Chinese manufacturer Coolpad might be adopting Windows Phone

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Zhang Guangqiang, VP of Coolpad (R&D division)

News came over the weekend that Coolpad, a Chinese phone manufacturer, volition probably join the Windows Phone rank, to sit beside more internationally renowned folks like Huawei and ZTE.

In what seems to exist an official news release, Zhang Guangqiang, a VP of the visitor, revealed that they are aiming to release the beginning Windows Telephone device in the first half of 2022. That'southward an clumsily long time away, and Zhang doesn't seem to exist totally serious nearly it (merely one casual mention), and so let's file it nether rumors for the time beingness.

Coolpad is a Chinese phone manufacturer who has risen to power in recent years. It'due south sort of "regionally visible", particularly big in Communist china, but not quite so elsewhere. The company was first established in 1993, spending the start decade generally on making pagers and providing call center solutions. In 2003 it broke into the mobile phone game, initially powered past SoC provided past MediaTek (MTK), i.e. the technical architecture behind nearly all of what'south called "KIRF" (Keeping It Existent Fake) in Engadget's vocabulary. The company worked for a while on Windows Mobile subsequently, before finally settling on Android.

Taking advantage of MTK's plough-fundamental solutions, Coolpad was able to churn out 1 model after another at amazing speed and budget toll. According to the news release, the company has released over 100 models of Android phones in 2 years, a portion of them priced under 1,000 Chinese Yuan (159 The states$), and its standard for "premium range" seems to exist iii,000 CNY (476 United states of america$). To compare prices, the Lumia 800 is now in China and sold for a bit lower than 3,000 CNY, while the Pureview 808 sits over iv,000. Speed and price are Coolpad's primary weapons in the contest.

In july, WPDang reported that Oppo, a Chinese phone manufacturer who is quite shut to Coolpad in nature, was contacting Microsoft about the possibility of adopting Windows Telephone too. If all truthful, these guys will create strong competition for Nokia. Previously we reported that the Finnish behemothic practically owns the Chinese Windows Phone market with a market share of 76%, the spearhead existence Lumia 610. Those fast opponents in the upkeep device segment have the potential to change the game.

Source: Winp.cn,PC Online