178: Shining K10 (The End)

2GB+16GB: 1899

3GB+32GB: 2299

3GB+64GB: 2499

There are three memory configurations in total. The 2+16GB model is meant to lower the entry price, while the 3+32GB model at 2299 is the one intended for volume sales. This price point was decided after long discussions between Chen Chen and Lu Weiqi.

Below this, there is the shining note ranging from 1299 to 1599, and above it, there is the upcoming Red Star Digital Series from Red Star, ranging from 2699 to 3499.

In the future, as long as the shining k series holds this price point, the Red Star Digital Series can confidently continue to raise its prices. Because with the national economic development over the past two years, many consumers' budgets for purchasing mobile phones are also increasing; adjusting prices at the right time can place Red Star in a more high-end position.

Of course, that's all fluff; the truth is that the Red Star brand can generate more profit.

"Is that it?" Park Yitien, watching the live stream, shut down his computer with disdain.

With just these specs, they dare to claim it challenges a higher tier?

When talking about the camera, they only mention megapixels and don't say a word about focusing speed or image quality.

The screen is still an antiquated LCD.

As for the tri-proof features, that goes without saying; no Huaxia manufacturer can do that!

And to think he had been quite interested in this Red Star.

The price of 1899 Huaxia coins poses absolutely no threat to Samsung's Galaxy series.

The most valuable thing about the whole phone is probably just that fingerprint recognition, right?

Lei Jun also breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the final price. As long as it wasn't challenging his own tier, it was fine. Now it seems this poses no threat to his xiaomi note, whether in terms of overall design or screen.

It's just that his mi 4 might suffer; these specs hit exactly at the mi 4's weak points. In '14, missing fingerprint recognition makes it feel like it's a tier below.

For ov, this phone is even less of a threat. It's offline sales, after all; who needs fingerprint recognition?

It's not like they don't have it themselves; just pay more to get it.

Among those present, only Yu Chengbei's face looked very ugly. It was one thing for Chen Chen to bring out his p7 for comparison, but this price made the p7, which was preparing to enter the domestic market, have no competitive edge at all.

Compare processors? Theirs uses a 20nm process, while his 910T is still 28nm.

Compare batteries and charging? No need to even compare; nothing in the world compares.

"This Red Star really wants to cover all price points." Old Luo, invited by Red Star for the first time, said sourly.

They are about to cover all price points, while his own Smartisan is still stuck in a difficult birth.

"I say, Old Luo, when is your Smartisan being released? Don't end up actually releasing a hammer." The Red Robe Cult Leader joked to Old Luo.

"Go away, go away. Your Dashen has only sold a few units, and you're here spouting sarcasm." Old Luo said irritably.

"Haha, even if I only sell one unit, it's still more than your Smartisan."

Boss Jia, sitting not far away and preparing to get up, looked at them. "Just wait, once my Super Phone comes out, you'll all be dead."

"Let's go, President Lei. It's over, why are you still sitting here?" Because there was no close-quarters combat or pixel-level imitation from Honor, Yu Chengbei, who currently had a decent relationship with Lei Jun, stood up and said to him.

"Let's go."

Just as everyone was preparing to get up, Chen Chen on stage picked up the microphone again and said, "Seven years ago, Jobs released the first Apple phone, and it was from that moment that people's perception and usage of smartphones truly changed."

"It is often said on the internet that Jobs redefined the smartphone, opening up a new way of human-computer interaction for consumers."

"In these seven years, the phones we all use actually look about the same. After Jobs redefined the smartphone, almost all smartphones on the market have become increasingly homogenized."

As Chen Chen finished this sentence, the lights on the entire stage began to gradually dim.

A video on the big screen began to scroll through the history of mobile phone development, from Stubblefield creating a wireless telephone device in 1902, to Martin Cooper inventing the first true mobile phone in 1973, and then to the birth of the first smartphone in 1993.

Finally, the first-generation Apple phone in 2007. After it finished playing, only a large question mark was left on the big screen.

????

It's not over yet?

The people in the front row of the guest seats looked at each other, all with faces full of confusion.

Then they sat back down, watching Chen Chen continue in the middle of the stage.

"These are the changes of each era."

"So, standing at today's time node, imagine what phones will look like in the next ten years?"

"What might appear in your minds are often the kinds of phones that appear in science fiction movies. Is it like this?"

Chen Chen pressed the remote control, turned around, and pointed to a transparent phone on the big screen.

"Will future phones just be a piece of transparent glass, all screen, capable of displaying infinite content? Is it like this?"

"Or perhaps like this?"

Scrolling the screen, an image that looked like a holographic projection appeared flexibly on someone's phone, the whole image seeming to float right before the eyes.

"Or like this? The phone can be worn on the wrist, with no screen needed at all; anything can be a screen."

In the image, a person gently turned their wrist, and a screen instantly appeared on the wrist, allowing for various operations.

"Regarding the future form of mobile phones, we at Red Star have also been exploring."

"What is the future? I believe the goal that a technology company should pursue is to define the future, to create the future."

"Two years ago, we began to explore the design of Red Star's future concept phone."

"So, what will this future concept phone we have explored look like today?"

"Let us take a look."

Chen Chen's tone was very flat, as if he were talking about a trivial matter. He pressed the remote control in his hand, and the big screen suddenly turned completely white.

"Can we do without a chin?"

"Can we do without a forehead?"

"Can we hide the ugly light sensor and proximity sensor?"

With every "can we" Chen Chen asked, the image on the big screen shattered accordingly.

Shattered, then shattered again, until only a white rectangle remained in the middle.

The audience below held their breath watching the stage, as if they were witnessing something extraordinary.

"It is a normal phone shape, with black glass on the front. It is not the kind of transparent phone everyone imagines."

"With our current technology at Red Star, we cannot yet make a fully transparent phone, so we made a phone with a black glass panel."

"When you pick it up, it really is just a square, black piece of glass."

"Everyone, try lighting up the screen."

Chen Chen pressed the remote control, and accompanied by a sound effect, the full face of the Red Star X phone appeared on the big screen.

A whole glass panel, no forehead, no chin (hidden in the black of the big screen), appeared so abruptly in front of everyone.