Reborn Entrepreneurial Giant.

Chapter 132 Smooth Cooperation

Honor mobile phone OEM finally chose BYD. BYD was originally going to spin off the mobile phone OEM business and go public independently in July, but it may have been delayed due to Futukang's patent lawsuit.

BYD Electronics' business mainly comes from Nokia, Motorola and Samsung, which are Futukang's big customers. Initiating patent litigation can also affect them. Honor has placed an order for 10 mobile phones at this time, which is extremely precious at this time. .

Wang Chuanfu didn't have time, and Qu Li didn't have time to wait. They left people to communicate with BYD. Honor mobile phones have more requirements and are more difficult to OEM. No one is worried here.

After arriving in the United States, Qu Li, who had always been tense, no longer had the anxiety at home. When he woke up from the hotel, he could greet everyone with a smile.Before coming to the United States, he asked Peterson that the international oil price had risen to 75 US dollars. In other words, he had made a lot of money...

"You looked worried before you came here, why did you feel better so soon?" Zhou Shaoning

"All the preparations that need to be made have been made. Even if there are any omissions left, it can be said that it is beyond the scope of our ability. There is no point in rushing..." Qu Li finally thought about it. He, a junior high school student, has done what he is doing now. At this level, what kind of bike do you want?

T-Mobile is headquartered in Peanutton, but Honor needs to communicate with Google before it can discuss cooperation with T-Mobile, such as determining the final version and name.

For Qu Li, other aspects of Honor can be changed, but the metal frame cannot be changed. The reason is actually very simple. The full keyboard has become the synonym of BlackBerry, why can’t the metal frame become synonymous with Honor?Once consumers form this understanding, Honor can save nearly [-] million US dollars in promotional expenses every year.

If iPhone4 can be prevented from copying Honor's metal frame, its classicness will be greatly reduced, which will be an advantage in future competition.

The Big Three of Google, the person in charge of Android, the Big Three of Honor, Qian Chen of mobile phone design, and others participated in this meeting. Qu Li came up with their final version, which was the BlackBerry 9900 with a slim metal frame.

"I think this phone is very good. It looks better than the iPhone." Brin used it for a while. Compared with the current iPhone, the full keyboard seems really good.

"It's just a lot thicker."

"How's the battery life?"

“2G版本比iPhone高了25%，3G版本比iPhone高10%，我们的屏幕是2.8寸TFT……”另外荣耀手机电池容量是1520ma，而苹果iPhone是1400ma。

"Screen display effect..."

“We can’t buy iPhone screens, and it will take time for Samsung to display them.”

"operating system……"

"Cough cough..."

Qu Li and others helped Andy Rubin redesign the user interface. It can be said that it surpasses the iPhone's iOS. However, the smoothness requires a lot of optimization and takes time. The iPhone took several years from design to production, and the Honor phone only took half a year. , but also a plane?Fortunately, the first generation of Android did not have a virtual machine, and the chip architecture of Texas Instruments is one generation higher than the Samsung chip used in the iPhone, so the system smoothness is actually better than that of the iPhone.However, there are not many native applications, and many are Java programs, so the response is naturally slow.

"If Android supports it for a long time, we can provide a development version for geeks and digital enthusiasts and upgrade it once a month." Qu Li is going to follow Xiaomi La's fans

"You have just been established, so you don't need it for the time being..." Schmidt was very considerate of him. It was originally a casual move, but now it seems that the effect is surprisingly good. Of course, he doesn't want Glory to fail too soon.

Honor mobile phones are able to reach this stage. In addition to hiring the best employees, Google also arranged for part of the Android team to work nearby Beijin to facilitate their adaptation. With the full cooperation of both parties, this is what it is now.Qu Li will not think too highly of himself just because Honor appeared several years earlier than Xiaomi.

"Our map still needs to be optimized."

"Well, what are the applications for this phone?"

"Google search, news, maps, email, calendar, Facebook, Twitter..."

It basically meets the daily use of American users and replaces GPS to a certain extent.As for the music, video, and camera functions, there is no introduction. Although Honor wants to be a camera phone, after all, time is short and there is not so much time and energy to optimize and adjust the camera.

"It's already very good and can be launched on the market." Schmidt stood up and made the decision. The Honor phone exceeded his expectations and can be given more support.

"When are you going to release it?"

"It can be done at any time. The mobile phone foundry is basically arranged. As long as Texas Instruments' chips can be mass-produced and supplied on time, we can produce it..."

"I will help Glory with the urging." Schmidt felt that he had this reputation.

"How many units do you plan to produce?"

"The first batch is 10 units."

"That's a bit conservative, this phone is very good."

"But we don't have mature sales channels."

"You can only rely on yourself at this point. Is there anything else you need help with?"

"There is also the patent issue. We have obtained patent authorization from Warwick, and we also need authorization from Motorola, Nokia and other companies."

"Motorola can contact, Nokia..."

Nokia has its own open source mobile operating system and will not join the Open Handset Alliance hosted by Google.

"But don't worry, we will provide legal support for Glory."

"..."

"Then let's release it in October. Will the phone be called Honor Generation?"

"The initial plan is to call it Honor G1."

"It's pretty good, let's call it this."

"Well."

Google is really a rare and friendly partner. In the past few years, he must keep his arms tight and leave Google. Zhou Shaoning lamented how lucky Qu Li was to be favored by Google's troika. He was so lucky.

A few days later, the Honor team split into two groups, one going to Motorola to talk about patent licensing, and the other going to T-Mobile to talk about mobile phone purchases. Mobile phone sales in the United States are mainly through operator channels. The iPhone is so strong, and North American operators’ sales account for More than 80% in the long term.More than ten years later, in 22 years, the proportion of iPhone sales in Apple physical stores and online Apple stores only reached 27%.

Among the four major operators in the United States, AT&T has 7000 million users, Verizon has 6500 million users, Sprint has 5300 million users, and T-Mobile from Germany has only 2800 million users.But they have GSM and WCDMA. Apple chose the best and largest AT&T. Honor only has T-Mobile to cooperate with. Otherwise, it has to choose CDMA and CDMA2000. Qualcomm does not have chips. It is stupid to pay too much patent fees for CDMA at this time. Behavior.

T-Mobile, the fourth largest company in North America, should not miss the olive branch offered by Google, so they warmly received the Honor mobile phone delegation in Peanutton.Zhou Shaoning was responsible for this contact and showed T-Mobile the honorG1 mobile phone using Google's Android system.

"Has your phone been officially released? It's no worse than Apple's iPhone." T-Mobile CEO Robert Dotson said in surprise

"Not yet. If we can cooperate with T-Mobile, we will launch it in North America."

“Do you have any partners in Europe?”

"No."

"How to solve the patent problem?"

"We have reached a patent licensing agreement with Warwick and are negotiating patent issues with Motorola. Nokia does not have a suitable relationship..."

"Let's contact Glory."

"..."

"If you can solve the patent issue, T-Mobile and Honor have reached a strategic cooperation agreement to help you sell Honor mobile phones globally!" Robert Dotson said passionately

But do you have this right? You are just the CEO of an American company...