Nokia, Siemens, Motorola, Alcatel, and Ericsson own almost all basic mobile phone patents. They have filed patent fee compensation against domestic mobile phone manufacturers.
If domestic mobile phone manufacturers lose the lawsuit, domestic GSM mobile phone companies will have to pay high patent royalties, and few domestic mobile phone manufacturers with low profits will survive.
In 2003, Li Xuanyu returned to China to have a baby, and Yi Xiaohai was also in China. At that time, he participated in the mobile phone industry conference that year.
He clearly remembers that at the conference, the leaders and domestic mobile phone manufacturers cheered for joy, as if they had defeated the whole world, held a celebration party, reported on their achievements.
Although Yi Xiaohai¡¯s Kirin mobile phone was not produced, everyone gave him face and allowed him to speak. Yi Xiaohai said a lot of things that no one wanted to hear.
At that time, many mobile phone manufacturers dismissed Yi Xiaohai's words. The leaders of the relevant departments had strong opinions on Yi Xiaohai, but they did not dare to say anything because of Xu Li's relationship with that person.
Now facing the counterattack from mobile phone manufacturers such as Nokia and Motorola, domestic mobile phones have lost their armor and are completely unable to fight.
Yi Xiaohai has no favorable impression of domestic mobile phone manufacturers at all, because domestic mobile phone manufacturers are too self-righteous, or they only know how to make money, and they disdain brand culture.
"I have long imagined that domestic mobile phones are facing such difficulties, but I don't understand why the superiors insist on inviting me to attend the meeting. You must know that our Kirin mobile phones are currently only OEM and have not started production yet, right?"
Although Kirin Mobile has been established for more than three years and has a mobile phone license, it does not produce mobile phones.
Even though Yi Xiaohai has achieved a lot, he is still not a big player in the mobile phone industry. There must be a reason for the higher-ups to invite him here.
Zhou Tong shook his head:
¡°I don¡¯t know the specific purpose of leadership,¡±
Since that person retired, the people in charge of the information department are now all new leaders, and Yi Xiaohai has not had much dealings with them.
There are some things that Zhou Tong doesn¡¯t want to inquire too much about.
"When will Mu Yu arrive?"
Because Zhou Tong is his secretary, she has no involvement in the specific operations of the company, so she may not know very clearly about some things.
Zi Muyu is the boss of Qilin Mobile, she should know more.
"She will arrive tomorrow for the meeting the day after tomorrow. She said she wants to bring you the final results."
"Has it been developed?"
"That should be the case. She was very mysterious and said she wanted to meet and chat."
"Haha, I finally heard some good news."
The reason why Kirin mobile phones are not in mass production is not because they cannot be manufactured, but because Yi Xiaohai¡¯s goal is not the 2G market.
He wants to seize the 3G market and future 4G and 5G, because starting from 3G is a new technological revolution, and Kirin needs time to develop more patented technologies.
Kirin¡¯s first mobile phone must be a cross-generational product. It must sweep Nokia, Motorola, and Apple into the trash can.
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At noon the next day, Zi Muyu rushed to Yanjing with her assistant, and also brought a new mobile phone.
The metal-textured casing is full of modernity. Nowadays, few touch-screen mobile phones have only one home button, and the overall appearance is very technological.
The entire mobile phone is designed by Yi Xiaohai. Yi Xiaohai was inspired by the future combination of Apple and Huawei. In this era, it is king.
When you turn on the mobile phone, the resolution of the picture is many times higher than what you would expect on a mobile phone. It looks very comfortable, but the content on the mobile phone is much monotonous.
Apart from the system software, there is only one app, the renamed Han and Tang Weibo.
Open Weibo and log in to your account. Generally speaking, the smoothness is worse than in the future. The main reason is the influence of network speed.
Yi Xiaohai was a little excited.
It has been almost 7 years since he was reborn. What makes him most uncomfortable are technological products such as computers and mobile phones.
It is very unaccustomed to use the smart machine, and then use the master machine.
Now, he finally has a smart phone. He can use his mobile phone to work without any trouble. He no longer needs to carry a computer with him every time.
¡°Can this phone be mass-produced?¡±
Yi Xiaohai couldn¡¯t put it down while holding the phone, and asked Zi Muyu, who shook his head:
¡°We can¡¯t mass-produce it yet.¡±
"Why?"
Yi Xiaohai was a little disappointed. If he could launch this phone later, it would definitely make the world a sensation.
Zimuyu explained:
"First of all, this Kirin mobile phone overturns the concept of existing mobile phones. It requires a new production line to produce, and the preparation time is at least half a year."
¡°Secondly, there are still some flaws in Kirin mobile phone technology, including mobile phone communication technology, mobile phone chips, and new energy testing, etc. Some aspects of the prototype cannot be mass-produced, such as high Internet speed, which requires special technical means. , still needs to be optimized. If the signal is received through the base station, the mobile phone Internet speed cannot meet the requirements."
"Lastly, and very importantly, the cost of making this mobile phone is too high. Many technologies come from the Han and Tang Dynasties laboratories. They are all new technologies. Each core component is almost impossible to mass produce. To build a mobile phone, the material cost alone may be Need 100,000.¡±
After Zi Muyu finished speaking, Yi Xiaohai felt helpless.
Preparing the production line is not a problem, nor is the base station, because Hantang Laboratory has long created a new generation of communication technology, and Xinghan Communication Company successfully promoted it in Shanghai two years ago.
Now the new base station technology has been popularized in the eastern coastal areas and is being promoted nationwide, so the signal problem is not big.
But the cost issue is an unsolvable problem.
Because in order to circumvent foreign patents, almost all core accessories of Kirin mobile phones are independently developed and produced independently. This directly leads to the lack of mature production lines and mature markets, so the cost cannot be low.
"If it is fully put into production, including materials, labor, losses, etc., how much will the mobile phone cost approximately?"
"Full-scale production requires one-time input into the production line. Does this part count?"
"It doesn't count for now,"
¡°The production lines we put into the first batch can produce 300,000 mobile phones per month, and the cost of each mobile phone is about 170,000.¡±
Zi Muyu must have considered this question and gave the answer almost without thinking.
"If we ignore sales and increase production capacity and increase the production of 10 mobile phones per month, the cost can be reduced by about 8,000."
"With monthly output reaching 1 million units, the cost will basically be around 120,000 yuan and will not be less. Unless each core production line becomes more and more mature, the overall cost will be reduced."
? ? 120,000 yuan mobile phone is really a bit ridiculously expensive, but it is not unprofitable.
There are many multi-millionaires in the world. Even if the price is 300,000, someone will pay for it. Fundamentally speaking, there is still a market.
And when Kirin mobile phones appear, many mobile phone manufacturers will definitely want to follow up. By then, they will definitely not be able to develop their own technology in time, and they will have to use Kirin mobile phone technology and accessories.
Kirin Mobile Phones can continuously expand production capacity and reduce costs, and at the same time use the money earned from them to reduce the overall cost of mobile phones.