Technology derived

Chapter 102 Waiting for the Wind to Come

Wang Fan was born in computer, even though he has a technological derivative system in his hand, he is still in awe.

In order to make a mobile phone, he fully considered a series of potential threats, made a multi-faceted layout, and made overall plans.Every step is steady and steady, never rash.

Although one reason is that his pattern is relatively large, the foundation of the beginning is particularly critical.

More importantly, the mobile phone industry seems to have a low threshold and prosperity, but in fact it has already become a red sea.

The domestic mobile phone market tends to be saturated, but manufacturers continue to join in. The competition has already been fierce, and it is mainly concentrated in the low-end and low-end, and there is not much profit at all.

Even if Xiaomi is the number one in China, its sales volume will be 7000 million, and it is mainly concentrated in thousand yuan phones.In terms of profit, it can't compare with Warwick, let alone Samsung and Apple.

Facing the increasingly saturated domestic market, the only way out for domestic mobile phones is to go global!
But there is no patent, no technology, what to go out with?

Do not pay protection fees for profits, or do not pay protection fees and wait to be sued?
It is impossible to pay protection fees. A $400 mobile phone requires a patent fee of $120. After deducting hardware costs, operating costs, and various taxes, there is basically nothing left.

As for not paying patent fees and waiting to be sued, that is even more impossible.A court order, your mobile phone will stop selling, and you will have to pay a large fee...

This is basically an unsolvable problem.

Except for a few limited brands such as Huawei, Midsize, and Lianxiang, the vast majority of other domestic mobile phone manufacturers have fallen into this unsolvable vicious circle.

They can only fight each other in the country and compete for a limited market share through price wars.

But in the face of a broader foreign market, they can only look at the ocean and sigh, seeing it but not eating it.

Of course, Wang Fan will also encounter this problem when making mobile phones.

Although he has a technology derivative system and can come up with leading black technology, it is impossible to bypass all patents.

For ordinary patents, it is possible to find other solutions, but those crucial patents cannot be bypassed at all.

For example, communication patents, wifi standard patents, etc. The standards in these areas are all unified, how do you go around?
Therefore, making a mobile phone that basically gets rid of all patents is just an existence in a novel, and it is impossible at all.

And the accumulation of patents is a long process. Xiaomi is helpless, and Wang Fan is also helpless.

Unless it acquires motorcycles like Lianxiang, and obtains more than 2000 important patents from them, so as to arm itself and enter the international market.

But now Motorcycle is acquired by Lianxiang, Alcatel is acquired by TCL, and Nokia's patents are acquired by Microsoft.

Who else could Wang Fan consider?
Only those half-dead exist, such as Hei Mei.

It's just that the overall valuation of Heimei is too high, at least 40 billion U.S. dollars, and it is sold in a package, and the mobile phone business that was once proud of it is worthless.

Wang Fan doesn't need these at all, all he needs is patents!In addition, I can't afford so much money, and more importantly, it's not worth it.

Of course, Black Rose's free instant messaging application BlackBerry Messenger has good security, which is a selling point, but does Wang Fan need it?

With a technological derivative system, he can definitely come up with a better and safer solution.

Since he can't go out for the time being, Wang Fan can only join the domestic Red Sea and get a share of the pie.

Of course, his goal is not the low-end price war, but the high-end market of Apple and Samsung!

He wants to snatch food from the tiger's mouth and divide the egg custard from the industry leader!
Although it was difficult, Wang Fan had no choice.Therefore, he made a diversified layout.

Camera Master has been released successfully, Wang Fan's layout has basically been successful, and it will be a matter of course to enter the mobile phone industry.

And other friendly businessmen, not only will not block, but will help vigorously, because they have something to ask of Wang Fan.This is the effect Wang Fan wants.

Otherwise, with international giants suppressing and domestic manufacturers holding back, then Wang Fan's mobile phone business is doomed to end.

Although the CPU intelligent control software can also catch most domestic manufacturers, it is only temporary. Once the 820 no longer heats up next year, this restraint will disappear in an instant.

Therefore, Wang Fan launched Camera Master.

In the field of photography, the technical content is very high. With the current style of many domestic manufacturers, they will not be able to get rid of their dependence on ordinary technology within a few years.

But now Wang Fan has no shortage of funds, and also has follow-up funds.But he was still waiting, waiting for the wind to come.

As Lei Jun said, buying a mobile phone is buying a SOC (more rigorously, it can be directly understood as a CPU).

The quality of SOC directly affects the positioning of mobile phones.

Although Apple has not put much emphasis on hardware, Apple's SOC often beats the entire Android camp.

Of course, the release of Samsung's new SOC half a year later will overtake Apple's generation.In another half a year, Apple's new SOC will be released, and it will overtake it again.Basically, the two are leading the way for half a year.

The strongest SOC at the moment, Apple does not take away and the platform is different, Wang Fan can only wait for Samsung and Qualcomm.

They are also very interested in CPU intelligent control software, but they have not taken any action.

Today, Samsung is impossible, as if standing on the opposite side of mortal technology, then only Qualcomm is left.

The relationship between giants is intricate, they are the biggest enemy and close partners at the same time.

Just like Apple and Samsung, one has the highest profit and the other has the largest market share.Naturally mortal enemies, yet cooperate in many ways.

Samsung provides Apple with a variety of hardware, and even a large part of Apple's CPU is manufactured by Samsung. Similarly, Apple is also one of Samsung's major customers.

There are also Qualcomm and Samsung, both of which are CPU giants, and the relationship is even more complicated.

Samsung has its own fab that makes CPUs.As a semiconductor giant, Qualcomm does not have a fab to manufacture, so it can only be handed over to Samsung or TSMC.

This intricate relationship makes the two, who were originally in a competitive position, cooperate with each other.

Samsung buys and uses Qualcomm's cpu, and Qualcomm also hands over the CPU order to Samsung's foundry.

It can be seen that giants always only look at benefits.As long as the interests are there, natural enemies can also cooperate closely.

When Wang Fan competes with the giants, he naturally needs to adapt to this rule. When necessary, he will use his strength to let the giants deal with the giants.

Take advantage of the complex relationship between giants, or check and balance each other, to obtain his interests.Although it's not easy.

Both Qualcomm and Samsung needed his CPU optimization technology before, but they didn't make a move.It can be seen that this is also a kind of check and balance, and even the influence of Apple exists in it.

All three are CPU giants, and each has its own advantages, but they are basically in a balanced state.

Once one party obtains Wang Fan's CPU tuning technology, it is bound to advance by leaps and bounds, leading the others by a large margin, and even killing the other two.

Therefore, the three parties check and balance each other and are closely connected, but no one has acted rashly.

And Wang Fan can't take the initiative either. Qualcomm is the overlord of the CPU industry. It is a typical seller's market. If Wang Fan takes the initiative to find him, he will definitely accept many unequal treaties and even restrictions.

Of course, the release of Camera Master has changed some situations to a certain extent, at least Apple and Samsung will not remain indifferent.

The weight of mortal technology in Qualcomm's heart is also different from the past.Believe that they will soon be unable to sit still.

But what Wang Fan can do now is to wait, wait for the wind to come!

(End of this chapter)