No matter how much Chen Zifan boasts about other configuration upgrades of Stardust 2, the perception is not that obvious, but the 20W fast charging is different. The charging time of one and a half hours is too big compared to six hours.
As long as you have the idea of changing the phone in your mind, then the original phone will have shortcomings no matter how you look at it, the screen is not big enough, the feel is not good enough... I completely forget that when I bought Stardust 1, it was in the same state as it is now.
Someone was very affectionate when they bought a new phone: "Don't worry, even if you leave me, I will still love you!"
I turned around and hugged my new mobile phone. As long as I change my mobile phone quickly, there will be no sadness, only happiness!
At the same time, the first batch of Stardust 2 and Stardust tablet buyers in the Stardust community are also sharing their experiences, from the outer packaging to the product and system:
"The packaging of Stardust Technology is as exquisite as ever! They really care about the materials they use! You can't even find a flaw in every corner, it's really very detailed!"
"Brothers, the 20W fast charging is really awesome! It charges one bar of electricity in one minute on average! It's fast visible to the naked eye!"
"Now I can charge my phone while playing with it. It's great, but my eyes can't stand it..."
"Quick charging is designed to make our lives more convenient, not for you to play with your phone crazily! By the way, this fast charging is very detailed. It will automatically cut off when the battery is full, so we don't need to keep an eye on it!"
There is also a long review about the Stardust Tablet:
"In terms of actual user experience... Director Chen said it can be used for light work, which is no problem, but it is a bit unrealistic to expect it to meet all work needs. Some software functions... have yet to be developed.
But! If you use the Stardust Tablet as a device for watching movies, listening to music, and playing games, then it is definitely the best hardware experience on the market! With four speakers, the stereo sound is incredible!
Moreover, the sound quality of each of its speakers is very good. They use the latest generation of Hongsheng's R&D products. Even if there is some noise at high volumes, it can be compensated for by fine division of labor...
So if you are going for work or study, the Stardust tablet is not the best choice. You can already choose some laptops for 3999, but if you are going for entertainment and games... believe me, the Stardust tablet can definitely bring you
Your most shocking audio-visual experience!”
A wave of sharing further stimulated Stardust 1 users to buy new phones. Those who have a lot of money are lucky, but those who are short of money and want to change can only choose to trade in the old phone for a new one.
Is the trade-in a pitfall? It must be a pitfall, and it was Chen Zifan’s deliberate move. He first used ultra-high configurations to attract users, and then used the trade-in to stimulate consumption and further expand the smartphone market share.
At the same time, the price reduction of Stardust 1 and domestic mobile phone brand products equipped with Hongqi OS have also made smartphones accessible to more people. Now even some copycat big-speaker phones for the elderly are using "smartness" as a selling point.
But it’s not necessarily clear whether it’s smart or not~
Of course, there will be some problems in doing this. Many people regard Stardust 2 and Stardust Tablet as new trends, and there are also some remarks related to "face". Chen Zifan himself did not expect this to happen.
So when he saw some product reports submitted by Zhao Wushang, he couldn't believe it: "No, we are a domestic brand, and it is a mobile phone. The starting price is not particularly high. Logically speaking, it shouldn't be."
Domestic BUFF not working?
The key point is that it is outrageous that a mobile phone can be linked to face. This is 3999, not 39999. There is not a lot of brand premium, and no other connotations are used to promote the product. How can this be linked to face?
Chen Zifan directly informed the Stardust Marketing Department and asked them to guide the comments about the Stardust mobile phone on the right track as much as possible. The product is the product, function, experience, cost-effectiveness, whether it can meet the needs...
These should be the criteria for judging.
He hopes that people’s first reaction when mentioning Stardust Technology is “a technology brand that pursues technology development and product innovation” rather than a simple “big name”.
The day after the Stardust press conference, the Stardust official website and mall have been experiencing a surge in orders. Not only Stardust 2 and Stardust tablets have been selling well, but other electronic products have also been out of stock in a short period of time.
For example: SD card, Bluetooth speaker, mechanical keyboard, Bluetooth membrane keyboard, third-party four-corner anti-fall mobile phone case, wired headset with fast USB interface...
Especially the last one provides a new choice for many Stardust users. Although it is not an official product, it is not bad if it can be found in the Stardust Mall.
However, most of them don't dare to be like Stardust Technology and dare to stock up so much goods before the product is released. If they can't sell it, shouldn't all the money be spent on it? So they can only produce according to the market conditions.
The day after the Stardust press conference, Stardust Technology was promoted to a new level on major TV stations, including "experiments without protective gear", "leading the intelligent era", "disassembling Stardust high technology"...
There are endless programs like this. In these days, it can almost be said that TV stations are the most influential publicity channels, and the official channels are also very powerful, providing Stardust Technology with a considerable amount of advertising time.
Stardust 2 and Stardust Tablet have almost become household names without even needing publicity from the Stardust Marketing Department. Even in some remote villages, many people have learned about Stardust Technology’s products:
"What are mobile phones like now?"
"A computer too? A tablet? It really looks a bit like a 'tablet', but it also has a touch screen?"
"The keyboard can be detached? When it is put together, it is connected? How is this done?"
"wifi...wifi again..."
Whether it is wifi or 3G4G, the most difficult thing is not the development of technology, but the issue of promotion. Without Stardust Technology, I am afraid that 3G promotion alone will consume a lot of manpower, material resources and time, and the progress may not be fast.
But with Stardust Technology and some of the more advanced products they provide, and showing huge profit margins, it will naturally accelerate the progress of infrastructure construction.
Chen Zifan's philosophy is: "Use products to drive the popularization of infrastructure." Regardless of whether 3G is popular or not, I will build 3G mobile phones and even 4G mobile phones first, and you can figure out the rest by yourself.
What? Not to increase popularization efforts?
Sorry, Stardust Technology can't control other places, but they still have a say in Haicheng. After [Analysis of Copycats] 3G technology, Chen Zifan will start preparing to promote the construction of base stations in Haicheng.
The official publicity resources are not free, and money does not matter. Stardust Technology does not pay much advertising fees at all, but only gives a symbolic amount of labor fees, but the subsequent cooperation will be different.
From establishing a wafer factory to building a foundry, every project is very troublesome. The secret of Stardust 1 has long been exposed. The outside world agrees: If you can modify and strengthen chips, why can't you still produce chips?
It’s both possible and it’s not possible…
Yes, the chip enhancement production line of Stardust Factory can produce some functional machine chips with perfect foundation, and can also be transformed into stitched chips for Stardust 1.
What is not possible is that Stardust Technology is currently unable to simplify the process and directly produce high-level smartphone chips. This will inevitably squeeze the space of other components when producing motherboards, resulting in unreasonable structures.
If we increase investment and integrate some similar technologies into [Synthetic Creation], we can produce smart phone chips, but they will not meet Chen Zifan's high-level chip requirements.
Chen Zifan has never even seen some "high-end" production equipment, let alone [Analysis of Shanzhai]. However, Chen Zifan also has his own solution. If he doesn't go abroad for the time being, he will arrange domestic ones first.
Form a team of engineers to "communicate" with some research institutes, scientific research institutions, and high-tech university laboratories in the name of "visiting and studying". The purpose is not their experimental products, but their equipment.
In the past, Chen Zifan [Analysis of Shanzhai] found that the technical content was not high, so he could just buy machines from the market and upgrade them. However, as the level has improved, the lack of high-end production equipment has also become a drawback.
There is actually no problem following the normal development process, but it takes too long and consumes a lot of money, so it is better to concentrate all existing things on Stardust Technology first, and then develop on its own after reaching a certain level.
At that time, Stardust Technology was far beyond what it is now in terms of scale, product strength, and basic level.
After selecting the target, Chen Zifan directly opened [Stardust Technology], selected 20 non-core members of the engineers from the employee list, and then went directly to the Stardust Factory to inform them of the news:
"...degree, Yan Jianbin, Liu Anrong, Xiao Haopeng...On June 30, we have a task of communicating and learning with major scientific research institutions and laboratories. If anyone wants to withdraw, please contact me within three days..."
After Chen Zifan left, the engineers who were called gathered together and began to discuss. Stardust Technology generally does not do many business trips. This is their first time for such a large-scale and long-term business trip:
"Hey, why did Director Chen choose us to go on a business trip? Why didn't those big guys choose us?"
"What? You're not willing to give you a chance? Those big guys are already very high-level and busy at work. How can they have time to go on a business trip for a month..."
"Can't you see this? Director Chen wants to train us to be the next batch of main engineers!"
"Yes! If you work hard, we will be promoted and get a raise in salary soon after we come back!"
"But I planned to take leave that day to spend time with my girlfriend... Now it will take another month and a half."
"Girlfriends, girlfriends... know about women every day! Listen to my brother's advice, women will only become an obstacle to your promotion and salary increase! You have to be tough to make iron!"
"Your grandma, Mr. Chen has come to find someone in person. What do you mean you don't know? My girlfriend can see you next time, but if you miss the opportunity, it will be gone!"
"This... let me talk to her..."
Another thing happened during the preparation: Haicheng University contacted Zhao Wushang and hoped that Chen Zifan could participate in their distinguished alumni conference and give a speech to students on the development of science and technology at the conference.
"Distinguished Alumni Meeting?"
"Yes, Haicheng University would like to invite you back to the school to give a science and technology lecture to the students."
"Find a reason to reject it..."
It's not that Chen Zifan is arrogant and unwilling to go back to school to give a speech, but he is not familiar with Haicheng University at all... apart from going in at the beginning, he only contacted and communicated with the counselor every semester.
He couldn't even recognize his roommate, and he hadn't graduated yet. Although the counselor said that he could get his degree certificate and graduation certificate at any time, he actually wanted to send someone to help him get it, so he wouldn't go there himself.
Stardust Technology's recent work tasks are also relatively heavy, and he doesn't have the time to prepare a technology speech. He will wait until the conditions are suitable and there is still an opportunity in the future.
Zhao Wushang understood what he meant and called Haicheng University back to express his apology:
"Yes, I have just released new products and I am busy with work... I will do it next time, don't worry, just come to me if you need anything..."
At the same time, the three major operators also released news: "The annual World Mobile Communications Conference will be held in Barcelona, Spain on September 15, where the application prospects of the 3GSM project will be discussed...
This conference has invited Stardust, Huawei, Gionee, ZTE, Oppo, Coolpad, Newman, Hisense, LeTV... and many other domestic mobile phone manufacturers and Internet companies to participate and create a better 3G future!"
Chen Zifan originally thought that this news would affect the sales of Stardust 2, but in fact it did not. Everyone did not care about 3G. On the one hand, the data network was not easy to use, and on the other hand, the popularity of wifi was too fast.
The three major operators have worked together. WiFi has covered hotels, Internet cafes, coffee shops, shopping malls, restaurants and other places in many cities across the country. The coverage area is large and the scope is wide. It has also entered individual households...
On the other side ~ LeTV headquarters.
Boss Jia was very excited and immediately convened a high-level meeting. During the meeting, he said: "Our opportunity has come! As long as we can build a 3G smartphone before Stardust Technology... LeTV mobile phones will soar into the sky!"
A senior executive immediately questioned: "But... we can't make a 3G smartphone with our current conditions. How can we participate in the World Communications Conference?"
Boss Jia didn't panic at all: "Don't worry, we can start a project to produce some concept machines, and then attract some investors and raise funds. As long as you have money, are you afraid that you won't be able to produce products?"
You have to understand that what we do is not to complete all the work in one step, but to convey a concept and convey the concept of LeTV. In addition to mobile phones, we can also promote other products!
For example, LeTV Super TV supports connection to wifi and has the Hongqi OS operating system! Another example is installing a touch screen on the refrigerator and washing machine, which can be remotely controlled to realize the intelligence of some home appliances..."
"But... isn't our current project a LeTV video APP? Isn't it a bit urgent?"
"Urgent? Not anxious at all! Let me tell you, everything must be prepared as soon as possible! If we do it early, we can have the same advantage as Stardust Technology. Even if it is worse, it will not be worse than now, right?
"
"It makes sense..."
While LeTV started working hard, other domestic mobile phone manufacturers were not idle either. Who didn't know that the shortcoming of Stardust 1 and Stardust 2 was the 2G network? 2G → 3G is a qualitative leap and a new opportunity for them.
How could Stardust Technology not realize that they were aware of it? In fact, some domestic manufacturers were able to receive invitations, and Chen Zifan was behind it. He needed these domestic manufacturers to distract his attention.
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