14: Chapter 14 Snapdragon 820

Listening to the determination and drive in Pang Xietang's voice,

Xue Haixin also offered a few words of encouragement: "You're doing very well."

"I see you have a lot of boldness,"

"to be able to seize this opportunity,"

"and soar to the heights!"

"I believe that among the mobile phone manufacturers in Dragon Country in the future,"

"there will definitely be a place for you!"

"Work hard, and don't worry."

"Li Xiang Technology is standing right behind you!"

"No matter what happens,"

"Li Xiang Technology will be there to back you up."

Hearing Xue Haixin's recognition, encouragement, and guarantee,

Pang Xietang felt even more smug,

feeling as if he had already become one of the elite.

Being able to gain the favor of Li Xiang Technology,

he truly felt very self-satisfied and content.

...

Bai Jingqing browsed through the System Mall aimlessly.

He now had over 170,000 points.

Although he couldn't unlock those high-end models from later generations yet,

he wanted to see if there was anything else he could unlock

that he could start selling first,

which should bring in more profit points.

As his gaze swept across the mall interface,

he discovered another good item.

It wasn't a complete phone,

but just a processor.

The snapdragon 820.

Compared to the previous snapdragon 801,

this processor was quite a bit stronger.

If he unlocked the processor alone,

he wondered if it could be assembled into a new phone.

He did want to create a new phone,

but looking at it now,

even the successor to the xiaomi 4, the xiaomi 5,

which was equipped with this snapdragon 820,

actually required 900,000 profit points to unlock!

And currently, he only had 170,000.

If he waited until he saved up 900,000 profit points,

it seemed like he would have to wait a few more days.

But this snapdragon 820 processor,

sold separately, only cost 100,000 profit points.

Should he wait until he could earn 900,000 profit points to unlock the entire xiaomi 5,

or unlock this snapdragon 820 processor now?

Waiting to save 900,000 profit points to unlock the xiaomi 5

seemed like a steady path,

but it wasn't actually that safe.

No one knew what would happen in the next few days;

perhaps some turn of events would change his fate again.

Maybe the bank would seize his phone shop as collateral,

maybe business would be bleak for the next few days,

making the 900,000 profit point goal seem distant,

or maybe Li Xiang Technology would discover the existence of the xiaomi 4 and slash their prices drastically,

dropping them to 1999.

At that time, consumers would definitely choose a major brand like Ideal;

after all, a big brand offers more security.

If he unlocked the snapdragon 820 directly now,

he could gain an advantage by being one chip generation ahead of Li Xiang Phone,

and at least the possibility of being driven out of business by Ideal would be smaller.

His only concern now was that

a standalone snapdragon 820 processor certainly couldn't be used on its own.

If he installed this processor into another phone,

like the xiaomi 4,

he didn't know if it would be compatible

or if the xiaomi 4 would even work after installation.

It was very likely that after changing the processor,

the xiaomi 4 wouldn't even turn on.

However, the original owner's knowledge and experience in phone repair told him that the probability of this happening wasn't high.

Processors at this time didn't have that much encryption yet;

as long as the pin points were aligned, it should work.

After thinking for a long time,

Bai Jingqing finally decided to take a gamble.

He didn't know how long it would take to save 900,000.

He had earned 170,000 profit points on the first day,

and that was only thanks to the help and influence of two college students.

Earnings might be lower in the following days,

and the wait for 900,000 profit points would be even longer.

But if he swapped in this snapdragon 820 processor now,

he would have another higher-tier phone available.

Selling multiple models together

should make earning profit points a bit faster.

Even if it didn't work,

he could keep the processor for the time being;

it would still be useful when he could unlock the xiaomi 5.

So, he decisively spent 100,000 profit points to exchange for the snapdragon 820 processor.

With the memories of the original owner,

he did know a bit about how to repair phones.

Since there were no customers at the moment,

he simply pulled up a stool and sat down.

Leaning over the counter,

he took out various professional tools,

disassembled a xiaomi 4,

located the CPU section,

and carefully soldered the snapdragon 820 processor onto it.

After soldering it on,

he put all the parts back together

and then tried to turn it on.

To his surprise, it actually booted up successfully!

This was because in the early years, there were all sorts of diverse processors blooming like a hundred flowers.

In order to seize more market sales,

manufacturers at that time hadn't implemented various hardware and software locks on their processors.

At this point, as long as the processors were from the same manufacturer,

they were basically compatible.

Once it successfully booted,

Bai Jingqing played around with it briefly

and found that it indeed seemed much smoother than before.

The snapdragon 820 processor was indeed much stronger than the 801.

He also downloaded the game heroic battle records,

registered an account, and played a match,

finding that it ran at full frame rate without any pressure!

After all, even the previous xiaomi 4 could manage it,

so the same processor as the xiaomi 5 naturally wouldn't struggle.

But he soon noticed something wasn't quite right.

This processor only cost 100,000 points,

which meant its cost price from the system was only 10 yuan,

while the complete xiaomi 5 required 900,000 points,

with a cost price of 90 yuan.

Even if he added up all the other components like the camera, battery, motherboard, frame, screen, and so on,

the total price shouldn't reach 90, right?

"System, what's going on?"

He couldn't help but ask aloud.

The mechanical voice in his head quickly provided an answer: "This is quite normal."

"First of all, the snapdragon 820 processor can be considered the trash of the trash."

"If it's not installed in a complete phone,"

"its value is naturally much lower."

"Currently, there are almost no phones that can support this snapdragon 820 processor,"

"so it's inevitable that the profit points required to unlock it are low."

"On the other hand,"

"the system directly assembles these parts into a new machine;"

"shouldn't there be a fee for assembly?"

"In that case, the cost for the complete unit is naturally higher than the sum of all its parts."

"It's very reasonable, isn't it?"

Bai Jingqing was a bit speechless,

but it was true.

He didn't know what point in time the system was from,

but it was probably around the same time as when he transmigrated.

At that time, if you looked at the snapdragon 820 processor alone,

it was definitely trash among trash;

of course, its price wouldn't be very high.

If there were no such vintage phones that could use this processor,

then the processor would be completely worthless.

Plus, the system indeed helped him assemble these parts into a finished phone,

and it didn't even take any time;

it could be assembled in an instant.

This could be called the fastest factory in the world, right?

Charging an assembly fee was indeed very reasonable!

However, this did give Bai Jingqing a reminder.

In the future, he could try to buy various individual parts

and then set up a factory to assemble them himself.

It might be much more cost-effective than having the system assemble them into finished machines for him.