"No wonder Director Chen doesn't need to show off..."
Users who have bought Stardust smart watches are wailing in the Stardust community. It’s not that Chen Zifan doesn’t pay attention to the smart watch category, but that he has no need for it at all. Why should he wear it if he doesn’t use it?
Look at the time?
Measuring heart rate and blood pressure?
Or do some exercise?
Even the most core function of the Stardust smart watch: sleep monitoring is not used, because Chen Zifan doesn't like to wear jewelry while sleeping, not even at ordinary times, let alone while sleeping.
But he cannot deny that a considerable number of consumers do have this demand. According to his observations, the ratio of people who wear jewelry to those who do not wear jewelry is basically about a 50-50 ratio, and almost everyone in the female group wears jewelry.
Of course, this is just his one-sided observation, because from his perspective, he cannot observe the lower-level female groups, such as housewives.
Another example is far away in the countryside...
Products like smart watches purely depend on personal preferences and choices, and Stardust smart watches are currently Stardust Technology's products with the highest seven-day no-reason return rate, because they really get tired of use very quickly.
Many consumers return the product after exploring the functions three days after purchase. However, there are also some smart watch enthusiasts who are thinking about how to add new things to their smart watches every day, such as watching movies and playing games on their smart watches.
Or buy N watch straps and change them every day.
The Stardust smart watch belongs to the "icing on the cake" category in Chen Zifan's product planning, but its product life may be longer than tablets and laptops. Who can say for sure?
As for the screen display on smartphones, this is not a difficult technology, but there may be a risk of screen burn-in after being turned on for a long time, and the power consumption is relatively large, but screen burn-in is only a risk...
From Stardust 1 → Stardust 3+, plus Stardust-Chenji, Stardust after-sales feedback data shows that the number of screen-burning mobile phones that have been processed does not exceed 1,000, and the total sales of Stardust mobile phones has exceeded 100 million units.
The product yield rate is extremely exaggerated in the entire mobile phone era.
Unless extreme operations are used in extreme environments, or there is a problem with the screen quality itself, it is unlikely that the screen will burn even if the phone is scrapped after use.
Instead of worrying about screen burn-in, you should worry about the color cast and yellowing of the screen after being used for a long time.
But most people can’t see it~
After many people in the Stardust community discussed it, they focused on the most important thing:
Mobile payment.
At present, mobile payment is popularizing very quickly, but for people in many areas, using mobile phones to make payments makes them very insecure, without the tangible and tangible sense of security that using paper money does.
This requires banks and other institutions to take the lead. Stardust Technology only provides products and some publicity channels. The real driving force behind it depends on the official.
Therefore, whether in the Stardust community or other social software, netizens from all over the world express fear, excitement, or indifference towards mobile payments, but they cannot stop the subsequent wave of the times.
It's just that Chen Zifan's outing this time made many people mistakenly think that Stardust Technology is the driving force behind it. In fact, Stardust Technology can only be regarded as a support at best.
Anyway, Chen Zifan doesn't care too much about what others discuss, as long as there are dedicated people to handle it.
He is more concerned about the product issues of Stardust Technology. If Stardust 4 → Stardust 5 is updated every two years, it will be fine, and there will be more buffer time, but if it is only one year...you have to prepare early.
Although according to the current situation, the Stardust 4 series will be launched in June 2010, and the Stardust 5 series will most likely be launched in June 2012, this is not necessarily a good choice. Choose to update every two years.
, then the intensity of the update must be great.
The price of electronic products is falling very fast. Even a player like Stardust Technology, which has almost no premium, can’t handle it for two years. It’s okay if the update is strong, but if the update is not strong... everyone will buy the old model after the price reduction.
Who wants to buy a new phone if the model is already there?
Moreover, in the intervening year, special models and other products must be relied upon to support sales, so the current Stardust Technology product development schedule must be accelerated. Two generations of products will be developed in advance, and then the final product will be determined according to the market situation.
time to market.
In short, it’s all about continuous research and development~
AR glasses are considered a key product. After adding iris recognition and infrared scanning, as well as original NFC and other functions, they can do more things.
But it is still incomplete after all. After the first batch of samples are released, Chen Zifan will still have to consider how to "control" it. With the current technical level, the only two ways he can do it are touch and voice.
The incomplete voice assistant may have to be launched in advance, which will be a pain for consumers who cannot speak ordinary languages... But if you are not in a hurry, you can also wait for the first batch of dialects for the voice assistant to be collected.
It is definitely not realistic to collect all the dialects, but it is enough to include all mainstream dialects in the voice assistant. Logically speaking, it does not matter whether the dialects are included or not, and it will "waste" a lot of manpower and material costs.
But from Chen Zifan's point of view, Stardust Technology is a domestic brand after all, and it is also a technology company with a "facade" nature. If they don't do it, then other companies will not do it.
In addition to AR glasses, the most important thing at the moment is definitely the Stardust notebook. The progress of the nine-core CPU Shengong 1, known as the "Magic Generation", is much faster than Chen Zifan imagined, and the progress in the graphics card is even faster.
The person in charge of Changhe Chip Engineering is so obsessed with independent GPUs that Chen Zifan almost produced the first batch of experimental products in just one month in the last job he assigned, but unfortunately something went wrong later.
Otherwise, Chen Zifan might have to witness a miracle. Nvidia and AMD are still tormenting each other, but then Stardust Technology steals them? And the first graphics card they come up with is more than a year ahead of them?
Who can bear this?
Fortunately, the Stardust Notebook will be launched first, so it is not that shocking. Originally, Chen Zifan wanted to continue to check the progress of the Stardust Notebook, such as molds, etc., but Zhao Wushang sent a new message:
“Apple 4 is released!”
Chen Zifan:???
What the hell!?
Apple 4?
Before Steve Jobs died, there were only two generations of iPhones released. How come it’s so fast forward to Apple 4?
Chen Zifan took the document and took a look——
Only then did I realize that this Apple 4 is not that Apple 4. This generation of Apple 4 was created by Cook, Jonathan and others... If you just watch the promotional video, it even has the flavor of Apple X, with a 5.8-inch notch screen.
"Is this really Apple X?"
No! It’s Apple XR!
After all, there is only one camera on the back, and the Apple X has dual cameras, so it doesn’t look that awkward.
But it’s still wrong?
How could a person like Steve Jobs, who pursues perfection, accept a big notch? Didn’t it mean that this phone was designed before he died? How could it be like this? And look at that big black border...
It’s really thick and dark!
Does it affect the perception very much?
Stardust Technology has already reduced the black edges to less than 1.5mm. The iPhone 4 is at least 2mm and wider, and is at least 0.6mm wider, so the visual effect is different.
Zhao Wushang seemed to have noticed his doubts, or simply explained: "According to the information Wang Jinli received, this generation of Apple 4 is a backup plan and does not use the model designed by Steve Jobs."
"No wonder..."
Now Chen Zifan understood a little bit. Poor Jobs, unfortunately he still wanted to rely on the model he designed to continue to make a comeback, but in the end, he was defeated by the backup plan.
But surprisingly, this iPhone 4, which sells for US$1,999, is actually very popular. The initial sales volume in the United States even exceeded 200,000 units. The reason is that it is still in short supply everywhere.
The world's first true 4G mobile phone.
What? Stardust 3+ is?
Who doesn’t know that Stardust 3+ has fake 4G?
Chen Zifan: Ah, yes, yes!
It didn't matter to him, whatever those guys said, so what if his tongue was like a lotus flower?
Can you still turn your PHS into a smart phone?
And as far as he knows, Stardust Technology has the most 4G technology patents. Some time ago, a group of people came here to seek cooperation with Stardust Communications. Then they turned around and smeared them as fake 4G? How brave.
Don’t they think that Stardust Technology’s 4G technology will not be updated? Chen Zifan will definitely not be using 5G in the short term, but there is still no problem in optimizing 4G.
He doesn't care even if he can't get it in some overseas markets. Why bother entering if you can't get in? Stardust Technology will soon continue to widen the gap.
In addition to Apple, Zhao Wushang also brought information about other mobile phone manufacturers this time: "Samsung poached several important people from TSMC and wants to develop more advanced nano-process production lines to expand into the foundry market.
The sales of their recent models have been pretty good, and they are on par with us in several markets. New phones from brands such as LG and HTC are also making full-screen models and still use Google's Android system.
However, they are already trying to switch to our red flag camp. I also asked someone to get a few Android phones for me. The smoothness is indeed incomparable with Stardust OS.
Several domestic brands also have good sales in overseas markets, such as Xiaomi, Meizu, Lenovo, TCL, Haier... they still rely on low prices and little threat.
Meilan and Redmi’s low-priced models are also ready to be updated. They are still within a thousand yuan. They can only be said to be usable, but there is still a big gap between being easy to use..."
Many other new brands mainly sell online, with relatively few offline physical stores and even fewer after-sales points. Buying their mobile phones can only rely on metaphysical quality control, otherwise returns and exchanges will be too time-consuming.
What surprised Chen Zifan was that the sales of Haier mobile phones increased very quickly in the past month, up 23% year-on-year. After a brief check of several of their models, it turned out that they were all exported.
There are none for domestic sales.
It’s interesting to say that Haier has a lot of involvement in the field of electronic products. In Chen Zifan’s memory, he has made everything from pseudo-smartphones to smart phones and even laptops. The Thor computer relied on Haier.
But their products…
In terms of mobile phones and computers, they are really average, especially Thor computers. The prices are directly comparable to the first-line brands. However, the logo and appearance design are always suspected of imitating aliens. The patterns look very cool.
No wonder sales are relatively average.
After briefly paying attention to it, Chen Zifan put the document behind him, but before Zhao Wushang left, he still said: "Collect the recently popular or distinctive models, I will use them."
"no problem."
Studying the models of rival manufacturers is also a moderate pleasure. By the way, you can also learn some experience from them and see what the current level of the rival merchants is like.
Immediately afterwards, Chen Zifan continued to work on the Stardust notebook. The outside world still does not know that Stardust Technology is preparing to enter the PC market, and they are still speculating on the configuration of the Stardust 4 series.
And whether air charging works or not.
Chen Zifan can responsibly say that air charging is definitely better than any wired or wireless charging method in his memory. However, it is not yet popular, so he can only start with "exploration models".
It would be better if the outside world didn't think of it.
The Stardust Notebook may not have anything else, but its appearance is definitely a must. Chen Zifan made a phone call, and 10 minutes later, two versions of the Stardust Notebook model were delivered to his office.
They are 14 and 16 inches respectively.
The same white body, the same lightweight glass side A, the same magnesium aluminum alloy sides B, C, and D... except that there are not many metal places on the B side because the screen-to-body ratio is too high.
The difference between the two versions is that the 14-inch version does not have a numeric keypad.
A 16-inch version is available.
There's nothing we can do about it. The 14-inch body is already very small, and adding a numeric keypad would be very cramped.
It's a pity that there is only a model machine now, and the inside of the fuselage is filled with fillers. There is no way to light up the screen to see the specific screen-to-body ratio, keyboard effect, etc.
In terms of final selling price, the 16-inch version will be 200 to 500 yuan more expensive than the 14-inch version. The 16-inch screen is larger, and the 14-inch version is lighter and more convenient.
Just choose based on actual needs.
After briefly playing with the model machine, Chen Zifan set his sights on the PC version of Stardust OS.
The PC page layout of Stardust OS is very similar to win10, and the operating logic is a bit similar to windows, a bit like the existing pro max ultral version of windows. Since he wants to open up the PC market, Chen Zifan cannot come up with a new set of logic.
.
Consumers are lazy, they don’t want to learn…
You will only learn if you have no other choice.
It would be better to just block the road of Windows, and the underlying logic, system optimization and security of Stardust OS itself are far superior to the current virus-ridden Windows. As for the software adaptation issue - who said that two systems can't
Compatible?
If Windows can do it, Stardust OS can do it, but if Stardust OS can do it, Windows may not necessarily do it. To be on the safe side, Chen Zifan also used [Analysis of Copycats] + [Synthetic Creation] from [Stardust Technology]
】Refined the PC version of Stardust OS.
Ensure that the Stardust Notebook can become famous and increase sales as soon as it is launched.