Chapter 545 Pre-sale preparation

So far, Honor Electronics has prepared more than 300,000 Mate 1 units in stock, and production is still ongoing...

This quantity has already made the management of Honor Electronics a little nervous - after all, as a touch-screen smartphone that is completely different from previous feature phones, they are not sure whether Mate 1 will be popular. In their view, such a Although this mobile phone has epoch-making significance, it is a bit risky to produce more than 300,000 products before it is launched and before consumer feedback is received.

But Barron knows that, among other things, in terms of mobile phone performance, Mate 1 is even slightly better than IPhone 1. In the original time and space, as the lowest-selling model in the IPhone mobile phone series, IPhone 1 could have nearly 1.4 million units. The sales volume of the iPhone 3G will exceed 10 million units when it is released next year. So after all, Barron is still very confident that the Mate 1 has sold more than 1 million units.

Now, nearly 20 days after the opening of eight Honor experience stores around the world, the management of Honor Electronics is finally a little more relieved, because judging from the feedback from these experience stores, users are very satisfied with the Mate 1 mobile phone. Enthusiasm is still very high.

Also, since the opening of Honor experience stores across the country on June 1, they have opened pre-orders for Mate 1. Now, nearly 20 days have passed, and the total pre-orders received by Honor Electronics have exceeded 30,000 units. ——This is equivalent to an average of more than 200 Mate 1 mobile phone reservation orders for each Honor experience store every day.

This number may not seem very high, mainly because the most popular mobile phones on the market currently are Nokia, Motorola, Blackberry and other mobile phones. There are also some brands of "smartphones", but they are all controlled by physical keyboards, so the Mate 1 A mobile phone model that mainly relies on touch screens and is very different from the current mainstream smartphones is launched, but most users are still waiting to see it.

It is also because of the ability to experience it. After trying the operation, some users gradually accepted it and finally started to make reservations. Moreover, the daily reservation data of these experience stores are also increasing over time. According to estimates, by the end of June, Mate 1 When it officially goes on sale, it won’t be a big problem if the number of pre-orders exceeds 50,000 units...

You must know that Mate 1 reservations require full payment, and currently only provide on-site reservations at Honor experience stores in 8 cities around the world, so this number is already very impressive.

When ate 1 goes on sale, the first batch of sales areas will include North America, most countries in Europe, and some Asian regions including China, Japan and South Korea. It will be sold simultaneously through Honor experience stores and partners. The sales channels are much larger than now. Therefore, of the 300,000 Mate 1 phones that have been produced so far, after deducting the estimated 50,000 pre-orders, there are only 250,000 units left...

It seems that there may still be a shortage of supply...

However, there is no need to worry too much, because Honor Electronics’ production base in China can expand the scale of the production line at any time. The only point is the supply of original parts, which requires preparation in advance to avoid problems in the supply chain.

It is worth mentioning that the Android system installed on Mate 1 at this time has pretty good applications. The most popular among users is the preset game "Fruit Ninja".

This game was produced by Halfbrick Studio, an Australian game studio previously acquired by Digital Future. Because the game method is very suitable for touch screen control, as a Mate 1 experience, this game is the one that users have tried the most.

Woaw Technology has also completed the development of their beta version of the Woaw app, which is being optimized. Both the iOS and Android versions will be launched in July.

In Barron's previous life, the original iPhone 1 was divided into two versions, 4GB and 8GB, priced at US$499 and US$599 respectively.

Later, Apple found that the 8GB version of the iPhone was more popular, so it discontinued the 4GB version a few months later and introduced a 16GB version the following year.

Therefore, Honor Mate 1 only provides an 8GB version, priced at 5ne 1. The price is lower, and it is also preparing to launch a 16GB version before the end of the year based on consumer feedback.

As mentioned before, in countries such as Europe, the United States and Japan, consumers mainly purchase mobile phones through operators. Therefore, in addition to gradually adding experience stores and selling them in experience stores, Honor Mate 1 is also sold through their operators. Available for sale from partners.

In North America, AT\u0026T, its second largest operator, had earlier supported the research and development of Apple’s IPhone and would become the exclusive seller of IPhone. However, Honor Electronics’ negotiations with its largest operator, Verizon, were not smooth. Finally, a cooperation agreement was reached with T-Mobile, which will sell Mate 1 mobile phones in North America.

As for Europe, O2 Telecom has also reached an agreement with Apple to exclusively sell IPhone mobile phones in Europe, and Barron does not intend to play any tricks against Apple in this regard. In addition to being sold through O2 Telecom, Honor Mate 1 will also be sold through O2 Telecom. Other operators, such as Vodafone and Deutsche Telekom, will also supply products, but it is difficult to say whether they will focus on recommendations.

In China, Honor Electronics will not only gradually increase the layout of experience stores in Yanjing, Shenzhen, Chengdu and other places throughout the year, but also cooperate with operators such as China Mobile and China Unicom, as well as mobile phone stores such as Gome and Suning, to sell Mate 1.

In short, it can be said that the Mate 1 has taken the lead after being released a little later than the iPhone. It was first unveiled in front of consumers and provided an experience. It is already ready and will begin official sales in more than a week.

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"What are you talking about? Mate 1? Barron, I've already pre-ordered that phone and can't wait for it to go on sale..."

William also came here and joined in the chat. He had a good relationship with Barron, and now they are kindred spirits...

As early as when Barron's son George Cavendish was born, he offered to be George's godfather, and said that when he had a child, he would also let Barron become his child's godfather.

At this time, William's hair still looked thick - Barron remembered that starting next year, influenced by the strong baldness gene of William's grandfather, Prince Philip, William began to lose his hair. It was not until 2011 that after his marriage, he became bald. It’s becoming more and more obvious...

"Don't worry William, when that day comes, you will be the first one to get the Mate 1 phone."