Chapter 3472

The iPhone being able to occupy such a position in the smartphone industry was, of course, because of their first-mover advantage. Their creativity and their technology made them occupy many patented technologies on smartphones. These technologies were basically technologies that other mobile phone manufacturers couldn't bypass.

Mobile phones manufactured by other mobile phone manufacturers had to pay considerable patent fees to Apple and also buy parts from other manufacturers, so their profit margins were very low. And Apple used autonomous technology, and many parts were also produced by themselves or found others to OEM with autonomous technology, so their profit margins were naturally high.

And now, under Su Xinghui's inspiration, Hanhai Technology, after several years of painstaking research and development, finally developed such a smartphone similar to the iPhone, and it was born nearly two years earlier than the real iPhone. This, of course, could occupy the first opportunity in one fell swoop.

Su Xinghui could imagine what kind of shock it would cause when this smartphone was officially released to the whole world, and what kind of rush to buy it would trigger, because he had seen this scene in his previous life.

In his previous life, when the iPhone was released, his salary was less than 2,000, but his wife in his previous life, Sun Xuelan, insisted that he buy an iPhone. At that time, an iPhone was more than 8,000. He was troubled by Sun Xuelan and had no choice but to take out his savings and buy an iPhone.

Later, every time a new generation of iPhone came out, Sun Xuelan had to update it. Su Xinghui's meager salary was almost all spent on these things. Such memories made Su Xinghui unforgettable for a lifetime.

The iPhone phones eliminated by Sun Xuelan were all used by Su Xinghui. Su Xinghui had used many models of smartphones and knew the functions of smartphones like the back of his hand. He even knew how to flash the phone, so he was very clear about some mobile phone technologies and the pros and cons of operating systems.

This also allowed him to guide the technical personnel under Hou Wenchang to develop this smartphone in this life, and now it finally received results.

Under Hou Wenchang's guidance, Su Xinghui tapped on the screen with his fingers, opened those applications, and tried them one by one. He also used this smartphone to dial his own phone and listened to the sound in the receiver.

Su Xinghui was very excited because this smartphone was too similar to the mobile phone he used in his previous life. This was an epoch-making mobile phone, and it was developed by Chinese people, born nearly two years earlier than Apple's products. This was a beautiful overtaking on a curve.

Su Xinghui asked: "Wenchang, was this operating system developed by yourselves?"

Hou Wenchang nodded and said: "Yes, we spent several years developing it ourselves. For this, we spent high salaries to invite several foreign technical big shots back, and also gave them some equity incentives, locked them in our research room, locked them for several years, and finally achieved results."

Su Xinghui knew that Hanhai Technology indeed hired some foreign programmers with high salaries. It is conceivable that they spent huge costs in this regard, but the results they got now were also fruitful. By comparison, those costs were nothing.

In terms of computer science, it must be admitted that the gap between China and foreign countries was still relatively large now, so it was very necessary to invite these technical big shots in. Their arrival could also improve the level of those Chinese programmers who worked with them every day.

It was not an easy thing to invite these technical big shots in. If it weren't for the Hou family having good connections in Europe, plus Hanhai Technology being the leading company in China's IT industry, having many famous products, and its reputation in the world's IT industry being deafening, they couldn't have invited so many technical big shots back.

Su Xinghui asked: "What is the name of this operating system?"

Hou Wenchang said: "The name of this operating system is Xiaoyao Operating System."

"Xiaoyao?" Su Xinghui chewed on this name: "Does it come from Zhuangzi's 'Xiaoyao You'?"

Hou Wenchang nodded and said: "Yes, it comes from this article. I like this article very much. I like the kind of free spirit in this article very much. Therefore, the source file of the Xiaoyao operating system is completely open to the whole world. All companies in the world can develop any application based on the Xiaoyao operating system."

Yes, the article "Xiaoyao You" embodied the essence of Zhuangzi's spirit, embodied the spirit of freedom, and also embodied the dialectical relationship between the infinitely small and the infinitely large. Using it to name this mobile phone operating system was most appropriate.

Such a smartphone was very small, but it could take the owner of the mobile phone to travel through the infinitely large world, freely and easily.

And Hou Wenchang decided to open its source file to the whole world, which was also a spirit of freedom.

Of course, Hou Wenchang doing this would also establish the position of the Xiaoyao operating system in the smartphone field in one fell swoop. As long as software companies in the world all developed applications based on the Xiaoyao operating system, the position of this operating system would be unbreakable, and it would occupy the largest share.

Su Xinghui said: "Then were these applications also developed by you?"

Hou Wenchang shook his head and said: "Not all of them. Quite a few applications were developed by our partner companies. Now there are already hundreds of applications that can run on our smartphone. By the time we officially release this mobile phone, I believe that the number of applications born every day will not be lower than this number."

Su Xinghui nodded. Hou Wenchang's prediction was still very accurate. After the iPhone smartphone was released in his previous life, the applications developed based on the iPhone's operating system were more than thousands. Any software company hoped to get a piece of the pie on this big cake.

Su Xinghui tried the mobile network, WLAN, and other functions again. He asked: "Have you applied for patents for the new technologies realized on this mobile phone of yours?"

Hou Wenchang nodded and said: "Of course, we applied for patents to the World Intellectual Property Organization at the first moment. These patents have thousands of items, including technical aspects, appearance aspects, and utility models. It can be said that in the future, as long as any company still wants to manufacture smartphones, it will be impossible to bypass these patents. At that time, we will just collect patent fees until our hands are soft!"

Hou Wenchang looked very proud, but he now had the qualification to be proud. He was able to develop the smartphone Su Xinghui described to him in these few years and realized most of the functions Su Xinghui said. What a huge achievement this was!

And his Hanhai Technology could indeed collect money until his hands were soft in terms of patents in the future.

Su Xinghui said: "Then were the parts on your mobile phone designed and produced by yourself?"

Hou Wenchang's complexion became solemn. He shook his head and said: "No, in terms of chips, memory, and touch screens, we cannot produce them independently for the time being. Our technology is not enough to produce products that can support this smartphone. Therefore, we still need to import these parts."

Once it came to this, Hou Wenchang's mood was not so good, because these few things occupied a large piece in the cost of smartphones, but he couldn't produce them independently and could only import them, sending a large piece of profit to others for nothing. How could his mood be good?

In these few years, although he had invested a lot of research and development funds to conduct technical research on these few things, their technical accumulation was relatively weak after all, and they couldn't compare with similar foreign products. The products they could produce now were not enough to support this smartphone.

Of course, this was already a very good start. The chips they developed now had reached the level of the United States ten years ago, and the quality of memory and touch screens was also constantly improving, and the technical level was improving every day. As long as they continued this research and development intensity, it would not be strange for them to achieve overtaking on a curve in a few years.