299: Chapter 299 Zhao Ming's First Move! Fire 699!

"Zhao Ming is back. He's about to do something big!"

"As everyone knows, Brother Ming is a cultured general."

"Big Mouth Yu is trying to build Honor into a second Huawei. It seems Transsion is really only responsible for the flagship market and selling chips?"

"By the way, isn't Honor tired of eating so much Transsion?"

The Digital Chat Station account wasn't idle either; as soon as the news of Xiao Ming taking office was officially announced, he posted a Weibo.

"President Zhao was actually transferred back a long time ago, and I've seen the plans for many products.

The product line covers everything from the Play series to flagships. The terminal market is going to be very lively from here on out.

I can only say that life is about to get even harder for a certain Mi."

"Damn, he really is playing for big stakes. This is going to be lively."

"I don't believe it. To keep prices down, Redmi's specs are like shit. Can this new series really be cheaper than Redmi?"

Digital Chat Station specifically replied: "It will definitely be cheaper, but the key is that the experience will be a crushing blow. That company is completely doomed now."

Previously, Digital Chat Station's replies were quite subtle and wouldn't attack competitors so directly, but this time there was a real change...

This also made many tech fans full of anticipation for the upcoming market changes!

"Could this Weibo post actually have been written by Brother Ming himself?"

Lan Yangyang Assistant: "To summarize simply, Brother Ming is back. He's not satisfied with Huawei's promotional efforts and has decided to handle it himself. [Dog Head]"

"War Song, do you have any news about Transsion?"

"Exactly! Although there are three models in the S series, there are still too few phones. They should bring out tablets, headphones, and everything else!"

Digital Chat Station: "I can't say much about other things, but I have actually caught wind of a tablet line. How does a 14nm Taishan 910 sound? [Thinking]"

"Really? I'm looking forward to it!"

"Is there a cheaper, affordable tablet?"

"Students will definitely support it, preferably one for a little over 1000."

Digital Chat Station didn't reply to this message, but he did 'like' it.

Lan Yangyang Assistant instantly had some guesses; it seems there will be plenty of surprises in the second half of the year.

Two days later, October 20th, Shenzhen.

The launch event for the Honor 3c Play Edition was held at Huawei's own training center.

The venue was very small compared to previous launch events, but for the Honor 3c Play Edition, having an offline launch event was already top-tier treatment.

The offline event only had about 200 tech enthusiasts from Guangzhou and Shenzhen.

But the online streaming platform saw 350,000 people flood in.

As the launch event began, that number increased to 1.2 million.

Zhao Ming stood on stage for the first time as the product manager of Honor. On stage, he looked much younger than Big Mouth Yu.

At this moment, many people in the live stream's chat were still unable to understand if this mild-mannered guy was really as outrageous as people said!

"Good afternoon, everyone. It's my first time hosting a launch event in the country, so I'm still a bit unaccustomed to it."

With that one sentence, a burst of enthusiastic applause erupted from the audience.

Tech enthusiasts are absolute insiders; they all knew that Zhao Ming was Big Mouth Yu's favorite subordinate, and they were all waiting to see how he would ignite his first fire.

"The Honor 3c Play Edition, as the first product I've spearheaded, is officially released today."

Zhao Ming didn't waste any words and went straight to the point. A good product doesn't need much introduction; it will prove its own value.

A white phone appeared on the big screen, featuring a 4.7-inch screen, a rounded body, no physical buttons on the front, and the Honor logo on the back.

"Our 3c Play Edition does indeed have a benchmark product, but it's not the competitor's product everyone is imagining; it's our own Play series."

On stage, Zhao Ming explained it with a smile, though almost no one in the audience believed this statement.

"This phone of ours uses a 4.7-inch LCD screen with a resolution of 1280 × 720."

For the number 720, the director specifically gave a close-up shot.

After all, for hundred-yuan phones, everyone else was still using screens with 460 resolution or even 320 resolution, yet in your hands, Zhao Ming, it was directly upgraded to 720p.

Setting aside quality, this resolution alone could instantly crush the entire competition.

"This size is just right for one-handed operation, and it's not tiring to watch videos."

Other configuration parameters appeared on the big screen, and the people in the audience widened their eyes once again.

Who is he trying to hit? Standard version with 256MB, 4GB/16GB storage. High-end version with 512MB RAM...

Does he need such good specs to beat Redmi?

"Because we are using EMUI developed based on Taishan System, it can run like it's flying even with 256MB."

Someone in the audience whispered. 256MB RAM; the new Redmi version also has 256MB, but Redmi sells for 749. How much will Honor sell for?

Zhao Ming seemed to hear the questions from the audience and smiled.

"As for the price, Brother Ming will definitely bring it to the right place for everyone. For price-performance ratio, looking at our Honor is enough."

The chat in the live stream went chaotic again. Huawei's price-performance ratio is indeed okay, but it hasn't reached the point where you don't need to look at other brands. Could it be that this time...

Before these people could finish typing their comments, Zhao Ming had already announced the final answer.

"The price for the standard version is 699, and the high-end version is 799. For the 16GB large version, add another 100 yuan on top of that."

The audience was in an uproar again. 699, 50 yuan cheaper than Redmi, but the overall specs were not even in the same league.

The most painful thing for Redmi users is that the memory is not enough. Even if the running memory is upgraded to 256MB, the storage is still pitifully small, and you must insert a memory card.

But Honor gave a one-step solution.

A comparison chart immediately appeared on the screen. On the left was Redmi, and on the right was the Honor 3c Play Edition.

The chips were both the cut-down version of the mtk6574, but Honor used the enhanced version with a clock speed 100MHz higher.

In terms of memory, Redmi only had 256MB, while Honor had 512MB.

The screen resolution was also a tier higher, the battery was an absolute crush, and the price didn't have an advantage either; Honor won in every category.

While this product crushed Redmi, it seemed to also crush its own big brother.

Although that processor was different from this one, the better price and better screen could also crush Huawei.

So someone in the audience shouted: "President Zhao, with such luxurious specs, who are you trying to crush!"

Zhao Ming smiled. He walked to the edge of the stage, looked at the audience, and paused intentionally.

"My goal is..."

The audience understood, and they shouted in unison: "Crush Huawei."