9: Chapter 9 The Two Major Obstacles of Mobile Phones!

Fanmi Technology.

The top floor of the five-story office building had now become the hardware R&D center for Fanmi.

It had the widest view. Lei Jun had naturally arranged for the research department to be in this comfortable environment. Although this research department only had a few people, Lei Jun would quietly come here to listen in whenever he had the time.

Because just by standing here, he had countless daydreams about the future.

"Engineer Zhou, the LIFS lithium salt electrolyte has been successfully synthesized. Preliminary experimental data shows that the ion migration rate has increased to the expected value, and we can proceed to the next item..." Zhou Guangming's tone was filled with excitement.

"The circuit module for the synchronous rectification technology has also passed testing. Charging efficiency has increased from 75% to over 90%, and energy consumption control is also good..." Zhou Fan looked at the data displayed on the screen, his face showing no particular surprise.

After all, entry-level Fast Charging Technology was simply too easy, not to mention that he had seen the rare earth ratios for Fast Charging Technology in his previous life, so all research progress was quite fast.

"Then, adding the previously verified high-rate battery cells and other already verified technologies, we can begin preliminary sample production and conduct durability testing simultaneously..."

"We can make samples. Let's enter the testing phase as soon as possible. A good mobile phone still depends on overall compatibility!" Zhou Fan nodded in agreement; naturally, the faster Fanmi developed, the better.

Zhou Guangming nodded vigorously. A month was neither long nor short. However, if applied to a research achievement, the current total project progress had reached 80%. The rest was compatibility testing for various technologies, which was an astonishing amount of time.

Although he had been extremely busy during this time, staying up late or working through the night was common, but in Zhou Guangming's view, it was all worth it.

Motorola was on the decline, and there were internal struggles within the group, including problems in technology R&D strategy. Many times, he felt helpless about it.

Technology is endless. If you want to innovate, any loss will affect the progress of a large project. In his view, the reason for Motorola's decline and signs of weakness had a lot to do with its increasingly bloated system architecture.

During this month here, he felt the passion of his youth once again. Also during this month, he witnessed just how monstrous the young man was.

Others might not be clear about all the technology verification, but he knew it better than anyone. Basically, everything passed on the first try. This meant that this technology, which had just appeared and had not yet been put on the market, already possessed considerable maturity.

"When will President Lei be here?" Zhou Fan looked down at the time, then glanced outside the laboratory, not seeing Lei Jun's familiar figure.

"He should be here soon. Regarding competing products, he has been paying close attention to the new mobile phones released by Samsung recently..." Although Zhou Guangming was in the laboratory, he always kept up with the forefront of the industry.

Some time ago, Samsung's latest smartphone promotion had already begun, announcing the latest battery technology, which expanded battery capacity to 2500 mAh, causing quite a stir.

Apple also had new models on the market, with the main selling point also being the improvement of mobile phone battery life. It was like a tacit understanding, driving the progress of the market.

New products from major mobile phone manufacturers were about to be launched one after another, and everyone was secretly competing.

In the high-end market, Apple and Samsung undoubtedly led the way. It was actually difficult for other mobile phone manufacturers to bypass these two companies.

They were like two mountains, firmly guarding the road up the mountain.

But now, with the R&D of Fast Charging Technology nearing its end, whether facing Samsung or Apple, Zhou Guangming was confident that he could carve out a bloody path between them...

He could even imagine that when this news was announced, the entire smartphone industry would experience a shock because they, Fanmi, had redefined the standard for charging.

"Samsung..." Zhou Fan muttered. He couldn't remember which model Samsung was about to release.

But it would be a lie to say he had no impression of Samsung, this enterprise that was said to be unavoidable for Xiaohan from birth to death.

As Zhou Fan pondered, the door to the laboratory was suddenly pushed open, and two figures walked in while talking.

"We must find a way for this Sharp conference. We must solve the issue of the touch screen... We have to prepare for the worst. If Samsung doesn't supply us, we can only consider Sharp if we want to guarantee quality, but as for the price..."

After entering the laboratory, Lei Jun and Li Guoqiang gradually stopped talking, their eyes falling on Zhou Fan and Zhou Guangming.

"You two, how is the progress on Fast Charging Technology?" Lei Jun asked as soon as he walked in, his tone filled with anticipation.

"It's almost done, just the final stability testing left! Our idea is to assemble prototypes and conduct both tests simultaneously." Zhou Fan smiled slightly. As soon as he finished speaking, he saw uncontrollable excitement on Lei Jun's face.

"About how much longer will it take!"

Lei Jun hesitated for a moment and couldn't help but ask.

"About a week..."

"A week?"

Lei Jun frowned slightly and couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"Did something happen?" Even if Zhou Guangming was slow to understand worldly affairs, he sensed that Lei Jun had something on his mind.

"There's a problem with the screen supply!" Lei Jun didn't hide anything and spoke directly. He paused slightly and then said again:

"In five days, there is a Sharp conference in Hangzhou City. All the top domestic and foreign mobile phone manufacturers and hardware Sharps will attend. Famous brands like Samsung... Apple... Likely a semiconductor company name... Sharp, and Sony will all be there..."

"Our supply chain is not yet perfect. Especially on Samsung's side, because we are just starting out and are also competitors, plus there are production capacity issues, they refuse to supply us with display screens. We must find an opportunity in this... But... the entry ticket is very hard to get!"

"You can't get one either?" Zhou Guangming was a little surprised. Lei Jun was a person of standing in the Beijing circle; this Sharp conference... he couldn't even get an entry ticket?

"Getting a ticket shouldn't be a problem! The key is whether we can handle those big Sharps. If Fast Charging Technology can complete testing before the Sharp conference, we will have an extra bargaining chip..." Lei Jun hesitated for a moment, his eyes falling on Zhou Fan.

After hearing this, the latter shook his head and pointed out a rather cruel fact.

"The concept of Fast Charging Technology has not yet been popularized. Because of the domestic hardware ecosystem, it's not that simple to truly implement it. Currently, many technologies actually require hardware support to be realized. So, if we want to get the mobile phone on the market as soon as possible, we need to find manufacturers willing to cooperate with us, especially for the motherboard..." Zhou Fan suddenly spoke, his gaze at Lei Jun making his meaning very clear.

It is easy to develop a technology, but it is not so easy to truly change the ecology of an industry.

"It doesn't necessarily have to be a big manufacturer, but they must be willing to cooperate with us." Zhou Fan added seriously.

"Understood!" Lei Jun knew that Zhou Fan had many more technologies up his sleeve, but these technologies did not have a hardware ecosystem to support them.

"I'll go solve the ticket issue first and look for opportunities at the Sharp conference!!"

Lei Jun was very decisive, knowing that the task of this Sharp conference was not light.