Month: December 2018

Face Payment

From the beginning of the loss of password payment to the subsequent fingerprint payment, this year, the payment field finally ushered in the face payment, the current technology has been implemented on OPPO, Huawei and other branded mobile phones.

OPPO’s face payment is based on the OPPO Facekey 3D structured light technology, which builds complete 3D facial information for users with 15,000 invisible light, and achieves a safety level of up to one millionth in the usage scenarios such as payment and unlocking. 20 times of fingerprint recognition, the user’s facial data acquisition takes only 0.03 seconds, and the algorithm speed also reaches 0.1 seconds.

After entering the face information, you do not need to enter a password when you pay, so that the phone can read the face information.

3D TOF Super Induction Technology

3D TOF and screen fingerprints have a similar common: unlock. The difference is that the screen fingerprint uses the fingerprint, and the 3D TOF uses the face, but the future application scene of the 3D TOF is not limited to the mobile phone unlocking, such as video, human-computer interaction, AR, games and the like.
3D TOF super-sensing technology and 3D structure light and binocular stereo imaging are the three main 3D machine vision solutions in the industry. They send light pulses continuously to the target, then receive the light returned from the object with the sensor, and detect the light pulse. Flight (round trip) time to get the target distance.

Compared with 3D structured light, 3D TOF super-induction technology has the advantages of high effective depth information, long working distance, flexible structure layout and rich application scenarios.

3D TOF super-induction technology has an effective depth information of up to 300,000, 10 times that of structured light technology, and a working distance of up to 3 meters, which further expands the application scene, such as 3D fitting, 3D photography, MR somatosensory games, etc. The distance application scenario is achieved.

Screen fingerprint

The fingerprints under the screen did not appear this year, but it was really popular this year. It only appeared last year, but few mobile phones are used, so this technology is classified as this year.
The full screen has changed many aspects of the mobile phone, including unlocking. In the case where the fingerprint module cannot be placed on the front side, the back fingerprint not only affects the overall aesthetics of the back but also has no positive effect on the experience, so the screen fingerprint is applied in the high voice. .
Vivo was the first vendor to release screen fingerprints, and it gradually became popular as technology matured and costs fell. The principle of screen fingerprinting is based on the self-illumination and ultra-thin characteristics of the OLED screen, so that the light penetrates the cover plate to illuminate the fingerprint, and then the fingerprint reflection light passes through the screen return sensor for recognition, thereby unlocking.

The price of the first batch of 5G mobile phones is released? China Mobile: 8,000 yuan or more

At the China Mobile Global Partner Conference held in Guangzhou, some manufacturers predicted that the price of the first batch of 5G mobile phones next year would be high, ranging from 5,000 yuan to 10,000 yuan. China Mobile predicts that in the pre-commercial phase of 5G in 2019, the number of tested and pre-commercial 5G terminals may be more than 30, and the price of 5G mobile phones is expected to be above 8,000 yuan. However, by the 2020 commercial stage of 5G scale, the threshold of 5G mobile phones may fall to the level of more than 1,000 yuan.

 

Tianjin’s Samsung mobile phone factory’s “ten years of ups and downs”

For the local, Samsung Communications is undoubtedly a landmark existence.

Located near the company in the Xiqing District Microelectronics Industrial Park in Tianjin, there is more than one bus station named after “Samsung Communications”: on the Edison Road where the factory’s north gate is located, there are 826 buses stopping at this station, and the east side is Weiwu Road. There are 504 road signs with the same name – although within a few hundred meters, a group of “Samsung” companies, including Tianjin Samsung Vision, Tianjin Samsung LED, etc., “Samsung Communications” has become the representative of this film.

Standing side by side with the “Tianjin Samsung Communications” on the roof of the main building of the factory is the “Samsung Smartphone”, which also implies the real role of the factory.

Born in 2001, with a registered capital of 104 million US dollars, Samsung Communications, a joint venture between Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Tianjin Zhonghuan Electronic Information Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Zhonghuan Electronics), has always been the “first mover” of Samsung mobile phones in China.

In fact, in the second year of the factory’s establishment, Samsung mobile phones began to enter the Chinese market. Subsequently, relying on many advantages such as shape, technology, screen, etc., Samsung mobile phones began to stabilize their market position.

“I am here at the company, and I have experienced the whole process from rapid development to glory, then to decline and now closed.” As an old factory employee, Yang Lin had ample reason to be proud. He told the 21st Century Business Reporter, “2013 is a factory. In the most brilliant year, the monthly output is up to 10 million units.”

At that time, Samsung mobile phones are also catching up with the wave of smart machine replacement, and the models represented by Samsung Galaxy series mobile phones frantically seize the market. According to researcher Counterpoint, Samsung’s mobile phone market share in China was 20% in 2013, ranking first.

However, after that, Samsung mobile phones entered a bottleneck in the Chinese market and lost ground. Correspondingly, the output of Samsung Communications is also declining.

According to data provided by IDC China to 21st Century Business Herald, Samsung’s annual market share in China was 5.5% in 2016, less than 3% in 2017 and 0.9% in the first three quarters of 2018.

Even Samsung’s global smartphone sales have begun to weaken. According to Gartner data, in the third quarter of this year, Samsung smartphones shipped a total of 73.306 million units, down 14.3% from the 85,560,300 units in the same period last year. Samsung’s share of global smartphone shipments in the quarter also fell to 18.9% from 22.3% in the same period last year.

The decline in sales means that the intention to control costs is even more urgent.

“The production of Samsung mobile phones is gradually shifting to factories in Huizhou and Vietnam, China.” Many Samsung employees told 21st Century Business Herald.

According to previous reports from South Korean media, Samsung Electronics’ annual production capacity in the two factories in Beining and Taiyuan, Vietnam, is 240 million units, while the Tianjin plant has an annual production capacity of 36 million units and the Huizhou factory has 72 million units.

How can Lenovo mobile phone stay in this year in 2019?

Chang Cheng said that the current market is much colder than we thought at the beginning of the year, but for Lenovo, the impact of the market is not particularly large, and our most important concern is to solve the problem to the user side – because we are now The amount is not that big, and the routine adds.
The small-scale is the advantage of Lenovo’s mobile phone. There is no Lenovo mobile phone with a sales KPI package. This is one of the reasons why Z5 Pro can intercept the 855 chip.
As for how to use the Lenovo mobile phone for the winter, the routine also has its own views. He believes that whether a mobile phone can survive depends on two driving forces. First, the existing cost, that is, the expense rate, so many people, so much money, you must spend so much. The second is the profit rate. Lenovo “winter” pays more attention to the expense rate, spends less money, does more efficient things, and hopes to do some optimization.

In 2019, Lenovo had no target in market share, only two keywords – “growth.” Chang Cheng believes that “when others are afraid, we have to be greedy.” In 2018, Lenovo spent a year making products, and finally returned to the normal rhythm today: “New things will not be slower than people, will follow Like others, even in some places, they will lead some opponents.”

“If we are still developing a conference, it means that we are still alive.” Chang Cheng said that no one knows what will happen in the future, but “only if there is a return to the product, there is a way out.”

Lenovo Changcheng: Lenovo mobile phone to launch a price war to cut off industry profits

The vice president of Lenovo Group and the head of the mobile business China region announced that Lenovo’s mobile phone should launch a price war in China and cut off the profits of other manufacturers. Chang Cheng said that Lenovo’s mobile phone shipments in the Chinese market have been growing against the trend for four consecutive months, with a growth rate of more than 70%. The data also shows that from April to September this year, Lenovo’s mobile phone sales in the domestic market increased by as much as 85%. In the overall industry downturn, the growth rate far exceeded other manufacturers.

 

Corning acquires 3M Communications Market

In June of this year, Corning Incorporated announced that it had completed the acquisition of 3M’s Communications Marketing Department. The acquisition expands Corning Optical’s market reach and has access to more global customers, particularly in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, including Central and Latin America.

OFweek Optical Communication Network Editor Comments: This acquisition of Corning Company is mainly due to market development considerations. Corning is an internationally renowned material company with a wide range of industries. Therefore, for Corning, expanding the market is a very important part of the company.

Nokia acquires Internet of Things company SpaceTime Insight

In May of this year, Nokia announced the acquisition of SpaceTime Insight, a California-based Internet of Things startup that provides predictive analytics based on machine learning algorithms. Previously, Nokia’s business in the Internet of Things sector was quite small. By acquiring SpaceTime Insight, Nokia’s determination to further strengthen the Internet of Things business can be seen.

OFweek Optical Communication Network Editor Comments: After the mobile phone business has shrunk dramatically, Nokia has shifted its focus to network equipment. As a senior “player” in the field of communications, Nokia’s involvement in the Internet of Things is clearly well-founded.

Cisco’s $270 million acquisition of AI Enterprise Accompany

On May 2 this year, Cisco announced an agreement to acquire the business intelligence startup Accompany. Cisco will pay $270 million in cash and stock. After the acquisition, the Accompany team will join the Cisco Cooperative Technology Group, which intends to integrate Accompany’s technology. Go to the company’s own collaborative products.

OFweek Optical Communication Network Editor’s Comments: Cisco is a world-renowned network solution provider. The acquisition of Accompany is naturally a concrete manifestation of its enhanced AI capabilities. At present, the AI trend has swept the world. As a world-famous corporate giant, Cisco’s AI is naturally reasonable.