105: Chapter 105 Huawei P9, Leica Optics

Considering Huayao Phone as his biggest competitor,

Xue Haixin naturally paid close attention to the sales of the xiaomi 6.

Although he was convinced that with the xiaomi 6 priced so high,

surely not many people would buy it,

he couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive.

It wasn't until he saw the official Weibo post from Huayao

that he suddenly felt a massive headache coming on.

It seemed his previous analysis was wrong;

he had thought xiaomi phones made their name on cost-effectiveness

and wouldn't be able to sustain a price tag of 4,999 yuan,

so he believed not many people would buy it at that price.

But he hadn't expected those Mi Fans to be so wealthy!

In reality, the vast majority of people buying this phone weren't the Mi Fans of the past,

but rather newly joined Mi Fans.

After all, such a release went straight to the top of the Weibo trending searches,

causing xiaomi phones to break into the mainstream.

When many people went to learn about xiaomi phones,

they also heard about Bai Jingqing's deeds

and heard that the xiaomi 6 won the Best New Connected Device award at the World Mobile Communication Congress,

so they placed their orders immediately.

Another group of people saw Bai Jingqing's straightforward and sincere personality,

became instant fans of him,

and proceeded to order the xiaomi 6.

Of course, from another perspective,

the texture of the Dual Curved Screen and the ceramic back cover was truly impressive;

holding it in one's hand gave a real sense of prestige,

so the xiaomi 6 also attracted many who prioritized aesthetics.

It was not surprising at all that the xiaomi 6 achieved such initial sales results.

But despite Xue Haixin's headache,

there was still one thing that made him feel very gratified.

With the ideal a9 phone's price of 2,999 yuan,

combined with the slogan 'Charge for five minutes, talk for two hours,'

and the boost from the exynos processor,

the sales of the ideal a9 were actually quite good.

It sold 30,000 units in the first hour of sales.

Although there was still a significant gap compared to the xiaomi 6,

Ideal Phone employed a 'sea of models' tactic;

he didn't just have the ideal a9 on sale.

Including the previously released ideal a8 Pro,

as well as the later released ideal v1, Ideal BYD10, and Ideal P1,

the combined sales of all these models

could actually go toe-to-toe with the xiaomi 6!

In fact, if calculated that way,

the one-hour sales volume of all these phones combined would far exceed the xiaomi 6!

What gratified Xue Haixin was that

the path of the 'sea of models' tactic was indeed the right one.

"After all, with our Ideal releasing so many phone models,

there will always be one that suits a particular consumer."

Xue Haixin felt that he had finally taken the right path this time.

However, not long after the xiaomi 6 launch event ended,

Huayao held another launch event at Songshan Lake

to release the new huawei p9 phone.

But this time, it wasn't Bai Jingqing hosting it personally;

instead, a host named Yu Chengdong presided over the huawei p9 launch event.

This fellow Yu Chengdong was a former employee of Huayao Technology,

though his position hadn't been very high,

and he hadn't found another job since Huayao Technology went bankrupt.

Hearing that Huayao was making a comeback,

he came to Huayao Communications for an interview with the mindset of giving it a try.

Unexpectedly, he was personally selected by Bai Jingqing

to serve as the General Manager of Huawei phones under Huayao Communications!

Yu Chengdong never expected to be so highly valued;

moved to tears, he vowed to restore the glory of Huawei phones!

He prepared day and night for this launch event.

With Yu Chengdong hosting,

the launch event achieved good results.

The huawei p9 featured the Huayao Group's brand-new Kirin 955 processor,

a 5.2-inch 1080P self-produced screen,

and a screen-to-body ratio of 72.5%.

The camera featured an 8-megapixel front-facing lens

and a 12-megapixel dual-lens rear camera setup.

It used a 3,000 mAh non-removable battery,

supported a 3.5mm headphone jack,

and a USB Type-C data interface.

The final price was 2,999 yuan.

This phone was actually a normal iteration of Huayao Technology's previous phones.

The main models Huayao Technology focused on before were Huawei and Honor,

which was why it was called 'Huayao'.

By the time Huayao Technology went bankrupt,

Huawei phones had iterated to the Huawei P8.

Now, Huayao was releasing the huawei p9 as a natural progression,

still focusing on photography,

but this time, Huawei's photography featured something called 'Leica Optics'.

Leica didn't exist in this world,

so there was no such thing as a brand collaboration.

Bai Jingqing simply branded the photography of the Huawei series as Leica Optics,

using a uniquely styled filter.

The 'addictive' quality of the huawei p9's photography also caught the attention of many photography enthusiasts.

This so-called 'addictive' quality,

also known as the 'German style',

mainly referred to how a photographer could take a simple scene

and make it look like a very high-end masterpiece.

This 'addictive' quality made photos look like oil paintings,

full of a rich, oily character,

with colors that were deep and saturated,

full of a sense of atmosphere,

sharp yet maintaining shadow details,

with strong red and blue performance,

natural color transitions,

outstanding performance in low-light environments,

deep and moody tones,

and a faint touch of vignetting,

giving the heavy, substantial feel of film.

At the launch event,

Old Big Mouth Yu also gave everyone a science lesson on what this 'addictive' quality felt like,

and showed many sample photos

for everyone to experience it firsthand.

The photos taken by the huawei p9 truly looked like movie shots,

filled with an inexplicable sense of weight.

Compared to the camera phone Ideal P1 released by Ideal,

the two took completely different routes.

Ideal went with increasing pixel counts

and using large sensor solutions to restore as much detail of the scene as possible,

thereby achieving a better final image.

But the huawei p9 used a peculiar color-grading filter

to give the image a strange sense of weight.

It didn't lack detail,

but compared to detail,

it focused more on creating an overall atmosphere.

The release of this phone also garnered much praise from consumers.

"Good, good, good, let the competition heat up;

that way, we'll have more products to choose from."

"I can't afford a camera,

but can't I afford a phone?

Buying this phone for photography feels pretty good;

I feel like I can take so-called masterpieces now too."

"And this phone is really thin and light;

it's very comfortable in the hand.

I thought I'd never get to use a Huawei phone again,

but I didn't expect Huawei to make a triumphant return,

and with such an awesome phone right out of the gate.

I feel like even my casual snapshots have a lot of class now,

perfect for posting on WeChat Moments."

Xue Haixin looked at the newly released huawei p9 from Huayao

and also bought one to experience it.

After trying it, he was also full of amazement.

"As expected of Huayao,

to actually be able to carve out a completely different path for mobile photography!"

But this still couldn't shake Ideal's position;

after all, Samsung's imaging strength was also very powerful.

In terms of photography, the two were at most neck-and-neck,

and consumers had their own preferences between the two phones.

However, a trace of dread inexplicably grew in his heart.

Surely this kid wouldn't also learn from him to use differentiation

and the 'sea of models' tactic?

The newly released huawei p9 was clearly meant to compete with the recently released Ideal P1.

Could it be that he was going to release other phones to target his company's other products?

Or was this just a normal iteration,

where Bai Jingqing wanted to pick up the Huawei and Honor lines from the former Huayao Technology?