32: Starting price of Kunpeng phones

"President Chen, how did you manage to achieve such fast charging speeds?"

A fan couldn't wait any longer, stood up, and asked loudly.

"It's not just the type-c interface technology; the reason for our fast charging also lies in our use of a piece of black technology, which is charge pump technology. Its principle is to generate high voltage through the accumulation effect of charges in capacitors, causing the current to flow from a low potential to a high potential. In short, it enables fast charging while ensuring safety."

"Perhaps many people will say, 'Is your charging fast because the battery is small?' That is not the case. The battery of our Kunpeng mobile phone is larger than that of all smartphones on the market, reaching a staggering 3000mAh."

"After talking about charging and batteries, let's talk about the processor. Regarding the processor, I believe many people have already guessed it. It is still our Lingxiao S2, except that the Lingxiao S2 on our Kunpeng mobile phone has had its main frequency increased from 1.6 GHz to 1.8 GHz."

"As for the most important screen, that is the second piece of black technology I am bringing to everyone. Our Kunpeng mobile phone uses a 1920*1080p screen! It is the world's first phone with 1080p screen resolution!"

"This screen was jointly developed by our Red Star and Huaxing Optoelectronics. It is a truly domestic screen in every sense."

Chen Chen's words instantly sparked heated discussion among the audience. Currently, there isn't a single phone in the world with 1080p resolution, and Red Star just brought one out?

And it's domestic? You must be bragging. Nowadays, there are barely any domestic panel manufacturers that can even make 720p screens, and the quality always suffers from light leakage.

You're claiming it's domestic right out of the gate; aren't you just passing off Samsung's goods as domestic?

"President Chen! President Chen! As far as I know, there isn't a single manufacturer in China that has the technology to produce and develop 1080p screens. Is this China Star you mentioned really that impressive? It can't be that you're buying Samsung screens and passing them off as domestic, right?"

Soon, an audience member familiar with the industry shouted out their question. Chen Chen was not angry and patiently began to explain:

"This screen came from our Red Star laboratory in the first half of this year. After taking the complete set of materials and processes to Huaxing Optoelectronics, it was jointly developed by both parties. Currently, the patent for this screen can already be found. Everyone can check our China patent website."

"I guarantee that this most important screen on the phone is a one hundred percent domestic screen!"

Lei Jun was sitting offstage feeling quite uncomfortable. Just a moment ago, during the hongxing 2nd generation presentation, he said the most important part of a phone was the processor and pulled the mi 2 out for comparison. Now he's saying the most important part of a phone is the screen.

Seriously, whatever you guys are good at, that's what's important, right?

When Yu Chengbei heard Chen Chen say that this technology came from the Red Star laboratory, his excitement instantly plummeted to the bottom. He had originally thought this screen was a breakthrough in Huaxing Optoelectronics' technology and that Red Star was just purchasing it. Since Red Star could purchase and use it, then Huawei could naturally do so as well.

As a high-end phone aimed at the global market, how could the mate series not use such a high-end screen?

But since Chen Chen said Red Star did the R&D and Huaxing Optoelectronics only handled production, Huawei had absolutely no chance. I'm afraid Red Star will monopolize this screen for a very long time.

As for 1080p screens from other manufacturers, they exist, but currently, no phone has officially equipped them. Samsung's latest screen has a 1080p resolution. Yu Chengbei had asked for a quote, but those Koreans actually opened their mouths like lions and demanded an exorbitant price!

They wouldn't even let him haggle, claiming they were the only supplier in the world—take it or leave it, as HTC was already lining up behind them.

It made Yu Chengbei so angry he almost flipped the table. When had he ever had to endure such outrageous treatment?

However, Chen Chen's approach also gave him inspiration. Since he could cooperate with Huaxing Optoelectronics to develop a screen, why couldn't Huawei do the same? A few days ago, a manufacturer called JD Factory had come to talk to Huawei about cooperation.

For now, he wouldn't think about these things. Yu Chengbei continued to listen to Chen Chen on stage introduce the Kunpeng mobile phone, preparing to see what other new technologies this Red Star could release.

"Next, I will introduce the appearance of the Kunpeng mobile phone. Actually, the order of our launch event might be a bit reversed. Normally, shouldn't we introduce the appearance before the configuration? It's just that the configuration of our Kunpeng mobile phone is so explosive that the equally excellent appearance seems less important."

"You can see on the big screen that our Kunpeng mobile phone's body design features a non-removable battery for the whole device. The middle frame and back cover are an integrated body, using a brushed metal process. At the same time, we have also done sandblasting treatment. The sandblasted phone casing can provide a more comfortable grip."

"Many fans might ask, 'Why does the back of your phone look like it has two cameras?' That's right, our Kunpeng mobile phone indeed uses a dual-lens design."

"The main lens uses a 7-element 16-megapixel lens, and the secondary camera uses a 2-megapixel depth-of-field lens. When taking pictures, you can use our depth-of-field lens to capture depth, thereby highlighting the subject."

"This way of blurring the background helps to separate the subject from the complex background, eliminating the influence of some unavoidable environmental factors on the subject. In other words, when you use our Kunpeng mobile phone to take portraits, it can make the subject's portrait more vivid and further highlight the vividness of the person."

Although mobile phone photography hasn't reached the level of intense competition as in later generations, and it is not the most mainstream parameter for a phone, a good level of photography is definitely a very good selling point.

"This type of shooting method is generally used in cameras and film shooting. We at Red Star are the first to bring it to mobile phone photography."

"This is a bold attempt. We at Red Star want to take some high-and-mighty technologies and continuously bring them down to the devices we can personally touch."

Chen Chen started playing sample photos taken by the Kunpeng mobile phone directly on the big screen. Looking at the vivid portraits and blurred backgrounds in the images, many fans who love photography were involuntarily attracted.

Especially some female audience members, who couldn't help but let out "Wow" sounds.

"This is our Great Wall of China shot by our phone. Doesn't it look particularly majestic in the photo? And here is our portrait mode photo; isn't the beautiful woman in the photo very pretty? The next one is a selfie. The selfie quality from our 5-megapixel front camera can be said to be very excellent."

Sample photo after sample photo scrolled across the big screen, giving the audience a clearer understanding of the Kunpeng mobile phone's photography.

"Next is perhaps the most important part: the price. Let us first review the configuration of our Kunpeng mobile phone."

"The world-leading Lingxiao S2 processor, with a main frequency of up to 1.8 GHz."

"The world's fastest charging speed, 40-watt super fast charging, can fully charge the phone in half an hour."

"The world's first 1080p screen phone, with brightness reaching up to 420 nits."

"Integrated all-metal body."

"Dual-camera module, brand new photography algorithm."

"For a phone with this configuration, I don't even know how to describe it. The technology it applies, for us in 2012, I'm afraid can only be described as black technology. A high-end phone naturally has a certain price, so our price is 3499!"

3+32 3499

4+64 3999

Looking at the price on the big screen, the audience was not as enthusiastic as imagined. Perhaps this price exceeded many people's expectations, but the hongxing 2nd generation, starting at 1998, was definitely a no-brainer buy.

Most people thought that since Red Star was making a high-end phone, it shouldn't exceed 3000. Now, the starting price of 3499 still discouraged quite a few people.

But that's fine; these people were not the target customers for the Kunpeng mobile phone anyway. They are the target audience for the hongxing 2nd generation and the da mi 2nd generation.

The user profile for Chen Chen's Kunpeng mobile phone can be said to be mainly geeks and business professionals.

"Our hongxing 2nd generation and Kunpeng mobile phone will officially go on sale on the 12th of this month at 10:00 AM. Pre-orders will start immediately after the launch event ends!"

"This launch event ends here. Thank you, everyone!"