Paul Jacobs wears suits and ties, has a gentle face, and always smiles when he speaks. Like a competent salesman, he takes out several CDMA mobile phones from his briefcase and talks endlessly.
"Although there are many more GSM users now, if we can sell more 3G mobile phones than GSM, I estimate that the number of 3G users will surpass GSM in less than three or four years. What do you think?"
"Sounds great."
Lu Fei clapped his hands and said, "Paul, how do you want to cooperate?"
"No, Lu, it's my turn to ask you, how do you want to cooperate?"
Paul Jacobs took out another pile of documents from his briefcase, just like a waiter handing menus to diners, "For example, what you just said about buying baseband chips is just the most basic. Qualcomm's business model is not only about inventing technology, but the key to us is
After inventing innovative technologies, we will immediately share them with our partners."
Lu Fei raised his lips, "Any cooperation is fine?"
Paul Jacobs was full of enthusiasm and courteous: "As long as it is reasonable, as long as it is owned by Qualcomm, as long as it is what you need, including joint ventures to establish innovative research centers."
Lu Fei got straight to the point and said, "Can Qualcomm's CDMA patents be licensed to Logic and The Paper?"
"Wow."
Paul Jacobs was startled and cast an intriguing look, "Lu, although I have not been in China for a long time, I often hear great names from manufacturers. I heard that they have created a business model that is completely different from the industry.
,'turnkey' has significantly lowered the entry barrier for the entire mobile phone industry, right?"
Lu Fei nodded and pointed at himself unabashedly, "I am the one who invented this model."
"Did you invent 'turnkey'?"
Paul Jacobs' pupils shrank suddenly, staring straight at him with mixed emotions.
"Are you surprised?" Lu Fei spread his hands.
"A little bit, but when I think of you, I'm not surprised. After all, you are the genius who created music, kindle and beats. It's normal to invent a 'turnkey' mode."
There was a hint of admiration in Paul Jacob's voice, and he praised the importance of the 'turnkey' model without hesitation.
“I have always believed that professional people do professional things.”
Lu Fei was happy with a little pride, "In the future, competition among mobile phone manufacturers should be about application software, not hardware and reference designs. That is what chip manufacturers should do. Mobile phone manufacturers only need to integrate software and hardware."
"So you hope to obtain Qualcomm's CDMA patent authorization, do you want to speed up the conversion of the Pengpai platform from 2G to 3G?"
"That's right, Paul, as you said, 3G is the big trend in the future. Don't you think this is an opportunity? Qualcomm is using Pengpai's help to accelerate the popularization of 3G and let CDMA take a bigger share.
market share!”
"Well, Lu, what you said makes sense."
Paul Jacobs' face did not show the expected surprise, but showed hesitation. He neither cooperated nor said he was not cooperative.
The attitude is ambiguous, but the answer is obviously ready to come out.
If we don’t say “cooperation”, of course it means no cooperation.
Lu Fei had already anticipated this possibility. The turnkey market is a big piece of cake. Although Qualcomm is staring at it greedily, it will never imitate Pengpai in the copycat phone business. If he does this, Qualcomm's reputation and reputation in the industry will be greatly affected.
It was all smashed!
Qualcomm's ambition is not in 2G, but in 3G.
So he raised his eyes, looked at Paul Jacobs for a while, and tested with a smile: "Paul, do you want to copy the Pengpai turnkey model and enter the 3G mid-to-low-end chip market?"
No matter how good Paul Jacobs is in his acting, there are still flaws in his face. When he was poked into his thoughts, his expression became stiff and the corners of his mouth twitched:
"Lu, if you don't tell me, I really haven't thought about it."
Damn it, look at this Jew who looks honest on the outside but is full of evil in his heart!
Lu Fei smiled coldly and pretended to be surprised: "You haven't thought about it that way? If I were you, I would decide not to authorize it to The Paper. Even if I authorize it, I have to wait until Qualcomm's platform is successfully developed. By then, it's completely fine.
Taking advantage of the price reduction space of patent fees, we will engage in a price war with The Paper to compete for market share..."
"Lu, Lu, you, stop talking.
Paul Jacobs couldn't help but feel horrified. His thoughts were completely seen through. God, is this Chinese a devil or Satan?
"Paul, don't rush to deny it, and don't rush to refuse to license CDMA to Pengpai. Think about the purpose of your coming to China."
Lu Fei looked at it with a scrutinizing gaze, "I understand your eagerness to open up the Chinese 3G market to stabilize Qualcomm's stock price and consolidate your position in Qualcomm, so think about it again, what a win-win situation it would be if you licensed the CDMA patent to us.
How will Wall Street view Qualcomm, and how will the board of directors view you, let alone the group of lay media people who will question your succession."
Oh my gosh, this is definitely a Satanic level of temptation!
Paul Jacobs had a straight face and refused righteously: "Lu, you are totally wrong. My appointment as CEO was the choice of the board of directors, not my father's choice. In fact, three years before he left, in
Among the many candidates, I have already been selected.”
"Of course, of course you deserve this position, but Paul, are you and Qualcomm in a bad situation now? Last year, six giants, Nokia and Ericsson, filed an antitrust lawsuit against Qualcomm with the EU. Your seat
It’s not stable.”
Lu Fei made a "please" gesture and sat down first.
"It does happen, but I'm not worried at all. You may not know that Qualcomm has more lawyers than R&D personnel."
Paul Jacobs crossed his legs when he sat down, and his tone was calm: "Even shortly after receiving the lawsuit from Nokia, we immediately chose to counter-sue, and so far, Qualcomm has continued to fight back in Oceania, America, and Europe.
Accused Nokia of 11 patent counts.
Believe me, Lu, there is no way they can get what they want, hahaha, because we are Qualcomm, in 3G, or even in the future 4G, no one can bypass us!"
"But if Nokia, regardless of whether it wins or loses the case, gives up purchasing Qualcomm's chips and switches to other chip companies, will Qualcomm be able to withstand this result?"
Lu Fei directly hit the mark. The best way for Qualcomm to promote CDMA is to leverage the momentum of mobile phones, and Nokia is undoubtedly the absolute leader. In 2005, mobile phone shipments accounted for 35% of the world's total.
"You are right, but I will never compromise!"
Paul Jacobs refused to let go: "No one likes to pay patent fees, but have they considered where Qualcomm invests these patent fees, whether it is R&D or R&D. It is Qualcomm's basic technology research that makes the price of mobile phones higher.
dramatically drop."
"I agree with this very much!"
Lu Fei snapped his fingers, "Nokia and the others don't seem to think so. According to the information I have, they are in contact with Intel. Intel has invented a WiMax standard called '3.5G technology' and has been trying to replace CDMA, etc.
The International Telecommunications Union has officially accepted it as the world's fourth 3G standard. What does Qualcomm plan to do? What do you plan to do?"
You are the devil!
Why do you know everything!
Paul Jacobs clenched his fists, his palms were sweating, his heart was getting faster and faster, and the faster he became more and more uneasy. Could it be that Logic planted a commercial spy in Qualcomm, or bribed an informant?
"Relax, relax." Lu Fei pressed his hand down, "Since I chose to cooperate with Qualcomm, I will definitely help you. I have a few good things that may come in handy."
"what?!"
Paul Jacobs raised his head suddenly, confused.
Lu Fei took out his wallet and took out a few photos with the Logic logo watermarked on them. The photos taken were of two iPhone prototypes with different styles, one with a small screen and the other with a large screen.
Paul Jacobs took a closer look, "Hey, it looks like a mobile phone, but why doesn't it have a keyboard? Lu, what on earth are these two?"
"You guessed it right, it's a mobile phone, but it's different from the ones on the market. It doesn't use a physical keyboard, but a touch keyboard!"
Lu Fei's tongue shines like a lotus flower, blowing his phone to the sky.
"A new mobile phone to replace PC?"
Paul Jacobs swallowed his saliva, his eyes full of passion, "I have had this idea too. At that time, I asked Steve Jobs to discuss whether we could combine a mobile phone and a handheld computer, but he was focusing on iMac and cooperation.
I just let it go, unimaginable, unimaginable..."
Lu Fei raised his lips and said, "Paul, if these mobile phones use CDMA and WCDMA technologies led by Qualcomm instead of Intel's WiMAX, do you think Intel or Qualcomm will win in the end?"
"Do you have a real machine?"
Paul Jacobs licked his dry lips.
"Of course, come with me."
Lu Fei stood up, don't you think the fish took the bait?
………
Paul Jacobs, who couldn't wait, didn't forget that he still needed to receive the big bosses from China Mobile, China Unicom, Telecom, Huawei, etc. He was anxious, but he still did his best on the surface, but occasionally he was absent-minded and always thought about the appearance of the mobile phone in the photo.
Almost half of my brain is already in the shape of an iPhone.
After meeting with important customers, Paul Jacobs could no longer hold himself in any longer and left his subordinate guests to the accompanying vice president. He was abducted by Mr. Lu to the office building of Pengpai Technology.
Sun Hongjun, Hu Yuhua and others were already waiting in the reception room. The table was now filled with the best-selling feature phones on the market, including Logic, Nokia, Blackberry, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Shenzhou...
The dazzling beauty caught Paul Jacob's eyes, but he searched over and over again and still couldn't find the lphone that made his heart beat.
"Look, you are in a hurry, so sign the confidentiality agreement first."
Lu Fei handed the contract to him, then took a black leather box from Sun Hongjun. After opening the combination lock, four sample machines, two data cables, and a power bank were embedded in the center of the thick sponge.
"Swish, swish, swish."
Paul Jacobs had been tempted by the devil. He signed the document without thinking, staring straight at the object that was exactly the same as in the photo, just like a primitive man who saw fire for the first time and was at a loss.
It has a flawless white body, with the Logic logo printed on the curved back. The small screen on the top of the front is expected to be 3 to 3.5 inches, and there is a circle button similar to a kindle below.
Against the background of many peer mobile phones, it is elegant!
Quite elegant!
"This one is called lphone3, which corresponds to 3G."
Lu Fei pushed this mobile phone to him, which combines the aesthetics of Meizu and Apple, and pointed out the location of the power button.
"Can this phone still be turned on?"
Paul Jacobs rubbed his hands and held them carefully as if holding a child. The animation that popped up when turning on the phone made his fingers tremble, but when the lock screen interface popped up, a pull bar suddenly appeared. According to
Tips for sliding.
In an instant, a brand new door was opened.
"Oh, oh buy it!"
He swallowed two or three times, as if his throat was dry. How could there be such a wonderful unlocking in the world?
"This is how it is turned off, and then it is turned on again."
Lu Fei seemed to be dreaming back to his past life, teaching his elder brother and sister-in-law how to operate the smartphone.
Paul Jacobs couldn't restrain his excitement, and with trembling hands, he played for a full minute just by opening the screen to unlock the game.
The smoothness of the mobile phone's operation is definitely unqualified in Lu Fei's eyes, but for Paul Jacobs, a "native" who has only seen functional phones, it is like a blow to the dimensionality reduction.
He stuttered slightly: "Lu, this is too smooth. Is this screen a resistive screen like Nokia's?"
"This is a capacitive multi-touch screen developed by Logic. We have registered patents for both touch technology and sliding unlocking."
Lu Fei raised his chin, thinking to himself that it was still unknown whether Steve Jobs' iPhone would be the same as in his previous life. After all, top-notch touch screens, technology and sliding unlocking are all owned by Logic. Apple must either find cooperation with Japan and South Korea in a roundabout way, or it can only
Just pay for the patent.
"God, it's really amazing, so amazing." Paul Jacobs tremblingly opened Spotify, which has been adapted to the Android system.
Is it fun? Can you play? Have you never played?
Lu Fei, Sun Hongjun and others looked at each other, with bright smiles on their faces, especially Paul Jacobs who kept muttering "God" while operating.
However, as expected, there was an accident, iPhone 3 shut down inexplicably.
Paul Jacobs looked at the darkened screen in astonishment, "Lu, what's going on?"
Bang bang bang, the slap in the face came so quickly!
Lu Fei's expression remained unchanged, "Oh, the one you are using is almost out of battery. You should use this one. This one has full power."
Paul Jacobs did not doubt that he was there, and eagerly played with the new iPhone 3, "Great, it's really great, Lu."
“It’s great.”
Lu Fei smiled and couldn't help but add in his mind that except for the poor heat dissipation of the battery and the barely adequate signal performance, there were absolutely no huge mistakes like Apple's antenna gate.
"What processor is it using?"
Paul Jacobs' greedy eyes had a hint of worry.
"The latest OMAP 3420 from Texas Instruments."
Lu Fei sighed. This is already the most affordable chip these days. Texas Instruments was the best supplier of Android phones in the early days, especially the OMAP 3430, which could simply grind Qualcomm to the ground during the same period.
Paul Jacobs also knew the power gap between his company and Texas Instruments, so he had to restrain his thoughts of replacing it, and then turned his attention to the second design with a larger screen.
"It's too big. How big does this screen have to be?"
"4 inches."
Lu Fei took a look at the lfantasy, which looks like a Samsung Galaxy S. Haha, can a person who steals a stick steal it? This is a just move!
"God, is the processor in this also an OMAP 3420?"
Paul Jacob held it in his hand and couldn't put it down.
Nowadays, the global mobile phone market still has many feature phones. The world of flip phones is 1.9 inches, and the charm of 4 inches with touch control is more attractive than 3.5 inches.
"No, it uses Samsung's S5L8900."
Lu Fei glanced at Hu Yuhua, who easily recited the core parameters. The ARM 11 core architecture was developed with a core frequency of 412MHz. The graphics processor is equipped with PowerVR MBX-Lite GPU, which supports polygon conversion and light source processing. It is already the first in the previous life.
An upgraded version of the iPhone.
"Lu, how can such a perfect design use Samsung's S5L8900? The 90nm process has long been outdated!"
Paul Jacobs knew the competitor's chip model by heart, and he couldn't help but feel happy. He smacked his lips and said:
"Moreover, the core architecture and process technology are lagging behind. The overall performance of this processor is definitely not among the best, and is barely equivalent to the level of the 486 processor in the PC era..."
"Otherwise, why would I choose to cooperate with Qualcomm?"
Lu Fei leaned forward, "But no matter how slow the system response is and how slow it is to open the application, do you think it is good or not?"
"It's not a question of whether it's good or not, Lu. It's really rare. Do you know what I mean?"
Paul Jacobs glanced at the various feature phones with physical keyboards on the table, and then looked at the two touch-sensitive mobile phones. He was not afraid of not knowing the goods, but afraid of comparing goods. Once compared, it was like comparing Dongshi with Xishi.
Put together, it's simply too cruel!
"I know."
Lu Fei nodded gently, "If I use this to cooperate with you and help you crush Intel's 3.5G plan, will Qualcomm be willing to license CDMA to Logic and Pengpai?"
Paul Jacobs pondered for a moment, "Lu, according to the rumors I heard from ZTE and Huawei, the logic seems to be that they announced to the outside world that they would no longer make mobile phones from the moment Pampering was founded. Are the rumors false?"
"No, there is indeed such a thing, but it is not completely accurate." Lu Fei shook his head and raised a smirk, "What can be built without logic is just a functional phone like Nokia, and this one I call a 'smart phone', it represents
The future of mobile phones and the mobile Internet also means the arrival of a new era."
As he spoke, he put a hand on Paul Jacobs' shoulder, "When iPhone 3 comes out, it will be the first year of the smartphone, and the entire history of human mobile phones will be divided into two. Paul, are you willing to change with me?"
The world?”
Oh, God!
Paul Jacobs and Mr. Lu looked at each other, and they were so excited that they shuddered. In his eyes, Satan was the devil, Lu Fei was the devil, and he was crooning to seduce himself, the lamb.
Sorry, Lu, I admit I spoke a little too loudly before!
