427: Chapter 427 Glory: Skill Makes You Crazy

Everyone argued for a while longer, but after Lin Bin suddenly brought up the topic of carriers, everyone's attention shifted to carrier subsidies.

After all, Xiaomi was, at the very least, Beijing's only seedling, so local subsidies were still available.

"Why don't we also launch a few 4G mid-range models? Whether it's carrier procurement or cooperative promotion, either works! Carrier procurement is where the big profits are!"

"Last year, those mid-range models of ours sold quite well. Even though they didn't have sales volume on e-commerce platforms, carriers actually sold millions of units.

The profit from one unit is equivalent to three xiaomi note 3s. Should we start a project for a few models? Using the 4G phone gimmick?"

Lei Jun frowned. Those phones really didn't fit his persona, but he couldn't refuse those profits... So they had always done it very covertly; there was never any promotion online, but offline, they were shipping like crazy.

It could be said that most of the profits from last year were brought in by these phones.

Lin Bin noticed his thoughts: "Old Lei, everyone does this offline. You don't need to have a psychological burden.

After all, we are also saving the users. If we don't use the Snapdragon 6 series to put out these products, then users would have to spend more money to buy even trashier products.

We don't need to have too much conscience; we just need to have a little more than the other competitors."

The others also frantically chimed in, starting to complain about the various behaviors of their competitors.

For example, Transsion's 2-series processors, and the castrated configurations of the Transsion S series—even though those products weren't sold domestically, the fact that Transsion did it proved they had no conscience.

Xiaomi had a little more than them!

The meeting discussed for a long time, and finally found a relatively bright path for Xiaomi.

But after everyone left, Lei Jun put the xiaomi note 3 on the table to the side.

He flipped the phone over, face down on the table, and picked up his personal phone.

An iphone 5s. The Touch ID was indeed nice to use, though of course, it couldn't compare to his other phone, the S5 Pro. For daily use, he still preferred Apple a bit more.

After all, buying Transsion was just to learn paid advanced technology; he hadn't forgotten his roots.

He hadn't forgotten how Transsion had targeted him...

But just at 10 PM, the official Honor Weibo account posted a poster. Against a deep blue background, a golden light cut diagonally from the top left corner. At the end of the light was a faintly visible number "8".

The caption was also full of confidence: "In the 4G era, who will rise to the top? See you in January?"

Although mentioning "two dads" in reality might lead to being spurned or even cursed by everyone, Honor really did have two "dads," and every "dad" was a technological powerhouse.

"Honor 8 is coming. Looking at this confidence, they really don't put other competitors in their eyes?"

"Zhao Ming isn't pretending this time; he's directly challenging the entire industry. It seems the two old men both gave him good things."

"Xiaomi: Stop scolding, stop scolding, I'm already dead!"

"Let's guess the processor. Kirin 920 and Taishan 920 are definitely included. As for the price... it should kill off all competitors."

"Big brother above, don't be so anxious... This configuration hasn't reached that day yet."

Lei Jun didn't scroll through this Weibo post, nor did he make any comments. Without the help of any external forces, they no longer had the qualifications to challenge Honor.

Although the internet was still fighting, in reality, he was very clear about the situation.

After all, Honor's confidence was something he didn't have. After all, with two dads, they just needed to give a few chips, and once the 4G license was issued, they could use it. Unlike them, who still had to wait for Qualcomm's nod.

At 11 PM, Lei Jun picked up his phone and sent a message to Lin Bin: "Set up an appointment with the Qualcomm people tomorrow. Tell them that if the price of the Snapdragon 801 cannot be negotiated down, Xiaomi will consider switching entirely to MediaTek."

After sending the message, he sent another one: "Even if MediaTek's performance is a little worse, as long as Transsion strengthens it, it will still be stronger than Qualcomm's performance."

He put down his phone and let out a long sigh. Driving away the wolf to swallow the tiger—but did Xiaomi really have this kind of strength?

... December 31st!

The promotional poster for the Honor 8 had been out for a few days, and the heat online not only didn't subside but instead burned even brighter.

Digital Chat Station started a new round of leaks, but this time the information was so detailed it didn't seem like casual chatting; it was as if an insider had deliberately released it.

After all, everyone knew by now that Digital Chat Station... was purely an internal account!

However, the parameters of the Honor 8 standard version were indeed luxurious: the standard version didn't use a full screen; it was a six-inch regular screen, but it featured a decentralized under-display fingerprint sensor, and the resolution was a 1080p screen based on Z2 material.

In terms of the core processor, it was equipped with the Taishan 920s processor (six-core). Although the performance was castrated, it was still quite good at the 2000 price point.

The Honor 8Pro featured a full screen, and the core processor was changed to the Kirin 920, and it also supported 33W fast charging.

"Holy crap, Honor is decentralizing a bit too much this time. How long have these two processors been released? In the past, it would take at least half a year to get them... Now..."

"Don't be so surprised, the new year is almost here. What's so rare about last year's processor? Doge head jpg."

"Full screen, under-display fingerprint, all decentralized. Isn't this right? When did Honor get to eat so well?"

"Zhao Ming: There's always been a legend in the phone circle: as long as you have enough dads, you are strong enough."

"Forget it, go wash up and sleep tonight, then consider it carefully. If it doesn't work, let's really go sell Xiaomi!"

"If this is 2499 to start, Lei Jun can really go open his grocery store."

At the same time, Zhao Ming's personal Weibo was also continuously outputting content. He posted a video where he was wearing an Honor brand T-shirt, sitting next to the stage at the Shenzhen Spring Cocoon Stadium, holding an Honor 8Pro in his hand.

The figures moving in the background seemed to show that Honor was making preparations for the launch event...

The tone in the video was not at all the gentleness Zhao Ming usually displayed during interviews, but rather a passion to kill off all his competitors.

"Someone asked online if the Honor 8's configuration is real or fake? I can tell everyone very responsibly... I don't know either, because the launch event hasn't happened yet. Speaking of which, I haven't even touched the technical data. As for the data from Digital Chat Station, just treat it as a joke; everything awaits the launch event."

I can tell everyone that this time, the Honor 8 has really decentralized a lot of advanced technology; it's really fragrant. Our internal planned initial shipment volume is 20 million."

At the end of the video, he smiled at the camera and then gave a thumbs up: "In the 4G era, some manufacturers are still clearing out 3G stock. Honor's entire series is in stock. January 5th, see you there!"