Chapter 132 Engineering Prototype
After not staying in the East China Sea for a day or two, Lu Yuan continued to set off and met with Yan Zhiwen at Zhongtianxin's mobile phone foundry, since receiving Lu Yuan's orders, he had been here for more than a month. One is to avoid some people, and the other is to do this engineering prototype.
If you want to say that in a month, can you make a mobile phone?
The answer is yes, as long as it is not too difficult to make an engineering prototype at any cost. Of course, mass production is another matter.
Lu Yuan wore gloves, picked up this "freshly baked" engineering prototype, looked left and right, and couldn't help but feel a little regretful. If it is said that this mobile phone on the PPT can be said to be shocking, then after the actual machine is used, the shock is gone, and there is only a layer of handicraft-like amazingness. Also, no matter how you say it, limited by the level of technology and craftsmanship, it is quite difficult to produce the level envisaged on the PPT. But even if it doesn't reach the level of shock, the amazing touch is indispensable.
It can be seen from the faces of Yan Zhiwen and many engineers that they are also very proud to be able to create such a mobile phone in more than a month, just from the appearance and appearance, to put it mildly, even if it is an Apple 6S and other manufacturers' mobile phones that have only been on the market for a long time, they are completely incomparable. The appearance and craftsmanship are exquisitely manufactured, and all the mobile phones on the market have exploded.
On the one hand, there is the credit of the design information provided by Lu Yuan, but it is more due to the cost. All mobile phone manufacturers, including Apple, must take into account the relationship between cost and appearance when designing a mobile phone, and it is impossible to increase the cost desperately for the sake of appearance, and sometimes even sacrifice appearance for the sake of cost and process problems. Where is like Lu Yuan. I don't think about the cost at all, and blindly ask for a mobile phone that makes people intuitively feel amazing.
Is it that the rest of the mobile phone manufacturers can't do it?
Of course not, anyone who can raise the cost of a mobile phone to more than 4,000 yuan can make you an absolutely satisfying and amazing craft. However, due to the limited cost, it is necessary to make a beautiful mobile phone within the cost range of 300 yuan to 800 yuan. It is too difficult for mobile phone manufacturers, because in order to save costs, almost all mobile phones in the past few years have adopted plastic structures, in order to reduce the production cost of a mobile phone as much as possible.
Now the engineering prototype in Lu Yuan's hand uses a 5-inch sapphire screen, due to the beveled edge cutting on the edge of the glass panel, the black edge is visually hidden by the principle of optical lens, so as to achieve the effect that the frame is invisible to the naked eye, and it really looks as if there is no frame on the actual machine. The visuals are stunning.
Based on this alone, it is better than many so-called ID borderless mobile phones, not to mention that Lu Yuan's software has done a very good job, even if the mobile phone has no bezel, it will not cause the effect of false touch, which perfectly solves the shortcomings of borderless easy to touch by mistake.
In addition, due to Lu Yuan's tough requirements, the four chamfers did not adopt the arc design like ordinary mobile phones, but adopted a square and resolute right-angle design, so that it was. It looks very aesthetically pleasing, but in the hand. Inevitably a little bit of a top hand, not so comfortable. But it doesn't matter, anyway, for the sake of appearance, sacrificing this is nothing at all, as long as it is promoted, naturally some fans will desperately brag about what a great design scheme this is.
The thickness is 7.13mm. The weight reaches 143 grams, and the overall size and weight are more suitable for one-handed use in the hand, and the weight is almost not felt in the pocket of the pants.
Lu Yuan took the phone out of his pants pocket and took a closer look. I found that the sandblasting treatment of the metal frame is very silky and delicate, not at all as rough and inferior as many mobile phones, but looking at this detail, I have to say that the cost of 4,000 yuan is not in vain.
Boot up, what I just brushed in is the engineering firmware, there is no LOGO and there are not many functions, only part of the core functions are integrated, Lu Yuan shouted softly: "Coco?" β
However, the phone didn't respond, and I don't know what went wrong.
Yan Zhiwen stood aside a little embarrassed, touching the back of his head: "I still reacted before." β
Lu Yuan didn't blame Yan Zhiwen, Yan Zhiwen can check the hardware, but he can't do anything about the software, and for the integration and adaptation of the new firmware, many large companies spend a year, and they may not be able to integrate and adapt intact, not to mention that this is just a foundry, many engineers can only provide the original Android firmware they are familiar with, at most a little modification, to let them do this unique firmware, it is too difficult for these people.
This aspect can only be done by Lu Yuan himself, and it is obviously impossible to hand it over to these people.
"It's fine."
Lu Yuan didn't put down the phone, even if there are many deficiencies in the system now, but the hardware piled up with a lot of cost is not blown, the resolution of this screen has reached the 2K level, the colors are full and bright, the brightness is very high, and there is no difference in display effect at the extreme angle, and the overall sense is quite powerful. It's this screen,As soon as you open it, it will bring people a sense of surprise,Not to mention the camera used after stacking,All are from the industry's top camera components,The original photography without software tuning,It's much stronger than the average mobile phone,After the unique camera software algorithm is added,It will maximize the power of this expensive cameraγ
Handing the engineering prototype to the engineer next to him, Lu Yuan beckoned Yan Zhiwen to follow him back to the conference room.
"Very well done, Mr. Yan."
Lu Yuan smiled.
"Mr. Lu, you're laughing at me." Yan Zhiwen didn't dare to be.
"Hehe, I'm not kidding, in addition to seeing the prototype when I come back this time, I have some things to tell you."
Lu Yuan took a sip of tea, and then slowly explained in detail what he had briefly said to him before. In general, the hard-core technology company is registered in the British Virgin Islands, and has set up a number of branches, among which "hard-core China" is a branch set up in China, with Donghai City as its headquarters, according to the previous commitment of Lu Yuan, Yan Zhiwen will serve as the president and CEO of "hard-core China", responsible for sales, finance, personnel and many other affairs in China.
Hearing this, although he had expected it in his heart, Yan Zhiwen couldn't help but take a deep breath and couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart. Even a fool can see how great the future prospects of the "hard-core technology" company will be, and it is not in vain for him to take this risk when he becomes one of the founders of the company and will also serve as the CEO of the company's China region.
"Also, the phone will definitely have an official name after it is launched, do you have any ideas?"
"Name?" Yan Zhiwen was stunned for a moment, he pondered for a moment, he had already thought about this, and when Lu Yuan asked, he directly took out a pen and wrote a few names on the tablet for Lu Yuan to choose.
"Well, you've got a lot of preparations."
Lu Yuan was quite surprised, picked up the tablet and scanned it, and finally his gaze stayed on one of the names.
"Ark phone, ArkOS system?"
Lu Yuan raised his head: "This name is good, is it because the shape of the mobile phone resembles an ark?" β
"It's more than that."
Yan Zhiwen explained: "The ark is not only the hope of God's destruction, but also the existence of a new era and epoch-making significance, and with the ability of 'cocoa', it can be called epoch-making importance. β
Lu Yuan nodded, the name "Ark" not only conforms to the shape and structure of the mobile phone, but also has a good meaning, and more importantly, it is much easier to remember than the original name, after hearing it, it is difficult for people to forget. In foreign countries, everyone knows the name "Ark", and it is much easier to promote it than the previous name.
"Then use the name."
Soon, Lu Yuan finalized the question of the name.
"There's something else I want you to see."
Lu Yuan took out a brand-new USB flash drive, inserted it into the computer next to him, and operated the projector to project it onto the screen.
"It's ......"
With Lu Yuan's operation, Yan Zhiwen's eyes became bigger and bigger, revealing an incredible look. (To be continued.) )
PS: There have been a lot of things in the New Year recently, and there may be fewer updates, so the old fish tries to keep updating constantly.