175: That's it?

"That's it?" Chen Chen was indeed a bit unimpressed with this P7. If it weren't for Huawei's deep ties with international markets and carriers, it would be a miracle if it sold well.

Coincidentally, after watching it, Lei Jun said the exact same thing as Chen Chen.

"That's it?"

The hype was so big, and this is all they came up with?

A 2500mAh battery, 18W fast charging, and a 28nm Kirin 910T. Now Lei Jun even regretted pricing the xiaomi note too low. If he had known Huawei was at this level, he would have increased the price by another 200 no matter what.

And this is claimed to be the flagship of the year?

If Xiaomi hadn't entered the European and American markets yet, I could take out the xiaomi note and beat this phone senseless in minutes.

My Xiaomi might not compare to Red Star, but it's more than enough to beat your Huawei. If you dare to launch this phone domestically, it'll be dead on arrival!

Watch my performance on August 16th!

Lei Jun had prepared two phones for this launch event: the first was the mi 4, and the second was the xiaomi note.

The theme of the mi 4 launch was "The Art Journey of a Steel Plate." As soon as the event began, Lei Jun spoke incessantly for nearly 20 minutes about how difficult and complex the CNC process of this Xiaomi phone was.

"The cost of this austenitic 304 stainless steel polishing process is very expensive. It costs us about 400 RMB just to process one middle frame,"

"It has to go through 50 processes and 223 precision steps. After 32 hours of processing and carving, a 309-gram steel plate is finally transformed into a 19-gram phone frame."

"The two suppliers, Foxconn and Hi-P, purchased processing equipment worth up to 1.9 billion us dollar for this."

Boast, go ahead and keep boasting, Lei Zi.

Last year, we at Red Star used this exact stainless steel processing technique.

You're only using it now after we at Red Star brought the price down, and you're still here bragging?

How could I, Chen Chen, not know the price?

Yes, when we customized it last year, the price was indeed expensive, reaching over 300 per piece at one point. But the process has long since been upgraded; the cost of one of your middle frames is now only a bit over 100.

Besides, did Foxconn buy that equipment just for you, Xiaomi?

Anyway, he boasted as much as he could. Xiaomi's MIUI was very impressive, the skeuomorphic system was smooth enough, and the 1999 price point ignited the crowd once again. The mi 4 remained invincible in terms of value for money!

"On the xiaomi note, we have adopted aerospace-grade aluminum alloy for the first time."

"The same 170-grit sandblasting process used by Fruit!"

"To solve this sandblasting and anodic coating issue, our Engineer spent dozens of days and nights of hard work, and this is just one of the steps."

"The back cover of the xiaomi note uses hot-melt 3D curved glass!"

"For the screen, we equipped it with a Sharp 5.7-inch Super Retina display, with a resolution reaching an amazing 2560*1440!"

"The pixel density is as high as 525 PPI!"

"After our joint tuning with Sharp, compared to ordinary screens, the contrast of this screen has been increased from 1000:1 to 1400:1!"

"The global debut of the Qualcomm snapdragon 810!"

"This processor is the highest-spec mobile processor in the world!"

"Using a 20nm process, performance is increased by 30% and power consumption is reduced by 20%. Paired with an LG 3200mAh high-density lithium-ion battery, it brings you an unparalleled battery life experience."

In short, the specs are maxed out!

The feel is maxed out!

Paired with the mind-blowing gold middle frame, gold-plated logo, and gold-plated camera decorative ring, it just looks incredible at first glance.

And when the final starting price of 3299 for the 4+64GB version was revealed, the crowd went wild.

Besides that, the price of the standard xiaomi note 1 was also very touching. The starting prices for the 16G version were 2299 and 2799. The main difference between the two was the screen and the processor. One had a 2K screen and the other a 1080p screen.

The processors were also different. The top-tier version featured the "strongest on Earth" Qualcomm snapdragon 810 of the year, while the standard version had the snapdragon 801.

After the launch event, Lei Jun was quite satisfied. By evening, the pre-orders for the mi 4 reached over 300,000, and the standard xiaomi note had 120,000.

If you're wondering why there's no top-tier version...

It's because Qualcomm's processor hasn't been produced yet. If you want to buy it, you'll have to wait a while.

You, Red Star, still dare to leapfrog? Let's see you try.

Can you leapfrog a 2K screen or a snapdragon 810?

If you, Chen Chen, really put a stainless steel middle frame or aerospace aluminum alloy on your k series, I, Lei Jun, will admit defeat. But do you dare?

It's nothing more than a bigger battery and faster charging speed.

My xiaomi note also has a high-density battery, and the 22.5W charging speed isn't slow either. Even if you leapfrog in this area, how much further can you go?

Chen Chen watched the entire Xiaomi launch event. Setting aside everything else, Lei Jun's stage control and personable speech were quite unbeatable.

However, he was skeptical about Lei Jun's claim of being able to supply 1 million units within 30 days.

There was nothing wrong with the mi 4 as a product, but Xiaomi's supply chain had run into issues, causing Xiaomi to constantly delay the delivery cycle. Chen Chen remembered this very clearly.

As for the top-tier xiaomi note, it was just a PPT phone. To produce it, they had to wait for Qualcomm to supply the chip.

Besides these, what really caught Chen Chen's attention was that Xiaomi also launched their own bracelet.

The design was not much different from his own red star bracelet Pro, but the price was only 149, much lower than the red star bracelet.

Now that the Xiaomi bracelet is here, can "Are you OK" be far behind?

..."The invitation for this Red Star launch event is quite interesting."

"Others have slogans or patterns, but Red Star's is just a blank space."

Many manufacturers and media outlets that received the Red Star invitation looked at it over and over, but even after a long time, they couldn't find any useful information. It was just a piece of cardstock with four large characters: "The Future is Here."

"And for just a mid-range phone, is such a big fuss really necessary?"

"Red Star is unusually generous this time, actually daring to rent the Water Cube."

"To set up a venue like the Water Cube, it will definitely cost at least a few million."