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Chapter 70 Smart Machine! (2)

More than twenty years have passed since the last time I used this unlocking page. No wonder Han Xuan was so excited at this moment. He never thought that smartphones were important before. However, after he was reborn, he realized that this thing had become a part of modern people's life. It took him a long time to get used to the days without smartphones.

When I was a child, my family was rich, but what was awkward was that even if I had money, I had no place to buy a smartphone. The development of the technology era took time. Now I finally got to the day when the smartphone was born, and it was born from my own company. Han Xuan took the phone and kissed the screen excitedly, skillfully turned on the photo function, and paused for a second before responding. However, judging from the background of this era, it is already a very remarkable high-tech product.

Last time, the researchers gave Han Xuan hope, but in the end he was disappointed. The product was far from meeting the standards, and even normal use was a problem, not to mention performance, so he checked it carefully this time, pressing the he key to exit the homepage, closing a program, checking the quality of the captured image, opening the app mall yshp, which was temporarily empty. Han Xuan didn't care. He skipped it to check the switching speed between various programs, and was generally satisfied.

If the engineering machine developed last time can only achieve the performance of the first generation of iPhones, then the one Han Xuan is holding now is more like an iPhone-3g, close to iPhone-3gs, and it is not as amazing as the iPhone 4. Whether it is the appearance or hardware, the software cannot reach the level of iPhone 4. Considering that it is only 2005, and there is no experience in developing this product before, the results have already made Han Xuan quite satisfied!

When he saw the scene of the boss kissing this phone, Mr. Zachley was so happy. As one of the most important research and development projects at the institute, he understood how much Han Xuan attached to this epoch-making mobile phone, which shows that the current achievements have been recognized by him!

The researchers were even happier. Han Xuan mentioned that the bonus of developing a new generation of mobile phones could be divided into 20 million US dollars, which is also one of the driving forces to work overtime to make this product.

Han Xuan gave them only some ideas and creativity. It took more than two years to actually develop them. From screws to screens, everything is brand new, representing the highest technological manufacturing process of this era. The company has already gotten off work, and more than 30 people are left here. Many people couldn't help crying when they thought about the sad process of developing this mobile phone.

The most advanced electronic technology hardware technology, combined with the most advanced operating system, these two "most" characters represent the development of technology over the past few decades, and also represent the efforts of hundreds of people in more than 30 departments. We cannot tell our family what we are studying. Everything is kept confidential. Even the vast majority of people within the company only think that they are studying mobile phones, and the project content has always been confidential.

The software engineering manager and software director, as well as the director of the mobile phone development department, found the top engineers in the company that year, and did not disclose the project information in advance. Some of them agreed out of curiosity. Of course, some employees who were content with the status quo and hated uncertainty chose to refuse, but they missed the greatest project in Blueberry Group's history: the smartphone research and development work code-named "blueberry-".

Although some people have thought of similar products, those people are different from Han Xuan. Han Xuan is very clear from the beginning what he wants to do, and also has sufficient funds and technology.

Companies including Apple, Motorola, Microsoft and other companies are also carrying out research in this area. Some are just starting out, some are slow to progress. Before a certain technology really changes the world, no one can predict whether it will succeed. This does not include Han Xuan. In fact, Jobs did not pay attention to smartphones at first. The reason why Apple is currently developing smartphones is just because a group of senior officials who received the news united him to consider learning Han Xuan's development of smartphones.

Even if the confidentiality work is done well, there are so many people in the working group and there have not been closed management, so it is normal to leak information. In fact, it was only after more than a year after the development of the smartphone project, that the news that Apple joined in and attempted to compete for the market was beyond Han Xuan's expectations.

He personally issued the confidentiality work to HPE Group CEO Charlie Lao. Halfway through the project, he was sure that no company could surpass his R&D progress, even Apple managed by Jobs was no exception.

The finger gently stroked the screen, and the picture switched from one photo to another, and supported multi-point control, putting the photos I just took to a large extent, and the image was still quite clear. This is the phone that Han Xuan needed...

The market for 3g mobile communications projects is very large, but it is definitely not as large as smartphones. The opportunity for Blueberry Group's market value to exceed one trillion US dollars has been held by Han Xuan. He is not in a hurry to go to the 3g project R&D laboratory and express his gratitude to a group of researchers. After shaking hands and taking photos, Han Xuan walked into the clean smartphone R&D laboratory.

You can see that there are nineteen other mobile phones placed in the bulletproof transparent glass cabinet, all of which are the same style as in his hand. The back cover is different in color and can be replaced at will. The front is covered with black frames and a black screen. The front camera is used on the mobile phone for the first time.

After leaning over to read, Han Xuan asked the project manager a very important question: "If large-scale production, such as 20 million or even 30 million units, how much can the overall cost of mobile phones be reduced? Are you sure to officially put into production within one year?

You don’t need to worry about other issues. There are factories and workers at any time. I plan to continue outsourcing the production process to Foxconn. This is the most cost-effective. The labor cost is not to be considered for the time being. It’s just the cost of this mobile phone.”

This is a very important issue in the process of developing mobile phones. The middle-aged supervisor with a Mediterranean hairstyle replied: "It's a bit difficult to start production within one year. Many new technologies have just been born and it takes time to complete the production line. The production scale and speed of accessories also need to be considered.

As for the cost, we only consider the production of 10 million units, and the estimated cost per unit is about 370 US dollars. Increased production, increased yield of accessories, reduced labor costs, etc., can further reduce the manufacturing cost. If 30 million units are produced, the cost can definitely be controlled within 300 US dollars. This also includes patent licensing fees, and most patent fees are actually handed over to the companies you hold shares, such as Qualcomm..."
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