Extraordinary Genius Chapter 870

Extraordinary Genius

Chapter 870 - Different types of handphone flip cover

After pa.s.sing the doc.u.ments to AiwaElectronics, Feng Yu ordered them to start researching on the USB drive. Ofcourse, Feng Yu also set his requirements. The size of the USB drive must beabout the size of a plastic lighter and cannot be as big as a portable harddisk.

Feng Yu was mentally prepared for the newlydeveloped USB drive's storage to be not higher than 128M. From the MP3 player,he estimates the storage size to be 32M and it is enough. This storage size isat least bigger than a floppy disk and the data is not easily corrupted.

Feng Yu could not remember when the USBdrive appears in his previous life, but he knew it was after WIN98 waslaunched.

There is already USB port technology, andFeng Yu must be careful. If he remembered wrongly or history had changed, USBdrive might be introduced by another company.

After Aiwa Electronics got the MP3 player'stechnology and knew they had to develop this USB drive, they knew theirengineers were not enough. They need software engineers, and Feng Yutransferred a few software engineers from Lenovo over to help them.

Liu Chuanzhi and the rest knew thepotential of USB drives is high, but it will take a while before it isdeveloped. Once this device is launched and become popular, their technologieswill become the most advanced in the world.

Aiwa Electronics' engineers might be a specialistin wireless technologies, but they can’t develop a PC component without thehelp of Lenovo.

After settling all these, Feng Yu went tocheck on the progress of Aiwa Electronic's latest model of mobile phones. Allhis suggestions had been implemented, and the phone had bigger screens and 40polyphonic tones. But the two LCD screens and game functions are not developedyet.

However, Feng Yu was still satisfied withtheir progress. He gave Aiwa Electronics new suggestions. All mobile phonemanufacturers can manufacture flip phones. Have you all ever thought of beingcreative with the flip covers?

Xu Lihua was stunned. The flip phonealready has 2 LCD screens now. Isn't it creative enough?

To Xu Lihua, increasing the size of the LCDscreens in the flip phone and changing from black and white LCD screen tocolored screen. Wind and Rain Electronic have these technologies, but the costis high.

If they are going to have a colored mobilephone, the production cost will double, and how much are they going to sell thephone for? Also, the factories in China do not have the facilities tomanufacture these colored LCD screens and they must find overseas partners orPhilips for help.

But Xu Lihua did not order the colored LCDscreens as all the mobile phones in the market are still using grey screens.Having a blue or orange LCD screen is already very advanced, and colored screenis like taking a giant leap forward. All mobile phone manufacturers will startto use colored LCD screens and mobile phone prices will rise sharply andprevent mobile phones from becoming widespread.

Also, if Wind and Rain Electronic's coloredLCD screen technology is used in the mobile Phone, the flip cover will be verythick. Also, the flip covers got to have two LCD screens, and the thickness ofthe phone will have to increase by at least 1 cm. The phone will become bulkyand… ugly!

Manager Feng had mentioned that the exteriorphone designs must be fashionable, beautiful and it must be light and small.The size should fit nicely in the palm.

Feng Yu picked up scissors on Xu Lihua'sdesk and start to open and close it a few times, before asking Xu Lihua if hegets it or not.

Xu Lihua had a blank look on his face. Youare just playing with the scissors, what should I understand from this action?Use the scissors to cut a part of the phone away and make it into a cube?

Feng Yu got mad as he saw Xu Lihua's blanklook. His power of understanding is really low. Xu Lihua is skilled intechnologies and competent in managing, but why is his understanding so poor?How did he make breakthroughs with his level of understanding?

"Look carefully. This part is the LCDscreen, and the b.u.t.tons are here. If you turn it from here, the screen willlight up and the screen will be off when you turn it back. This way, you ca.n.u.se one LCD screen to achieve what 2 LCD screens can do." Feng Yu points to thescissors.

Why are flip phones the mainstream mobilephones instead of candy bar phones? It is not because flip phones are the trendnow. It is because the production cost for the flip phone is lower than candybar phones, and the screens are bigger.

The maximum LCD screen size in the candybar phone is about 1 inch and the phone is thick and long, like the old fashionhandphones.

People are producing smaller phones, andyou are going in the opposite direction? Consumers will not want bigger phones.It will also be too ugly if the size of the phone increase, and the LCDscreen's size remains the same!

Feng Yu was showing Xu Lihua the swivelphone, the earliest big-screen mobile phone.

"Manager Feng, the LCD will be exposed onthe outside if it is a swivel cover, and it might get damaged easily." Xu Lihuareplied with a frown.

"Don't you know how to add a protectivelayer over the screen? The screen will be much bigger, and the user can look atthe screen clearer. Also, don't you think it will be more eye-catching?"

One of the uses of a luxury product is toflaunt.

When everyone is using flip phones, and youare using the latest swivel phone, you will be the center of attraction.

Xu Lihua's eyes become wider as he rememberssomeone telling him about people who love to clip their pagers on their waistnow. It is not because of convenience, but to show others that he owns a pager!

Also, many people love to speak loudly ontheir mobile phones in crowded places. They know they are disturbing others,but they want others to see them using mobile phones!

People who own mobile phones love to flauntand this swivel phone looks more fashionable than flip phones.

Feng Yu knew Xu Lihua is not a creativeperson and continue to remind him. "Other than flip phones and swivel phones,you still can product sliding phone, where the screen can slide upwards or towardsthe right, showing the b.u.t.tons."

"Manager Feng, it is not a problem to slidethe screen upwards. But what's the purpose of sliding the screen to the side?The user will find it uncomfortable to hold it."

Feng Yu nodded. He was satisfied with XuLihua's answer, as he had pointed out the shortcoming of this design. But inhis previous life, some of the sliding phones had horizontal number pads,keyboards, or game controller.

Feng Yu was thinking of adding Emailfunctions to his phone like Blackberry, and they will undoubtedly take over theProfessionals' segment.

"You can make a keyboard like laptops. Thisway, it will be easier and faster for the user to type messages. You can alsomake a gaming mobile phone. If the screen is raised up like this and don't youthink it will look like a video game console? Of course, this is only an idea,and I don't expect you to develop it now."

Feng Yu said and gestures with his hands tohelp Xu Lihua understand what he was talking about. Feng Yu was trying to givesome inspiration to him and helping him to break his limits.

After giving Xu Lihua a few othersuggestions, someone knocked on the door, telling them that Duan Yongping ishere.

Feng Yu was curious about why is Old Duanlooking for him. The Little Tyrant is developing their CD-based video gameconsole and he should be at Shenzhen.

Did the Little Tyrant successfullydeveloped their CD-based video game console?

Translator's notes:

Types of phones

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Form_factor_(mobile_phones)