What makes the global media feel very strange is that there have been major changes in the top management of Apple.
News that the iPhone 5 will reject Changtian Technology hardware is also widespread.
But there seems to be no movement from Changtian Technology.
Some overseas media hope to interview Changtian Technology and want to know what kind of comments Changtian Technology will make on the iPhone 5 that will no longer use Changtian Technology hardware.
Changtian Technology also welcomes interviews from these media.
But when answering these questions from the media, Changtian Technology was very calm, saying that every company has its own choice.
It also expressed that the cooperation between Changtian Technology and Apple is currently limited to iPhone4S.
Apple placed a large number of orders for iPhone 4S, and Changtian Technology also completed this batch of orders with high quality and quantity.
The cooperation between the two parties was very pleasant.
The media cannot get any useful news from Changtian Technology.
A reporter from the "Wall Street Journal" analyzed: "It is true that the hardware products of Changtian Technology are only a small part of the giant Changtian Technology Group, but no matter how small a part is, the annual amount involved is as high as tens of millions of dollars.
knife."
"Wall Street Journal": "And we believe that Changtian Technology's status must be more than just a Xiaguo technology company, it must go global."
"Wall Street Journal": "But this time, Changtian Technology seems to be unfazed by the news that Apple's next-generation mobile phone, iPhone 5, will no longer use its own hardware, and it seems to be expected."
Chen Xiao was indeed not in a hurry at all.
He is still waiting for the right moment to play his first card.
But Wang Xiang and the employees within Changtian Technology would be lying if they said they were not in a hurry.
As the Wall Street Journal said, Changtian Technology’s hardware is only a small part of the entire Changtian Technology Group.
Even if Changtian Technology's hardware cannot be sold for a cent, it will not affect everyone's salary and year-end performance.
However, Changtian Technology’s ambition is not just to be a domestic technology company, but to be a technology company that can lead the development of national and global technology.
Under this mentality.
Some of the employees were confused as to what Chen Xiao was thinking.
Therefore, within Changzezhou Changtian Science and Technology Park, many company executives, including ordinary employees, are talking about this matter.
"The boss seems unmoved!"
"That's right, it's almost June, and Apple has already announced that it will hold an iPhone 5 launch conference in September. Why do I feel that Mr. Chen is not in a hurry at all!"
Apple’s arrangements for new mobile phones are generally like this——
The design of the mobile phone must be finalized at least 6 to 5 months before the launch conference in September.
That is to say, the design of iPhone5 has been taken shape at this time.
After the mobile phone design is finalized, with 3 to 4 months left before the launch, the iPhone will determine all the suppliers of mobile phone hardware and start trying to place orders.
May 2012 is a very critical time. During this time, Apple has signed cooperation agreements with all its hardware suppliers.
A small number of orders have even been signed.
At this moment, Apple's mobile phone foundries, including Foxconn, Wistron, Jabil and other foundry companies, will begin mass production of the new generation of iPhones.
Of course, according to these agreements between the factory and Apple, the entire production process is completely confidential.
Before the new generation of iPhone is officially released.
Neither the sales stores nor the media can see any configuration information or appearance pictures of the new generation iPhone on the market.
On the second day of the iPhone new product launch conference.
Apple will decide how many phones to produce based on media and consumer feedback after the press conference.
We will even conduct some pre-sale test activities on Apple’s official website to feel the market’s feedback.
If the market feedback is very good.
Then Apple will place more orders with suppliers and foundries to meet consumer demand.
This can achieve the best balance between supply and demand and also reduce Apple's operating costs.
How come the employees of Changtian Technology are not anxious?
According to Apple's set of operating procedures, Apple has not yet signed a supply order for iPhone 5 with Changtian Technology, which shows that the media's speculation is correct——
The new generation of iPhone5 has indeed abandoned Changtian Technology out of the supply chain.
Some employees have great trust in Chen Xiao and the company.
"Changtian Technology now needs both technology and market. The Pascal company we are cooperating with in France has not withdrawn its investment so far, and the factory is continuing to be built. This is enough to show that the boss has his own ideas in mind.
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This employee said confidently: "We are all ordinary employees and cannot stand at the level of the boss, so maybe the boss has already considered some things, but we haven't considered them yet, so don't worry."
I also said this, and it resonated with many colleagues.
"That's right. I think back when we were making PC chips, we were even faced with being targeted by many overseas PC companies who refused to purchase our products. Didn't we just build the Godship?"
Chen Xiao has indeed not moved so far.
But he has always asked the group company's intelligence department to collect Apple-related information.
Chen Xiao currently needs two types of information.
The first type of news is how much worth of hardware contracts have been signed by suppliers such as Apple and Samsung.
Through the total supply price, Chen Xiao can roughly judge how many pieces of hardware Apple has ordered, and thus infer how many iPhone5 units will be produced.
But this news comes before Samsung submits its financial report at the end of the year.
Samsung is under no obligation to inform you at this time.
Therefore, the media cannot get the relevant information. Samsung does not take the initiative to announce it, and Chen Xiao cannot get the relevant information.
Of course, Changtian Technology can completely break into Samsung's internal network system and servers through hacking technology to obtain relevant data.
But Chen Xiao didn't bother to do this.
Because of the current difficulties faced by Changtian Technology, it is not worthy for Changtian Technology to use supercomputer technology.
The second type of information is about the foundries that cooperate with Apple. Are they recruiting workers during this period?
It has been almost 10 years since Xia Guo joined the WTO in 2002.
During the past 10 years, mainland China has attracted a large number of factories with extremely cheap land, human resources and environmental costs.
These include Apple's foundries, Foxconn, Wistron, etc.
It can be said that starting from the iPhone 4S, these foundries in mainland China have been the main force in producing iPhones.
Samsung-related financial information is not available, but we must know whether these foundries are recruiting workers and how many workers are working there.
Even if these factories do not disclose any information to the outside world, go to the towns or counties where these factories are located and take a look at the recruitment information and hourly wage increases.
Go to the canteens of these factories and see if there are many people eating there.
The strategy department of Changtian Technology can basically determine how many orders the iPhone 5 has given to these factories.
Wang Xiang anxiously found Chen Xiao and said to Chen Xiao very excitedly: "Foxconn's foundry has been recruiting people in the past two months, and the hourly wage increase has been as high as 15% to 20%. Many factories have gone all out.
From now on, it should be producing iPhone 5."
"According to what our spies learned, the canteens of many foundry factories are full, and they are working in three shifts, with people shutting down their machines constantly."
There are also cycles in factories.
When we receive an order, we will recruit a large number of temporary workers. (The cost of contract workers is very high, and they have to pay social security. In order to make money, the factory is not willing to have too many contract workers)
When there are no orders, temporary workers will be dismissed, and fewer contract workers will be retained to complete basic OEM tasks.
Wang Xiang compiled the relevant intelligence data and handed it to Chen Xiao.
From this information, Chen Xiao was able to preliminarily determine that there are approximately 5 million to 7 million iPhone 5 units currently in production or have been completed.
This proves that Apple should prepare 10 million to 20 million mobile phones in stock before the launch.
To ensure these 10 to 20 million mobile phones, Apple must sign hardware orders with Samsung and other companies in advance for at least 1.5 times the number of mobile phones.
From this point of view, there is no way to change the overall design and production of iPhone5.
After receiving such news, Chen Xiao's face showed a long-lost smile.
In 2012, the smartphone market was in a situation where there was one super player and many strong players.
The first one is of course Apple.
As of May 2012, the total sales of iPhone 4S have reached 50 million units, far exceeding the previous generation iPhone 4.
It is estimated that before the release of iPhone 5, the sales volume of iPhone 4S should reach 60-70 million units.
How strong are Samsung, HTC, Motorola’s Android-based mobile phones, as well as BlackBerry and Nokia.
Smartphones have changed dramatically by 2012.
The IOS and Android camps have replaced Symbian and become the mobile phone systems with the largest number of users in the world.
And because Android is an open system, any mobile phone company can use the system for free after reaching an agreement with Google.
Therefore, Android has become the mobile phone system of choice for most mobile phone manufacturers.
Seeing Apple's crazy sales, these mobile phone manufacturers are also seizing the time to optimize the Android system, organize their own hardware, and launch an attack on Apple.
In addition to feature phones, Nokia also occupies a certain market (mainly in third world countries), but has been eliminated in the field of smartphones.
Nokia spent huge sums of money to develop the wp system with Microsoft, which also attracted a lot of attention.
After the relevant mobile phone press conference was held, no one paid any attention to it.
Last year, Nokia mobile phones equipped with the Windows Phone system were sold for a year, but they were not as many as the iPhone 4S sold in a week.
Therefore, Nokia intends to spin off its mobile phone business. On the one hand, it is to reduce its liabilities and repay debts. On the other hand, it is really frustrated with the mobile phone business and is unwilling to invest anymore.
Chen Xiao said to Wang Xiang: "You are going to Finland in person now, and give Simpson a call before you go."
Wang Xiang has some lost lakes.
A few minutes ago, everyone was still talking about how many Apple phones the foundry was producing.
How could Wang Xiang go to Finland the next second?
Isn’t Finland the headquarters of Nokia? Why do you want to contact Simpson?
Chen Xiao said to Wang Xiang: "Nokia is currently a centipede. Although it is still alive, it no longer has the ability to continue in the field of smartphones."
"Our strategy department currently values Nokia's mobile phone business at approximately $10 billion. You can directly contact Simpson and ask him to report to Nokia's board of directors."
"Changtian Technology is willing to offer a 30% discount, which means using $7 billion to fully acquire Nokia's mobile phone business, including its own factory production lines, sales channels, R&D laboratories, etc."
Chen Xiao played the first card.
"Ah?!" Wang Xiang said with some surprise: "Are we going to use Nokia as the skin to launch our own mobile phone?"
7 billion US dollars is just for Changtian Technology, which currently has sufficient cash flow.
Really nothing?
After seeing the attitude of Western consumers.
Chen Xiao also changed some strategies.
So the first card he played was Nokia.
Chen Xiao did not answer Wang Xiang's question immediately, but immediately played the second card.
Chen Xiao smiled and said to Wang Xiang: "We can confirm that Apple will produce at least 10 million iPhone 5 mobile phones before the launch, and more than 5 million mobile phones have been successfully produced so far."
Wang Xiang said with great certainty: "From the current point of view, this is indeed the case."
Chen Xiao added: "Then do you know what network standard the iPhone 5 uses?"
This question is basic common sense. Wang Xiang doesn't know why, but Chen Xiao still asks it.
Wang Xiang answered smoothly:
"It must be using the 3G standard. Currently, most countries in the world use 3G networks."
This is the answer Chen Xiao wants.
Chen Xiao immediately said to Wang Xiang: "Changtian Technology's 4G technology has matured."
"We can officially and publicly announce our 4G standards, and actively provide suggestions to the country, and cooperate with many companies such as China Mobile, China Unicom, and Telecom to seize the time and strive to roll it out in major cities within this year.
4G network.”
"I think that according to Warwick's base station construction speed, it should not be a big problem to have all mainstream cities across the country, that is, first- and second-tier cities, using 4G networks before the end of this year."
"We expect that before the beginning of next year, 3G networks will be eliminated and 4G networks will become mainstream."
"At the same time, we will cooperate with Nokia to promote 4G services in Europe. I believe Huawei is very interested in building 4G base stations in Europe."
Look at Chen Xiao's bright smile.
Wang Xiang suddenly realized it and was amazed!
He knew why Chen Xiao was not anxious at all.
He just wants to wait for Apple to start mass production of the 3G version of iPhone 5.
Then it directly implemented the 3G network on the global mainstream.