247 The dilemma of Huaxia smartphone manufacturers
When Wang Shizi returned to the company from the construction site, it was already the beginning of the lights.
I chatted with the project manager of Huajian Third Bureau for an afternoon about the matters that need to be paid attention to in construction, in fact, most of them are requirements for quality. In particular, the erection of various waterproof and moisture-proof pipes must be strictly in accordance with his design, which is indeed no joke.
In the future, the underground part of the headquarters building is the top priority of the whole company, which is the location of the R&D center of Datang Shizi Group in the future, all the high-precision equipment, laboratories, and large-scale units are all in the ten floors underground, in order to develop precision chips, there are several dust-free laboratories that are higher than the international A-level standard to reach 1K, to ensure the smooth operation of these laboratories, but also to ensure that everyone can work smoothly in the experiment, whether it is ventilation, electricity, moisture-proof and other factors must be considered. All kinds of dense pipes are enough to make people dizzy, and naturally the requirements for construction quality are particularly high.
Therefore, the construction process and the materials used must be strictly in accordance with the requirements, which is why Wang Shizi repeatedly told the project manager every time he arrived at the construction site, and quality first. Even he made it clear to Huajian Third Bureau that the quality of Datang Shizi Technology will test itself, and even he will personally go into battle, if there is any problem, it must be reworked unconditionally.
If it weren't for the high price he offered, it is estimated that this condition alone would scare the contractor away.
However, after talking to the project manager of the contractor again, after the other party repeatedly assured that the construction would be carried out in strict accordance with the construction plan he gave, he temporarily put this piece down. In fact, the pit is dug and the building construction project is also a third of the completion, the next is the treatment of the pit and the laying of various high-specification pipelines, he is still very relieved in the selection of materials, he is the brand he selected, the company is uniformly procured, as long as the other party can strictly follow the construction plan, he does not have much to worry about.
Next, he had to prepare for a meeting with Huawei's president. In fact, the meeting with Huawei's senior management is just another confirmation of the project that has been negotiated. Wang Shizi is well aware of Huawei's bottleneck in the smartphone sector. And the other party does have a demand for the products of Datang Shizi Technology and Datang Shizi chips, and the two sides can be said to hit it off.
In fact, to put it bluntly, Huawei's current predicament in the smartphone sector may be a common problem that all domestic smart manufacturers are struggling with in the smartphone market, that is, the low-end market is too fierce, and the competitiveness of the high-end market is slightly insufficient.
No way, when the original domestic smart phone entered the market, whether it was Lenovo, OPPO, or Xiaomi, Huawei, which came later, they all relied on impulse and low price to win. Now the domestic mobile phone technology and supply chain are becoming more and more mature. Cost-effective products have appeared, and high-end products can be produced, but when the manufacturers try to enter the high-end market, they find that consumers do not buy it.
According to a survey report by an authoritative organization, a survey of about 70,000 ordinary mobile phone users in Huaxia, 86% of which believe that the pricing of domestic smartphones should be in the range of 500-2500 is reasonable, and the price of more than 2500 users will be quickly reduced.
However, there is another interesting option in the report, with 74% of respondents saying that they would prefer to choose a well-equipped domestic smartphone, much higher than those who prefer a foreign brand.
In other words, everyone is now more rational in consumption. What I like is the high cost performance of domestic mobile phones. But now the problem is that the more high-end mobile phones, the more money you can make. And only when sufficient funds are earned can we invest in technology research and development.
Why is Apple so rich? Isn't it just that the product is expensive? Are you always ahead of the curve? The leading technology can in turn ensure the hot sales of products, which is a virtuous circle.
For domestic mobile phones, small profits and quick sales can indeed survive, but the profits are too thin. How do you get a lot of money to invest in the research and development of new technologies?
IT'S NOT THAT THERE ARE NO DOMESTIC MOBILE PHONE MANUFACTURERS TRYING TO ENTER THE HIGH-END MARKET, BUT THE MOST CONFIDENT IS HUAWEI, WHICH WAS LAUNCHED IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEARMATE7, WHICH HAS INDEED RECEIVED ATTENTION AT THE POLE OF 3000 YUAN. But that's about it.
Hammer Technology's hand-held mobile phone SMARTISANT1 also followed the trend and sold at a high price, and within a few days, there was news that the price was reduced by 1,000 yuan across the board. THE TOP VERSION OF XIAOMI NOTE IS PRICED AT 3299, AND THE PRICE BEGAN TO DROP AFTER FIVE MONTHS......
In short, at present, it is really difficult for domestic smartphone companies to take the route of high-priced boutiques, and the constraints on their development are nothing more than several aspects, the same product appearance, almost the same internal specifications, and the lack of killer innovative functions that make people want to buy.
No way, the smartphone market is too mature, basically a mobile phone in your hands, you know that the screen is Sharp or LG, the processor is produced by Qualcomm or Mediafa, the camera is either Sony or Samsung, ......, especially in today's collective hardware, even many users can no longer experience the pleasant experience brought by hardware upgrades......
As long as the Datang Shizi chip can really develop a 3D virtual screen function as depicted in the plan in the near future, this is undoubtedly a major leapfrog innovation in smartphone technology, and it also gives the increasingly upgraded mobile phone hardware an operational space.
After all, the hardware has to match the corresponding functions when it is good, right? Therefore, Huawei's senior management came to Beijing to discuss with Datang Shizi Technology how to cooperate with this technology. After all, Datang Shizi Technology chose Huawei instead of other manufacturers to work together, and what it values is Huawei's R&D capabilities that far exceed those of ordinary domestic manufacturers.
If a technology is really applied to actual products, the problem to be solved is not one or two, just take the 3D virtual screen technology launched by Datang Shizi as an example, the supporting gesture control system must be there, right? Now Apple's 3D gesture technology can be applied with only a little improvement, but there is still a problem of power consumption, right? Whether it is multiple programs running at the same time, or a chip that supports virtual screens, laser holographic projection lights, it will continue to consume power. In addition, there are a series of problems to be solved, such as the assembly design of the circuit, which need to be discussed by both parties.
To put it bluntly, the manufacturers invited by the Tang Dynasty are all enterprises with certain strength, so everyone doesn't want to make money lying down, they are all adults, and everyone knows that this era has long been out of pie in the sky...... (To be continued......)