contract with our manufacturer, we will carry out a global warranty. That is, you buy a machine in France, and when you travel in China, the machine breaks. You don't need to find the manufacturer who sells you the machine, but you can find the after-sales outlet in your city. We currently have more than 30,000 self-operated and authorized after-sales outlets. Major regions of the world, unless it is turbulent or too primitive, then you can easily get our after-sales guarantee. Of course, if you buy it locally, then you can call directly and ask your local after-sales outlets to come to your door for repair. Although we are confident in our own quality, we are still very persistent in after-sales...... Of course, this is not just a product of the 2nd generation of Zhangyu, all of our products are implemented such after-sales guarantees. Treat the whole world equally, as long as they are our consumers!"

There was another round of applause.

In fact, all the after-sales services of the new start-up department are outsourced. New venture group, Xinfei electronic technology and other companies do not provide after-sales service by themselves. It is a one-stop shop for foundry and after-sales. The sales channel of the company, must also be included in the after-sales service system, if the after-sales problems encounter consumer complaints, then, the channel agent may lose the right to agency.

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"Although the CPU of the second generation handheld is an XRM8 architecture chip, it uses a better process. Originally, the XRM8 chip was designed to be simple and efficient, so in most cases, it can be produced on a 16-bit host, but only in a 6~8 micron process. The process has now been upgraded to a 5-micron process, which was originally the production line used in the early days of the XRM16 chip. As a result, power consumption has been further reduced and the number of integrated transistors has increased. Power consumption is reduced by 30%, performance is improved by 50%, and the chip size is smaller, making it more suitable for handhelds with less internal space...... In the future, there will be two series of XRM series CPU chips, one series is a desktop host CPU chip with higher power consumption and maximum performance, and its size will be larger. The other branch is the XRM8-bit chip we use today on the 2nd generation of Palm Entertainment, which is more inclined to low power consumption and smaller size. Of course, although the size of the two is different, the software is compatible......"

Lin Qi holds four chips in his hands, although these two chips have the XRM trademark, but the color and size are very different X8 chips.

"We put the high-power XRM series chips with a red logo. At the same time, it is larger in size and requires a matching motherboard and socket. Lin Qi then said, "In addition, the XRM chip with low power consumption is painted with a green logo. In the future, the XRM series chips of the green trademark will mainly be aimed at users and products in the portable mobile market. At present, we have only launched a green XRM mobile chip, and the second generation of Palm Entertainment is the first mobile terminal equipped with this chip...... Of course, we will soon launch Pangu laptops with lower power consumption and longer battery life. In terms of overall performance, there will not be much improvement compared to the first-generation Pangu laptop, mainly because of the redesign of the chip and the reduction of its power consumption, so that the battery life of the whole machine has been improved to a certain extent. Originally, the Pangu laptop could work for about 2~4 hours after it was turned on, but our goal was to increase it to 3~5 hours. Of course, since there are a lot of improvements involved, we're still planning for the time being. As soon as next year, there will be a second-generation Pangu notebook on the market. The price may be slightly more expensive than the first generation of Pangu laptops, because the R&D cost and process improvement cost required are relatively high. If you have purchased a Pangu first-generation laptop, you don't have to worry, if you do need to replace it at that time, then you can trade it in. After purchase, each day of use only consumes 1/1000th of the value, we will evaluate the depreciation degree of the old machine and give a fair valuation, and provide cost-effective replacement services. ”

A schematic diagram of the next generation of Pangu laptops appeared, and there were no major changes in the shape of the previous Pangu notebooks. There is no weight either, because in addition to saving energy, batteries are also needed to improve battery life. Therefore, the weight saved is added to the battery. The biggest buying point is still from the previous TN black and white screen to the TFT-LCD color screen.

Because the TFT-LCD screen is so amazing, Lin Qi's new strategy of introducing the XRM chip of the new entrepreneurial department in the future has not been paid attention to by the media present. After all, in this era, people have not paid attention to the importance of power consumption!

You must know that later Intel and AMD's desktop processors can beat the ARM chip on the mobile terminal from the performance considerations. However, the problem is that the ARM architecture chip is more energy-efficient!

Chips with complex instruction sets such as X86 may not be optimal in terms of pure performance due to years of optimization and development. However, in fact, its performance is still far superior to that of XRM architecture chips. The problem is that Intel and AMD chips are used to make mobile phones and tablets, so the battery is like a diabetes collapse, even if it is just turned on and does nothing, the power is also consumed rapidly.

The ARM chip has only been available on the mobile side from the beginning, so power consumption has become the key to its success or failure, precisely because its power consumption is far better than the X86 chip. So, in the end, it became the dominance of mobile.

Of course, the biggest demand in the market at this stage is not the problem of power consumption, but the problem of insufficient performance. The performance of many hardware is not enough to meet the ever-expanding needs of consumers. Therefore, most manufacturers do not pay attention to power consumption, but pay more attention to compatibility and performance.

XRM chips began to differentiate into desktop and mobile terminals at such an early stage. Moreover, the optimization direction of the two is different, the desktop requires stronger and stronger performance, and the power consumption is not a key issue, while the mobile terminal must achieve the ultimate power consumption.

However, ordinary consumers and even the media pay more attention to the whole machine, not the parts. Although chip technology is a very important core high-tech, this is not as immediate as the progress of display technology.

Therefore, after this press conference, the media began to frantically promote the Zhangyu 2nd generation and the future Pangu 2nd generation laptops, because both of them will use cool TFT-LCD display panels.

The handheld of the 2nd generation of Palm Entertainment is listed at a price of 398 Hong Kong dollars, although this price is not cheap in the market. However, after all, its screen makes many consumers feel that it is worth it!

Everyone else is playing the first generation of palm entertainment, or the era of cube machines, taking out a true color LCD display of palm entertainment 2nd generation, playing a more refined "Pokemon", which may become the focus of the crowd.

It is precisely for this reason that the press conference ended, and countless media rushed to report it.

And consumers are also crazy to buy, the first million units of inventory were sold out in only three days...... The handheld market, which was originally a bit sluggish, has once again reached its peak!