Chapter 424: The Birth of the iPhone
He was holding a lot of things he wanted to ask, but the press conference began at this moment. Jobs was already thanking the guests on site. The reporter of the Los Angeles Times had to leave first because Ye Dongqing's attention was no longer on him.
The more mysterious it is, the more susceptible it is to be pursued by reporters. The few contents I just asked can almost piece together a small interview article. In the opinion of the reporter, even if the products at the press conference are not outstanding, this trip will not be in vain. It is not easy to interview a super rich man who is ranked among the top in the rich list.
It was easier to find Ye Dongqing in the past, but as he became richer, he became more and more low-key.
In recent years, Apple's press conferences have attracted more and more attention. Almost every large press conference will produce a few decent products, which is quite worth looking forward to. Needless to say, the popularity of abook and ia all-in-one machine has long been rated as the two most beautiful products on the market. The ipod music player has gradually been replaced by itouh, successfully setting off a wave of craze.
According to the rumor, the product to be released today will be another new model from Apple. Before it was officially released, Apple's stock price has risen slightly.
There are too many outstanding shares on the market being acquired by Tamsui Investment Group, which triggered a liquidity crisis and indirectly pushed up the stock price. Fortunately, there have been news that additional shares will be issued for financing recently. Many small and medium-sized shareholders at the scene have long been jealous, and they know more than others.
Last year, Ye Dongqing, as a major shareholder, sent an explanation letter to the shareholders on behalf of Apple's management, introducing the utilization of R&D funds.
In that letter, he praised a new product that Apple is developing, directly saying it is a new product that "can change the world and make Apple a world-class manufacturing company." For today's press conference, these shareholders are full of expectations, whether good or bad is linked to their interests.
After the disease recovered, Mr. Steve Jobs continued to serve as CEO of Apple. The doctor said it had recovered, but no one knows whether it would relapse again.
After holding so many press conferences of all sizes, Jobs has already gained experience and did not take out the good things from the beginning. He first introduced the development of the app-store and subsequent updates and changes, and then talked about the recent situation of itunes music players and related businesses.
Apple sells hardware and is very famous. In fact, it has a lot of software business, but most of them are used for their own use and are used on closed A-OS and iOS systems. Since new products have been launched one after another, the sales volume is still pretty good, and it can be regarded as a small highlight.
I don’t know who was sharp-eyed, but I vaguely saw something from the outline of Jobs’ pants pocket. I just passed one by one, and everyone soon knew it.
So a strange scene appeared.
Jobs stood on the stage and spoke seriously, while a group of reporters set up long spears and cannons, focusing on his crotch, trying to take photos of his pants pockets and analyze something from them.
Compared to traditional phones, it seems to be larger and thinner, and it is not the same as itouh's style, because Jobs is wearing jeans, so it can be seen vaguely.
The real good stuff hasn't been taken out, and the press conference has been starting for more than 40 minutes. I'm still listening to these things that they are not interested in. Not to mention the reporters, even Ye Dongqing secretly dozed off. If it weren't for the crowds at the scene, he really wanted to remind Jobs to start as soon as possible. He had no appetite in the morning and was now rumbling with hunger.
finally.
As Jobs pressed the remote control, he changed a picture behind him again, with a line of words written on it, and a front view of the body. The details were not blurred, and only the rough outline could be seen.
It says: The future belongs to iPhone smartphones.
Jobs walked back and forth, saying, "When Leo first met, he had acquired many shares in Apple and became the major shareholder of Apple. In a chat, he told me that Nokia's mobile phone was too bad, that the Symbian operating system was simply useless, and Nokia was a little aggressive, and Motorola was just making products with call functions, just like in the 1970s.
I also suggested that I build a brand new mobile phone based on Apple's operating system, which is not only limited to calling, but also a truly mobile micro-smart product. Thanks to his creativity and the efforts of all R&D personnel, itouh is just an attempt. Now, we have the next generation of mobile phones, named the first product of the iPhone series. The R&D cycle is about three years, costing nearly US$1.2 billion, and a total of more than 1,100 people participated in the R&D project."
In the audience, Ye Dongqing was just laughing after hearing this. Anyway, because she had already made enemies with those two companies because of short selling, it didn't matter if she stepped on her again. With the listing of iPhone phones, she was destined to become competitors with those two companies.
The reporters became nervous, holding their cameras at the screen, and someone reported the press conference in real time on Ye Dongqing's news website through the computer. The shareholders were also nervous and were ready to increase their holdings or sell their stocks, for fear of missing out on the opportunity to make money, or causing losses due to the inadequate product.
Jobs inserted his hand into his pocket, took out a black small machine with a large screen from it, and then lit it up after pressing the side button.
Ye Dongqing sat in the front row, almost everyone in the front row like him could see it. The white screen showed the Apple logo, with time, etc., and the familiar sliding unlocking function also has long strips and arrows.
In an instant, a flash light lit up, rushing to take pictures of the little thing in Jobs's hand.
In order to give people a more intuitive understanding, Jobs continued to press the remote control, and the next mobile phone picture was displayed on the screen behind him. It was an animation image rotating 360 degrees with a size mark.
Jobs continued: "It is equipped with a built-in camera with a pixel of up to two million, using a 5-inch full-touch screen jointly developed by Apple, Sony and Sharp, Japan, with a resolution of up to 20x480, making the image so clear."
While talking, the pictures behind him kept changing, and he took a photo on the spot and connected to the projector to show it to people.
The screen on the mobile phone screen is displayed in real time. Starting from the homepage, the eyes widened in the crowd, especially when I saw that I connected to the G mobile network without a wireless network and successfully opened the faebook, the scene was in an uproar...
Chapter completed!