130: Chapter 130 Lei Jun, who comes up with new tricks

Time quickly arrived at March 1st.

Kyoto, 798 Art Zone.

Half an hour before the launch, a long queue had already formed at the entrance. The crowd was diverse, but mostly composed of students.

Of course, there were also digital enthusiasts who had flown in from other places.

Someone in the crowd held up a sign that read: "Mr. Lei, I have waited a long time for this day."

Lei Jun saw this sign from backstage, his eyes slightly heating up. It wasn't because he was moved by the Mi Fans' sentiment, but because his plan had finally succeeded.

He recalled when he resigned from Kingsoft in 2007; some said he retired at the peak of his success, while others said he retreated while at the top.

Only he knew that he just wanted to change paths and walk down a brighter road.

After all, Kingsoft's ceiling was too low; it couldn't reach the height he envisioned. Three years later, he stood here with thousands of people waiting for him below the stage; his future achievements would definitely surpass Kingsoft.

Lin Bin walked over and patted his shoulder: "Nervous?"

Lei Jun retorted with a backhand, then smiled and said: "Nervous? How could that be?"

Lin Bin looked at his hands fidgeting subconsciously and his eyes drifting aimlessly, immediately realizing he was bluffing: "Old Lei, we've known each other for so many years; there's no need for that in front of me."

"I'm really not nervous, just a bit excited. This is our first-generation product, after all."

At 2:00 PM, the lights gradually dimmed.

Many college students had already started shouting excitedly. Amid their cheers, Lei Jun walked out from backstage.

A black T-shirt, dark blue jeans, and sneakers—his attire was exactly the same as what Steve Jobs wore when he launched the Apple phone in '07.

Someone in the audience recognized this meme and started cheering.

"Lei Jun! Lei Jun!"

"Steve Jobs created the Smartphone, and China's Lei Jun brought the price of phones down."

"It's not 'low price, low specs,' but 'high specs, low price.' Kicking the price of high-quality Smartphones back down to 1999, setting an example for other companies."

Lei Jun stood in the center of the stage, waiting for the noise to subside slightly before speaking.

"Good afternoon, friends."

A huge LOGO appeared on the big screen: Xiaomi.

The LOGO used a minimalist square outline, with horizontal and vertical lines, without a trace of unnecessary curvature. In the center was an artistically designed "Mi" character, with strokes of uniform thickness, perfectly centered and aligned with the outer frame.

The contrasting red background and white text made it stand out remarkably among a crowd of rounded brand logos.

"Today, we are launching a mobile phone—a phone that belongs to all our Mi Fans."

Saying this, he looked at the audience below, followed immediately by a huge roar of cheers.

"That's right, it belongs to everyone. A phone born for enthusiasts."

The first PPT page appeared on the big screen with only one line of text: "Xiaomi Phone 1."

Applause broke out below for the umpteenth time.

"Since we are all enthusiasts, we won't waste time on nonsense; let's look at the processor first."

A spec sheet for a chip appeared on the big screen.

"Qualcomm MSM8255, 1.25 GHz single-core A8 architecture."

Lei Jun flipped through the pages as he introduced it, with detailed parameter comparisons following.

MSM8255 vs MTK6575

The Qualcomm chip completely crushed the competition, with some parameters even leading by more than double. These figures made the audience go wild once again.

"Some people ask, why not use a 1G single-core? Because it's not fast enough."

He pointed to the comparison chart on the screen: "The performance of this chip is 40% higher than the MTK6575. It runs games faster, apps are faster, and browsing Weibo is just as fast."

He paused and looked affectionately at the Mi Fans below: "Speed is the number one requirement for enthusiasts."

Someone in the audience started cheering: "Mr. Lei is right, we support you!"

"MIUI is truly like that. It's the best custom Android system I've ever experienced, ten thousand times better than the stock version."

Lei Jun on stage suddenly stopped walking and looked at the big screen behind him:

"So, how strong is the actual performance of this mobile processor, the first in the world to break the 1G barrier?

It is absolutely number one in the world. Some people might disagree when I say this, so let's put it to the test.

Let's run a benchmark test right here and see the final result, shall we?"

Wearing his T-shirt, Lei Jun pointed at the big screen, speaking with high spirits.

Super Rabbit started up on the big screen, and a few minutes later, the result appeared: a benchmark score as high as 2886.

Appearing alongside it was the benchmark score of the honor play 1, which was 1726.

"Are you all satisfied with this result?" Lei Jun said, pointing at the score.

"Satisfied!" the audience below said, their eyes gleaming.

"As long as you are satisfied. When we were tuning this chip, we encountered many difficulties, and even wanted to give up.

But whenever I thought of the expectant eyes of the Mi Fans, we gained infinite motivation. In the end, we tuned this god-tier CPU.

Its performance is 60% higher than the previous generation Qualcomm QSD8250, and 40% stronger than MediaTek's latest upgraded MTK6575.

In terms of mobile processors, Qualcomm is the strongest, followed by Texas Instruments.

As for the MediaTek used by a certain so-called cost-effective manufacturer, I don't know how to comment, but I know it's just a processor used for knock-off phones and low-end entry-level phones.

A true flagship phone should use Qualcomm, not use a cheap MediaTek chip to make up the numbers."

Opening fire directly on stage made many student fans in the audience widen their eyes, filled with admiration. Indeed, if you disagree, just fight.

Mr. Lei is so tough.

But this is true; the parameters of the MTK6573 are trash. The MTK675 strengthened by China Star is slightly better.

Still, it can't compare with Qualcomm.

Lei Jun smiled. What was the use of Honor stealing his plan? He had ten thousand ways to stir up the fans' emotions.

Imitators will only become stumbling blocks, eventually to be stepped on under his feet.

As for opening fire, they had already stolen his plan, so why save face?

If you disagree, just fight!

As for MediaTek refusing to lower prices, if he offended them, so be it.

He switched the screen again. On the left was a five-inch screen from a certain rival manufacturer, and on the right was the 4.7-inch FWVGA screen of the Xiaomi.

"Some say the bigger the screen, the better, so watching videos is more enjoyable.

But I want to ask, when you watch videos, do you hope for better image quality, or a larger size?"

"Image quality!"

"Both image quality and size!" some college students shouted excitedly.

Lei Jun nodded: "Having both is the hardest, but also the best choice.

Typical manufacturers won't do it. We know what everyone needs, so we did it. 4.7 inches is physically just a tiny bit smaller than the rival's, but our screen resolution has reached 720; compared to the rival's 460 HD screen, it is more expensive and better.

Our ultra-clear screen has almost double the effective pixels, so when everyone watches videos, the graininess is significantly reduced, and the overall viewing experience will be much more comfortable."

He paused slightly, his tone carrying more teasing.

"And, this is a true-color screen.

You might not understand this technical term, so let me explain: it means the colors you see in a photo are the same as what I see."

A burst of applause rang out below again.