Chapter 313 [Whoever publishes first is a huge advantage]

Without digging out Apple's industrial design talents, it is really time to "collide" because the industrial design of this prototype is more than 90% similar to that of the iPhone 4, but the iPhone 4 has not yet been released, and it will have to wait until June or July this year It will be published in the month.

The prototype that Fang Hong is holding in his hand looks too similar to the iPhone 4 from the appearance, covering the trademark of Xingyu Technology. It's a legendary work.

Fang Hong looked at the prototype in his hand again and again. The smartphones currently on the market basically have a rounded appearance and smooth corners. In fact, this is a very good experience for consumers.

However, the design of this prototype is different from those of the mobile phones on the market. Its corners are more similar to right angles, which is incompatible with the current round aesthetics, especially in the use of black and white in color, which has a visual impact. Also obvious.

Both the back and the front of the mobile phone are flat, and there will be no rear camera protruding beyond the plane of the case, which can be called the gospel for patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder, and the case is also made of tempered glass, which is different from the current market. Compared with smartphones, its industrial design is highly recognizable.

Holding this prototype, it is very obvious that the highly recognizable appearance is a uniqueness that is different from other mobile phones.

Fang Hong looked at the prototype in his hand without saying a word. Not surprisingly, the release of this product will definitely cause trouble with Apple, and a lawsuit will be inevitable.

Internationally, Apple should have registered a patent for appearance, but it has not yet been approved domestically. Patents are regional, and the country or region where the patent is applied for is protected in that country or region, so apply abroad Patents are not protected domestically.

In addition, the appearance of the prototype is not exactly the mirror image of the iPhone. First of all, the size of the screen and the ratio of the screen size are different, so even if there is a lawsuit, there will be some talk.

Fang Hong immediately asked: "By the way, have you applied for a design patent?"

Qin Feng nodded and smiled: "That's for sure, it was done half a year ago, but the scope is limited to the mainland."

Hearing this, Fang Hong's only trace of worry was wiped away, then it will be fine, as long as the mainland is settled, there will be a good show to watch, as for foreign countries, it doesn't matter, anyway, Xingyu Technology will soon It will not focus on foreign markets, and it is right not to apply.

Not surprisingly, at the end of June this year, Apple will launch the iPhone 4 at its press conference. If Xingyu Technology releases its own products after the iPhone 4 conference, it will definitely be criticized for copying Apple's products, and it will also Litigation, lip service.

Therefore, it is necessary to develop a press conference before the release of Apple's iPhone4. Even so, it will definitely form a bridge with Apple, and the two sides will inevitably have to talk about industrial design issues and legal disputes.

But as long as it releases the product ahead of Apple, it will be the original product of Xingyu Technology. The mainland has also settled the patent issue, and Apple will copy it. In any case, as long as Xingyu Technology releases the product first, it will have an advantage.

Fang Hong put away his thoughts and immediately woke up the screen. Only then did he start to further experience the actual experience of using this prototype. While experiencing it, he asked: "Operating system... TOS?"

Hearing this, Qin Feng replied: "We named this operating system 'Taiji', which means 'Taiji-Operating-System', or TOS system."

After experiencing this mobile phone, Fang Hong simply commented: "Yes, frankly speaking, the company's ability to make the first product like this under the existing conditions has greatly exceeded my expectations, especially the operating system's functions are better than I imagined. The system is more perfect, and the fluency is very high. Although it is not as good as Apple's iOS system, it is slightly better than the Android system. My expectation is that it will be very good if it is not weaker than the Android system."

Qin Feng was also very happy to hear the evaluation that the gold master's father approved very much, because he knew that Fang Hong's insights and cognition in the IT field far surpassed most of the so-called insiders, and his evaluation was very valuable.

Fang Hong further experienced the prototype of this new product, and compared it with the iPhone 4 in the memory of his previous life. Compared with the iPhone 4, there is still a gap between this phone and the iPhone 4, because the iPhone 4 has created many firsts, and it also started the smartphone industry. Roll up.

For example, the iPhone 4 is the first mobile phone to propose the concept of "retina screen", which opened the prelude to the high-resolution mobile phone; the first mobile phone with a back-illuminated camera, which opened the prelude to the mobile phone's competition for aperture and night shooting; The first mobile phone with a gyroscope, opened up a new mobile game experience and so on.

Moreover, the ultra-high fluency of iOS system functions almost kills all operating systems in the same period.

At the end, Fang Hong looked at Qin Feng and asked, "When is the press conference?"

The name of the company's first smartphone is [Xingyu-S1], where the letter "S" represents the company name, and the Arabic numerals behind it represent the first generation of products.

When asked about the release date of S1, Qin Feng immediately replied: "Temporarily scheduled for this autumn."

Upon hearing the time window, Fang Hong immediately rejected it and said, "No, the press conference must be held within the next two months or so, otherwise it will be troublesome."

As soon as this remark came out, Qin Feng was puzzled and hesitant to speak. What if he agreed not to interfere with the company's operations? This is the beginning of meddling? If you change it as soon as you say it, you will directly disrupt all the company's established plans.

Fang Hong also read Qin Feng's thoughts from Qin Feng's expression, and immediately said lightly: "I said before, you are the founder and head of Xingyu Technology, I will not interfere with your decision, and I will definitely do it when I say it." Do it, but I will tell you another thing about the date of the press conference, and you make the decision.”

Qin Feng asked in surprise: "Another thing?"

Fang Hong said in an orderly manner: "I learned some news from Apple from other sources, to be precise, the news about their new iPhone series product iPhone4, and the industrial design of iPhone4 is more than 90% similar to your S1. , according to the information I have learned, if nothing goes wrong, the iPhone 4 should be released at the end of June this year, if you plan to hold a product launch event in the fall, I think you should be very clear about the dilemma the S1 will face at that time."

"What—?" Qin Feng was shocked on the spot when he heard this, he was stunned for a moment and quickly recovered, and quickly said: "You mean...the industrial design of iPhone 4 is more than 90% similar to my S1 ? How reliable is this news?"

This news was too shocking for Qin Feng. He immediately realized that if it was true, Xingyu Technology would release the S1 product after the iPhone came out. label, it was definitely a heavy hit.

Because of the great power of Apple, Xingyu Technology has only been established for about a year, and there are still a group of well-known people who will be selectively blind, and Xingyu Technology's products will inevitably be demoted to nothing.

Fang Hong replied calmly: "If it wasn't for being rigorous, I would say the reliability of this news is 100%."

As for the source of the news, there is definitely no need to explain too much to Qin Feng. He would never have thought that Fang Hong's source of news was the memory of his previous life. He would only think that he had unknown contacts to learn about Apple's internal business secrets.

After getting such a definite answer from Fang Hong, Qin Feng paused for two seconds, then changed his mind on the spot and said: "The date of the press conference must be changed, it must be changed, how about adjusting it from autumn to spring, so how about setting it in March?"

Fang Hong couldn't help smiling when he heard this, he knew he would make such a decision.

Qin Feng immediately looked at Fang Hong and wanted to hear the advice from the sponsor's father. The news of the iPhone 4 was too important. Fortunately, the sponsor's father got such important business information at this critical moment.

If it is released before Apple, Xingyu Technology is absolutely original. Not to mention the unfavorable situation will disappear, and even the polarity will be reversed. Apple is uncomfortable and passive.

Qin Feng was also calculating the time in his mind, judging from the reliable information revealed by Fang Hong, if the iPhone 4 was released at the end of June this year, mass production would have already started by this time.

In other words, even if Apple wants to change or cancel the refurbishment, it is impossible, because it has already started mass production, and it is estimated that there are already a lot of products that have come off the production line at this moment.

Shouldn't all be recycled? How big is that loss? Even if Chief Qiao wants to shelve it and change his mind, Apple's board of directors will not be able to deal with it at that time, so he can only bite the bullet and release it.

At that time, Apple will be uncomfortable, and no matter how much you argue at that time, it will not be able to change the fact that Xingyu Technology Company released the product several months in advance, that is to say, iPhone4 is not the first in terms of industrial design, but copied Xingyu Technology.

Anyway, if each insists on their own words, they will fight a war of words!

But at this moment, Fang Hong nodded and said: "In March, there is only about one or two months of preparation time, can we have time to adjust?"

Qin Feng said without hesitation: "Time is indeed very tight, but it must be done. This matter is not negotiable. It must be ahead of the iPhone4, otherwise I would rather kill the S1 and redesign it."

What he said was extremely firm, which made the gold master's father very satisfied. It is right to have such determination and determination!

After a while, Fang Hong asked again: "What about the production capacity of S1? What's the situation now?"

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