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Xiaomi = FPC?

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Intrinsyc har valt att integrera en touchsensor ifrån FPC i sin plattform tillhörande Qualcomms nästa flaggskepp Snapdragon 810!

Historiskt sett så har en Snapdragon processor ifrån Qualcomm präglat alla high-end flaggskepp ifrån Xiaomi, som nu är världens tredje största tillverkare av smartphones.

Xiaomi Mi1

Qualcomm MSM8260 Snapdragon

Xiaomi Mi2

Snapdragon 600 chipset

Xiaomi Mi3

Snapdragon 800 (MSM8974AB)

Retail $327.00

Total manufacturing costs $187,45

Electronic costs $135.54

Xiaomi Mi4

Snapdragon 801 4-core CPUS processor

Retail online China stores $490

“Xiaomi was co-founded by eight partners on June 6, 2010. In the first round of funding, institutional investors included Temasek Holdings, a Singaporean government-owned investment vehicle, the Chinese venture capital funds IDG Capital and Qiming Venture Partners,[18] and mobile processor developer Qualcomm.”

“Xiaomi Red Ricephone, also known as the Hongmi, sells for RMB799 in China (around $130 USD) putting it firmly in that low-end market. According to TrendForce, the Xiaomi is only $85 bill of material (BOM) for Xiaomi Red Rice phone, this is the nice strategy. The Xiaomi’s groundbreaking price will inevitably have an influence on other smartphone manufacturers’ pricing strategies, especially for low to mid-end products.

Despite its low price tag, the phone has respectable hardware including a MediaTek MT6589 chipset that reportedly accounts for 20% of the overall manufacturing costs.”

Business Model

In selling the Xiaomi smartphone, Xiaomi employs a strategy that is very unlike other smartphone makers such as Samsung and Apple. Lei Jun, Xiaomi CEO, said that the company prices the phone almost at bill-of-material prices.”

Qualcomm - Intrinsyc

“Intrinsyc Technologies Corporation (TSX: ITC) ("Intrinsyc"), a leading developer of intelligent connected devices, today announced the general availability of new development platforms featuring the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor, a product of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. ("QTI"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated.”

Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 reference smartphone and tablet hardware kits are now available to order. The incredibly well equipped development platforms are offered by the Canadian company Intrinsyc.

An overwhelmingly rich sensor and connectivity suite includes fingerprint sensor, temperature and humidity sensor.”

"FPC1020 integrated in Qualcomm’s Snapdragon™ 810 development platforms

Fingerprint Cards’ (FPC) touch fingerprint sensor FPC1020 has been integrated in the mobile development platforms MDP810 Tablet and MDP810 Smartphone provided to the market by Intrinsyc.”

Summering

Qualcomm var med och finansierade Xiaomi redan vid starten år 2010. Xiaomi har uteslutande använt sig av Qualcomms Snapdragon teknik i sina flaggskepp. Vid low-end smartphones (99 USD – 130 USD) så har Xiaomi valt en processor ifrån MediaTek i vissa fall.

Xiaomi har kunnat slimma ner sina övergripande kostnader, men vid produktion (bill of materials) anses vinstmarginalerna vara ytterst pressade. Xiaomi ser däremot goda vinstmarginaler på sina kringprodukter (accessoarer) såsom skal och skärmskydd till sina smartphones.

Konceptet B2C tar bort onödiga mellanhänder då Xiaomi säljer direkt till slutkunden via en väl iscensatt och hypad onlineförsäljning - “Mi Fan Festival”.

The Art of Social E-Commerce

Xiaomi spent practically nothing on marketing. This result can be attributed to the marketing matrix Xiaomi has built in an array of new media including Weibo, WeChat, Xiaomi Forum, Baidu Tieba and Xiaomi Mall.”

Både Apple och Xiaomi snittar ungefär samma (200 USD per smartphone) när det kommer till tillverkningskostnader (BOM) för deras respektive flaggskepp. Gemensamt är även att de använder sig av tillverkaren Foxconn i Taiwan, och man kan därefter förvänta sig hög kvalité på prispressade produkter ifrån Xiaomi.

Intrinsyc har nu tagit fram sin nya plattform MDP810 till processorn Snapdragon 810 ifrån Qualcomm. De har valt att integrera touchsensorn 1020 ifrån Fingerprint Cards i deras plattform MDP810. Det ryktas att Xiaomi har planer på att lansera sitt nästa flaggskepp Mi5 i december med deras teknik, och med en fingeravtryckssensor.

” According to the latest report from the industry analyst, Sun Changxu, Mi5 is already being developed and the device will probably feature Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 810 quad-core processor which comes with an Adreno 430 GPU for graphics rendering. The device will sport a 5.7-inch Quad HD display, according to this report, and we’ll also get a fingerprint scanner along with the device.”

"För Lei Jun är det viktigt att Xiaomi, trots det pressade priset, ligger i fas med konkurrenterna vad gäller tekniken. Det underlättas av att en av de stora finansiärerna är Qualcomm som tillverkar flera av delarna till dagens smarta telefoner och som har sett till att Xiaomi har varit bland de första med det senaste."

Mycket talar för att Fingerprint Cards kommer att leverera sin touchsensor till Xiaomis nästa flaggskepp Mi5 – snart vet vi!

Mvh,

M.

Följ utvecklingen framöver på Twitter:

https://twitter.com/Kristallklart

OBS! Det sitter en Qualcomm MSM8974AC Snapdragon 801 processor i Samsung Galaxy S5.

"The Galaxy S5 features a 2.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 chipset, and the Galaxy S4 featured a Snapdragon 600 chipset, so it makes sense that Samsung would put either the 808 or 810 units in the Galaxy S6."

"By enhancing current FPC1020 SW, it allows fast and simple integration of FPC1150."

"Fingerprint Cards (FPC) har vunnit två nya separata design wins (DW) med FPC:s touchsensorer FPC1150 och FPC1021. Den första avser FPC:s touchsensor FPC1150 vilken kommer att användas som hemmaknapp i en Tier 1 OEM tillverkares flagskeppsmodell med planerad lansering under det första kvartalet 2015."

Se källhänvisningar nedan:

http://www.va.se/nyheter/2014/11/26/han-ska-knacka-apple/

http://www.fingerprints.com/corporate/fpc-vinner-sin-forsta-dw-med-fpc1150-fran-tier-1-smartphone-oem-samt-en-dw-med-fpc1021-fran-global-top-5-smartphone-oem/

http://www.fingerprints.com/products/touch_sensor/fingerprint-sensor-fpc1150/

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/131884-samsung-galaxy-s6-what-we-want-and-what-we-expect

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s5-6033.php

http://www.androidheadlines.com/2014/11/analyst-xiaomi-mi5-might-feature-5-7-inch-2k-display-snapdragon-810-soc-cost-1999-yuan-326.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

http://www.chinainternetwatch.com/7386/the-art-of-social-ecommerce-xiaomi-taught-us/

http://www.fingerprints.com/blog/2014/11/26/fpc1020-integrated-in-qualcomms-snapdragon-810-development-platforms/

http://www.gsmarena.com/qualcomm_snapdragon_810_reference_hardware_kits_go_on_sale-news-10287.php

http://www.sys-con.com/node/3236405

http://www.gizmochina.com/2013/08/31/xiaomi-red-rice-phone-cost-just-85-to-buid/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiaomi

http://www.mobileyantra.com/xioami/xiaomi-mi4-new-device-unforgettable-mobile-experience/

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