Shockingly, a counterfeit factory has produced a 3-nanometer chip.

Chapter 87 The Wolf is Coming? Fruit Enters China

After browsing through the system store, Shen Fei sighed helplessly. As expected, special offer links don't always appear after refreshing.

Exchange! OLED screen production line.

The original 13000 industrial innovation points instantly dropped to 7000. Shen Fei casually packaged a basic AI algorithm package, and those 1 points were gone before he could even enjoy them.

But Shen Fei quickly and excitedly checked the technology gift pack, which still featured the human trafficker system.

Buy an OLED screen production line and send engineers with it. (500 people)

Purchasing the algorithm package also includes a team—a full 300-person AI algorithm team. The sub-projects include not only voice assistants and AI robots, but also various large-scale AI models…

With these technologies, Shenfei immediately instructed Li Ziqi to establish a new Transsion Panel Company and Transsion AI Technology Research Institute!

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Time flies, and soon it was October 30, 2009. China Unicom took this day very seriously, announcing early on that Apple had officially entered the Chinese market!

Kyoto, Xidan Joy City.

At 6 a.m., before dawn, a long queue had already formed in front of Fruit China's first flagship store.

Hundreds of Apple fans, bundled up in down jackets, lined up in a long queue.

Of course, the smarter ones brought their own folding chairs.

This is Apple, the first manufacturer to launch smartphones. Their smartphones are definitely better than those of imitators like Huawei Mate, Meizu, and HTC.

As for their experience with the counterfeit goods...

Those are all counterfeit products, not properly adapted, so it's normal that the user experience isn't as good as the Mate. From today onwards... Apple's smartphones will definitely crush these imitators.

With such anticipation, their faces were filled with excitement and expectation.

"Two more hours until I can buy a Chinese version iPhone."

"I took time off work specifically to come here; I have to be among the first to grab a spot."

"I heard the price is pretty good. This contract phone deal is a great deal; you can get the phone just by prepaying your phone credit."

As their discussion progressed, the crowd began to stir, and media reporters weaved through the crowd to conduct interviews. This scene was also captured by cameras from the BBC, CNN, and Reuters.

They already had the article title in mind: Fruit officially enters China, fans are enthusiastic and have lined up early.

At eight o'clock in the morning, the store door opened.

The first customers rushed into the store, heading straight for the fruit display. Inside the sleek glass cases, the fruit 3Gs were displayed quietly. Their beauty was indescribable; many faces beamed with awe at the technological marvel!

"I want a black 32GB version!"

"Two white 16G units, please."

"Can I get a contract phone here?"

The salesperson was sweating profusely from the work. Fortunately, China Unicom headquarters sent a group of employees to handle contract phone projects, but even so, a long queue still formed in front of the cashier.

The sound of POS machines swiping cards came one after another.

This scene also showed the store manager's great joy. The fruit entered the Chinese market and immediately received the support of a large number of fans. Sales are sure to be explosive.

It really happened...

"Huh? Why doesn't this phone have WiFi?" A young girl asked the salesperson, holding a newly unpacked phone.

"Uh... dear, the Chinese version does not support WiFi for the time being, but our China Unicom 3G network is also very fast, and the experience will even be better..." the salesperson explained with a forced smile.

"Then I want to return it." The girl put the phone back on the counter. "It can't connect to WiFi, how am I supposed to use it at home?"

Seeing her like this, the sales assistant didn't explain further and simply replied firmly, "It's written on the counter."

"Once sold, no returns allowed. Furthermore, this isn't the fruit company's policy; it's our domestic policy that prohibits it."

Before the girl could speak again, the person next to her urged, "Are you going to buy it or not? If not, hurry up and leave."

"He's obviously just putting on airs; he has no real strength and is just deliberately picking a fight."

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At 10:00 AM sharp, the store manager looked at the real-time sales data, but his expression wasn't actually that pleasant.

After driving for more than two hours, sales were only a little over 300 units, even though he had prepared more than 2000 units for this launch.

This number far exceeded headquarters' predictions.

According to the predictions of China Unicom headquarters, the three flagship stores in Kyoto should have sold over 5000 units on the first day of sales, but...

The performance metrics are quite poor, and worse, the return rate is as high as 8%, mostly due to lack of WiFi or other issues. This batch of products definitely has some quality problems.

Meanwhile, some discussions have also begun to emerge on some digital forums.

For example, a post on Baidu Tieba just received 99+ replies in the comments section: #FruitEntersChina! Is it a crushing victory, or a huge disaster?#

"I had high hopes for Apple's smartphones, thinking they would be better than grey market phones, but they turned out to be no different from grey market phones."

"Yes, especially that Chinese input method, it's so hard to use, it's practically anti-human."

"Why do so many apps on Apple Stop cost money, especially Plants vs. Zombies... Huawei offers it for free, but here it costs $2.99."

"This map... isn't even on Baidu Maps?"

"The charger port is incompatible with my MP3 player. It's garbage."

"The person upstairs might be complaining about the features, but you're just stirring up trouble. Didn't the charging port on the Mate series also get a redesign? Why are you only attacking Apple?"

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In response to the online public opinion, China Unicom immediately convened an internal meeting in its headquarters conference room.

The large screen at the back of the conference room displayed the message: Find the cause.

Below are some very poor first-day sales figures: This morning, the total sales volume of the Fruit 3G series was only 1800 units.

Kyoto sold over 800 units, Shanghai over 600 units, and Guangzhou over 400 units. These sales figures only represent the pilot cities; the rest of the country combined has over 5000 pre-orders.

Even combined, the initial sales didn't break 10,000 units, which is a classic case of being well-received but not selling well.

"Mr. Wang, this data..."

The marketing director's voice was a little weak. He had confidently assured the internal meeting that the initial sale price with a contract would definitely catch up with the Mate series.

China Telecom and China Mobile will definitely regret it then.

Because of his survey data, the two big bosses signed a huge contract worth 500 million yuan, but now the sales figures for the first week are probably less than 2 units.

Although this product is quite good, most consumers will subconsciously compare it with the Mate series as soon as they get their hands on it.

The result is definitely that the system experience on Apple devices will be better, but the difference is not as big as imagined.

Many people will subconsciously give up when they consider the price difference...

At this moment, Wang Jianzhou, chairman of China Unicom, was sitting in the chief seat, not wanting to say anything, but he was a little flustered inside.

It seems he's lost his official position.

An order of 500 million units, with a purchase price of 3000 yuan per unit. The total amount is 150 billion yuan! This is the largest single purchase in the history of China Unicom, and also the biggest gamble.

But we've only just begun, and we're already seeing signs of losing.

At that point, not only will he lose his official position, but he might also lose his job...