Chapter 522: Can I enter the mobile phone business?
In fact, as far as the current hardware level is concerned.
Chen Xiao believes that whether it is Symbian or Firefly OS, there is no way to achieve the effect of a real smartphone.
At best, it just allows users to more conveniently experience the convenience brought to everyone by the mobile network era.
Of course, in terms of experience, Firefly is definitely several orders of magnitude better than Saipan.
Chen Xiao still said that if Changtian Technology could develop and produce its own chips, and if it would not be hindered from purchasing chips from overseas chip companies, then Chen Xiao would never cooperate with Nokia to make mobile phones.
It's about working alone.
The most important reason why he wants to cooperate with Nokia is that he needs Nokia's global connections.
With this shell, the subsequent operations will be much more convenient.
When Changtian Technology was still in its infancy, it needed the shell of Nokia.
Simpson repeatedly tried the construction machine provided by Chen Xiao.
Comparing it with the Nokia Symbian phone in my hand, my heart is beating wildly!
In 1999, Symbian launched the Symbian OS v5.x operating system. In 2000, the world's first Symbian system mobile phone: Ericsson R380 was officially sold.
This year, Symbian launched Symbian OSv7.
There are as many as seven or eight mobile phone brands in the world that support the Symbian system.
Nokia, Sony Ericsson (Sony and Ericsson jointly funded the establishment of a mobile phone terminal company in 2001), Motorola, Samsung, etc.
The current main competitor of Symbian system is Microsoft's Windows Mobile.
Microsoft's Windows Mobile camp currently includes Motorola, Dopod, Samsung, LG, etc.
However, even if there are competitors, Symbian is currently unbeatable in the global smartphone market.
Although Microsoft has a new mobile operating system, its ideas have completely entered the PC operating system.
Therefore, the mobile operating system made by Microsoft is far inferior to Symbian in terms of ease of use and richness of resources, and it has not yet posed a threat to Symbian.
Nokia also became the world's biggest winner because of Symbian.
Under this situation, does Nokia need to cooperate with Changtian Technology?
Need to launch a new mobile phone system?
Although Simpson has a very good personal relationship with Chen Xiao and Wang Xiang.
But from the company's perspective, Simpson feels there is no need for Nokia to introduce a new system at the moment.
Because of the introduction of a new mobile phone system, the first step is to cut off the market of Nokia Symbian.
Nokia headquarters is currently planning a major event - preparing to acquire 31.1% of Symbian's equity worth approximately 135.7 million pounds held by BoEon around February next year.
Since then, Nokia has become Symbian's largest shareholder, holding approximately 63.3% of Symbian's equity.
In this way, Nokia can achieve absolute control over the Symbian system.
In this way, Nokia will become the king of both mobile phones and systems.
This is equivalent to Microsoft acquiring IBM.
Under this situation, is it necessary for Microsoft to re-launch a new PC system?
Just like Nokia, is it necessary to launch a new mobile phone system?
Totally unnecessary!
Simpson did not immediately answer Chen Xiao's question, but asked: "What does Mr. Chen mean?"
Nokia needs mutual authorization for 3G communications, so it needs to know Chen Xiao's answer.
Chen Xiao said: "Changtian Technology hopes that your company can launch smartphones with Yinghuo OS."
really!
Simpson was breathing rapidly.
Nokia has the world's best mobile phone parts and raw material supply chain.
Coupled with the fact that Changtian Technology now has a production line for mobile phones, it is logical to launch mobile phones equipped with Yinghuo OS.
And even if Chen Xiao didn't say it, Simpson also knew that Changtian Technology hopes to launch a mobile phone with Firefly OS system, not to jointly launch this type of mobile phone with Nokia.
Instead, they hope to use Nokia’s procurement chain and brand, especially Nokia’s brand, to purchase mobile phone chips.
Simpson fully understands Changtian Technology’s current difficulties—it is unable to obtain chips, or it is difficult to obtain chips.
Qualcomm currently has a very good cooperative relationship with Microsoft. According to this situation, even if Qualcomm is willing to sell mobile phone chips to Changtian Technology, the price will be quite expensive, which will make Changtian Technology's products without any price advantage.
The same goes for Texas Instruments.
Freescale and STMicroelectronics mainly cooperate with companies such as Nokia, and their output is limited. It would be great if they can satisfy Nokia, and there will be no redundant orders for Changtian Technology.
So Simpson knew very well that Changtian Technology was going to be listed through a backdoor scheme.
In this case, Nokia does not think it will benefit from the profit distribution between the two parties.
"It's easy to talk about mutual recognition and authorization of 3G technologies," Chen Xiao said.
Simpson could not immediately answer Chen Xiao's question.
Instead, he said: "I still need to report this matter to the head office."
Simpson immediately left China on loan and returned to Finland.
After Wang Xiang watched Simpson leave, he asked Chen Xiao: "Mr. Chen, what are the chances that Nokia will agree?"
Chen Xiao said: "Not big."
Even if it's not big, you should try it.
Chen Xiao is very clear about the positioning of Changtian Technology.
What Changtian Technology wants is not to establish a great mobile phone company, but to build an ecosystem with greater profits.
There is profit from simply making mobile phones, but not as much as imagined. Otherwise, Xiaomi's market value would have become the world's largest.
The real profit is the ecosystem.
Do you really think that Apple’s original market value was the largest in the world because of selling mobile phones?
Mobile phones are part of it, but the ecosystem and derived value brought by mobile phones are the most important part.
If we can seize the opportunity to cooperate with Nokia, based on Nokia's current global size, Changtian Technology can complete its ecological chain layout ahead of Android and Apple's IOS.
In this way, Changtian Technology is fully prepared to face the challenges of the next ten years or so.
At present, Apple is still selling iPods, Macs, and concepts, trying to build its own ecosystem and build its own loyal user group, which has not yet become a reality.
If it really grows up, it will be a very formidable opponent.
Because compared to companies such as Apple and Google, Changtian Technology has two biggest disadvantages.
One is fighting alone.
There are not many companies in the country that can cooperate with it. Changtian Technology Matrix Group has just started to build it. Currently, the only ones that can offer it are Shenchuan and Huawei.
The second one is the chip!
As a key product for the development of science and technology in the next few decades, there are no chips in the entire Xia Kingdom, and neither does Changtian Technology.
Chen Xiao always believes that software and ecological chains must be based on hardware.
Without the foundation of hardware, everything is in vain.
If he cannot reach cooperation with Nokia, Chen Xiao will have to think a lot more in the future.