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This time, the technological development speed in the fingerprint field is similar.
Goodix’s press-type fingerprint technology will be launched in the second half of next year.
As for the more advanced light-touch fingerprint recognition technology, it will take longer.
In the previous life of Apple, it was only the iPhone 7 in 2016 that used light touch.
It can be said that in the next two years, Xingyi Technology's light-touch fingerprint recognition technology will be in an absolute leading and monopolistic position.
Even the push-type fingerprint recognition technology, which is a little behind, is still in the monopoly position of the two giants!
Currently, those who master push-type fingerprint recognition technology are Xingyi Technology and AuthenTec.
Apple directly acquired AuthenTec in order to increase iPhone shipments. Naturally, it will not let AuthenTec sell push-type fingerprints to third-party companies.
It can be said that in the next year, only Unbounded Note 1 and iPhone 5s will be able to implement push-type fingerprint recognition.
That’s right, in addition to the 999 Unbounded 1 generation, there will also be a 2999 Unbounded note 1!
Unbounded note 1 is equipped with Kunpeng 700 SOC and is positioned as a mid-range mobile phone to replace the market vacated after the discontinuation of xphone 1. It comes standard with push-type fingerprint recognition!
From now on, Xingyi mobile phones will be equipped with more advanced light-touch fingerprint recognition technology as standard, and the Unbounded flagship will be equipped with the push-type fingerprint recognition technology of iPhone 5s as standard.
If a user wants to buy a fingerprint recognition mobile phone, it should be either xphone 2pro, unbounded note 1, or iPhone 5s.
There is no doubt that the xphone 2pro, which was released earlier and is more advanced, and the unbounded note 1, which is more cost-effective, will definitely become the first choice.
Under the attack of the two, the sales of iPhone 5s will probably be bleak.
Especially the xphone 2pro, with the monopoly of light-touch fingerprint recognition, the xphone 2pro is bound to sell out. If it can be sold globally, the annual sales volume can even exceed 100 million units!
Based on this, Wang Yi will not easily sell touch fingerprint recognition technology to third-party brands, at least not this year.
It will have to be sold next year.
However, the push-type fingerprint scanner of iPhone 5s will be available for sale in October this year.
There is no way. Xingyi Technology does not sell push-type fingerprint recognition technology. Next year Goodix Technology will also develop it and sell it to external parties. There is no way to stop it.
As for the acquisition of Goodix Technology, it doesn't make much sense.
After all, it acquired Goodix Technology and Switzerland’s FingerPrint Card.
FingerPrint Card will also be able to provide light-touch fingerprint recognition in the middle of next year, but the technology is not mature enough and can only be placed on the back, not the front.
The previous Huawei Mate 7 used FingerPrint Card’s back-touch fingerprint recognition technology.
Xingyi Technology's light-touch fingerprint recognition is more mature and can be used on the front, back, or side.
It all depends on the design needs of the mobile phone model.
For mobile phones with a front home button, the front is naturally the best.
For example, the design of Meizu’s home button with integrated fingerprint recognition became a public version design for many years and was borrowed by major mobile phone manufacturers.
So much so that many people think that Meizu releases new phones every day...
As for the fingerprint recognition on the back, it is very inconvenient in some situations.
The simplest thing is that the phone cannot be unlocked directly if it is placed on the table or bed. It must be picked up first before it can be unlocked.
The process is one step more complicated, and the effect is naturally not as good as the front.
The side fingerprint recognition, when there is no home button on the full screen, is YYDS.
In the future, Xingyi Technology's fingerprint recognition route will be very clear. It has a chin and a home button. It uses front fingerprint recognition and is integrated into the home button.
In the second half of the year, the Xphone 3 was launched, a full-screen phone similar to Xiaomi Mix. The chin was gone and the home button was gone. You could only use the side home button or the back home button.
In contrast, Wang Yi prefers the side view.
On the back, in many scenarios, you need to pick up the phone first and then touch the location.
On the side, it is integrated into the side lock screen button, which is more convenient to use and does not take up much space.
Since both Goodix Technology and FingerPrint Card will be able to produce them next year, it does not make much sense for Xingyi Technology to continue to ban the sale of fingerprint recognition.
Xingyi Technology does not sell it, but Goodix Technology and FingerPrint Card will also sell fingerprint recognition solutions.
Instead of doing this, it is better for Xingyi Technology to sell fingerprint recognition technology on time and in advance to win over users and make money.
By then, Goodix Technology and FingerPrint Card cannot find customers and cannot get enough orders, and they may go bankrupt...
Wang Yi had some concerns and looked at Zhu Changlin: "Lao Zhu, reply to them and say that the production capacity of fingerprint recognition modules is currently tight. We will provide them with push-type fingerprint unlocking modules and technical solutions in half a year at the earliest. We will provide light touch in one year."
fingerprint modules and solutions. All with Changcha fingerprint payment technology.”
Wang Yi calculated clearly that press-type fingerprint unlocking will be provided in half a year, that is, in October. Waiting for the phone to be produced, the fastest launch will be March or April of the following year.
One year later, light-touch fingerprint unlocking will be provided, and it will be September or October when new models from major competitors have completed research and development and are successfully launched.
These two time points are just right, just ahead of Goodix Technology and FingerPrint Card, locking in all major competitors in advance and winning orders.
It will not quickly impact the sales of Xingyi mobile phones!
It's considered profit maximization.
Zhu Changlin nodded: "Okay, Chairman, then the fingerprint payment technology we provide to third-party brands does not support Alipay payment?"
"Of course not. Our technical solution only supports Changchao payment!" Wang Yixiao said.
The fingerprint unlocking technology and equipment provided by our friends also supports fingerprint payment.
But they all use Xingyi Technology’s solutions.
Since it is Xingyi Technology’s solution, how can it support Alipay?
At least it won't be supported for the next two years.
We'll talk about it later based on the situation.
"What about the pricing strategy?" Zhu Changlin asked again.
Wang Yi fell into deep thought.
The cost of fingerprint recognition modules is not high. The key is the research and development cost. However, if there are hundreds of millions of modules, the total cost will only be 10 yuan.
If a sapphire protective layer is used, the total cost will be less than 20 yuan.
But the price will be several times higher.
After all, fingerprint recognition is a rare high-end technology nowadays, and it is monopolized by foreign companies AuthenTec and FingerPrint Card, and the price is very high.
Even the backward scratch-type fingerprint recognition system of FingerPrint Card costs 100 yuan per set, and the push-type fingerprint recognition system is naturally more expensive.
However, after Goodix Technology makes a breakthrough next year, the price of push-type fingerprint recognition will be reduced to about 70 yuan, and with the sapphire protective layer, it will only cost about 100 yuan.
But those are the prices for the year after next. This year we still have a monopoly on technology. It’s Wang Yisha who sells them too cheap!
After all, the scratch-type FingerPrint Card has such low accuracy and is useless. It costs 100 yuan per set and does not have a sapphire protective layer.
Xingyi Technology’s powerful front-press fingerprint recognition technology is more expensive, right?
In this regard, Wang Yidao said: "Push-type fingerprint sensor + ordinary protective layer + technical support + chat payment linkage, delivery will begin in October, a total of 150 yuan per set, more than 5 million sets, 130 yuan."
"Upgrade the sapphire protective layer, 170 yuan per set, more than 5 million sets, 150 yuan."
It is 30% more expensive than the scratch-off FingerPrint Card, which is considered a reasonable price.
"As for the light-touch fingerprint module, it will be delivered in April next year, and the price is the same as the push-type fingerprint module!"
The light-touch module will be available in April next year, and the price of the push-touch module will have to be reduced in the second half of the year.
There is nothing we can do about this.
"Okay!" Zhu Changlin responded.
Soon, Zhu Changlin arranged for people to reply to major friends and businessmen.
After receiving Xingyi Technology's reply, major business partners held high-level meetings to discuss the matter.
HTC headquarters.
"Chairman, Director Wang responded to the purchase of fingerprint modules, but he was not very optimistic."
"They refused to sell?" Wang Hong frowned slightly.
"No, it's like this. Xingyi Technology said that the current production capacity is tight, and the fingerprint module is only enough for their own use."
"After half a year, the production capacity will ease, and push-type fingerprint unlocking modules and solutions can be sold, as well as fingerprint payment solutions. After a year, light-touch..."
"Push type in half a year, light touch type in one year..." Wang Hong was dumbfounded: "Director Wang has arranged the time clearly."
"Yes, if we want to use it, we have to wait for half a year. If we don't want to wait and want to launch fingerprint unlocking as soon as possible, we have to find other solutions."
"Other solutions?" Wang Hong became interested: "Which other company can do fingerprint unlocking? I don't want to wait for half a year, so I will check it quickly."
"yes."
Soon, the result was found: "Chairman, in addition to Xingyi Technology, there are also AuthenTec and FingerPrint Card that can do fingerprint recognition."
"However, AuthenTec was acquired by Apple and launched push-type fingerprint recognition technology on iPhone 5s, which is impossible to sell to outsiders."
"The other FingerPrint Card currently only has scratch-type fingerprint unlocking technology. The light-touch fingerprint unlocking technology is still under development, and it is a light-touch fingerprint recognition on the back. The results are not expected until the middle of next year."
"That's nonsense!" Wang Hong was very helpless: "If one is not sold and the other is immature, doesn't that mean there is nothing?"
The vice president was also very helpless: "That's right, we can either use the scratch-type fingerprint unlocking technology of FingerPrint Card, or wait for the touch-type fingerprint unlocking technology on the back of FingerPrint Card."
Wang Hong shook her head: "It doesn't work. The success rate of the scratch method is too low and it is meaningless."
"As for the touch-sensitive FingerPrint Card, it will be launched in the middle of next year. It is too late. It is better to use Xingyi Technology's technical solution directly."
The vice president nodded: "Yes, Xingyi Technology's technical solution is the most mature, and the push type will be available in October this year, and the touch type will be available in April next year. Both are faster than FingerPrint Card!"
"That's all we have to do. What's the price like at Xingyi Technology?"
"For 5 million sets, the push-type fingerprint sensor + ordinary protective layer + technical support + Changcha payment linkage will cost a total of 130 yuan per set."
"The plan to upgrade the sapphire protective layer is 150 yuan per set."
"As for the light-touch module, it is half a year later than the push-touch module, and the price is the same."
Wang Hong was very surprised: "It is a generation more advanced than the scratch-off type of FingerPrint Card, but it is only 25%-30% more expensive. The price is still reasonable, so who would use the backward scratch-off type?"
The price difference of 25%-30% is nothing at all.
The FingerPrint Card’s scratch-type upgraded sapphire protective layer also costs 120!
The vice president nodded: "Xingyi Technology has always been more conscientious in terms of price. For example, Kunpeng 702 is more powerful than Snapdragon 805, but cheaper than Snapdragon 600. Even if the price has recently increased by 20 yuan, it is still the same as Snapdragon 600.
One price. Training services are also provided.”
Wang Hong nodded: "Yes, the price is very good, then we will order 5 million sets of push-type modules, 5 million sets... no, 10 million sets of light-touch modules!"
"Do you want a sapphire protective layer?"
"Of course we do. We, HTC, are making high-end flagship phones, so how can we do anything for the sake of our reputation?" Wang Hong said angrily.
"Also, a flagship phone costing more than 5,000 yuan is not less than the cost of 20 yuan."
Meizu headquarters.
“Push-type fingerprint unlocking will be available in October this year!”
Lao Huang fell into deep thought: "In this way, MX4 can be released in April next year, which is just in time!"
Lao Bai nodded: "Yes, we will release MX3 in May this year and MX4 in April next year. It's just right."
"Then place an order, use Xingyi Technology's push-type fingerprint unlocking, make MX4, and place an order of 5 million sets." Lao Huang made the final decision.
"What about Goodix Technology? They are also developing push-type fingerprint recognition."
"Goodix Technology..." Lao Huang fell into deep thought: "When will they be able to make it?"
"It will be in the middle of next year at the earliest."
"It is also a push-type fingerprint recognition. Xingyi Technology's solution is more mature. It will be supplied in October this year, providing a full set of technical solutions, as well as fingerprint payment for Changchao Pay. Goodix Technology will not know whether it will be successful in the middle of next year.
"
Lao Huang said with a smile: "Even if Goodix's plan is completed, using Goodix's fingerprint, our MX4 will have to wait until the end of next year to be released. It will be too delayed."
Lao Bai nodded: "That's right. It's better to use Xingyi Technology's solution directly. The technology is more mature and it can be launched earlier."
"Yes, let's use Xingyi Technology's solution. Even if Goodix succeeds, it may not be much cheaper." Lao Huang said: "The most important thing is that we still have to work hard to develop and adapt. With the maturity of Xingyi Technology
program and directly provide a full set of technical support.”
"Well, the price is not expensive, and it saves worry and trouble." Lao Bai also responded: "Then let's place an order for five million sets?"
"Okay. Three million units are still 20 yuan more expensive, so it's not cost-effective."
Similar scenes occur in major brands.
After hesitation, communication, discussion, and comparison among major manufacturers, they finally chose Xingyi Technology’s technical solution!
There is no way, AuthenTec was acquired by Apple and will not be sold to the outside world.
The touch technology of FingerPrint Card will not be available until the middle of next year, which is too late, and it is still on the back. The scratch type is too expensive and difficult to use, which is completely useless.
Goodix Technology may be cheaper, but it is far away. There is hope only in the middle of next year, and the technical risks are unknown...
After weighing the pros and cons, in the end, Xingyi Technology's solution was the most reliable and suitable.
No matter whether it is technology maturity, price or delivery time, there is no problem.
In particular, the mature solutions and technical support make major friends feel reassured.
After all, I have used Xingyi mobile phone, so there is no problem.
The fingerprint unlocking of FingerPrint Card and Goodix will not be available until the middle of next year, and the actual experience is unknown.
Especially Goodix’s press-type fingerprint unlocking is on the front Home button. Once it flips over, the phone will be useless...
Major brands don’t dare to gamble.
You can only choose the mature solution of Xingyi Technology.
And I am worried that there will be too many orders and production capacity will be insufficient by then. Most of them will start with 5 million sets, or super large orders of 5 million sets + 5 million sets.
The next day, seeing big orders coming in one after another, Zhu Changlin was very excited: "Chairman, Huawei has also placed an order for 20 million sets!"
Wang Yi nodded: "This is just the beginning, more brands will place orders in the future."
"Yes, I made a lot of money." Zhu Changlin said with a smile.
"By the way, the next generation Xingyi mobile phone is almost finished, right?" Wang Yi asked.
Zhu Changlin said: "The standard version has almost been developed, and the flagship version still lacks the Kunpeng 902 processor. They are both full-screen designs, which will surely amaze the world!"
That's right, the Xphone 3 in the second half of the year will directly launch a full screen like Xiaomi Mix.
With its stunning design, it instantly kills the big foreheads of current competitors!
With the continuous investment and research and development of Xingyi Technology R&D Center, Xingyi Technology has made certain breakthroughs in packaging technology.
Although it is still the mainstream COG packaging process, it is much more powerful than that used by other companies.
Due to the limitations of the COG packaging process, nowadays, whether it is Apple, Samsung, or HTC, they all have big foreheads and big chins.
There is no way, this is the limitation of COG packaging technology.
Even if Xingyi Technology continues to invest money and optimize its technology, it will only make the forehead narrower and the chin narrower.
But we still can’t achieve a full-screen display without a forehead or a chin.
Under the COG process, this is simply impossible to achieve.
Fortunately, with continuous investment, Xingyi Technology has finally developed the COG packaging technology to the extreme, and is able to make ahead of time the first-generation full-screen mobile phone like Xiaomi Mix, which removes the forehead, retains a narrow chin, and has a screen-to-body ratio of over 91%.
It is also the limit of COG technology.
The development of full screen has gone through three stages.
The first stage is to remove the forehead full screen, which is also the originator of full screen.
In fact, the real originator of the first-generation full-screen display is not Xiaomi Mix, but Sharp.
As early as the second half of 2013, Sharp launched the EDGEST 302SH, a three-sided narrow bezel design with a bezel-free screen-to-body ratio of 80.5%.
It is Sharp’s first generation full screen and the world’s first full screen.
Due to the limitations of COG packaging technology, the current ultra-narrow bezel mobile phones of major brands have a bezel-free screen-to-body ratio of 60%-70%.
For example, the screen-to-body ratio of the iPhone 5 is only 60.85%.
Even the newly released xphone 2pro has a narrow forehead, narrow chin, narrow bezels, and a bezel-free screen-to-body ratio of 75%, which is already the number one at the moment.
Of course, the above screen-to-body ratios are official screen-to-body ratios, that is, the bezels are removed.
They are all screen area/(front area of ​​mobile phone - frame area)
If the borders are not removed, the screen-to-body ratio will be even lower.
For example, the official screen-to-body ratio of Xiaomi Mix is ​​91.4%, and the screen-to-body ratio including the bezel is only 84.16%.
Similarly, the official screen-to-body ratio of Sharp EDGEST 302SH is 80.5%, and the screen-to-body ratio including the bezel is less than 75%!
But there is no way. In order to make the data look better, the screen-to-body ratio of major brands does not include borders.
But unfortunately, Sharp's EDGEST 302S and later AQUOS Crystal pioneered the full-screen era, but they did not ignite the full-screen era.
Instead, it ignited an arms race for narrow bezels. Since then, major Android brands have begun to crazily launch narrow bezel phones.
Until 2016, the Xiaomi Mi Mix adopted a design similar to Sharp's, with the forehead removed, an ultra-narrow chin, and the camera placed in the lower right corner, and it became a hit.
This began a new era of full screen.
In addition, Sharp mobile phones are rapidly declining and are on the verge of discontinuation. Therefore, many people call Xiaomi MIX the world's first full-screen mobile phone!
But this time, the world’s first full-screen mobile phone is the Xphone 3!
The bezel-free screen-to-body ratio is the same as that of Xiaomi Mi Mix, which is as high as 91%, which is considered the limit of COG packaging technology.
If you want to go further, make a higher screen-to-body ratio, remove the chin and make it very narrow, you need to upgrade the next generation COF packaging technology!
If you want to achieve a true full screen and 100% bezel-free screen-to-body ratio, you need the next generation of COP packaging technology.
As for the screen-to-body ratio without removing borders, it needs to be borderless on all four sides.
It is still not possible to make a mobile phone without borders, even in ten years.
It is estimated that it will be possible after 2030.
In the following days, major brands placed orders one after another.
There is no way, Xingyi Technology all ships according to the order time. Naturally, the earlier you place the order, the sooner it will be shipped, and the sooner it will be available on the market!
Three days later, Zhu Changlin came to Wang Yi with a smile: "Chairman, the fingerprint module order is out."
Wang Yi took a quick look and found it pleasing to the eye.
ZTE, Huawei, O, V, and Lenovo are all major customers, and they have directly placed orders for 10 million sets of push-type fingerprint recognition modules and 10 million sets of light-touch fingerprint recognition modules.
HTC has placed an order for 5 million push-button models and 10 million touch-type models.
Gionee has 10 million push-type models and 5 million touch-type models.
Coolpad has 5 million sets of push-type products and 5 million sets of touch-type products.
As for Meizu, Xiaomi has only placed an order for 5 million push-button models.
It is worth mentioning that all customers chose to spend an extra 20 yuan to apply a sapphire protective layer.
All major brands must think clearly and face-saving projects must be in place!
I bought the fingerprint module for 130 yuan, and I really don’t care about the sapphire protective layer for 20 yuan.
More importantly, other competitors all come with a sapphire protective layer as standard, which is full of sapphire, but I don’t have one. So the price is not that high?
Even if you cut corners, you have to save it where users can't see it, and the protective layer of the Home button is not enough.
As a result, major brands have placed orders for a total of 80 million sets of push-type fingerprint recognition modules and 70 million sets of light-touch fingerprint recognition modules.
A total of 150 million pieces, with a total revenue of 22.5 billion!
In addition, the cost is really not high, less than 20 yuan, and the profit exceeds 15 billion.
"Sure enough, monopoly technology means huge profits!" Wang Yi was filled with emotion.
Zhu Changlin was also in a good mood: "Yes, now the factories are so busy that they have to take off, and the factories and production lines have to be expanded. Fortunately, the delivery will be delivered after half a year and a year, so it is completely in time."
Wang Yi nodded: "More production lines will be added. This is just the beginning. There will be more orders in the future."
"What? There will be more? That's 150 million pills." Zhu Changlin was startled.
Wang Yixiao said: "Where are we now? In the future, the number will increase to 1 billion a year, or even more."
"No way?" Zhu Changlin was in disbelief.
Wang Yixiao said: "Why not? In the future, low-end mobile phones will be equipped with fingerprint recognition as standard. Do you think sales will be less? Not to mention that our own Xingyi Technology has to use more than 300 million."
Wang Yike remembers that in his previous life, a company named Goodix Technology sold 900 million fingerprint recognition sensors in one year!
Not to mention other companies like FingerPrint Card.
Xingyi Technology started earlier and its technology is more mature, so it is not a matter of 900 million.
Xphone 2pro, Xphone 3, Xingyi tablet 3rd generation, and Unbounded note 1 are all equipped with fingerprint recognition as standard, which exceeds 350 million units!
Domestic manufacturers have another 150 million units, and will order more than 100 million units in the future.
This is more than 600 million units.
If we win the two major customers of Samsung and LG, then great, we can add hundreds of millions of units.
In the future, all domestic flagship mobile phones will be equipped with light-touch fingerprint recognition as standard, and at worst it will be a front-facing fingerprint sensor. So will Samsung and LG continue to use the outdated scratch-and-swipe fingerprint sensor of FingerPrint Card?
Of course not!
Chapter completed!