Chapter 1549 New Phone

Arriving at Outu Technologies, Pei Qian subconsciously looked around for Chang You and Jiang Yuan.

But he didn't see them.

Pei Qian was a little puzzled. Hadn't he replied that he was coming? Why weren't the two people in charge there?

Instead of seeing Chang You and Jiang Yuan, a middle-aged man with a slightly balding head and a slightly chubby figure greeted him: "President Pei, you're here! The materials are all in the conference room. I've prepared everything. Please come this way."

Pei Qian looked at him, tried hard to recall, and then asked uncertainly, "Old Song?"

Old Song's face blossomed with a smile: "Oh, President Pei has a good memory, you still remember me?"

Pei Qian breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed he hadn't misremembered. He said with a smile, "Of course, I've seen the list of acting heads of all departments, how could I mistake you?"

He then remembered that Chang You and Jiang Yuan were both in charge, so of course they had gone to the grassroots level to experience things!

As for Outu Technologies, it had also changed its acting head.

This Old Song was a senior product manager from the Shenhua Group's mobile phone department. He was responsible for the development of the Doubt VR glasses for Chixing Studio.

He was a very capable and insightful product manager.

Obviously, Chang You was completely worried about Outu Technologies, so he found someone he thought was the most stable and reliable to be the acting head.

Pei Qian didn't say anything more and followed Old Song to the conference room.

"President Pei, I haven't been the acting head for long and I'm not very familiar with the business. If there are any problems, please criticize and correct me in time."

"These two documents are the project proposal for Outu Technologies' new mobile phone project and the new smart product project, respectively."

"Actually, the smart product projects are relatively conventional projects, and I shouldn't bother you, but there is a bit of a special situation with the mobile phone project, so I need to ask for your instructions."

Old Song said as he handed Pei Qian the two documents.

Pei Qian took the two documents and leaned back on the sofa to quickly browse through them.

Since Old Song said there was a special situation with the mobile phone, he would look at the mobile phone first.

So far, Outu Technologies' two flagship phones have been very popular and can be considered a great success.

Outu Technologies didn't engage in the machine sea tactic like some other mobile phone manufacturers. It basically only released one mobile phone a year, and when it was released, it was definitely the flagship among flagships. Even if it was last year's flagship, the configuration would basically not be outdated this year.

Of course, the disadvantage was that it was expensive.

There were currently two mobile phones, the e1 and the g1. The former was more expensive and the latter focused on gaming, both of which had a good response.

Logically speaking, before the new flagship phone was developed, Pei Qian had to offer some opinions and try his best to make the phone unprofitable. But Pei Qian didn't ask this year because his superficial understanding of mobile phones had been almost completely depleted by the previous two mobile phones. It was difficult for him to think of new and appropriate ways to lose money.

The overall homogenization of current mobile phones was becoming stronger and stronger, which was inevitable because the market was in this direction.

It was nothing more than higher screen ratios, stronger imaging systems, continuous improvement of chip performance, and further optimization of the system, etc.

Therefore, according to the original plan, Outu Technologies would continue the e-series and g-series product lines, and launch the e2 and g2 phones, which were small modifications. On the basis of continuing the previous characteristics, the hardware configuration would be improved to meet current consumer demand.

The new product line had not yet been finalized. Originally, they wanted to make a small-screen, thin and light mobile phone for women, but Jiang Yuan also knew very well that President Pei always wanted something different. Although small-screen, thin and light mobile phones were a niche category, it was difficult to achieve the "different" effect that President Pei wanted.

Therefore, the new product line was still in the planning stage and continued until Old Song came.

And now, the situation had obviously changed.

Pei Qian opened the mobile phone design plan and immediately frowned.

"Outu X1?"

"Foldable screen!"

Pei Qian was a little surprised.

Because in his impression, the flexible screen technology used in foldable screen phones would not be mature until a few years later. How could it be available now?

But on second thought, the hardware technology in this world was indeed much more advanced. The era of full-screen mobile phones had arrived several years in advance, so it was reasonable for foldable screen technology to also be a few years earlier.

Since it was a newly emerging technology, it certainly couldn't be said to be very perfect and there must be various problems.

And it would be very expensive.

From a pessimistic point of view, this was indeed an opportunity, but from an optimistic point of view, this was a great opportunity to lose money!

If it was a foldable screen that was thick, clumsy, and had large gaps, it probably wouldn't make much money.

Although Outu Technologies also had some technical accumulation, it should still have a big gap with those traditional big mobile phone manufacturers in the field of mobile phones. It should not have any obvious advantages in this regard.

Pei Qian comforted himself as he opened the design drawing of this X1 mobile phone.

Then he was stunned.

This was clearly a very mature design!

It adopted a relatively stable inward folding design. The front size after folding was similar to that of ordinary mobile phones, with a common single punch-hole and a high screen ratio. It closed almost seamlessly after folding, very naturally. The overall structure was a wedge shape from left to right, thick on the right and thin on the left. After unfolding, it would be comfortable to hold in the right hand. When folded, the two sides were the same width, trying to compensate for the heavy shortcomings of the foldable screen as much as possible.

This design gave Pei Qian a familiar feeling.

He knew very well that this was probably the most perfect form of a foldable screen under the current technical level!

This design didn't seem complicated, and could even be said to be unremarkable, but such precise digital products as mobile phones originally relied on details to win.

Pei Qian felt that this design was definitely not something that Outu Technologies could currently produce.

He flipped back and, sure enough, this was the latest achievement of the Shenhua mobile phone department. Especially the hinge structure, which was developed with huge investment and was unique.

However, the Shenhua mobile phone department was willing to share this patent with Outu Technologies.

Whether it was called decentralization or cooperation, it was authorized for use. Of course, Outu Technologies would definitely have to show something, but no matter what, the fact that this kind of thing was willing to be sold was already a sign of great sincerity. It was originally something that money couldn't buy.

Pei Qian put down the documents and looked at Old Song with a complex expression.

The traitor was practically highlighted. Pei Qian could see it even if he was blind.

Old Song quickly waved his hand: "President Pei, please don't misunderstand, this is not my credit alone!"

"The main reason is that Tenda Group and Shenhua Group have always had a close relationship. President Pei, you have helped a lot in Chixing Studio and many other things, so President Lin Yu considered continuing to carry out in-depth cooperation with Tenda."

"The business positioning of Outu Technologies' mobile phone department and Shenhua Mobile's is actually staggered. They don't constitute direct competition with each other, but rather have a certain complementary effect, so they plan to continue to carry out in-depth cooperation in this area."

"I just happened to be here. Since I am the acting head of Outu Technologies, I must act as a bridge..."

Pei Qian said "hehe" in his heart.

Another difficulty added to my losing money!

Shenhua's foldable screen solution was indeed the most mature solution at present. If this mobile phone was really made, wouldn't it be snatched up like crazy?

But Pei Qian was powerless. How could he refuse such a good solution?

He couldn't think of a reason!

Old Song was right. Tenda and Shenhua's mobile phone departments didn't have a direct competitive relationship in their business. Strictly speaking, Outu Technologies' mobile phones didn't constitute a direct competitive relationship with any other domestic mobile phone manufacturers.

Because other mobile phone manufacturers were fighting most fiercely in the low-end market, striving to gain a foothold in the mid-end market, and only a few mobile phone manufacturers such as Shenhua and Pineapple could stand firm in the high-end market.

As for Outu Technologies... it was directly in the ultra-high-end market.

A level higher than the high-end market!

Because Outu Technologies was taking a personalized path, it was a model directly aimed at Tenda fans, bundling a large number of Tenda-exclusive benefits to the phone. Compared with other mobile phone manufacturers, they were really not on the same track.

It was really difficult to get people who were used to Outu mobile phones to switch to other mobile phones.

It was quite appealing for Shenhua's mobile phone department to link up with Tenda to seize the market of other mobile phones. Such a big market wasn't only able to support one company.

What's more, Tenda also had game projects. There was the possibility of in-depth cooperation with Shenhua Group in mobile games and other fields.

Therefore, this cooperation was really too appropriate. There was no reason to refuse!

Pei Qian thought for a while. Since there was no reason to refuse, he could only bite the bullet and go ahead.

He had to find a way to turn opportunity into crisis!

The foldable screen solution given by Shenhua was indeed quite mature. Pei Qian couldn't make changes to the big framework because, if he did, his attitude of deliberately screwing things up would be too obvious.

But it was still possible to do some tricks on the details.

It was precisely the details that determined success or failure and could show President Pei's true strength!

After considering for a moment, Pei Qian said: "There's no big problem with the plan, but..."

"I think we need to make some changes in the details."

Old Song was a little surprised: "Oh? President Pei, please tell us."

He didn't expect President Pei to really be able to offer an opinion.

Because this plan was the result of meticulous design by the designers of Shenhua Group. Everyone felt that it was already perfect and there was no room for further improvement.

Could it be that President Pei could stand from another angle and give some unique solutions?

Old Song didn't dare to neglect and listened carefully.

After all, President Pei had also personally designed the fully automatic smart argument machine and the smart fitness clothes rack, and had also provided key guidance on Outu Technologies' previous two flagship mobile phones, as well as Chixing Studio's Doubt VR glasses.

And these directions had been proven to be very successful.

Pei Qian said confidently: "I think that although the internal structure of Outu's X1 mobile phone and Shenhua's foldable screen mobile phone are almost the same, we must make obvious differences in the external details."