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"The startup speed is incredible."
Chen Ho, standing beside him, sighed with admiration as he looked at Park Minho with respect.
It was important to understand that the hardware, system, and software of Hansung Technology's 3rd generation mobile phone were all developed and designed by Park Minho. During the entire mobile phone manufacturing process, Chen Ho's contribution was less than 1%!
At such a level, Park Minho had actually designed a completely new mobile phone, and incidentally created a mobile operating system with independent intellectual property rights. If this news spread, it would definitely shock the entire Korean tech industry!
Park Minho's research and development efficiency was simply terrifying. Chen Ho used to think that such super geniuses didn't exist in the world, but now he believed that such talent really existed, and this genius was right beside him!
Shaking his head slightly while looking at the mobile phone that took less than 5 seconds to boot into the system, Park Minho turned and said with a smile:
"After all, the memory has been increased, and I've specially designed a custom system for the MediaTek MT6218 chip. If the boot speed couldn't surpass ordinary mobile phones, then all my hard work would have been wasted."
"But you developed this in less than a week - that's what's truly amazing!"
Chen Ho shook his head, readily admitting he wasn't in Park Minho's league.
"Haha."
Park Minho smiled, then began testing the functions displayed on screen one by one: "radio," "music player," "calendar," "contacts," "mini games," "messaging," and others.
Although he had tested countless times in the virtual laboratory, real-world testing was still necessary. After all, there could be differences between virtual simulations and reality.
But the actual results proved Park Minho's virtual laboratory work was flawless. In reality, this engineering prototype didn't reveal any problems whatsoever.
"Next, we'll manufacture over 100 units and have employees test and use these phones 24 hours a day. If no issues arise, we'll apply for production licensing for official manufacturing and sales."
"Understood."
Chen Ho nodded slightly. Finally having found something meaningful to contribute, he was full of motivation.
He hadn't been able to participate in the development of the previous three generations of phones, which had been deeply frustrating.
After all, he was supposed to be the head of the company's technology department, yet he couldn't contribute to the company's new phone development.
So now he was determined to find any issues with these third-generation phones and prove his worth by solving problems.
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Two days later.
Seoul
After more than ten days of searching, Saehan Mobile had finally found a suitable mobile phone manufacturer in Gyeonggi Province and signed an acquisition agreement.
It cost only 1.6 billion won to acquire this mobile phone manufacturer. With this acquisition, Saehan Mobile now had a solid foothold in Gyeonggi Province.
Whether considering official costs or actual savings, Saehan phone sales in Gyeonggi Province should increase by several percentage points, representing tens of millions in annual profit.
But Saehan Mobile couldn't foresee the future market structure. Their aggressive expansion during this period was destined to bring bitter consequences. One could even say that Saehan Mobile's eventual sudden collapse would be directly related to their reckless expansion during this time.
Because after 2005 - next year - with the complete popularization of MediaTek's turnkey solutions, the manufacturing threshold for mobile phones would dramatically decrease.
At that time, factories capable of manufacturing mobile phones would spring up everywhere across Korea. In such circumstances, how could Saehan Mobile compete with small local manufacturers in those regions?
Obviously, Saehan Mobile couldn't know about future market conditions. They didn't have time travelers. They had no idea that turnkey solutions would launch in just a few months.
Currently, they were filled with optimistic visions and confidence for the future because their sales had crushed Motorola, and their self-confidence had greatly inflated, leading them to expand wildly this year.
"President Xu, you asked me to keep close watch on Hansung Mobile. Yesterday they submitted a new phone to the 'relevant authorities' and are applying for batch production approval."
"Huh? A phone ready for market release?"
Hearing his young assistant's words, President Xu looked at him with surprise, but quickly realized:
"Actually, that makes sense. Their old phone's reputation was completely ruined. After such a massive recall incident, stores definitely won't let that phone back on shelves."
Murmuring to himself, President Xu looked at the young man and asked:
"Do you have sample data for that phone? I want to examine it."
"I've brought phone with me. We can study it for half a day, then we need to return it."
The young assistant, knowing President Xu wanted to see what Hansung Technology's third-generation phone would look like, had naturally come prepared.
By leveraging Saehan Mobile's reputation as Korea's #1 domestic mobile phone brand, getting advance testing access to other phones applying for batch approval and returning them wasn't difficult, and wouldn't even leave written records in any accounts.
So the young assistant had easily obtained the test engineering unit that Hansung Technology Company had used for their batch approval application from the regulatory agency.
"This design..."
Seeing the young man produce the mobile phone, President Xu's eyes narrowed slightly.
He sensed this mobile phone was highly unusual. The shell design alone had a cool, sci-fi aesthetic that was honestly impressive. The two-inch super-large screen particularly caught his attention.
Weighing Hansung's 3rd generation mobile phone slightly, President Xu sincerely praised:
"Excellent hand feel - very comfortable to hold, with a very stable grip."
Skillfully pressing the side power button, President Xu was soon shocked again.
The phone's boot speed was incredibly fast - it booted in less than 5 seconds!
He knew that their Saehan mobile phones took over ten seconds to reach the mobile software, and some smaller manufacturers needed over twenty seconds to boot completely.
While a phone's fast startup speed couldn't prove everything by itself, for users, this was a pain point that clearly revealed performance gaps.
If Saehan Mobile's boot speed wasn't as fast as smaller manufacturers, it would embarrass Saehan Mobile and cause them to lose face with users. This realization made him turn serious after his initial shock.
With a grave expression, President Xu continued operating the Hansung phone. Soon, he was shocked by the phone's incredibly smooth screen operation.
No matter which software President Xu opened, those applications launched instantly, without any delay whatsoever!
He knew that Saehan mobile phones required one to two seconds of buffering when opening software.
But Hansung's third generation opened applications instantly - not even taking a full second. Such blazing software launch speeds truly shocked President Xu.
"How on earth did they achieve this?!"
President Xu looked at his young assistant in amazement.
(End of this chapter)
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