NIO Phone

2023: Smartphone Launch

In mid-September, NIO released the first smartphone sharpened for interaction with a car. The gadget is called NIO Phone, you can buy the maximum configuration for 7500 Chinese yuan (a little more than $1000).

The smartphone has a 5200 mAh battery, fast charging and fast wireless charging. In addition, the model has three memory options - the maximum configuration involves 16 GB of RAM and 1 TB of memory for storing files and applications. The NIO Phone is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC. In addition, the smartphone has three lenses, the largest of which has a volume of 50 megapixels.

NIO Phone

The launch of the first phone sharpened for cars reflects the development of technology in the field of electric vehicles, which already occupy a third of the car market in China. A driver using a NIO Phone can call a car to himself (in China, autopilot is allowed in certain locations and at low speeds), order the car to park itself, and open and close the car, even if the phone is turned off.

NIO top manager William Lee said the smartphone has more than 30 functions for interacting with cars.

I think a lot of competitors will learn something by looking at our innovations, and I advise them to do it, "Lee said.

NIO ranks ninth in China in the electric vehicle market. The company is actively investing in technologies related to the production of its own microchips and batteries. In addition, NIO wins the love of customers with the help of exclusive clubs and products such as branded wine.

In the first eight months of 2023, the company sold 94,000 cars, up 34% from the same period in 2022.^[1]

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