Cook put it very grandly: "Our phone models are already finalized. Some iPhone 14 and 14 mini models have already been produced. It's impossible to re-finalize them now."
The real reason is very simple.
By August, the Federal Reserve had raised interest rates twice. Due to the Fed's rate hikes and Samsung's continued pressure on Apple's market share in the high-end market through brain-computer interface technology, Apple's stock price had evaporated by more than 20 percent under the double whammy of the Fed's rate hikes and the decline in its share price.
The "Davis Double Kill" refers to a decline in both a company's performance and its valuation.
Apple desperately needs the 14 series to boost morale, so how could it possibly discriminate against consumers at a time like this and dampen their purchasing desire?
Cook offered a solution: "Neuralink can partner with Samsung, whose phones have a much wider price range than iPhones, allowing them to incorporate Neuralink's brain-computer interface technology into phones priced between 300 and 500 yuan."
If a phone at this price point incorporates the brain-computer interface technology developed by Kechuang Biotechnology, the patent licensing fees will eat up most of the phone manufacturer's profits.
If Neuralink's price is low enough, it's clearly one possible route.
Musk pleaded, "Not even the iPhone Mini?"
Musk would rather earn less money in the first few years than have it installed on the iPhone.
The collaboration with Samsung is easy to negotiate. As long as Neuralink is willing to reduce the patent licensing fee to below 200 RMB, Samsung will definitely be willing to equip their mid-range devices with brain-computer interface technology.
However, Musk is not very willing, because once the mid-range models are shipped in large quantities, Neuralink will be unable to shake off the image of being a low-end brand.
Even if Neuralink and Sci-Tech Biotech's brain-computer interface products become nearly identical in the future, consumers will still prefer Sci-Tech Biotech.
Once a brand is labeled as low-end by consumers, it is extremely difficult to shake off that image.
Once rice was labeled as cost-effective, it couldn't be shaken off no matter how many press conferences it held at the Palace Museum in recent years.
Therefore, Musk hopes to ride the wave of the iPhone, even if it's just the iPhone mini, so that users will at least feel that Neuralink and Kechuang Bio are not that different.
Cook firmly rejected Musk's plea: "Sorry, but if Neuralink's recognition accuracy can reach 95%, then we will consider it."
Saying this makes no difference whatsoever.
When Neuralink's brain-computer interface recognition rate reaches 95%, Kechuang Bio's technology will make new progress.
Even then, Apple will still only use the brain-computer interface technology from Kechuang Bio, and will still not choose Neuralink.
Seeing that he couldn't persuade Cook, Musk ultimately chose to cooperate with Samsung.
As for Chinese mobile phone manufacturers, Musk doesn't dare to release his Chinese-language brain-computer interface technology, otherwise, anyone with a discerning eye could easily spot the anomalies by comparing them.
If they then promote it extensively on Chinese social media, it will negatively impact Tesla's sales in China.
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As usual, Li Miaomiao bought a cup of coffee on the first floor of the Science and Technology Innovation Building before heading to her office.
"Still a latte with extra sugar."
"Okay, Mr. Li, please wait a moment!" the cashier at the coffee shop replied loudly. Even as the vice president of Kechuang Biotechnology, he still had to wait in line.
The employees ahead of her wouldn't specifically ask her to buy first. Because Kechuang Bio is a very young company, there's practically no strict hierarchy.
A new coffee shop opened on the first floor of the Science and Technology Innovation Building in the middle of this year. Shortly after its opening, the coffee shop quickly became a popular spot in Suzhou.
Unfortunately, you need an employee card to get in, otherwise there are long queues every day.
The reason it became a popular coffee shop is not because the coffee is so delicious, but because the baristas at this coffee shop are very special.
Xiao Huang is a disabled person. He was originally a barista with all four limbs intact, but he lost both hands in an accident.
Originally feeling depressed, Xiao Huang doubted whether he had misheard when Kechuang Bio found him and asked if he wanted to continue being a barista.
I had only ever heard of deaf-mute people becoming baristas before. Even having a disability in one hand disqualified one from becoming a barista, let alone having neither hand.
However, Xiao Huang, who was passionate about the coffee business, had a glimmer of hope for Kechuang Biotechnology, the most famous company in Suzhou, and agreed to the job.
After receiving two months of training in the laboratory of Kechuang Bio in Suzhou, he successfully became a barista again.
Every day, Xiao Huang needs to go downstairs to wear a special brain-computer interface device, which weighs a full half pound and connects to the back of his head and spine.
Then he needs to use a brain-computer interface to control two mechanical arms that extend out from the wall of the cafe.
Xiao Huang stands between two robotic arms every day, using his brain to control the robotic arms to make coffee for customers.
The silver mechanical arm is incredibly high-tech, and combined with the cyberpunk-style design, the entire coffee shop is even more futuristic than the buildings in Cyberpunk 2077.
The coffee shop attracted countless eyes on its first day of opening with a series of elements including re-employment for people with disabilities, brain-computer interface prosthetics, innovative biotechnology, and cyberpunk.
At that time, not long after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates, the A-share market suffered a terrible crash, especially leading stocks in the pharmaceutical industry. Previously, these stocks were driven up by funds holding onto them, but now funds were selling off and causing the stocks to fall the fastest.
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