Chapter 1199 – Leading the trend
Xu Lihua and the rest were stunned. A phone that uses two SIM cards at the same time?!
Since Feng Yu had said so many things today, he decided to tell them more.
“Mobile phone features are changing rapidly, and our phone’s systems must also be improved. When we are on the phone, the line will be engaged if someone else called in, right? Why can’t we invent a call waiting feature? We can tell the other party on the line to wait and answer the incoming call. Who knows if the incoming call is about an emergency? If it is not an emergency, you can continue your call with the first caller.”
Huh? Using one phone to answer two calls at the same time?! This… Is this possible?
All of them looks at Feng Yu’s confident expression and felt it might really be possible. But this should fall under the phone’s operating system, and they can let Lenovo Kingsoft solve it.
“We can also modify the phone’s flashing lights. For example, we can don’t use flashing lights and make them into a high-intensity torchlight. The torchlight can be used when taking pictures in the dark. It should be enough to illuminate one to two meters. Also, it can be used as a torchlight during blackouts or dark places.”
Mobile phone + torchlight?
This is in line with Manager Feng’s creative style, but can it work? Torchlight is a common device, and a mobile phone is a high-tech product.
Can a high-tech product incorporate such a simple device?
“Don’t think this is impossible. This is not as easy as you all think. Also, the power consumption will be high, and it will be a heavy load on the battery. But the good thing is, our battery technologies are the most advanced in the world. This phone will be the same as our MP3 players. We will be the only ones who can do this, and our competitors can only add the keypad backlights at most.”
“Manager Feng, does that mean candy bar phones will become the mainstream phones? The clamshell and sliding phones will be obsolete soon?” Jiang Wanmeng asked.
“Not necessarily. There will be people who still prefer clamshell designs. Also, why can’t we add new features to our sliding phones? For example, we can modify our sliding phones into a handheld game console.”
“Gaming phone? Our phones do have games like Tetris, Snake, etc.” Xu Lihua asked.
“No. I am talking about higher quality games like racing, tank wars, and even some old gaming console games. Many people like to play those old games. After sliding the phone out, the screen can be tilted to 45 degrees up and reveal a game controller keypad. This way, the phone will become a handheld game console.”
“Do you all think this is not possible? Why? The screen is too small? The keypad takes up too much space? But what if the phone has a touch screen? How is our touchscreen technology development?” Feng Yu asked.
Xu Lihua lowered his head embarrassedly. “We still have a long way for this technology to be developed. We cannot get the sensitivity right. Our screens are either too sensitive or not sensitive enough.”
“Ok. Don’t be afraid to spend money on R&D. The earlier we can gasp this technology, the earlier we can become the global leader of the mobile phone industry!”
In Feng Yu’s previous life, touchscreen technologies developed the fastest during the imitation phones’ era. But the touchscreen phones at that time are mainly used for writing messages with a touchscreen pen. Nokia, Motorola, and many other brands, still do not have good screens and can be damaged easily if the messages are written with fingers.
But this is a critical period for the evolution of mobile phones.
Since Wind and Rain Mobile phone is leading the trend, then they should continue to lead. They will not give other mobile phone manufacturers any opportunity to overtake them. They will forever be one step slower and can only copy Wind and Rain Mobile phones’ features!
“We can do lots of modifications to this clamshell design if we have the touchscreen technology. For example, the cover has two screens, right? Why can’t we make both screens the same size? That’s right. The exterior screen does not have any functions now. But with the touchscreen technology, we can do away with the buttons and operate the phone through the external screen.”
In Feng Yu’s previous life, Samsung had introduced this phone and is very popular. But it’s just novelty and new and does not serve many purposes.
In the future, Russia will introduce a double touch screen mobile phone with hi-tech features.
“We have many ways to develop our mobile phones, and all of them can sell well. For example, low-end phones. If you all can lower the cost to less than 200 RMB, it will become the world’s best-selling phone. Although the profit margin is not high, the sales will enter the history books. Wind and Rain Mobile will be remembered by everyone as the best mobile phone brand.”
“If we want our phones to be used for extended periods, we need better batteries and lower power consumption. Most batteries can last for one to two days. Even three days is considered long-lasting. But suppose we can introduce a phone that can last over seven days, fifteen days, or even one or two months. In that case, it will be more convenient for people in areas without electricity, right?”
“Also, we can make use of the phone’s function. Some phones can have more features and some with lesser features. We can introduce phones that can send emails, or just purely for SMS and calls. With all these phones with different features and selling at reasonable prices, do you think it will not sell?”
“Oh, I had mentioned to you all that I want a phone that can read novels. When will this function be ready?”
Xu Lihua immediately replied. “Manager Feng, we had already developed the feature of reading TXT files on mobile phones.”
Feng Yu nodded. “Good. I had said before. Don’t be afraid of spending money and try to save on R&D. We can only maintain our lead with more advanced technologies. Nokia and Motorola treat us as an eyesore, but they cannot stop us from reaching the peak. Of course, we must thank Philips’ support for our success.”
The representative from Philips smiled. “Thank you for the compliments. We had only assisted in developing the technologies. More importantly, it is the person who comes up with these ideas. Manager Xu had told me that you are the one who had come up with all these creative ideas. I thought he was joking then.”
The representative can also assist Aiwa Electronics and Wind and Rain Electronics to develop these technologies, as Philips will get to use them with lower authorization fees. Although Philips’ main focus is not on mobile phones, their mobile phone business had made high profits with these powerful features and designs. More importantly, Philips doesn’t need to invest too much into it.
Cooperating with Wind and Rain Electronics and Aiwa Electronics is a win-win for them.
“Oh, Mr. Garth, what is the decision of your company on my suggestion of giving up on Plasma technology research?”
