2. If there is a contradiction, it is not a contradiction in technical cooperation, but a contradiction in business.
For example, MediaTek boasts the high-end processor X series, and Meizu's exclusive period is very short. Before the reconciliation with Qualcomm, Meizu's high-end flagship mostly used MediaTek processors, but it was used by Xiaomi on the low-end Redmi shortly after its release.
3. Later, the contradiction gradually deepened in the X20 era, that is, during the period when Meizu developed PRO6, MediaTek boasted to Meizu how powerful this soc was, and at that time, Bai Zong's senior management also believed him. The two sides have been developing for more than two months. This soc is either too hot or consumes too much power. If the heating is limited, it can only be locked, but the performance is very weak. PRO6, which has made itself a slim flagship, has a serious background and cannot compete with flagship machine in the market. Similarly, X20 was used by Redmi series shortly after the release of PRO6. Guaranteed by many charming friends!
It's not that there is a contradiction between Meizu and MediaTek, nor that online MediaTek has harmed Meizu, but that Meizu failed to grasp the purchasing psychology of consumers, which led to the fiasco of Meizu's MediaTek strategy.
In the era of shanzhai, MediaTek provided a set of solutions for shanzhai, which made shanzhai rampant and MediaTek became the father of shanzhai.
Therefore, the shanzhai machine is a low-end product in the eyes of users, and naturally "MediaTek" has become synonymous with low grade.
Most consumers don't know the cpu parameters of mobile phones, and they can't tell which cpu is really good. In the eyes of most consumers, "Qualcomm" is a cow, and the rest are rubbish.
In consumers' minds, only the latest cpu from Qualcomm can be considered as the first standard of "saleable", and everything else is heresy. Because users have no patience to tell which is better, Qualcomm is at least good.
Even if "MediaTek" is awesome, it will be labeled as "low-end" in users' minds. No matter how awesome the mobile phone in MediaTek is, it will always make people not high-end.
Like, Liu was born as a farmer. Even if Liu is rich now, she will always be a soil turtle in the face of a well-educated family. Sometimes, just because of money, the correct opinion can be changed.
Therefore, Meizu takes it for granted that MediaTek's cpu performance is not worse than that of Qualcomm, and it supports Three Netcom, which is cheap, so users should not care too much, but users' prejudice against MediaTek almost killed Meizu.
Just like Android phones, facing Apple phones, just like coal bosses facing elegant gentlemen, no matter how rich you are, people simply look down on you.
The reason why Xiaomi is so awesome now has a lot to do with Xiaomi hugging Qualcomm's thigh.
Of course, Meizu had a bad relationship with "Qualcomm" and was forced to take the road of MediaTek.
Meizu doesn't want to pay Qualcomm's huge patent fees, so it always uses MediaTek's processor and occasionally Samsung's processor. Because MediaTek's processor power consumption and heat control are not good, other mobile phone manufacturers only use it on low-end mobile phones with a price of 1,000 yuan, and only Meizu's high-end and low-end processors use MediaTek processors. It was not until the pro7 series almost closed Meizu down that Meizu paid hundreds of millions of patent fees to settle with Qualcomm, and all of them switched to Qualcomm Xiaolong processors.
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First, the two had worked closely together before. The practice of Meizu a few years ago also proved that MediaTek, as the flagship of Meizu, such as Meizu pro7, started at a price of about two or three thousand yuan.
Second, but later, MediaTek sold this chip to Xiaomi, and Xiaomi used it as a Redmi chip of a thousand yuan machine. This makes Meizu even more embarrassed.
Third, before the lawsuit between Meizu and Qualcomm is settled, Meizu's real flagship can only use Samsung Orion processor, such as Meizu pro6plus made by Meizu with tears, and it will be exchanged for MediaTek for ten thousand years.
Fourthly, after the lawsuit between Meizu and Qualcomm was settled, Meizu flagship used Qualcomm Opteron processor, such as Meizu 16 I use now, and it is better than MediaTek.
Fifth, MediaTek chips are also very useful. Even though their performance may be insufficient compared with Qualcomm's top flagship chips, they are enough to meet the needs of people's daily life and some games.
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Not contradictory, right? Meizu once invested in MediaTek. All the products were in MediaTek that year, but they were overturned. . Qualcomm is still very useful.
There is really no contradiction between the two families. Meizu and Qualcomm are counting on MediaTek's U, so there is a saying in the street that MediaTek will remain unchanged for 10,000 years until it is reconciled with Qualcomm.
MediaTek and Meizu were good friends a few years ago. But because MediaTek's chip doesn't work. I have been to Meizu several times, especially Meizu PRO7. MediaTek's top chip x30 is used, which should be better than the first sword Xiaolong 835 but not as good as Snapdragon 82 1. Since then, Meizu almost gave up MediaTek and turned to Qualcomm.
Why didn't you use Qualcomm before? Because there was a contradiction between Qualcomm and Meizu before, Meizu felt that the price in Qualcomm was too high. But now it has been reconciled, and Meizu has almost completely abandoned MediaTek.
Look at the development of MediaTek. In recent two years, MediaTek has also produced several high-end processors. Although the performance is still average, it is getting better gradually. It is estimated that Meizu will be reused in MediaTek in two years. The chips of Qualcomm and MediaTek are used together.
Contradiction? I don't think so. Just one of the suppliers. The cooperation between the two companies was very good at first. Previously, users now pay more attention to the Snapdragon series, so the cooperation has changed slightly.
MediaTek is not a drag on Meizu. On the contrary, MediaTek should be the savior of Meizu.
First, Meizu chose MediaTek because it has a patent fee problem with Qualcomm. Meizu doesn't want to be cheated by Qualcomm for so many patent fees, so the relationship between the two companies has been bad and has been in court.
Second: Meizu had no choice but to embrace MediaTek, the processor that counted thighs at that time, right there. The news of being badly pitted by MediaTek keeps coming out.
Third: Meizu and MediaTek should not contradict each other but promote each other's development. If Meizu doesn't use MediaTek, there may be a crisis in MediaTek. If MediaTek doesn't use chips for Meizu, Meizu may go bankrupt directly.
Summary: There is no contradiction between the two families.
At that time, MediaTek's own products were not too hard, and the result was that Meizu was cheated by MediaTek. The reason is that Meizu itself has problems and its level is too poor.