442: Chapter 442 Continues to criticize competitors

"This is a brand-new protocol we've built together with China Unicom, which can significantly boost mobile internet speeds.

Based on our current testing, this version can achieve download speeds of 7 to 8MB per second."

"But beyond that, we've also reserved a brand-new proprietary protocol for our own devices. When paired with a 4G baseband, speeds can increase by another 30%, reaching download speeds of around 10MB per second.

That's almost on par with the 4G network speeds tested in Q3. Are you all satisfied?"

Although the audience below didn't quite understand how this technology was achieved, it didn't stop them from thinking it was awesome!

"Damn, they really are the masters of telecommunications. This technology... when will it be open-sourced?"

"Hasn't it already been open-sourced? This must be a Pro version; it looks a bit more impressive."

Meanwhile, a comparison test video appeared on the big screen, and Honor was leading by quite a significant margin.

But the fastest speed was still achieved by that Honor 8 using the 4G network.

"In the 4G era, signal strength is the hard truth."

The audience below was also very surprised and kept shouting, "Honor is awesome!"

After all, it was truly conscientious. In an era where 4G was becoming widespread, Honor, which could have been ruthlessly exploiting its customers, not only didn't abandon customers in remote areas but also brought them a brand-new solution!

This kind of action is something not every manufacturer can accomplish!

This is exactly the kind of responsibility a high-end phone should have!

Just as some comments in the live stream were trying to turn this technology into a public version for China Unicom, Zhao Ming directly shifted the topic to the chip section!

The six large characters "Taishan 920s" appeared directly on the big screen. Although the name Taishan 920 had been rumored before, since it had an 's', it must have been either cut down or upgraded, but they weren't sure what exactly it was!

"Taishan 920s, what kind of processor is this?"

"Is this not a smokescreen? My 5,000-yuan phone, and you're directly releasing this to the 3,000-yuan tier? What a total ripoff!"

"You're not the only one upstairs..."

But just as they were feeling sad, Zhao Ming on stage laughed.

"As a 14nm chip, it was originally intended for high-end flagships—yes, high-end flagships—but today we've brought it down to the Honor 8. So, does everyone want to know what kind of performance this new processor will achieve?"

Many in the audience were nodding frantically; after all, they were also looking forward to the performance of this chip...

So, without introducing anything else, the AnTuTu benchmark interface appeared directly on the big screen!

Meanwhile, on the other side of the ocean, Qualcomm engineers were also paying attention to this launch event.

After all, the Taishan 9 series and Kirin 9 series were all dropping in price, which was forcing their customers to choose the Taishan 7 series. This was not good news for Qualcomm.

But given the foundation of the public architecture, they really... tried their best.

After about 2 minutes, the AnTuTu benchmark result appeared on the big screen: 68,000 points!

"So it was a cut-down version. Sorry, Brother Ming, I blamed you wrongly."

"Wasn't it exposed by someone who bought it before? It's a cut-down version. You have to trust Huawei's skills with the knife."

Lei Jun from Dami Company also breathed a sigh of relief. A good cut indeed; now the Dami 6 should be able to hold its ground.

But his complacency didn't last long; Zhao Ming on stage indicated that he was about to stir up some trouble.

"Our Taishan 920, this score, is nearly 40% higher than the mainstream public-version Snapdragon 801 in the Android camp. This chip was custom-made by Transsion specifically for Honor.

The six-core architecture retains the single-core performance of the big cores, while removing two small cores that have relatively higher power consumption.

The smoothness in daily use is not inferior to the full-blooded version of the transsion s5, yet the power consumption is 30% lower."

After speaking, Zhao Ming on stage proudly held up that chip again, putting on an expression that said, "Brother Ming doesn't lie!"

After all, this chip was genuinely very strong.

"I know some people will say, 'Your score looks pretty good, but it will definitely fail in gaming. After all, how can a six-core beat an eight-core? When the Snapdragon 810 comes out, it will definitely make us feel what it means to be cruel.'"

Under the director's close-up shot, Zhao Ming again put on a look that said "I see right through you," but there was no sound to his expression, just more smugness.

"But Brother Ming is going to put it out there today: it's not that more cores are necessarily better; you have to look at what kind of cores they are."

"Our competitor's current strongest chip, the Snapdragon 801, claims to be a quad-core flagship.

In reality, it's just two big cores dragging along two useless ones; the small cores overheat as soon as they are fully loaded, and the performance is cut in half due to throttling.

As for some peers' eight-core processors, they are even more of a joke; 8 cores put together generate enough heat to fry an egg, and the performance isn't even as good as our cut-down chip."

He pointed his hand, and a comparison chart appeared on the big screen. On the left was the temperature curve of the Taishan 920s, which was stable throughout, while on the right was a certain competitor's Note series...

As for the curve, it shot straight up to 50 degrees!

Most importantly, this test wasn't some small game, but honor of kings, and the test environment was at high-definition 60 frames, so there was naturally some pressure.

"I believe many users who have used our competitor's Note 3 should have deep personal experience with this; play a game for just 10 minutes, and the phone gets hot enough to serve as a hand warmer.

But since it's winter now, it saves on heating bills!"

Watching Zhao Ming like this, the audience below immediately gave their applause.

After all, this kind of Zhao Ming was the "Zhao the Roaster" they were familiar with; this was how it should be, right?

"Too hasty. I just left, and my friend tagged me back; the first half was too boring."

"I want to know when the competitor will send him a cease-and-desist letter?"

"To the person above, that would first have to get past Huawei's legal department, and then there's Transsion's legal department behind that."

"There's just no way around it; who told them to have two dads! Of course, they can do whatever they want."

"Of course, at the launch event, we're also leaving some face for our competitors! But if the product isn't good, bragging about those gimmicks is useless. If they deserve to be crushed by us, they will be crushed."

After saying this, Zhao Ming stretched out his hand again to gesture a small gap, and then that gap was quickly widened by him!

Meanwhile, in Beijing, Lei Jun slammed the table!

"Damn it!"

Immediately after, veins popped on his face. This guy... no, he couldn't let them be this arrogant, otherwise Honor's golden reputation would only get stronger and stronger, and then would there even be any room left for Xiaomi?

"Old Lei, wake up, don't fall for their trap!

He said that sentence specifically for you, deliberately to provoke you. We just received so much investment, and now the entire industry is looking forward to our changes. They are panicked, which is why they are starting to use unscrupulous means at the launch event.

You must not fall for their trap!"

After hearing this, Lei Jun slowly nodded; this must be their conspiracy.

If he really couldn't help but start cursing on Weibo, that would just play right into their hands!

As long as he could keep his cool and retaliate with the product later, Xiaomi would win!