Chapter 253 Americans can’t sit still (2 more please order)
Seagate, IBM, Mito, Western Digital and other hard disk manufacturers have spent a lot of effort, and it can be said that they decided to lower their prices in Xiaguo.
This price reduction has made these manufacturers very entangled.
Because their profits have dropped to a critical point, they have chosen the path of volume.
It was originally thought that this price reduction would stabilize the mechanical hard drive market in Xia, allowing consumers to choose carbon crystal hard drives more carefully.
Who would have thought that here, after all the efforts and hair plucking on the bald man's head, he decided to cut the price, and Changtian Technology over there directly followed suit and cut the price.
Not only did it follow the price reduction, it also launched a 160g carbon crystal hard drive.
This operation of Changtian Technology mainly makes American technology companies confused and even quite horrified.
Because no one knows what the bottom line of Changtian Technology is?
I don’t know what the cost price of a carbon crystal hard drive is?
Seagate and Western Digital are both major hard disk manufacturers in the world, with a market value of over 1 billion US dollars.
Their size is much higher than Changtian Technology plus Shenship.
It stands to reason that in a price war, they would have more confidence and capital than Changtian Technology.
But the technical background of Changtian Technology makes them a little scared.
The carbon crystal hard drive will be reduced in price if it is said to be reduced. The 160g carbon crystal hard drive will be released if it is announced. It will be mass produced if it is said to be mass produced. It will be sold if it is sold!
160g mechanical hard drives are currently a huge technical problem for Seagate companies.
Did Changtian Technology achieve a breakthrough so easily?
The market must vote with its feet.
When consumers look at it, 160g hard drives are already out, so why should they use 40g and 20g garbage storage?
And as the price of mechanical hard disks has dropped, carbon crystal hard disks have also followed suit. It seems that the cost performance of carbon crystal hard disks has increased instantly.
What will consumers choose?
This series of measures taken by Changtian Technology caught American hard drive manufacturers off guard.
The most important thing is that this time, Changtian Technology's 160g hard drive is not just talking about it, but has begun large-scale mass production.
The most excited person is Wu Jun.
After Zhou Linghua's factory produced the 160g carbon crystal hard drive, it was immediately sent to Shenzhen City and matched with the Shenchuan T1 computer.
Wu Jun doesn’t even need too much publicity, as almost all of the Shenchuan T1 series have been snapped up!
At the high-level meeting of Shenchuan, Wu Jun put forward clear goals for Shenchuan for the first time.
"We strive to sell 20,000 computers during the June sales season! We want to become Xia Guo's Pumber Two!"
Wu Jun did not dare to compete with Lian Xiang for the first position at this time.
After all, Lianxiang has been in business for more than ten years, and its supply chain and sales chain are not comparable to the newly established Shenchuan.
It seems to be aimed at Lianxiang, there is no biggest, only bigger slogan.
Wu Jun's Divine Ship directly proposed: "Fill your whole world!"
Soon, consumers published their experiences using 160g hard drives in print media such as "Computer News" and "Computer World", as well as in various forums.
"I just bought the Shenchuan T1 160G hard drive yesterday. I allocated 20G to the C drive, and there is still 140g. The various games and movies I downloaded did not fill up the hard drive! You don't know how cool it is!"
"Furthermore, the reading and writing speed of carbon crystal hard drives is extremely fast. I think mechanical hard drives should be eliminated by the times!"
In 2001, there were already various secret passages on the Internet, and these secret passages became a benefit for otakus.
According to the Internet speed in recent years, filling up one's own hard drive is the biggest dream of otakus.
"The day before yesterday, I went to Lianxiang to check out the computers. The slogan given by Lianxiang was that there is no biggest, only bigger. I thought their hard drive would be big, but it turned out to be only 80g..."
"Computer News" has now completely become a fan of Changtian Technology.
"Computer News" commented on the front page of the latest issue: "The birth of the 160G hard drive means that Xia Guo's hard drive industry has reached a leading position in the world. This is the most proud thing for Xia Guo's IT industry in recent years.
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Yang Qing was completely dumbfounded. Lianxiang encountered an unprecedented crisis.
All high-end PC sales directly collapsed.
When many consumers come to Lianxiang's sales points, they will directly ask if there are computers with 160g hard drives.
Indeed, a PC can install two 80G hard drives to make up 160G.
However, its response speed and read and write speed are simply not comparable to carbon crystal hard drives.
Looking back at HP, Dell and other brands, sales have shrunk significantly during this period.
And like Lianxiang, most of the customers of brands such as Dell and HP are enterprises and governments (the so-called wealthy households).
If we leave this group of users aside and only look at the ordinary individual user market.
Everyone's sales have shrunk horribly.
Lianxiang's PC sales last year were approximately 2.6 million units, and this year it is expected to be around 3 million units.
And Shenchuan's PC sales in June will definitely exceed 20,000 units, or even close to 30,000 units.
According to this growth rate, it will only be a matter of time before its sales surpass Lianxiang.
The biggest problem now is that many government and enterprise customers have not realized that Shenchuan computers are extremely cost-effective.
If this group of customers reacts, brands such as Lianxiang and Dell will encounter greater challenges.
Under Chen Xiao's suggestion, Wu Jun did not blindly expand his sales points, but set out to establish his own after-sales service chain.
Wu Jun also believes that as long as his brand is cost-effective and the after-sales service does not fail, he will never worry about sales.
Wu Jun roughly calculated the current sales volume and profits. If this situation continues until the end of the year, Shenchuan's profits this year may exceed 100 million yuan.
This made Wu Jun's heart beat. Shenchuan has only been established for half a year, and its profits can exceed 100 million. Sure enough, when it comes to the wind, even pigs can take off.
But some companies are anxious.
HP, Dell and other American brands immediately sent letters to the Computer Association of America and the Semiconductor Association.
They asked the relevant associations to take immediate measures or agree to negotiate with Changtian Technology to purchase carbon crystal hard drives.
Or ban the use of carbon crystal hard drives based on technical standards.
Dell said in the letter: "The application of carbon crystal hard drives in the Xiaguo market has greatly affected the interests of our company. Our company is a PC company, not a single hardware manufacturer. For the benefit of the company and shareholders
, we demand the immediate use of carbon crystal hard drives.”
The meaning of Dell's words is very clear, which is to demand the abolition of the last letter from the American Computer Association and the Semiconductor Association.
Dell not only says this, he also does it.
Dell Xiaguo Company did not know what kind of connection it had. It obtained hundreds of carbon crystal hard drives from a wholesaler in Huaqiangbei, Shenzhen City, and used them on the latest computers, in the name of private modification and upgrade by offline sellers.
For sale.
I didn’t expect that this batch of computers would be so popular as soon as they came out.
I have to admit here that the quality of OEMs for Lianxiang and Dell brands is indeed better than that of Shenchuan.
If the carbon crystal hard drive is used in Lianxiang or Dell, even if it has the same configuration, the price will be higher, and consumers will be able to accept it.