On New Year’s Eve 2014, Chinese telecoms equipment and smartphone supplier ZTE began a new phase in their growth. The company launched their new brand identity at the first game of the Golden State Warrior’s season, effectively ending their time in the U.S. market as purely a white label manufacturer for U.S. carriers and setting out to sell […]
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The Smartisan U1: A Chinese Rainbow Android By A Steve Jobs Disciple [Review]
In case you don’t know, Smartisan is a newbie in Chinese phone manufacture space with only one smartphone in the market before the U1. It is famous for its interestingly unparalleled motto: ‘the idealism’ or 情怀 in Chinese, which is the trademark gimmick of their fan base. While Xiaomi and other competitors were attracting millions of buyers […]
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Review – The OnePlus 2 China Model: A Solid Design
OnePlus, the 2014 Crunchies Startup nominee, has just released a successor to its popular “niche” smartphone OnePlus One; the OnePlus 2. Being in the market (or in the invitation letters) for 14 months, OnePlus 1 has received quite positive feedback from the media and the the fan community – and is equipped with CyanogenMod, one of the […]
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Riding the Internet-of-Things Trends, Solution Providers Emerge in China
We’ve previously written about smart hardware platforms in China, most of which come from the big Chinese internet companies. They all want the newly emerging smart gadgets and home appliances to be compatible with their platform – for instance, WeChat, the leading Chinese mobile messaging app, has released an API for connected hardware that enables users to […]
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Ten Chinese Internet-of-Things Startups to Watch in 2015
The Internet of Things, or IoT, emerged as the third wave of internet development and is gradually merging the physical and online worlds. Prompted by the smart hardware boom, this sector is in full bloom in China with repercussions across fields such as smart homes, wearables, connected cities and cars, and beyond. The size of […]
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JD+, Smart Hardware Accelerator by Chinese Online Retail Giant JD.com
Chinese online retail giant JD.com has become one of the first distributors smart hardware makers would turn to whenever they are about to ship products. When maker revolution was about to explode JD established a sub-channel for selling smart hardware products only. Earlier this year, the company launched JD+, an accelerator for smart hardware products, offering funding, […]
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Chinese Home Appliance Makers and Internet Companies Rush to Smart Home Market
Haier Air Box is an indoor air quality detector that can connect air conditioners and purifiers of Haier or any other brands. An accompanying mobile app is able to command those home appliances to do the cleaning when air quality is poor. On the app users also can read data about indoor environment, air quality, temperature and humidity. […]
