Tech startup: I really do make mobile phones!

Chapter 70 Publication and Sale
Transit warehouse of OEM factory
Chen Mo took a new phone from Zhao Tiezhu and lightly touched the power button on the side.

The phone's boot logo appears, with the slightly swollen, orange-colored pulp giving it a dynamic, breathing feel.

With a striking "Z" flash of the blade, the flesh separates, and the unassuming words "powered By Andraid" flash by like a shooting star.

After the system boot animation ends, the phone immediately enters the Orange OS 1.0 system.

Originally, Android 2.3.1's home screen was a two-part interface consisting of a desktop and an app drawer.

However, at this point, Chen Mo had already drastically blocked the application drawer in Orange OS 1.0.

This saves system memory usage and also makes things more convenient for users.

Unfortunately, the early version of Android 2.3.1 had many user-unfriendly designs and wasn't as mature as iOS 4.2.2, which had already been optimized by Apple 4.

Although the Apple 4 also uses a drawer structure, its transitions are very smooth and seamless, and can be reached with a single click.

Unlike Android, which, in order to avoid infringement, insists on applying the drawer design in a rigid and unnatural way.

This is not only incredibly user-unfriendly, but also makes accessing the app drawer on Android even more cumbersome in order to avoid the infringement risks associated with iOS app drawers.

At this point, Chen Mo changed the homepage structure of Orange OS 1.0 directly to Android 7.0, where the desktop is simply an arrangement of application icons.

Users no longer need to navigate from the desktop to the app drawer to find newly installed apps; the apps are now directly on the desktop, and users can simply swipe to find them.

Don't underestimate these details. As users use smartphones more and more intensively, every step you reduce in your phone operation can bring a better user experience.

"Laziness" is human nature.

In fact, there are still many details in the Android 2.3.1 system that can be optimized, but Chen Mo is limited by his lack of manpower and has not yet had time to make many practical optimizations.

At this point, the original 280MB Android 2.3.1 system was optimized and compressed to 150MB by Chen Mo.

Therefore, the application icon interface on the desktop is as smooth as flowing water, whether you click or swipe.

The contact area of ​​a human fingertip is about 8-10mm, so theoretically, as long as the touch accuracy error does not exceed 4mm, it will not affect the daily use of the touch screen.

The screen's single-point touch accuracy of 3mm is far inferior to Apple's more difficult three-point touch accuracy of 2.5mm, but it does not affect basic use.

Let's talk about sending text messages.

TouchPal Keyboard, as a built-in system application, automatically adapts to the full keyboard and can accurately recognize and input Chinese characters in rapid succession.

Unlike the original system, which required going to Messages → Desktop → Drawer → Open Input Method → ​​Multitasking → Messages, Orange 1.0 now allows you to open Messages, tap the input box, and the input method will automatically pop up, allowing you to type your content in one smooth motion.

There were reasons why the market didn't accept smartphones before 2010!
On my feature phone, I can directly enter the text message after entering the message. You have so many steps to send a text message, and you call it a smartphone? It's a stupid phone!

"Brother Chen! Our Orange OS 1.0 system is at least 30% faster than native Android!"

Chen Mo smiled slightly, opened the multitasking interface, and after the background program switched between two applications five or six times, a noticeable lag appeared.

"When users switch between two apps normally, the smoothness can still be guaranteed!"

Nowadays, smartphone users don't need to switch between apps as frequently.

When Chen Mo attempted to run three instances of the application, he was indeed restricted by the system. Aside from system-level applications, Orange OS 1.0 directly prohibited users from running three instances of their own applications at the system level. This was mainly due to the fact that Orange OS 1 itself only had 256MB of RAM.

You get what you pay for!
The Orange OS 1.0 system alone takes up 150MB of RAM, and another 10MB is reserved for temporary data cache, leaving little RAM for users to install their own applications.

Given the RAM configuration of the Orange phone, users could theoretically run three instances of self-installed apps that consume little RAM, but the system smoothness would definitely be greatly reduced.

Chen Mo would rather ban it outright than affect users' experience of system smoothness.

Whether a phone lags or not is something users can directly feel.

After all, smartphones are still in their infancy, and there aren't many users who need to run multiple apps in the background.

If there are users who really need to run multiple instances, then Chen Mo can only ask them to choose the Apple 4 at 4999 RMB, because our Orange 1 at 499 RMB can't do this job.

The delivery supervisor at the OEM factory handed over the inspection report: "Mr. Chen! The yield rate of this batch of assembled phones has reached 85%, which is 2% higher than the contract stipulates. They are all qualified!"

Chen Mo nodded in acknowledgment, and Zhao Tiezhu nimbly picked up the disassembly tools and began to randomly inspect ten mobile phones.

The motherboard solder joints are uniform
Neatly bundled cables
The gaseous lithium battery is securely embedded in a custom-designed slot.
After inspecting about ten mobile phones, Zhao Tiezhu gave a thumbs up.

"Brother Chen! No problem!"

Chen Mo quickly signed the acceptance form, but the final payment would have to wait until they helped with the packaging before he could pay.

The factory's delivery supervisor had the two of them have a quick meal at the factory. Packaging just 1000 phones was something the workers could finish in about an hour.

Watching the small truck carrying the two people drive away, the delivery manager of the small OEM factory clicked his tongue in amazement.

This seemingly unremarkable small factory in North China has produced the Orange 1 phone, which looks like a mature product honed over many years.

Especially with that unprecedented super-fast charging battery, who knows what kind of waves it will create in the market.

Pingguo: I have a Retina display + iOS system + smartphone standards

Sanjing: I have a super screen + the entire industry chain
Orange accidentally stumbled into a high-level match?
scratching head
I have one. I have a super-fast charging battery, it's incredibly fast, it can fully charge to 800 mAh in just 30 seconds!

Although Orange may still be an unremarkable brand among mobile phone manufacturers, it now has its own unique strengths and is far superior to those knock-off phones from North China that lack core technologies and can be easily imitated.

Because Chen Mo's Orange Technology already has a "mobile phone license", after registering the Orange 1 with the industry and commerce authorities, it can be sold directly through Huabei Qiang's distribution channels.

The next day, when the roller shutter door of the stall at the North China Electronics Market was raised, Lao Zhang was sticking fluorescent stickers on the glass counter that read "Breaking News! New Machines Arrived!!!"

The moment the cardboard box was opened, the individual packaging boxes inside made his pupils shrink.

Wow! This packaging box is even laser-printed! That clueless college student really went all out!

The individually wrapped packaging box features a color-printed image of the Orange 1, perfectly mimicking the dynamic luster of a piano lacquer finish.

This is way more high-end than all the knock-off phones that Old Zhang has at his stall.

"Wife!" he yelled at his wife, who had come to help with the delivery, "Come and see that college student's new goods, they're pretty good!"

(End of this chapter)