How to make a mobile phone that will satisfy Ren Zhiqiang?

The Qihoo mobile phone brand launch on the afternoon of May 6 was called Zhou Hongyi's stand-up comedy, and at the end, Pan Shiyi, Ren Zhiqiang, and Wang Gongquan turned it into a group crosstalk. The big cannon in red claimed that he became a small cannon after meeting Ren Zhiqiang, which was definitely not a compliment, because Zhou Hongyi's every shot was aimed at the field he was familiar with, while Ren Zhiqiang's strength was that he dared to shoot at mobile phones that he didn't understand, and the two shots made everyone in the room look like idiots.

Let’s first look at the transcript of this part of the conversation:

When Zhou Hongyi asked what brand of mobile phone he used and how many mobile phones he usually carried with him, Ren Zhiqiang replied: "I use whatever Xiao Pan gave me. The passwords to the phones Xiao Pan gave me are often his. His WeChat and Weibo accounts are all his. I can't use them even if I change my phone!"

——Ren Zhiqiang’s true nature as a mobile phone novice was fully revealed.

Zhou Hongyi said at the press conference that Lei Jun was a marketing expert. Ren Zhiqiang immediately started to criticize: "Just now Zhou Hongyi said that Lei Jun was a sales expert. You are all idiots in this room. The real expert is here. Developers always sell land at the price of gold. That's Pan Shiyi! You don't learn from such a good sales expert. You have to learn from Lei Jun to sell things as cheaply as possible. Where in the world is there such a thing!"

Zhou Hongyi asked the audience what kind of mobile phone they would definitely buy. Ren Zhiqiang, who had been listening for a long time, also put forward his own ideas: "I think you are all stupid when discussing what kind of mobile phone you like. There is a simple way to force you to change your mobile phone, and make you willing to change it automatically. It depends on whether Zhou Hongyi has the ability. Install WiFi on the mobile phone, which can connect to it by itself. With this, why do you still look for WiFi everywhere! It would be great if you can solve this problem, so that everyone has to change their mobile phones, otherwise they will have to change their phones."

After hearing this, Zhou Hongyi also got inspiration: "I understand, then I will make a mobile phone that can provide WiFi and power bank for Apple phones!"

Ren Zhiqiang, a mobile phone rookie, can be said to have a few words but his point is true. The following points can be extracted from his conversation with Zhou Hongyi:

1. Lei Jun is stupid for making mobile phones cheaper and cheaper.

2. The biggest limitation of using mobile phones to access the Internet is that WiFi hotspots are difficult to find and data charges are too high.

3. Just like surfing the Internet, battery is also crucial for mobile phones.

After Ren Zhiqiang finished speaking, Pan Shiyi smiled and said that he was an outsider. That's right, the most discussed topics in the mobile phone industry right now are the latest technologies such as top-end processors, 4K/2K screens, and fingerprint recognition, but Ren Zhiqiang mentioned Internet access and batteries here. Isn't that the performance of an outsider?

(Apple users who search for sockets everywhere are ridiculed as "wall-leaners")

But looking back, are the two most basic aspects of mobile phones now done well in terms of Internet access and battery? Let's first look at Apple, the most popular company in the technology industry. It has launched 7 generations of iPhones, but has always been criticized for its short battery life. Friends who have used iPhone 5s must have deeply experienced the pain of charging three times a day (this tradition has now continued to Apple Watch). The only exception is iPhone 6 plus, but the body is too big, not everyone likes it. As for the large number of Android phones, the batteries are even more fragile than Apple's, so I won't name them specifically.

If you want the battery to last longer, you have to increase its capacity, which means a significant increase in weight and a higher risk factor. It is difficult to make any further breakthroughs in the widely used lithium batteries, and this problem is almost unsolvable.

As for the Internet access problem, mobile phone manufacturers are even more powerless to solve it, because it is the responsibility of operators. Let's talk about coverage first. Although the three major domestic operators are promoting 4G, you will find that there is only 2G network in the vast rural areas outside the urban areas of first-tier cities, and it takes half a day to open an ordinary web page. As for the tariff, everyone is even more touched. Since mobile Internet access has not yet achieved the same monthly fee as fixed-line Internet, once you leave the range of the company or home wireless router, you have to be very cautious when going online. You dare not open large pictures, watch videos, or download applications... When 4G first came out, it was ridiculed that although the Internet access is fast, it will go bankrupt if you are not careful.

Let me ask: When Lei Jun introduced the top-end mobile phone, did he consider that the top-end processor is also a power hog, and users need to charge it three times a day? Is the purpose of the high-end mobile phone to make his power bank sell better? When Jia Yueting introduced the 21-megapixel Sony camera, did he think that uploading a full photo would consume more than 5MB of data?

From this, it can be seen that although Ren Zhiqiang's requirements for mobile phones are very basic, Lei Jun and Apple can't make a mobile phone that satisfies him. The threshold for making mobile phones is getting lower and lower now. The so-called top-end processors and awesome cameras are just the credit of suppliers. Lei Jun's behavior of praising Qualcomm processors, Sony cameras, and Sharp/JDI screens at the press conference makes people want to ask a question: How is your credit for this mobile phone?

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.