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Chapter 1264: Chapter 1120: Discount (Please Subscribe!)
The next two days.
The ’Epoch’ remained hot.
Especially in Western Countries.
Extensive discussions had formed just as Apple announced the suspension of the sales of their first-generation mobile phone and accelerated the R&D of the second-generation, ERV decided to release their smartphone in three months.
When journalists asked about the progress,
ERV gave out fifty percent.
This news
made Apple a bit uncomfortable.
What could this powerful and mysterious competitor possibly come up with? Now Apple’s second-generation phone couldn’t possibly be much stronger than ’Epoch,’ and if ERV aimed at ’Epoch’ as well,
Apple
would face brutal market competition.
How brutal?
Steve Jobs couldn’t yet provide an answer.
But certainly, it would be a very uncomfortable thing.
And the release of ’Epoch’
represented not just the era of smartphones,
but also the ignition of the Mobile Internet wave.
After experiencing the app store, a new entrepreneurship wave arrived, with creating websites and similar ventures becoming increasingly difficult, they suddenly seemed to discover a new world.
Because Tang Qing said at the Press Conference,
Welcome to third-party application hosting.
The entrepreneurship wave of Mobile Internet
had begun.
...
May 17th.
Monday.
Tang Qing went to School.
Once again, he became the focal point of the students’ attention.
Envy?
The gap was too wide.
They couldn’t even begin to envy.
’Epoch’ was the result of genuine technology and integration ability, a product of innovation, and they did have self-awareness; even if they had the capital, they probably didn’t possess such strong ’spellcasting’ capabilities.
It’s just a pity.
They were all students.
Not many could afford this gadget.
"Tang Qing, this mobile phone is way too expensive," as expected, upon entering the Classroom, Tang Qing faced this issue, not raised by his classmates, but by Counselor Jing Xiang.
Tang Qing said helplessly,
"Teacher, there’s nothing I can do, the Company has to make money, and we can’t lower hardware costs for now."
"Ordinary people can’t afford it."
Jing Xiang really liked ’Epoch.’
"This is an innovative product after all, as long as it’s within a reasonable price, we have to ignore the purchasing power of some people, just like Private Jets, you can’t stop making them because they’re expensive, right, Teacher? How about I give you a Discount?"
"Really?"
However,
very soon,
Jing Xiang’s expression dimmed, with that money, it would be better to send it back home, then shook her head, "Never mind, I’ll wait for the thousand yuan smartphones you mentioned to come, then I’ll buy one."
Furthermore,
she didn’t like taking advantage of students.
Today was just a pass-by, to express the feelings of ordinary people.
"Won’t you hear how big the Discount is?" Tang Qing knew about Jing Xiang’s family situation; she really wouldn’t be willing to buy such a ’luxury item.’ A five to six thousand yuan object, no matter how advanced, had its threshold.
Otherwise, there wouldn’t be people selling their kidneys for Apple.
"How big?" Jing Xiang asked, puzzled.
"I’ll keep it a secret for now, surely it won’t make things difficult for you. When it goes on sale, I’ll reveal the mystery," Tang Qing said with a smile, and the rest of the class overheard.
It’s just a pity.
"Alright, then I’ll thank you in advance."
"You’re welcome."
Seeing that class was about to start, Jing Xiang turned and left.
Watching the hopeful expressions of the students, Tang Qing also said, "Don’t worry, you’ll get a Discount too, but it definitely won’t be for free. No matter how low, it won’t be less than a thousand yuan, and only one per person can be bought with the Discount."
Give away for free?
Impossible.
Not because he was short on money. 𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙥𝒖𝒃.𝙘𝙤𝒎
But because such a practice must not be encouraged.
Hearing it would cost over a thousand,
many students’ faces fell. Over a thousand was definitely a painful price for them, because many of them lived on less than a thousand yuan per month. How could they afford it?
Looking at these expressions,
Tang Qing smiled.
This price
had a catch behind it.
Some students from poorer backgrounds could buy it at a low price and then sell it to make a profit. Even though it wasn’t a giveaway, Tang Qing really did effectively give some people money this time, it depended on whether they could grasp that.
Though not much,
it was enough to improve their lives a bit.
At this moment,
’Epoch’’s Advertisement had gone live domestically.
CCTV prime time.
Satellite TV prime time.
And all major offline media, Airports, Malls, train stations, were all plastered with ’Epoch’ adverts—the cost of publicity was quite high, but compared to future profits, it was a mere trifle.
The Advertising campaigns in other countries were also progressing in order.
Because the pre-sale was only open in Huaxia,
there even appeared ’personal shoppers,’ with people from many countries wanting to get ’Epoch’ first. Coupled with the local consumption capacity, the pre-sale number broke through 1.5 million in just a week.
By this time,
thanks to Foxconn’s overtime,
the Inventory for ’Epoch’ had already surpassed 2.1 million units. Qingyuan Technology first ordered components for the first batch of 10 million units and the second batch as well.
Because the order was placed early,
in the short term,
’Epoch’ had no concerns about production capacity.
20 million units.
In fact, it was a bit high.
Because by the latest by the end of the year, all major mobile phone enterprises would also launch their Smartphones. Under such impact, coupled with the need for time to roll out 4G, if ’Epoch’ could sell 20 million units,
it would already be an excellent achievement.
Although Apple 4 sold more than 90 million units worldwide,
if we take into account the actual situation,
’Epoch’ was three years ahead of its time, as a ’preemie’ it had to bear corresponding risks and consequences. Apple 4 appeared more than a year after the global financial crisis recovery.
While now,
the World Financial Crisis was about to explode.
The timing was simply not the same.
One couldn’t hope for too much.
Therefore,
as for ’Epoch’ the first generation,
Tang Qing was only prepared to produce 20 million units for the time being. If there was ’demand’ later, ’Epoch’ the first generation could continue to be produced as a low-end model, it all depended on the market’s decision.
Next,
Qingyuan Technology’s main Task was to develop the second generation of ’Epoch.’ Since the starting point for the first generation was so high, the second generation ’Epoch’ must have advantages and features that other companies can’t match.
Among them,
Artificial Intelligence would be one. In this respect, it wasn’t a big deal, as Little Two could come up with such rudimentary programs at any minute, ensuring that it would be more powerful than Siri before his Rebirth.
The rest,
were improvements in the user experience.
And for the Fighters,
the main Task was to accelerate the infiltration throughout the entire industry chain, upstream and downstream.
To increase the ratio of ’controllable’ technology,
especially Chips and the system.
Now that ERV had control over ARM, they proposed a more perfect architecture and also had the Sirius System in hand. The ’piece’ on Qualcomm’s side was almost completely in place, with the development of the next generation processor essentially completed.
Even the Scientists in the Command Room had completed the third generation processor’s research and development.
They just hadn’t revealed it yet.
It was technology to overturn Qualcomm.
This behemoth, or patent troll, held too many patents and cudgels. Like South Korea’s Samsung, he wouldn’t allow such an awesome Company to exist.
There could be one!
But it must be mine!
