Chapter 097: Whimsical Nokia

Apple's iPhone was completely secret during the period of development, because no one except Wen Ming knew that the research experiments he did were to make the iPhone.

And when he completed his research and placed orders for parts with suppliers, the appearance and hardware parameters of the iPhone were no secret to some people.

But at that time, not many people would have taken the iPhone seriously.

The first-generation iPhone launched by Apple is the fourth-generation iPhone launched by Steve Jobs in another world, although it is ahead of all mobile phones in this world, but it seems a little mediocre in terms of hardware configuration.

512M running memory, can not replace the battery, no memory card function, etc., and its independently developed A1 processor (iphone4 uses the processor name A4. In terms of performance, compared with the processors of other mobile phones, there is not much improvement.

And its camera with only 5 million pixels is also a bit under-seen compared to other flagship models.

After all, in 2008, that is, last year, Nokia had already sold mobile phones with 10-megapixel cameras.

But with the end of Apple's press conference, all the audience felt a refreshing iOS closed-loop system, and the degree of use of iPhone hardware performance made many mobile phone manufacturers not calm.

With the same pixel camera, the effect of taking photos on the iPhone far exceeds that of other mobile phones. And the processor, running memory, etc., are also used to the fullest.

It's like an iphone in another world, when Android flagships have begun to come standard with 6G running memory, the latest iphone only has 2G running memory, but in terms of smoothness, the two are the advantage of iphone.

The hardware configuration is not high, but the powerful system of the iPhone can give full play to all the performance of the hardware, and this alone makes many mobile phone manufacturers unable to sit still.

And among them, the one who can't sit still the most is Nokia.

"Google withdrew from the Android system, and now almost all mobile phone manufacturers on the market except us have released Android flagship models, or are preparing their Android platform flagship models."

"Microsoft is developing their WP mobile phone system and has completed the final debugging, but the system does not meet our requirements, that is, after we refuse to use the WP system, Microsoft will inevitably sell the WP system to other mobile phone manufacturers."

"But the biggest threat to us is not other mobile phone manufacturers, nor Microsoft's WP mobile phone system, but this Apple company."

A high-level meeting is underway at Nokia's headquarters in Espoo, Finland, a company that began in 1865 and has gone through a number of industries to finally achieve global domination in the mobile phone manufacturing industry.

But in recent years, they have begun to feel a strong sense of crisis.

"We delayed the certification of their iPhones in Huaxia, but this method is no longer useful, because the current sales of iPhones have set a record that we have not been able to create."

Nokia's rise to prominence was gradual, built over many years, rather than triggering a nationwide rush of buying when Apple released its first product.

"The boss of Apple is a Chinese person, and what China lacks most now is a company that can go to the world and entrepreneurs who can influence the world. And now he is very much in line with this condition, that is to say, Huaxia will soon pass the certification of the iPhone, and even, provide a lot of convenience for the sales of the iPhone in Huaxia. ”

"But we can't come up with similar products to seize the Chinese market in such a short period of time."

The market is limited, Nokia can be said to be the absolute hegemon in the Chinese market, after learning about the iPhone, Nokia wants to launch similar products as soon as possible, and then sell them in advance in the Chinese market, and then, affect the sales of the iPhone.

If the sales volume does not reach a certain standard, then the iPhone will not be able to affect Nokia's position.

Don't doubt the speed at which Nokia develops and manufactures mobile phones, for them, a mobile phone is just a battery and a screen. Whether it is the appearance, the processor, or the interface of the system, etc., in their more than ten years of technology accumulation, they don't know how many backup solutions have been saved.

One month is definitely enough for them to complete the distribution of goods in the Chinese market. Therefore, they wanted to delay the time for the iPhone to enter the Chinese market through relationships.

"So, what do we do now?"

Nokia's president and CEO, Stephen Elop, knocked on the table and asked, "I'd like to know if your opinion is to continue to block the iPhone or give up sniping the iPhone." ”

The executive vice president at the top of the conference table replied: "I recommend giving up sniping the iPhone, because we can't stop their sales efforts in the Chinese market, and what we did before will eventually reach Apple." ”

It's not that they plan too badly, it's that the world is changing too fast, and they felt the threat of the iPhone before, but they didn't expect that the sales of the iPhone would start to explode on the first day.

If Wen Ming, the boss of Apple, is an American, then they still have room to operate, but Wen Ming is a Chinese, and they want to block the sales of iPhones in the Chinese market, and they have no way to continue.

Nokia's executive vice president and head of technology business looked unhappy, because the power of the iPhone is to crush all the current Nokia models at the technical level, and in this regard, it is equivalent to a slap in the face.

"I don't think Huaxia will pay so much attention to Apple, although their boss is from Huaxia, but don't forget, he came to the United States with his parents when he was in middle school, and according to our investigation, he has no relatives in Huaxia."

As he spoke, the technical business executive's expression became more exciting.

"People's sense of identity with the country should be established in middle school and college, that is to say, the boss of Apple does not necessarily have much sense of identity with the motherland of China. And most importantly, he is only 19 years old this year, and a young man of 19 years old, will he take into account the problem at this level? ”

Rumor has it that the iPhone was developed by him independently, which means that he is a technology maniac. There are also such people in our company, and their emotional intelligence is generally low, and their social skills are generally weak, so I think we can continue to block the iPhone. ”

"At the same time, we shouldn't pay too much attention to Apple, because his person at the helm is not equipped to control the products he invents. Apple has not been financed, and without the participation of capital, they lack experience in the capital market. ”

If Wen Ming knew that someone commented that he was a technology maniac, I don't know whether to be happy or ashamed?

Technology?

It's really easy.

Stephen asked, "Can we work with Apple?" They lack factories, lack technical reserves, lack sales channels, and we have all of these. If ......"

The executive vice president's eyes lit up and he said, "If we give Apple the same status, will that 19-year-old become one of us?" After all, our company is now worth more than $100 billion, and they're just getting started......"

Stephen confirmed, "Help me contact them, I'm going to the United States myself." Ladies and gentlemen, I hope you will take this seriously, because this will be the most important step for us at Nokia to become the Microsoft of the mobile phone industry. ”