Chapter 2649 Dream Pad3
Since the Fairy Smart Bracelet will not be able to obtain a sufficient amount of curved liquid crystal glass until the end of the year, according to Xiao Qi's personality, it is absolutely impossible to launch it on the market now.
In addition to the purchase and debugging of various equipment, the workers of Xiannv Factory 4 transferred from Xiannv Factory 3 need time to adapt to the assembly, so it is not until January that they can enter mass production normally, and large-scale shipments can only be made in February .
Waiting for two or three months to get the goods after paying is a bit of a trick to consumers.
Therefore, Xiao Qi decided to wait until next year's Spring Festival to release this fairy smart bracelet, which is also considered to be separated from the new generation of Dream Pad at the end of December.
The workers in the three factories of Fairy Company are all producing limited editions of Dream Pad, Dream Stars and Dream Snow. Now they have fully adapted to work, so it is no problem to temporarily transfer 3,000 people to form Fairy Factory No. 4 .
It is naturally very wasteful for the workers of Fairy No. 4 Factory to only make fairy smart bracelets. The sales of fairy smart bracelets alone are not necessary at all. It is better to use them to OEM factories.
The main reason why Xiao Qi wants to build the No. 4 Fairy Factory is to focus on the Fairy Watches in the next step.
The fairy watch is actually an upgraded version of the fairy smart bracelet, but there is a lot of room for manipulation in it, and it can be sold as a luxury smart watch, and the price can range from a few thousand to tens of thousands.
After the fairy watch comes out, the fairy smart bracelet will either be retired, or it will be produced by a foundry and sold as a low-end smart wearable device.
Start training workers' ability to assemble smart wearable devices from now on, and after the fairy watch is officially released in the future, they will not be confused.
After all, these most profitable electronic products are better made by themselves, because it represents the face of Fairy Company, and the quality must be absolutely checked.
Unknowingly, Dream Pad has been developed to the third generation.
For this smart tablet computer that gave Fairy Company a great start. Xiao Qi attaches great importance to it. Originally, he seldom interferes with the laboratory's follow-up research and development of new models. But on the Dream Pad3, there are still many "harsh" requirements.
On the basis of Dream Pad2, Dream Pad3 is thinner and lighter by 1mm. Don’t underestimate this small millimeter. On the basis of less than 10mm, it is actually thinner by 1mm. That is to test the designers’ understanding of parts and casings. Waiting for precise design. Not only the battery needs to be thinner, the casing needs to be thinner and lighter, but even the chips and circuit boards need to be thinner and thinner, all of which can meet the requirements.
With such a thin and light change, the weight of Dream Pad3 is only about 620 grams.
In terms of resolution, the resolution of mainstream mobile phones is not too high now. Dream Pad2’s 1024x768 resolution is still not outdated, but Xiao Qi still increased it to 1280x800 resolution, and the screen pixel density reached 210ppi, which is a little less than Dream Pad2. grainy. A higher degree of softness and delicacy.
The specific changes in the configuration are not big, 1GB of running memory, 16GB, 32GB, 64GB of flash memory space. And a front and rear 6-megapixel camera with a one-megapixel increase.
The reason why the running memory is not increased is because the tuning of Fairy Company is very good. The dream chip and fairy system have a high degree of intelligent control, and the current 1GB is completely sufficient to meet the demand.
Although the performance of smart electronics is related to high-level configuration, it is not enough to simply pile up high-configuration components, and it also relies heavily on software.
The laboratory has also been working hard to improve the performance of the Dream chip. Compared with the Dream Pad2, the Dream Pad3 processor is 30% faster and 50% more powerful. Maybe the cost has been reduced by 10%, so that's it. Not only has the battery life increased a bit, but it also provides a better experience when surfing the Internet and playing games.
It can be said that after the release of Dream Pad3, using a computer to play online games is completely inferior to Dream Pad3, and Dream Pad3 is the real king of games.
Of course, the functions of fingerprint unlocking and beauty photo taking have also continued.
The Siri intelligent voice that everyone is looking forward to has also been added to Dream Pad3.
But only with these improvements, it cannot be said that Dream Pad3 has made another leap forward. What Xiao Qi really added to Dream Pad3 is a more complex processing function.
For example, Dream Pad2 could only process one file in the past, but now Dream Pad3 can directly process two or more files on the same page through system upgrades and improvements—just like what you see in sci-fi movies, those people It is the same as operating several programs at the same time on the virtual LCD screen.
In addition, Dream Pad3 also adds two speakers, making its sound continue to increase to twice that of Dream Pad2, allowing users to hold Dream Pad3 in bed at night and watch movies directly as a home theater.
What's more, users have been suggesting that Dream Pad3 has greatly improved the capture of wireless signals. Even weak signals can be used stably, which allows users to use Dream Pad3 to surf the Internet in more places. .
Especially in those cities where free WIFI is available, the wireless module of Dream Pad3 can receive signals very well, which is far easier to use than ordinary smartphones and tablet computers.
This feature is very practical for people who are increasingly dependent on the Internet, and it will allow them to use Dream Pad3 more often than just smartphones.
In addition to these, there are some improvements in details, involving dozens of items.
After so many improvements, Dream Pad3 and Dream Pad2 are not the same model at all, Dream Pad3 is the real let people understand that smart tablet can be so beautiful.
Although the group of elites in the laboratory were greatly irritated by Xiao Qi's harsh "rejection" again and again, those puppets with Xiao Qi's name written on them that they secretly erected had already been destroyed hundreds of times, but After the results came out, they were still so excited and joyful that they shed tears.
Dream Pad3 is the most difficult tablet computer they have developed, even more difficult than Dream Pad.
In order to rush to the market before Apple released the iPhone, almost all the functions of the Dream Pad were created by Xiao Qi, and the performance requirements were not so strict.
Dream Pad2 is an upgraded product, which continues to improve the performance to a greater extent, and adds some functions of the Dream Stars mobile phone, which is not too difficult.
But this Dream Pad3 has more than 60% major changes. Except for the small change in appearance, the rest of the performance is completely different from the previous Dream Pad2, so they have worked so hard.
On weekdays they wanted to compromise a bit, but every time they reported to Xiao Qi, Xiao Qi always said "no".
Every time they had to reach the limit of parts and sub-item performance, Xiao Qi reluctantly agreed to pass.
In order to meet Xiao Qi's strict requirements, since the beginning of the development of Dream Pad3 in May 2008, for seventeen or eight months, thousands of engineers in the laboratory responsible for this project have not had a good rest for a few days .
After suffering so much and fighting for so long, they finally got a satisfactory reward. How could they be unhappy?
Of course, it wasn't just the end of a period of work that made them feel relieved, Xiao Qi's rewards were also generous.
All R&D personnel received a huge reward of 500 million yuan from the laboratory after passing the strict model acceptance. On average, each person's reward was around 500,000 yuan.
Fairy Company headquarters also gave the same reward of 500 million RMB.
After the two awards, the engineer with the most won a super high reward of 20 million.
In addition, the nine people who contributed the most to the patented technology successfully obtained the house in the fourth phase of Yuluyuan Villa.
And the laboratory also gave them a one-month vacation, and the company reimbursed 200,000 yuan in travel expenses, allowing them to take their families to travel and play around.
The total cost of these incentives is almost 200 million US dollars, which does not include their usual salaries and bonuses.
At first glance, it seems a lot, but if you think about it, without the limited edition, the monthly sales volume of Dream Pad2 is 12 million units, the total revenue is about 10 billion US dollars, and the pre-tax interest rate has reached 62%, or $6.2 billion.
Then, because of the high tax rate, development and research costs, advertising costs, daily office sales and maintenance costs, etc., the monthly net profit is about 1.8 billion US dollars.
That is to say, a total of 4.4 billion US dollars is in the above-mentioned aspects, but the monthly net profit of 1.8 billion US dollars can be directly distributed to shareholders in proportion, which is really a lot.
Compared with such a large amount of expenses and profits, the development of a high-end model such as the Dream Pad3 is only rewarded with less than 200 million US dollars, which is not worth mentioning in Europe and the United States.
Come back.
If Xiao Qi hadn't given them such high salaries and rewards, many people would not be able to adhere to such strict requirements.
Spending a little money can get their hard work and contribution of wisdom, no matter what, Xiao Qi is more cost-effective! (To be continued.)