Nowadays, mobile phones are getting cheaper and changing mobile phones is a relatively common thing. Therefore, in order to reduce the cost of replacing mobile phones, major manufacturers have also tried various methods: one-click replacement and cloud account. . . But these methods are all built on a basis, that is, only phones of the same brand can be used. If it is a cross-brand replacement, it is really difficult to use the new machine after hundreds of thousands of times. Lazy people like me may continue to use old phones for a long time.
I specifically checked, there are many definitions of cost:
1. Cost is the economic value of the production and sale of a certain type and quantity of products, measured in currency using resources. Enterprises need to consume production materials and labor to produce products. These consumptions are measured in currency in the cost, which is manifested in material expenses, depreciation expenses, wage expenses, etc. The business activities of an enterprise include not only production but also sales activities. Therefore, the expenses incurred in sales activities should also be included in the cost. At the same time, in order to manage the costs incurred in production, it should also be included in the cost. At the same time, the expenses incurred in order to manage production and business activities also have the nature of forming costs.
2. Cost is the economic value needed to obtain material resources. In order to carry out production and business activities, enterprises purchase various production materials or purchase goods, and
the prices and expenses paid are the purchase cost or purchase cost. As the production and operation activities continue, these costs are transformed into production costs and sales costs.3. Cost is the value sacrifice of resources paid or coped with to achieve a certain purpose, and it can be measured in monetary units.
4. Cost is the economic value sacrificed to achieve one purpose and give up another purpose.
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The cost applicable to the replacement of mobile phones should belong to the third type: Cost is the value sacrifice of resources paid or coped with to achieve a certain purpose, and it can be measured in monetary units.
First of all, what are the scenarios where we change our mobile phones?
Because I have been using Xiaomi since Nokia’s smashed walnut mobile phone, so I have a better understanding of Xiaomi mobile phones. Let’s take Xiaomi phones as an example.
- Replacement of the same brand and the same mobile phone, such as from Mi 1 to Mi 3
- Replacement of different phones of the same brand, such as from Redmi phones to Xiaomi phones
- Replacement of different brands of mobile phones with the same operating system, such as from Huawei to Xiaomi
- Replacement of mobile phones with different operating systems, such as from Android to IOS or from IOS to Android
In the first and second cases, for a good manufacturer, it should be possible to replace the phone at almost zero cost. Just log in to the account, or scan the QR code, connect to the Internet, put the phone on the side, and wait for a while before you can use the new phone. Machine. At this point, Xiaomi’s MIUI is doing very well, not only the address book, including photos, APP, and even the desktop configuration are directly restored.
The third case depends on whether different manufacturers have enough confidence in themselves. At present, the cost is almost the same as the fourth case.
In the fourth case, the replacement cost is almost equivalent to the largest. You need to re-import the address book and re-install the APP. The most painful thing is undoubtedly the process of installing the APP. You need to check the APP list of the old mobile phone, find one by one from the app store, and then install it. Of course, you can also choose to install it when you need it. It may happen that you are in a hurry and find that there is no such application on your phone, and then install it. After installation, you find that you have forgotten your account and password, and you have to retrieve the password again. If there are several mobile phone numbers, you may have forgotten which mobile phone number you registered.
I have to say here, Apple provides an application called Move To IOS, the function is to directly copy the data of the Android machine to the Mac after the installation from Android. The idea is very good, no matter what, no matter how, the Android mobile market can't find this application, after downloading it from Apple's official website, installing it, it turns out that it doesn't work at all.
These are some of the costs on the surface, and there are hidden costs. For example, I have been using Geek Time recently. I downloaded a lot of video courses on my old phone, but when I changed to a new phone, I found that the new phone had to be downloaded again. Fortunately, broadband penetration is very high now, and the traffic is dozens of gigabytes. If before, these time costs would have to be converted into money costs.
Think about it. Since the first and second scenarios of replacing mobile phones, the replacement cost is almost zero, why the third and fourth scenarios have infinite costs. If the fourth case is that the operating system is crossed, the cost is still acceptable, but the third case is the same operating system, why can’t it be replaced with one key? (Next is my nonsense time)
The reason is nothing more than that these manufacturers are not confident enough. Their mental activities should look like this. What if you provide users with a one-click switch and let them find that someone else’s phone is better? I can change the phone so easily, and I won’t come back after changing the past. Wouldn’t I have lost a customer? Let them play in my circle.
In the field of cloud applications, there is a protocol called OpenTracing. This protocol specifies the format of the call chain data and defines the interface data of each call chain monitoring service (such as Zipkin, TraceView, SkyWalking, DataDog, Jaeger, etc.). As long as you comply with the agreement, you can achieve a certain degree of freedom like Lego, and build your own call chain monitoring service at will. In this way, the original projects that are independent of each other can allow users to choose freely, and the replacement cost is almost zero.
Historically, all things will eventually converge, and each has its advantages . For example, the Qin Shihuang unified weights and measures, the same writing, and the same track, which broke the barriers of different cultures of the princes and reduced the barriers. Everyone can communicate freely. But it’s not that as soon as Qin’s book co-writing policy came out, the people of all parties were formatted the same, and each had its own characteristics. The cars are on the same track, but the appearance and interior of the cars are still different.
Is it possible to look forward like this? In the next few years, major manufacturers realized the high cost of replacement and reached an agreement to launch a one-key replacement service to replace mobile phones between manufacturers that access this service. What brand, model, and system can be replaced at zero cost, including address books, files, applications, ringtones, and so on. Then, the major manufacturers develop their own special services, concentrate on planting their own sycamore trees, and enhance the user experience. Do these well and leave the rest to the market.
If it can be done, it will be the world of the same society in the mobile phone field. Isn't it beautiful? . .
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