Chapter 363: The Afterglow of the Sunset
The intention of the other party, where is to announce new products, this is simply a sweep of the mobile phone market, wanting to encircle and suppress the members of the Saipan alliance and formulate new technical standards!
"What's going on? Why is today's sales so small? ”
Gao Ping took the sales department's statistics on the number of mobile phones sold that day, and looked at the total sales volume of only about 100 units, and almost couldn't believe his eyes.
The person in charge of the sales department said with a wry smile: "Mobile phone stores in various cities say that because of the press conference held by Infinity, which was reprinted by various media, users now understand that all mobile phones on the market have become "old antiques" with backward technology, so those potential customers are waiting and seeing. “
They want to see what the specific performance of Infinity's "smartphone" will be when it is officially released, and then make a choice! ”
"Also, the owners of those mobile phone stores are scared, afraid that their inventory will be smashed in their hands, so they have said that they want to return most of the inventory and suspend cooperation with us, hoping that we can understand....."
Gao Ping completely understood, and there was no longer a single doubt!
The Chinese are too ruthless!
They made it clear that they wanted to subvert the entire mobile phone industry and snatch the biggest piece of cake without leaving even a little residue!
Gao Ping pressed the sharply beating blood vessels on his forehead, trying to calm his excitement.
The Chinese say that their "smart phones" and various technologies have fully matured, however, how is this possible?
The introduction of each new technology is accompanied by various defects, which can be gradually improved after the run-in test of the market.
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Just like this phone of theirs, it actually uses a 3.5-inch LCD screen with almost no bezels.
With such a large screen, wouldn't it be easy to shatter when bumped into it?
That's right, that's it!
The more Gao Ping thought about it, the more he confirmed his judgment, and the muscles on his face finally relaxed, revealing a smile.
The research of liquid crystal technology has been carried out by the island nation for many years, and it is also in a leading position in the world!
Through the press conference, he learned that this "smart phone" of Infinity uses multi-touch, an interactive display technology.
However, at present, how to improve the reaction speed of liquid crystals is still a worldwide issue.
It is already commendable for the technologically backward Chinese people to be able to launch the first generation of commercial products and manufacture some TVs and computer monitors, and they absolutely cannot have the strength to surpass the science and technology of the island countries.
Sony's technological advantages still exist.
As a senior official of Sony Corporation, he certainly knew that a few years ago, Infinity had cooperated with Sony to open a joint venture factory.
Its purpose is to create a batch of LCD screens that meet special regulations.
However, due to the strong intervention of Intel, the cooperation between the two parties was forced to terminate.
But this also shows that Infinity has begun to deploy in the field of mobile terminals as early as a few years ago.
What a terrible opponent!
However, Gao Ping is convinced that the electronic technology of the island country is at the forefront of the world, and liquid crystal technology is one of the cores of "smart phones".
Secondly, even if an infinity company launches a new mobile phone product, it will definitely be resisted by the alliance.
And they have leading liquid crystal technology, they can definitely occupy a favorable position.
After that, it is not impossible to look back and imitate or even surpass their products.
It's like Motorola, which made the world's first commercial mobile phone in 1973, but so what?
Nokia, Samsung, and Sony, not far behind, quickly carved up the market.
If you want to be dominant, it's impossible!
Thinking of this, Gao Ping instantly felt a lot more relaxed, and then, he picked up the phone again, dialed a transatlantic number, and urgently reported the news to the Tokyo headquarters....
With the spread of news about Infinity's press conference, the mobile phone market, which was originally selling hot, has almost fallen into a state of no one's interest.
Many mobile phone stores don't even sell a single phone in a whole day.
In this era, people's greed for small and cheap psychology is a large number of objective existence, want users to give up the expectation of new products, and instead buy backward products, how can users be willing?
The reaction of the capital market seems to be even more violent.
As soon as the New York Stock Exchange opened, the stocks of many mobile phone companies were sold off by a large number of funds and trust institutions.
Countless orders are constantly refreshing the stock pricing board.
Nokia, in particular, has seen its share price plummet.
In just ten minutes after the market opened, the maximum decline reached an astonishing -32%!
In one fell swoop, it became the focus of NASDAQ investors.
However, near the midday break, there was a sudden rush of mysterious funds to buy the bottom, slowly recovering the decline to -24%.
Affected by the sharp drop in Nokia's share price.
In the Asia-Pacific market, dozens of companies with mobile phone businesses, such as Samsung, Panasonic, and Lenovo, have not been spared, and their stock prices have fallen to a certain extent.
At this time, even the most sluggish people know that the world's mobile phone industry is about to face a major reshuffle.
Espoo is a town in the south of Finland.
Located 17.7 kilometres west of the capital Helsinki, it has a population of around 200,000 and is Finland's second largest city, located in a wide, flat valley with low hills and large granite quarries.
Nokia's headquarters is located here.
2004 was Nokia's highlight moment.
In Nigeria, Africa, they sold the 1 billion mobile phones, creating a sales myth in the business world in one fell swoop, and their brand value jumped to the sixth place in the world, becoming the leading big brother in the global mobile phone industry.
Nokia, the mobile phone company, has become a well-deserved pride of Finland.
Its Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Ollila, too, has a great reputation in Finland.
It was in 2004 that Finland's parliamentarian in the European Union, Hannu. Thakula suggested that Ollila run for the presidency of Finland, believing that if he run, he would become the first candidate for the presidency of Finland.
This shows that Nokia plays a pivotal role in the hearts of the Finnish people.
In April of the same year, psion, the majority shareholder of Saipan, sold its 31.1% stake, and Nokia held about 47.9% of the shares, dominating Saipan's operations.
Therefore, as Nokia rushed to the peak of the mobile phone market in 2004, Symbian also quickly monopolized the mobile phone operating system market.
The members of the Symbian Alliance, in addition to Nokia, also include Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Siemens, Panasonic, Samsung, LG, Lenovo, etc., almost all the mobile phone brands that people can think of in the world.
But the immediate prosperity is nothing more than the twilight of the empire, because as early as three years ago, Nokia was in quite a bit of trouble.
They attempted to initiate organizational optimization on two occasions, both of which failed to varying degrees.
Secondly, the newly launched gaming phone, N-GAGA, also lost about 300 million euros, and between 2001 and 2004, Nokia did not launch a real king-level mobile phone.
It can be said that the entire enterprise relied on the inertia of past success to rush to the top in 2004.
The sunset is infinitely good, just near dusk.
The perfect sales figures made Nokia executives such as Ollila mistakenly believe that the crisis had passed and that a new sun would be ushered in the next day.
What they don't know is that in 2004, in the far East, there will be a company called Infinity that will reach out to the industry and make a mess of the whole market.
Meanwhile, Steve? Jobs and the founder of Google, Larry? Peppa is eyeing the fat of "smartphone" at the same time.