Chapter 940 LG Is Banned (4k)

Yike replaces Google to provide better services for Chinese consumers.

Fang Zhuo has been considering the right time for this.

Although it seems to be a bit of a steal from Google, and it has indeed stolen some of Google's corners, the greater role is really to provide a better product experience, and also improve Yike Mars' competitiveness in China.

Google GMS is now in its infancy, and in principle, it does not prohibit developers from replacing GMS functions, but Fang Zhuo knows its effect in the near future.

Simply put, foreign Android = AOSP (Android Open Source Project) + GMS (Google Services).

Google GMS service does not belong to the Android system, but Google bundles the two, providing Android products with higher compatibility and stability, and also allows its own services to appear on every Android phone naturally.

Otherwise, Android is free and open source, but the phones made by manufacturers do not support Google, wouldn't it be a waste of effort?

With the development of Android phones, GMS has become an indispensable existence for foreign users. Without GMS, it is difficult to shake the foreign market.

The situation in China is different. Because Google services cannot be accessed, manufacturers directly castrated GMS, which gave rise to various app markets.

In this way, without the review of GMS, many domestic app software obtains excessive permissions, such as access to address books, access to camera functions, etc., and cannot be installed and used without permissions.

The consequence of such high permissions on the mobile phone experience is that many software will frequently start automatically, and can also quietly wake up brother software in the same family, which greatly occupies memory.

Therefore, domestic Android phones are never as smooth as foreign Android phones.

Fang Zhuo plans to let Yike launch YMS, first of all, the quality of its own mobile phones, and secondly the domestic Android ecosystem, and other derived benefits will be listed later.

The launch of YMS cannot be too late. If it is too late, various app markets will be very popular and difficult to handle. It cannot be too early. If it is too early, users cannot be held hostage to developers, so rules must be established while Yike mobile phones are leading or even running ahead.

As for whether YMS in China will forcibly collect the market by doing certification like Google, or become the biggest prince among all the princes, it depends on the development of the situation.

Fang Zhuo's interim goal is to make YMS have the effect of good money driving out bad money. Domestic competitors can certainly choose not to use YMS, but once there is a difference in the user experience, other users will point to Yike Mars and ask - why can others do it smoothly? Why do others' software versions have few ads?

Once the complementary mechanism is formed, future development will be very natural.

Just like the integration of software and hardware in the past music players, this is the user experience that should be presented to users after the integration of software and hardware.

Fang Zhuo believes that Schmidt can understand his painstaking efforts. Even if he doesn't understand it now, he will understand it when he thinks about it. Special cases should be treated specially.

The second sweet iron triangle temporarily parted unhappily, but this did not affect the cooperation between the two companies. Google's promotion before Christmas is still in full swing, and Yike Mars still has a strong Google label.

There is still a strong coexistence of interests between the companies in the foreseeable future.

Fang Zhuo continued to deal with the company's affairs calmly for two days, and actually met a Nokia mobile phone R&D engineer from Finland, and listened to the other party's statement and feelings.

It’s not that Nokia doesn’t have more radical mobile phone design plans, but they always fall on deaf ears, and the ones that finally appear in front of consumers are conservative.

It is not in a hurry, as if it wants to wait for other manufacturers to verify the market before taking any action.

In the end, this Finnish engineer who was not laid off but resigned voluntarily gave a sublimation: "Mr. Fang, I came to Yike to make great products, to make majority products with the spirit of the minority!"

Fang Zhuo has no awareness of great products at all. At least, the current Yike Mars should not be considered. At least it can digest this wave of financial crisis, digest the hummingbird chip, and launch some fingerprint and face recognition functions, and then it can be discussed.

On December 3, Fang Zhuo received the news from his friend in the public office in advance, and waited in the office for the ITC to announce the ruling on LG.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled that mobile phone manufacturer LG Electronics infringed three patents of Yike Company and issued a sales ban on LG's infringing mobile phones. If the big boss does not object to the ban within 60 days, the sales ban will officially take effect.

Considering that there will be two big bosses within 60 days, the review of this sales ban will be handled by Xiao Ao.

If Xiao Ao does not overturn the ruling from the ITC by February 3 at the latest, LG's latest mobile phone will not be sold in the US market.

Because the ITC has issued sales bans from time to time in the past, and the big bosses will hardly overturn the rulings, so this almost means the failure of LG Electronics.

As soon as the news came out, LG Electronics' stock price on the New York Stock Exchange fell 7.6%!

It also immediately attracted the attention of financial, technology media and the mobile phone industry!

LG's overall performance this year is not good, but it is still the world's fifth largest mobile phone manufacturer. Today, the exploration of touch-screen smart phones has been frustrated, and the future prospects seem bleak.

Corresponding to this is Yike. Its two consecutive Mars series mobile phones have been popular with consumers and have established a firm foothold in the mobile phone industry.

The Silicon Valley R&D center declined calls from the media for interviews.

At noon, Fang Zhuo saw an interview with Yu Hong by the media on the Internet, asking the CEO of Yike America what he thought of the ITC's ruling on LG and Yike, and what he thought of the disputes between Nokia and Yike, and HTC and Yike. patent litigation.

"The ITC gave a very fair ruling. There is no doubt that LG Electronics has seriously infringed on our key patents in the touch screen field."

"I hereby call on the Korean court to face up to this situation and overturn the unreasonable ban on the sales of Yike in the Korean market."

"I believe that the ITC will continue to correctly rule on patent disputes between Yike and other companies."

"Yike Company insists on innovation, strives for development, and is committed to bringing the best mobile phones to consumers. This is something that no manufacturer can stop. I also hope that Yike can compete healthily with its peers. Only in this way can we continue to lead the mobile phone industry progress of the industry.”

Yu Hong's answer was crisp and clear.

This made Fang Zhuo very satisfied.

In the afternoon, Fang Zhuo was also intercepted by reporters outside as he was leaving the R&D center, asking similar questions.

The questions are similar, and the answers are...similar.

Fang Zhuo solemnly repeated Mr. Yu's answer. He first affirmed ITC, then appealed to South Korea, then believed in ITC, and finally expressed Yike's position and shouted to industry friends from a distance.

The more the reporter listened, the more he felt something was wrong. After listening patiently, he asked helplessly: "Mr. Fang, we want to hear your opinion on this matter. Mr. Yu has already heard it."

"My view is consistent. This ruling from the ITC was not initiated by Yike. In fact, as you can see, Yike has been unable to enter the Korean market. I am very sorry to suffer such competition. I hope that it can be resolved as soon as possible. Put the product in front of more consumers. "Fang Zhuo doesn't have any opinion, he just wants to see LG's response.

The reporter asked a very common question: "Mr. Fang, why is the ITC's ruling process so fast this time?"

Fang Zhuo was surprised: "Really? Is that so?"

He thought for two seconds and asked: "Is this because even the ITC has noticed LG's serious infringement of our Yike? Or, I think it must be that the ITC has also noticed how unreasonable the Korean court's judgment is."

It’s okay if the reporter blinks.

"Yike successfully defended your patent at the ITC. Mr. Fang, what do you think about the patent litigation between Nokia and Yike? It is said that Nokia also filed a ban on the sale of Yike Mars at the ITC." The reporter asked the last question A question.

"I have confidence in Yike." Fang Zhuo replied succinctly.

With questions such as "Do you think Yike will be banned by Nokia" and "Has Yike infringed on Nokia's patents" lingering in his ears, Fang Zhuo got into the car heading to the airport.

He will fly to New York today to participate in a negotiation between Yike and the operator Verizon.

Verizon had previously reached a cooperation with LG Electronics similar to that of Yike and T-Mobile, but the feedback of LG mobile phones in the market swayed Verizon executives. With the patent dispute in ITC, the company became even more swayed.

Today's suspected ruling from the ITC has been communicated to Verizon in advance.

Now that LG is confirmed to be banned, Verizon has no hesitation at all.

In order to express the importance of cooperation, the leader Fang Zhuo also made an appointment to come in person.

Not long after the Qingzi took off, a passenger plane from New York landed at the airport.

Wang Xuehong, the head of HTC, and a group of senior executives hurriedly arrived in Silicon Valley.

However, when they arrived at the Silicon Valley R&D center in person to show their sincerity, the news that "Mr. Fang went to New York" made them look at each other.

"When will Mr. Fang come back?"

"Maybe tomorrow."

After hearing the answer from the Yike executive, the vice president said to the leader: "Mr. Fang will return to Silicon Valley tomorrow. Let's wait here all night."

The hesitation in Wang Xuehong's heart quickly disappeared. She turned around and said, "Let's go back to New York now. No matter what, we must meet Mr. Fang himself."

There were expressions of disapproval on the faces of several executives. It was not HTC that was banned. LG was banned over there. It jumped three feet high like a frightened rabbit. Now that Google is willing to put pressure on it, why bother? Are you still being laughed at?

This group of people has traveled from Shanghai to New York and then to Silicon Valley. Now they are like followers and have really lost their style.

"HTC and Yike don't have a relationship, so it's not certain how much pressure Google can exert." Wang Xuehong noticed her own expression and said her own opinion, "Also, I think Fang Zhuo is really dark when he really attacks. "

"He has repeatedly avoided seeing me, and he may have murderous intentions towards HTC."

"If I were a rich man like him, I wouldn't care about Google or Schmidt, but I would put myself first."

Wang Xuehong felt a chill from her tail to the sky when she saw the news that LG was banned this morning. She booked a flight to Silicon Valley without hesitation and wanted to break into Yike's R&D center.

Unexpectedly, Fang Zhuo happened to go to New York.

She couldn't wait any longer.

"Google dominates Android, and Schmidt and Fang Zhuo have always been known as the Iron Triangle, so that's not the case..." The vice president was not so pessimistic.

"Who knows how strong the Iron Triangle is?" Wang Xuehong said quietly, "We still have to rely on ourselves."

The boss has made up his mind, so he can only return to the airport.

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It only takes four hours for the Qingzi to fly from Silicon Valley to New York, just in time for the reception for the Verizon team.

Speaking of Verizon, CEO Lowell also personally went to the Yike mobile phone launch conference and witnessed the appearance of the first generation of Mars.

Unfortunately, the stalemate in the early negotiations and the exclusive period of T-Mobile made them miss each other.

That night, LG's ban seemed to be a gift for the two parties to conclude a good marriage. They talked and laughed, and they all thought that this would be a win-win situation that was late but came.

At the end of the reception, Lowell briefly mentioned the cooperation with LG and criticized this past partner.

"Who would have thought that LG was so good-looking but useless, and dared to infringe on Yike's patents like this!"

Fang Zhuo didn't want to hear this, but just waved his hand: "It's all in the past, we all look forward, our cooperation is a more important signal than LG's ban."

Lowell also raised his glass and drank together.

Verizon is the second largest telecommunications operator in the United States.

In addition to jointly developing the market, this cooperation will also inevitably help Yike's mobile phone sales in the United States.

Yu Hong's expression after the banquet was always smiling and in a very good mood.

"Okay, President Yu, laugh if you want to. Finally, we see the hope of surpassing the European market, right?" Fang Zhuo said it in one sentence.

"Ha, I'm happy for the company." Yu Hong curled her lips, "Do you think I'm as narrow-minded as you?"

"Yes, yes, it's me who is narrow-minded, or the American Wang is the most broad-minded." Fang Zhuo laughed.

Yu Hong was about to choke when she received a call from HTC's Wang Xuehong.

She chatted for a few words, hung up the phone, and said to Fang Zhuo in surprise: "The HTC people went to Silicon Valley today and returned to New York in the evening. I just want to see you."

Fang Zhuo smiled: "I know they went to Silicon Valley, but they followed me again?"

"Are you going to see it or not?" Yu Hong asked.

"I am a narrow-minded person. HTC, from the perspective of market competition, has always been an OEM and made low-end models." Fang Zhuo said, "It's already this time. LG has been banned. It won't be too much if there is one more HTC. We don't have too much pressure on our entry-level models next year."

Yu Hong frowned slightly. She didn't pity HTC, but she felt that it had made too many enemies. At present, there is also the strong enemy Nokia.

She pondered for a while: "HTC's pressure on making Android phones should be okay. The most noteworthy one is Samsung. It has made great efforts in both models and promotions."

"For this entry-level model, well, if you can add your YMS conditions and HTC is willing to agree, the speed of expanding the domestic Android market may be faster."

Fang Zhuo glanced at Xiao Yu and suddenly felt that this suggestion was indeed quite constructive. It would be a good signal for a powerful manufacturer like HTC to follow YMS first.

Pressure can also be transformed into motivation. We should look at it dialectically.