1. Counterattack! In the first quarter of the first quarter, Transmitting was ranked among the top 10 smart phone assembly plants in the world;
According to IDC, according to IDC data from internationally renowned research institutes, shipments from smartphones continued to grow. In the first quarter of 2018, Chinese mobile phone manufacturers were among the top 10 smartphone assembly factories in the world for the first time.
From the rankings, in the first quarter of 2018, the global smart phone assembly plant rankings, Samsung, Foxconn, and Shuo three are still strong, ranking the top three, OPPO, Vivo into the top five.
It is worth noting that ZTE was squeezed out of the top ten and replaced by voice transmission. It should be noted that ZTE has not yet been punished by the US embargo in the first quarter, which shows that the transmission is strong. IDC said that In the downturn of the market, Transmit continues to continue the growth of smart phone shipments, boosting them to enter the world’s top ten smartphone assembly factories for the first time.
IDC also pointed out that after Xiaomi’s use of low-cost handsets to grab emerging market demand and break through growth bottlenecks, Huawei and OPPO will also launch models with RMB 1,000 or less in the second and third quarters of 2018. The low-end handsets of Chinese first-tier manufacturers will Strongly squeeze the survival space of local brands in emerging markets, white-label manufacturers, the industry concentration will be significantly improved.
In addition to the African market, the current transmission is still strong in the Southeast Asian market. Earlier this month, the Counterpoint report from an internationally renowned research organization showed that in the first quarter of this year, iTel, the brand of Chinese Transmitting handsets, surpassed Samsung and Huawei in sales in Bangladesh. Third in Bangladesh.
According to the report, iTel is the fastest growing smart phone manufacturer in the first quarter, an increase of 564% compared to the same period of last year, and its share has soared from 1% to 10%. The progress rate is alarming. Counterpoint stated that iTel’s aggressive promotional plans and low cost The entry-level smartphone is the key reason for its success. Among them, iTel's S11 is its best-selling mobile phone model in the first quarter.
It is reported that the current mobile phone brands include TECNO, itel, Infinix, etc. Some industry sources said that the previous transmission was called 'African Mobile Phone King', but in fact it is not only in Africa. They are currently selling in India, Southeast Asia and other countries. Not bad.
As a "China Mobile Phone Manufacturers' Overseas Invisible Champions", the development of audio handsets has been rapid in recent years. The data shows that in 2012, the volume of mobile handsets shipped by Acoustic Communications exceeded 120 million units, of which approximately 90 million were function machines and more than 35 million were smart machines. The tone is No.1 in Africa.
In terms of rankings, total shipments ranked fourth in the world, functional machines ranked first in the world, and smart machines ranked the tenth in the world. The global sales network was spread over more than 50 countries and had a total of more than 1,000 service outlets. The transmission stated that it will From focusing on Africa to looking at new markets, and establishing a sound ecosystem, including smart terminals, pipeline services, and mobile Internet.
The performance continued to increase. At the same time, Chuanyin also launched the listing work. On March 1, the New Territories Pump Industry, which was suspended trading, announced a major restructuring, saying that the company intends to acquire Shenzhen Chuanyin Holdings Co., Ltd. by means of asset replacement and the issuance of shares to purchase assets. The company's control.
2. Glory Play took the lead in applying 'very scary technology' released in Beijing on June 6;
Gathering on May 28th, today, Glory Mobile releases a big news. Glory Play will hold a press conference in Beijing on June 6th. The theme is 'Breakthrough, make it faster and faster'.
As the originator of Glory's new series of products, Glory Play has attracted attention because of its pioneering use of 'very scary technology'. Prior to this, Glory President Zhao Ming had revealed that Glory’s new products will We took the lead in applying Huawei's 'very scary technologies' and explained that the reason why we opened up a brand new product series was to undertake the revolutionary experience brought by 'very scary technology'. This shows the importance and historical significance of the series. At present, there is no direct disclosure of the product's function point, but according to the product's naming and previous information, one can guess that the word 'Play' means 'cool play'. Together with Huawei's groundbreaking blessing, it can make The performance of mobile phones has been greatly improved, allowing users to 'play to the explosion and play to cool'.
From the backdrop of the glory Play conference poster, Sun Yang, a swimmer with multiple freestyle Olympic gold medals, has been known for his speed. This time he 'worked with another Sun Yang' and 'Let's get faster and faster'. The core technology breakthroughs are consistent. According to the speculation between the Internet, Huawei's 'very scary technology' for Play Play applications will rely on the optimization of the underlying system, supplemented by the support of the chip, and the performance of the processor in a hardware-software collaborative way. Enhancement. At the same time, from the description of Huawei's BG CEO Yu Chengdong's 'very scary technology' that allows Huawei's mobile phone speed to “fly in the sky” and other mobile phones to run on the ground, this epoch-making technology can rival the Huawei P20 Pro Engineering'.
As the leading brand of Internet technology, Glory has been at the flagship product line level and has always been honored with Digital V, the flagship of the digital series. At the price point, the digital V series and the digital flagship series are targeted at 2500-3500 yuan. The Glory Play Series and 2016 The released Glory Magic series has similar positioning and technology from the 2012 laboratory, which speculates that Play honors or supplements the 4,000 yuan grade, thereby breaking through the existing product line and achieving full coverage of the flagship price of glory; at the brand level, Glory has always advocated serving young users and advocating a younger lifestyle. This glorious Play launch, to a certain extent, profoundly promotes young people's 'cool play' mentality, helps deepen younger brand tone, and achieves New breakthrough in brand image.
It is worth mentioning that Glory has already occupied the key word “breakthrough” and broke the mobile phone market in advance in 2018. In the first quarter of this year, Glory achieved a 10.8% YoY growth rate, ranking first in the Internet mobile phone brand. Overseas Market glory has also achieved a growth rate of more than 100%. Its flagship glory 10 achieved sales of over one million in just 26 days, refreshed glory’s flagship fastest sales record, and laid the foundation for Glory’s breakthrough in 2018. The reason for this outstanding achievement is, on the one hand, Glory's persistent adherence to technological innovation, which has created a number of technological trends that have won wide acclaim from the market, such as the world's first artificial smart phone to honor Magic, leading the industry in labor Six months of intelligence, successfully launched the V10, the glory of the speed revolution, and opened the glory of the AI photography revolution, etc. 10. On the other hand, Glory is remarkable in terms of user experience, such as the smooth experience of hard and soft dual AIs and AI photographing. The 'Breakthrough Year', the application of 'very scary technology' will play a breakthrough and subversion in technological innovation and mobile phone performance. The answer will be on June 6th. Xiao.
3. Liu Jiangfeng Venture Company's merit technology won 140 million financing: the valuation exceeded 700 million, and Foxconn followed the vote;
(Set micro-web text / Xu Lun) Just now, set micro-network learned from the industry chain, Liu Jiangfeng venture company to complete a total of 140 million A round of financing, valuation of over 700 million yuan.
It is reported that this financing has attracted a number of well-known venture capital institutions to participate in, including the Northern Lights lead investment, Foxconn, and other investment. In addition to smart door locks, the future advantages of technology will also be expanded to include toilets, water purifiers and other smart home fields .
As one of the focuses of the mobile phone circle in the past few years, Liu Jiangfeng moved to the field of smart home last year. In 2017, he founded the Advantage Technology. The company is headquartered in Shenzhen, has an R&D center in Xiamen, and has more than 40 cities in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, etc. Branch office or office.
Most of the company's employees are from Huawei, Coolpad and other technology companies, and have mastered the forward-looking technology of the communication giant team. They also gather a group of employees who have many years of R&D experience in the production of household products.
What is more interesting is that the first formal launch of the Advantage Technology and Media was on April 9 of this year. At the conference of the Hammer Technology Nuts 3, the introduction of the company and products to everyone was Luo Yonghao.
On the same day, Merit Technology Joint Hammer Technology released three home smart locks, namely E1, C1 and C1N. Among them, E1 and C1 are both equipped with a high-grade C-class lock cylinder, and the Swedish FPC fingerprint module supports fingerprints and passwords. Various unlock methods including Bluetooth, Mobile App, and Bracelet. The communication method supports zigbee, NB-IOT, NFC, and 4G modules. The fastest possible opening is 0.3 seconds. Supports virtual password, temporary password, and can be remotely viewed on the mobile phone. All unlocking records are priced at 2,699 yuan, 1999 yuan and 1,599 yuan respectively.
Smart door locks are strong channels and post-sales industries. According to official sources, in April 2018, the amount of signing investment has exceeded 100 million, which is unprecedented in the field of smart door locks. At present, the advantages of science and technology also has more than 330 all over the country. Agents, 5,000 installers, complete the appointment of the fastest 48 hours of on-site installation, after-sales can achieve 2 hours of on-site service, also introduced a purchase, free installation, three-year warranty, lifetime warranty.
In many people's eyes, smart door locks have huge market space, but because it is a low-frequency, long-term product, it is difficult to obtain more value-added services.
In response to this, Liu Jiangfeng also stated in an interview with MICROSOFT that the smart door lock is only the first step of merit technology. In the future, the company will expand to the field of smart security products and launch smart purifiers and lighting systems one after another. , garbage disposal and other intelligent facilities.
Micro-nets are also learned from the supply chain. By the end of May, the advantages of smart toilets and water purifier products will soon be released.
4. Ultra-low-end mobile phones into the Red Sea 'safe zone';
In 2017, it was the year of the collective price increase of domestic mobile phones. Even though the price of tens of thousands of yuan appeared to be 'of course' driven by the concept of consumption upgrade, the mobile phone camp of Qianyuan Group generally marched towards the high-end stalls of 3,000 yuan.
In the author's opinion, the reasons behind the price increase of mobile phones last year are twofold. On the one hand, the premium space for domestic mobile phones under consumer upgrades has become larger. On the other hand, the rising cost of component procurement and the impact of exchange rate fluctuations have also made mobile phones. Manufacturers are not willing to 'handle' in the low-end market. At that time, the ultra-low-end mobile phone market became the most unwilling market for mobile phone manufacturers.
But the cakes in the mid-to-high end market are so big. In the case that everyone wants to grab, this year's smart phone market has rapidly divided into the '28' formation, including domestic mobile phones such as Huawei, Xiaomi, OPPO and vivo. Manufacturers firmly occupy the market of more than 2,000 yuan, and in a variety of analysis and prediction, the head-to-head mobile phone companies will make the market more solid in the second half, leaving space for the second and third line manufacturers will be smaller.
It can be seen that according to the data statistics report of Sanofi, starting from Meizu who ranked seventh in the first quarter, smart phone Q1 shipments including Jinli and Xiaochi are all in the millions, and they are ranked tenth away. Manufacturers shipped less than 400,000 each month.
Continue to venture into the mid-to-high-end market, or return to the mass market for survival, becoming a practical issue for every small and medium-sized brand of mobile phone manufacturers to consider first.
In fact, the functional machine market is not that unsatisfying. The functional machines we send to Africa each month are still growing at a high rate in terms of sales volume, and we have a tendency to stop falling in domestic markets. Ultra-low-end mobile phones still have a relatively large market. Space. 'The person in charge of a domestic mobile phone told the author.
This trend can also be seen in the “Analysis Report on the Operation of the Domestic Mobile Phone Market in April 2018” released by the China Institute of Information and Communication Technology. From January to April, shipments of 2G handsets totaled 6.961 million, down 11.1% year-on-year; 3G handsets Shipments of 28,000 units were down 93.2% year-on-year, and shipments of 4G handsets were 115 million units, down 24.2% year-on-year. In other words, the deceleration of the functional machine camp represented by 2G gradually narrowed, and shipments remained Maintain a certain high position.
In the case of stagnant domestic smart phone market, small and medium-sized domestic mobile phone brands may wish to tap this part of the low-end mobile phone users.
One case came from Nokia. Nokia, which re-entered the mobile phone market last year, focused on feature phones. In 2017, shipments reached 70 million units, of which smart phone shipments were only 10 million. For many users, due to lack of high The quality of entry-level smart phones, so that high-quality features still have a high market demand.
Of course, in addition to the functional machine, providing a lower-priced 4G mobile phone is another way to survive.
In the Chinese market, nearly 400 million users still use 2G mobile phones among the three major operators. In the general view, this group of people belongs to low-end users. Their per capita ARPU is lower, and their mobile phones are also lagging behind. The price is the main reason that this part of the users did not switch to 4G smart phones. If the threshold for 4G is further reduced, the market space in this area will become a 'safe haven zone' for many small and medium-sized brand manufacturers in the Red Sea competition.
Li Kaixin, the person in charge of the 360 mobile phone, once told the writer that the market with a price of RMB 999 has not disappeared. Instead, it has been divided. The price increase of components has driven some manufacturers to go upwards, but there is also room to go downwards. Concerned about the replacement users and the elderly. Market, this strategy is the most secure direction for the development of 360 mobile phones.
Like Red Rice, Charm Blue also put more market targets on the young people and students market, such as Charm Blue's 6T set the starting price at 799 yuan, and this strategy has promoted the Charm Blue mobile phone in the past three years. The total sales volume exceeded 50 million, and the red rice breaks through the sales bottleneck of tens of millions of dollars, and has made outstanding contributions to Xiaomi’s overall sales volume.
The huge space in the ultra-low-end mobile phone market is also attracting more head companies' U-turns. It is reported that Huawei has released an ultra-low-cost smart phone in the African market, starting at only US$80. Perhaps it represents Huawei's formal entry into the ultra-low-end handset market, which is currently trying to gain more market share.
In any case, finding the market space and living in the most secure manner is the best choice for small and medium-sized mobile phone manufacturers after the mobile phone market enters the Red Sea market. Perhaps it is the only choice.
5. South China Morning Post: ZTE reportedly removed two senior executive positions;
Sina Technology News Beijing time on May 29 evening news, "South China Morning Post" today quoted informed sources said that at a time when China and the United States launched negotiations on the 'ZTE Incident', ZTE Corporation lifted two senior executives.
According to the person familiar with the matter, Xu Huijun, executive vice president and chief technology officer of ZTE, and Huang Dabin, who is in charge of the company's operations, no longer fulfilled their normal duties.
Prior to this, Cheng Gang, ZTE's chief compliance officer and chief legal officer, had been removed from office. There were also several other executives who had been fired and re-allocated.
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced last month that because ZTE violated the settlement agreement reached with the U.S. government last year, it will implement a seven-year export ban on the company. This means that U.S. companies will not be able to offer their products to ZTE over the next 7 years. .
In March of last year, ZTE admitted that it violated the US sanctions ban and resold US equipment and technology. To this end, ZTE paid a fine of US$890 million. According to the agreement, ZTE should also dismiss four senior executives and reduce the bonus or condemnation. Penalize another 35 employees.
However, officials of the US Department of Commerce stated that ZTE had fired four senior executives but did not take related measures against the other 35 employees. Commerce Minister Wilbur Ross stated in a statement: “ZTE did not punish related Employees and executives, but reward them. '
At present, the incident has become an important issue in the Sino-US trade negotiations. The Chinese government has asked the United States to abandon its sanctions against ZTE. It has been reported that US President Trump has proposed to reduce punishment for ZTE. The incident has already made China realize that For some important technologies, such as chip manufacturing, we must have strategic control.
Previously, the United States had always hoped that ZTE would adjust its current management, but it is still not clear whether the aforementioned executive positions will be able to meet this demand. Bloomberg reported last week that sources of informed sources said that the U.S. government’s ban will at least bring 200 to ZTE. The loss of 100 million yuan. (Li Ming)
According to an executive presentation disclosed in the 2017 annual report of ZTE Corporation, it shows:
Xu Huijun, male, born in 1973, graduated from Tsinghua University in 1998 with a master's degree in electrical engineering and joined the company in the same year. Xu Huijun has served as the company’s executive vice president and chief technology officer (CTO) since April 2016. Responsible for the company's strategy and MKT, system products and product safety work; from 2004 to March 2016 as the company's senior vice president, responsible for the headquarters division, engineering aftermarket, engineering service operations, wireless product operations department work; 1998 Until 2003, he served as system engineer, project manager, deputy director and director of the Beijing Research Institute of the Company. Xu Huijun has more than 19 years of management experience in cable, wireless and engineering services.
According to the 2017 annual report, the order of Xu Huijun's executives is second only to Executive Director and President Zhao Xianming.
According to an executive presentation disclosed in the 2016 annual report of ZTE Corporation, it shows:
Huang Dabin, male, born in 1971, has served as the senior vice president of the company since August 2015 and is currently responsible for the operation and management of the company. Huang Dabin graduated from Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (now renamed 'Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications') in 1995. Major in Electronic Systems, Master of Engineering. Huang Dabin joined the company in 1995. From 1999 to August 2013, he served as Deputy Director of Nanjing Research Institute of the Company, Deputy General Manager of Second Marketing Division, and Deputy General Manager of Network Division. , Deputy General Manager of the Fourth Marketing Division, Chief Executive Officer of ZTE Telecom India Pvt. Ltd., Dean of ZTE College, Director of the Business Center of the Project Management Department, etc.; August 2013 to December 2016, the second company of the company Huang Dabin has many years of experience in the telecommunications industry and more than 17 years of management experience.
However, the senior managers disclosed in the 2017 annual report of ZTE did not include Huang Dabin. South China Morning Post
6. Chuan Meizu Flyme's creative staff jumped in. Huami OV was lying down;
Set micro-network messages (text/Luoming)After experiencing the storm on the eve of the launch of the Meizu 15 series, the Meizu has been seriously injured and Meizu Technology Director Zhang Jia left. This is the second executive who left the Meizu after the Meizu vice president Ma Lin skipped LeTV. The fate of Meizu's brain drain is not over.
May 28 microblogging real-name authentication user Mr. severely posted microblogging flyme style that many people like, will no longer be Meizu unique, soon the top four domestic mobile phone manufacturers have a UI interface style is like Flyme Close up.
This microblogging, immediately attracted a lot of speculation, the domestic top4 mobile phone manufacturers, is not Huami OV?
Netizen A: OV has always imitated Apple, it should not be; MIUI10 broke out of the map are not, millet is not; Huawei, after all, it is too ugly. (So dismissing Huawei EMUI?)
User B: EMUI and MIUI are self-proclaimed UIs, not OSs. Normally speaking, they are the top three, and not the top four. The top four are the Huawei OPPO millet vivo. They are ready to transform and grab online. Vivo (say a little truth)
Netizen C: Is MIUI9 not enough like this? MIUI10 is strengthened. Who does not have a UI team? oh. (Millet lays the gun)
In the comments of many netizens, Xiao Bian discovered an amazing secret. Some netizens said that Chen Xigang, the chief designer of vision for flyme, left the job and switched to OPPO.
We searched the Internet and found that as early as the end of last month, domestic media reported that the flight designer Chen Xi’s vision for the departure of Chen Xi had not received much attention.
From the perspective of Meizu's organizational structure adjustment in the middle of this month, it did lead to a wave of personnel turmoil. It seems that Bai Yongxiang, who was originally in charge of his own duties, did not appear on the big list. It may be reasonable for Chen Xi to leave to leave. As for his Where is the next family? We don't know. Maybe it was the OPPO that the netizens said. (Proofreading/Luoming)
7. Restoring second-hand mobile phones has deleted information in violation of the criminal law high-voltage line;
The restoration, reselling of personal information in second-hand mobile phones has become an important 'sideline' of the industry, and even if it is not surprising, it will require the judiciary to shine its sword in a timely manner and use cases to popularize the law.
You deleted the information in your phone, or even restored the factory settings, and sold it as a used mobile phone. However, the telecom fraudsters may use grey channels to recover your data, get the address book in your mobile phone, and implement it. Crime. According to the Beijing News, after a few people sold their old mobile phones to second-hand mobile phone makers, a few friends had received fraudulent messages to borrow money in his name.
Originally, the deleted data in mobile phones was recovered and the personal information was resold. A grey industrial chain has been formed. The Beijing News reporter, as a 'data information provider', joined several second-hand mobile phone repair transaction groups. Employees quoted to resell citizens' communication information '1 cent per price, 1000 from purchase'.
According to the survey, 80 yuan will be able to restore all deleted private photos and contacts. This has become a 'secondary industry' for the recycling of second-hand mobile phones. Even some second-hand mobile phone repairers bluntly, see beautiful female customers to repair. The phone will copy the privacy photos.
According to the current technical standards, in order to avoid repeated wear and tear on the storage device, the system deletes only the “delete” file, but in fact, it is not actually eliminated in the physical form, but through the corresponding program, These data restore. This common sense, many users do not actually know.
We thought that all the deleted information would only need to go through a process and we would be able to restore all of our privacy photos, financial data, and telephone directories. The sale of gray information on used mobile phones has become a huge crime. 1. Yuanyuan is also an important source of privacy leakage for citizens.
The survey results show that 48.26% of people will change their mobile phones within 1-2 years, and the average number of people who replace mobile phones within six months to a year will reach 14.33%. This day's quantity of second-hand mobile phone market and the amount of mobile phones in each cell , The real personal data, if not timely regulated, will seriously threaten citizens' property safety and privacy security.