382: Chapter 382 Successful Rice Note

"AnTuTu benchmark score is 52,000 points."

The Mi Fans in the live stream were completely stunned; this chip was significantly higher than the 40,000-plus points of the Taishan 910. Although they knew it couldn't beat their latest chip, for now, this chip was the strongest core!

With the xiaomi note 3 using the Fire Dragon 800, it wouldn't lose to the Honor 7 in terms of performance, at least, unless Zhao Ming dared to use the unreleased Kirin 920 on the Honor 7.

But how could that be possible?

Consequently, the Mi Fans in the live stream started celebrating with champagne immediately!

"Now who dares to say our performance isn't good? This is Xiaomi's confidence. Now who dares to say Android is inferior to Taishan?"

"It's locked in as the strongest core of the year, the Note3; this wave is directly pinning the competitors to the ground and beating them."

"Damn, I'm hyped, this benchmark score completely stunned me. Going for the first launch!"

"Don't some competitors brag about their own chips every day? Why are they being beaten up by the Fire Dragon 800 now?"

"Didn't they say the Taishan 910 was the best in the world? How did it get insta-killed by our Fire Dragon 800?"

Immediately after, Lei Jun introduced the newly upgraded MIUI system, with smoothness rivaling Taishan OS, but with even better features and playability.

According to Lei Jun, the MIUI negative screen, portal, and xiao ai were all features that Taishan did not have.

"In our Xiaomi research, system smoothness and rich features are what users really want.

Some systems look safe, but in reality, they trap users in their iron cages; that's not a good product."

"Which competitor is Lei Jun talking about?"

"The person above is definitely talking about Apple. Could it be that unspeakable competitor? Be careful, their legal team might send you inside~"

Shortly after, a comparison video appeared on the big screen.

On the left was the xiaomi note 3, and on the right was a competitor's phone equipped with Taishan OS.

One was expected to be in the 2,000 price range, and the other was a flagship product in the 4,000 price range.

But in the continuous app opening test, the xiaomi note was significantly faster, which completely made the Mi Fans cheer.

Lei Jun brushed over the subsequent details about the battery, charging, plastic middle frame, and so on.

15W fast charging and a 3700mAh battery—this configuration wouldn't have any advantage over the competitors.

But the funniest part was that this time, the xiaomi note 3 actually adopted a design with a ceramic back cover and a plastic middle frame.

After all, this combination is like...

In short, the Mi Fans were a bit disappointed; this plastic middle frame was far from flagship quality.

But Lei Jun just changed his tone slightly, and their emotions were instantly brought back.

"The price..."

Lei Jun paused for a long time, pacing back and forth on the stage.

"Is this product appealing?"

The Mi Fans off-stage nodded continuously; it could be said that apart from a metal middle frame, faster charging speed, and a larger battery, there was nothing else to complain about with this phone.

The ceramic back cover was even more well-received!

"To be honest, this product is very appealing, but its BOM cost is also very high. We calculated it internally; the price of this phone needs to be at least 2,500 or more for us to recover the costs.

Note, this is just the production cost. To make a profit, we need to sell at least 1.5 million units, but I held a group meeting last night, and after more than three hours of my efforts...

I successfully persuaded the executives..."

The four characters "Persuading Executives" appeared on the big screen again, and then the question marks on the big screen began to change.

First, the last two digits started jumping to nine-nine...

At this moment, all the Mi Fans had an expectation in their hearts: could it be 1999?

Unfortunately, as the text jumped, it finally settled on 2199, but when this price appeared, the audience still erupted in uncontrollable excitement.

This price of 2199 could only buy a mid-range version of the digital series from competitors; to buy their high-end version would cost at least 2,500 to 3,000 yuan.

Although they had many choices across their various series, their product lines were too cluttered, always trying to get consumers to pay more for better products through some small tricks.

Meanwhile, Xiaomi was directly using limited funds to create better products.

For example, the ceramic back cover, the Fire Dragon 800... with these configurations, what could they use to fight back?

Just at this moment, Lei Jun gave them another shot of adrenaline:

"To thank all the Mi Fans for their support, the xiaomi note 3 will have a limited-time launch discount of 200 yuan."

He looked at the Mi Fans, watching the numbers on the big screen return to that familiar 1999, as if they had returned to that spring...

When Lei Jun released the 1999...

"xiaomi note 3, on sale today, in stock, no quantity limit."

After saying this, the music on site started playing again, and Lei Jun slowly got up and left. He didn't say anything sentimental, but all the Mi Fans were stunned by him.

Then, one by one, they silently took out their phones, afraid that if they were a second late, they wouldn't be able to grab one over the others...

...

Half an hour later, backstage at the press conference, Lin Bin was grinning like an idiot, laughing non-stop.

"Old Lei, your choice was correct. Although our profit this time is very slim, we have managed to make our voice heard.

150,000 units! To be precise, 152,000 units were sold at the first launch."

Lei Jun glanced at the real-time data on the screen; the numbers were still jumping, growing by a few units almost every second.

152,342 units—this was Xiaomi's best launch performance in China in the last two years.

It was just that he was now caught in a happy dilemma; the production capacity of the ceramic back cover was limited, and the first batch of stock was only 200,000 units, but 150,000 had already been sold on the first day...

"It's still not enough."

Although Lei Jun shook his head, the curve of his mouth betrayed him.

150,000 units at least proved that Xiaomi wasn't dead yet, and at least proved that the time he spent going into the alleys of Japan to find the ceramic master and tell the relevant stories wasn't in vain.

However, what he didn't know was that before long, this happiness would turn into his biggest trouble.

But before he could be happy for long, a department sent him some bad news.

"Lei Jun, Transsion has officially announced that the Taishan 920 chip will be released on September 18th."

He looked at the news, and the happiness in his heart instantly vanished.

After all, September 28th wasn't far away, less than a week left. At the same time, Lei Jun was also a bit relieved; fortunately, he chose to launch directly instead of pre-selling...

Otherwise...

...

September 20, 2013, Guangzhou.

This time, Transsion chose an outdoor venue for their press conference. Transsion very grandly built a temporary stage on an open lot, with a total of 12,000 seats.

To prevent any security incidents, the Transsion security company prepared several security plans.