Chapter 705: Apple's Dilemma
"What's more, Steve, after I saw the news today, I immediately went to check the relevant patents and found that the other party has registered all the patents that can be registered, including the appearance, and the registration time is the first half of 2005!"
Grignon, Apple's senior engineer and senior manager in charge of radio communications, said to Jobus, who seemed to have calmed down in front of him, and his face was also a little gloomy. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
As a henchman of Qiaobus, he can imagine how depressed Qiaobus's heart is at this time, because he has been involved in the development of the entire iPhone from beginning to end.
Although in the eyes of many people, mobile phones can be said to be almost omnipotent, especially after Lophone created a new pattern of smartphones, but in the end, mobile phones are just a two-way radio communication instrument. And Grignon's job is to make such an instrument become the mobile phone we know, if the device can't make calls, can't connect to Bluetooth headsets, can't connect to Wi-Fi, Grignon is responsible.
Therefore, as one of the first engineers of the iPhone, he hardly took a day off in more than two years and devoted all his mind to this project.
From the idea of the phone in 2001 to the finalization of the project in 2004, Apple has designed and developed three different versions of the iPhone last year and this year. Six full-fledged prototypes were then designed, each with its own hardware, software, and design features, but with such a large plan and so complex project that it often threatened the company's regular operations.
During this time, many of Apple's top engineers were transferred to the project, and as a result, other tasks were involuntarily forced to slow down. Apple Confection's iPhone project is almost all-or-nothing.
However, just when all their designs have gradually become clear, and the first integrated prototype is about to roll off the assembly line, there is news that Lophone suddenly appeared.
Maybe it's because Lophone didn't have any fame before, or maybe it's because Lophone did a good job of secrecy before it went public, so when everyone in Apple saw that the design concept was somewhat similar to the iPhone, but when the shape and workmanship exploded the iPhone, they were really like a bolt from the blue.
All their hard work for more than two years has almost all come to naught at this moment.
The genius design or idea they thought they thought of had already been registered by lophone, and if they continued to use it, they would only be asking for their own troubles.
As mentioned earlier, in order to prepare for the iPhone, a large number of top engineers were transferred to this project, which led to the slowdown of other work progress, and now the development of the iPhone is in a difficult situation, and the entire Apple Confectionery Company is now also facing the embarrassment of not being able to produce major products for a long time.
To make matters worse, many of Apple's top engineers have left Apple due to frustration and failure in the iPhone project.
For a time, because of the preemptive listing of Lophone, the position of Apple Confectionery was disrupted, and the entire company fell into an extremely difficult predicament.
"In addition, according to my observation, the performance of the Lophone is much better than the iPhone we are working on, especially the system, their Android system, can be said to be very perfect, our OSX system is simply not comparable...... "Grignon said with some frustration.
It's not that he's growing other people's ambition and destroying his own prestige, but to tell the truth, although Bai Ningyuan doesn't understand technology, he has put forward a lot of valuable opinions and suggestions to the staff of Android research and development, so that the Android system can avoid years of detours and processes in research and development.
However, the OSX has a large number of bugs, where the prototype of the iPhone crashes after only playing a part of a song or a video. It's okay to send a message first and then browse the web, but if you do it the other way around, it won't work.
And the current iPhone, there is one biggest problem that cannot be solved: when the number of tasks processed at the same time exceeds a certain number, it often prompts insufficient memory and is forced to restart.
This is definitely a fatal flaw for a mobile phone.
But what about lophone? At least in the media reviews, it's basically all surprises, and there are almost no shortcomings that they can see, of course, this also has something to do with their limited gaze of the times.
"Why did they start so quickly, Grignon, do you believe that there will be such a coincidence in this world?" After hearing Grignon's relevant report, a hint of flush suddenly appeared on Qiaobus's face, and the emotions that had finally calmed down seemed to be on the verge of an outburst again.
"Steve, it's completely useless to think about it now, after all, it was someone who registered the patent first, and many of them are at the moment when we haven't put forward the idea, you think about whether there is any conspiracy here, and it will not help the current situation of the company, it is better to think about what we should do next, whether to abandon the iphoen project and focus on the development of appletv, or continue to go to the end and carry out the development of the new iPhone!" Grignon knew that Jobus was a very stubborn man, and seeing that he was faintly about to explode, he shouted at him.
In terms of the current dilemma faced by Apple, he needed to come up with a heavyweight work in the shortest possible time, and because of this, he had to bet all his resources on one project, and he did not have the energy to research multiple projects at the same time.
After all, all the ways forward for the iPhone are basically blocked by the Lophone that was the first to go on the market, and in terms of the performance of the LoPhone, it is simply an insurmountable mountain for the current iPhone.
Unfortunately, Grignon miscalculated the stubbornness of Jobbs.
Jobus is definitely a rare genius, with a vision that most people don't have, he knows how to make products that people really like, he strives for perfection, he is nitpicky about details, but he often proves to be right, he also has a powerful "reality distortion field", and he is always able to convince others to listen to his opinion.
But on the other hand, it is precisely because of his genius and strong confidence in himself that he is a very difficult person to get along with, his attitude towards colleagues is rough, scathing, impatient, he often changes orders day and night, making employees feel at a loss, disrespecting other people's opinions, so that many managers, absolutely dealing with his relationship is simply a nightmare.
Even Grignon in front of him is no exception.
Hearing Grignon's words, Qiaobus hesitated for a moment, but finally his eyes became firm: "No, go to his appletv, you go and tell everyone, the iPhone plan continues, and then I will see your latest ideas and designs for the iPhone before I go to work tomorrow morning!"
Faced with this seemingly impossible task, Grignon smiled wryly, and sure enough, persuading Qiaobus, who didn't know what compromise was, was destined to be in vain......
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