Chapter 1556： smart phone

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The Stand Hotel, located on South Avenue, is not the top hotel in the busy and star-studded Los Angeles, and the three-star specification is not the top. www.) But its central location, just four blocks from the Disney Concert Hall and less than a mile from the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, makes the hotel a favorite among tourists.

But it is such a Stand Hotel, which is the favorite of many locals in Los Angeles. Locals who don't need to live in hotels are naturally not satisfied with Stan's hotel room service, but a luxurious space on the roof of the hotel, with a rooftop swimming pool, sundeck, waterbed cabanas, poolside bar... Make this a great place for countless Los Angeles people to entertain. Especially the poolside bar, even in Los Angeles, where there are many bars, is second to none. The vibrant dance floor, high-end and exquisite sofas, and outdoor fireplaces make it a place where a large number of white-collar workers gather in winter or summer. This is definitely one of the trendiest bars in LA.

The bar of the Stand Hotel is well-known far and near, so the bar implements a VIP system, and must be a hotel guest or a bar VIP card holder to enter. This policy also makes many star entertainers like to gather here. Although Evan Bell often goes to bars, but it is in New York, he is not familiar with it in Los Angeles, but today he borrowed Leonardo DiCaprio's VIP card, plus his Zhang face, was able to enter the interior of the bar.

Steve Jobs personally arrived in Los Angeles from New York, and at three o'clock in the afternoon on February 23, he sat face to face with Evan Bell in the corner of the Rooftop Bar of the Stand Hotel near the railing.

On the right hand side, you can see the prosperous scene of the busy traffic below. The afternoon sun is lazily falling down. The swimming pool with blue light and scales not far away softens the breath of spring, and the evergreen potted plants that can be seen everywhere make the bar even more. There is a warm aroma in it. The aroma of the two cups of coffee on the table curled up, changing into a blurred and illusory aroma under the projection of the sun. One can't help but want to completely relax and enjoy a moment of afternoon laziness.

Although the bar is open at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, there are few guests, after all, if everyone wants to drink coffee. There are other locations to choose from, and coming to the bar for coffee is a weird choice. But for Evan Bell and Steve Jobs, all they need is this moment of silence.

Evan Bell played with the small and exquisite mobile phone in his hand, and did not rush to start using the mobile phone, but carefully looked at the design of the edges and the outline of the lines. This is the ne generation of smart phones that will shine in the future. Evan Bell also used ne in his last life, but he used ne3 until his rebirth. Since then, it has not been updated for two generations, let alone the ne5 that has not been listed in mainland China before his rebirth.

Looking at Evan Bell carefully looking at the appearance of the phone, Steve Jobs was not in a hurry at all. Not only was he not in a hurry, but he was looking forward to it, because Steve Jobs spent a lot of effort on every detail of the appearance of the phone. Even the curvature of the four corners has been carefully measured. This painstaking effort is to fundamentally make consumers feel intimate. ne sells more than just the concept of a smartphone. It is also a fashionable experience. After Apple launched ne, the reason why it was able to become the company with the largest market share in the global mobile phone market from a layman. This delicacy and concept is a part that must not be ignored.

Evan Bell can understand the painstaking efforts of Steve Jobs, and he is not only surprised, but even more appreciated. You know, even within Apple, Steve Jobs spent a lot of effort to make the entire design team understand his philosophy, and then began to strive for excellence.

After looking at it, Evan Bell looked up and asked, "How do I turn it on? Are you pressing this round key?" Evan Bell naturally couldn't look like he knew everything, otherwise it would be weird. Apple currently blocks all information on smartphones. There is no rumor from the outside world. If Evan Bell understands everything, it will be strange. Steve Jobs is bound to suspect that there is a spy inside the company, even if the object is Evan Bell. This is a trade secret.

"Top, left." Steve Jobs sat back on the wicker chair. Said calmly, although the opposite was Evan Bell, and he had countless conversations with him about smartphones, but there was still an undisguised pride in his tone. Perhaps it was because it was Evan Bell that Steve Jobs made his pride so obvious.

Evan Bell turned on the phone, didn't speak, and began to fumble. Any mobile phone, if there is a sufficient sense of experience for the user, then it can be easily used without guidance. This is the first step. Evan Bell was an authentic young man—in Steve Jobs' eyes, and if he couldn't even learn how to use a ne, then using a smartphone was too complicated.

Since the announcement in January that the smartphone is about to be launched, the entire Apple company has been conducting internal testing, testing all aspects of the phone, and allowing people from different departments, different classes and types to use this phone and put forward their own opinions and suggestions. . After the company's internal testing was completed, Steve Jobs was the first to find Evan Bell. This is the handover time between the public beta and the internal beta!

"What about the browser?" Evan Bell played for a while, and suddenly realized that Apple's own browser didn't exist. He had never played the NE generation in his last life, so he didn't know much about it. He wasn't sure that it was a closed beta test. For this reason, it is still said that there is no browser in the original generation.

Steve Jobs asked curiously, "What do you want to do with a browser? Now that you can use all the applications, why do you need a browser?" In fact, this question has also been raised within Apple, Steve Jobs Still want to hear what Evan Bell has to say.

"What if I don't want to use the app at all? What if I just want to browse the web and see today's football news? Or, what if I just want to Google a question?" Evan Bell doesn't know Apple's internal How is it discussed, but from the point of view of his personal experience, he thinks so.

Evan Bell's answer was similar to what was going on inside Apple, and Steve Jobs didn't speak. Just nodded slightly. Evan Bell did not expect Steve Jobs to respond to himself. He is a public beta user. It is his job to make comments, and it is Apple's job to improve it.

"In addition. You set up Google Maps and GPS navigation, but why not set up a GPS positioning system?" Evan Bell's remarks made Steve Jobs interested, which is temporarily in Apple's closed beta. Without mentioning it, Evan Bell looked around after hearing Steve Jobs' words "talk about it in detail", "For example. I'm a foreigner who came to Los Angeles for the first time, and I don't know all the maps. , I don't know where I am, I just know I'm going to Staples Field, so how should I use Google Maps to move forward?"

Although ne's GPS positioning system has been criticized a lot, it is similar to violating the police, being used by the government for surveillance, etc., but it is undeniable. This positioning function is also practical in many cases.

"If I can use my phone to automatically locate where I am, and then enter my destination, Google Maps will show the direction. That's not great." After Evan Bell explained, Steve Jobs' eyes lit up, this function is indeed very good Practical, Apple's internal applications for smartphones were still somewhat limited. Through Evan Bell, Steve Jobs had a bunch of ideas in his mind.

"What's the current memory capacity of the phone?" Evan Bell asked, interrupting Steve Jobs's thoughts. He raised his head, put other thoughts aside for the time being, and answered. "4G and 8G", Evan Bell nodded, "What if I think it's not enough? Can an expansion card be installed here?"

"Not for the time being." This question was also discussed within Apple, and Steve Jobs quickly answered, "But we are developing a 16G version and can make some adjustments. Hope to receive more feedback when it goes on the market again. ."

Evan Bell nodded, the first generation ne still has many shortcomings, such as no infrared function, for example, the standby time is too short, only eight hours; for example, the business function is not sound enough, except for sending and receiving emails. No; for example, the camera function is too weak, 2 megapixels, no flash, no video recording function, no focusing function, no mode change...

"Why is the camera function so perfect?" Steve Jobs holds the opposite view to Evan Bell on this point The camera of the mobile phone is just an additional function, since there is a camera, why should we What about the enhanced camera functions of mobile phones? "It's not that Steve Jobs' thinking is too limited, but because social networks such as Facebook, uTube, Twitter, etc. are not popular enough, people are not so clear about the concept of taking pictures anytime, anywhere.

Evan Bell expressed his point of view in the simplest way, "For example, I was just hanging out with my friends today, and I happened to meet my idol here, but I didn't bring a camera, what should I do? For example, I took pictures with my mobile phone. Now, I want to upload it to Facebook and share my joy with my friends, what should I do if the photo is too blurry? Or the sharing function of the app does not support it, what should I do?”

Steve Jobs laughed, "It's still Facebook and uTube's problem."

"Of course, otherwise what else can I discuss?" Evan Bell laughed. In fact, the functions of uTube and Facebook applications in the ne generation are still not perfect, so I just took this opportunity to discuss.

If you don't have a lover, you will be happy by yourself, haha! To be continued. . )

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