Chapter 382 Successful Rice Note
Chapter 382 Successful Rice Note
"Entertainment Rabbit score: 52000 points."
The Mi fans in the live stream were completely stunned. This chip scored more than 4 points on the Taishan 910 chip. Although they knew it couldn't compare to their latest chip, this chip was currently the strongest chip available!
大米Note3用上火龙800,至少在性能上不会输给荣耀7了,除非在赵明敢在荣耀7上用还没有发布的麒麟920。
But how is that possible?
So the fans in the live stream immediately started celebrating with champagne!
"Now who dares to say our performance is inferior? That's the confidence Xiaomi has. Now who dares to say Android is inferior to Taishan?"
"By directly welding in the most powerful chip of the year, the Note3 has completely crushed its competitors."
"Holy crap, I'm blown away! These benchmark scores are absolutely mind-blowing. Let's go for the starting lineup!"
"Aren't some of our competitors always bragging about their chips? How come they're getting completely crushed by the Snapdragon 800?"
"Wasn't Mount Tai 910 supposed to be the best in the world? How come it got crushed by our Fire Dragon 800?"
Lei Jun then introduced the newly upgraded MIUI system, whose smoothness is close to that of Taishan OS, but with better functions and playability.
According to Lei Jun, MIUI's negative one screen, portal, and Xiao Ai voice assistant are all features that Taishan does not have.
"In our research on rice, a smooth system and rich features are what users want."
Some systems may seem secure, but they actually confine users in their own cages; these are not good products.
"Which competitor is Mr. Lei referring to?"
"The person upstairs is definitely talking about Guozi, not some untouchable competitor. Be careful, their legal department might send you to jail!"
Then a comparison video appeared on the big screen.
On the left is the Xiaomi Note3, and on the right is a phone from a competitor that uses the TaiShan OS.
One is expected to be priced around 2000, and the other is a flagship product priced around 4000.
However, in tests where apps were opened consecutively, the Mi Note was significantly faster, which thoroughly delighted Mi fans.
Lei Jun glossed over the following topics, such as the battery, charging, and plastic frame.
With 15W fast charging and a 3700mAh battery, this configuration doesn't offer any advantage over competitors.
But the funniest thing is that this time the Mi Note3 actually adopted a design with a ceramic back cover and a plastic frame.
After all, this combination is just like...
In short, even some Mi fans have expressed some dissatisfaction, saying that the plastic frame is not flagship-level at all.
But Lei Jun only slightly changed his words, and their mood was instantly turned around.
"price……"
Lei Jun deliberately paused for a long time, pacing back and forth on the stage repeatedly.
"Does this product smell good?"
The Mi fans in the audience kept nodding in agreement. It's fair to say that apart from the metal frame, faster charging speed, and larger battery, there's nothing else to complain about with this phone.
The ceramic back cover received rave reviews!
"To be honest, this product is very appealing, but its BOM (Bill of Materials) cost is also very high. We have done some internal calculations and the price of this phone needs to be at least 2500 for us to break even."
Note that this is just the production cost. If he wants to make a profit, he needs to sell at least 150 million units. However, I held a group meeting last night, and after more than three hours of my efforts...
I successfully persuaded the senior executives…
The words "Persuade the executives" reappeared on the big screen, and then the question marks on the screen began to change.
First, the last two digits started jumping to nine...
At this moment, all Mi Fans were hoping that it would be 1999.
Unfortunately, as the copy changed, the final price displayed was 2199, but when this price appeared, the audience still erupted in uncontrollable excitement.
At this price of 2199, you can only buy the mid-range version of the digital series from other brands. If you want to buy their high-end version, you'll need at least 2500 to 3000 yuan.
Although they offer a wide range of choices across their various product lines, the product range is too diverse, and they always try to use some tricks to get consumers to spend more money to buy better products.
On the other hand, rice producers are using limited funds to create better products.
For example, ceramic back cover, Fire Dragon 800... what do these features have to compete with?
Just then, Lei Jun gave them another boost:
"To thank all Mi fans for their support, the Mi Note3 is offering a limited-time discount of 200 yuan for its first release."
He looked at the rice noodles, watching the numbers on the big screen return to the familiar year of 1999, as if he had returned to that spring...
When Lei Jun released 1999...
"Dami Note3 goes on sale today, unlimited stock available."
After he finished speaking, the music started playing again, and Lei Jun slowly got up and left. He didn't say anything more emotional, but all the fans were stunned by him.
Then one by one, they silently took out their phones, afraid of being a second too late and missing out on the others...
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Half an hour later backstage at the press conference, Lin Bin was chuckling to himself like an idiot.
"Old Lei, you made the right choice. Although our profits this time are very small, we have made our voice heard."
15 units!
To be precise, 152000 units were sold on the initial launch.
Lei Jun glanced at the real-time data on the screen; the numbers were still jumping, increasing by several units almost every second.
152342 units – this is the best initial sales figure for rice in the country in the past two years.
However, he is now caught in a happy dilemma: the production capacity of ceramic back covers is limited, with an initial stock of only 20 units, and 15 have already been sold on the first day...
"Not enough."
Although Lei Jun shook his head, the curve of his lips betrayed him.
The 15 units at least prove that Da Mi is not dead, and at least prove that his time spent searching for the ceramic fairy in the neon alley and telling related stories was not in vain.
However, what he didn't know was that before long, unhappiness would become his biggest problem.
But before he could be happy for long, the department sent him bad news.
"Mr. Lei, Transsion has officially announced that the Taishan 920 chip will be released on September 18th."
As he looked at these messages, his joy vanished instantly.
After all, September 28th is not far away, less than a week away. At the same time, Lei Jun was also somewhat relieved that he chose to release it directly instead of pre-ordering it first...
otherwise……
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September 20, 2013, Guangzhou.
This time, Transsion held its press conference outdoors, and Transsion generously set up a temporary stage in an open space with a total of 12000 seats.
To prevent security incidents, Transsion Security has prepared several security plans.
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