Coolpad
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Native name | 酷派集团有限公司 |
|---|---|
| Public | |
| Traded as | SEHK: 2369 |
| Industry | Consumer electronics |
| Founded | April, 1993 |
| Founder | Guō Déyīng (郭德英) |
| Headquarters | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people |
Guō Déyīng (Chairman and CEO) |
| Products | Smartphones |
Number of employees | 5,000+[1] |
| Subsidiaries | ivvi[2] |
| Website | www.coolpad.com |
Coolpad Group Limited (Chinese: 酷派集团; pinyin: Kùpài Jítuán SEHK: 2369) is a Chinese telecommunications equipment company headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong. It is a large smartphone company in China[3][4] and the largest Chinese domestic brand by sales outside of China.[5] From January to June 2012, the company had a market share of shipments of 10.4%.[6]
Coolpad was originally the smartphone brand of Yulong Computer Telecommunication Scientific (Shenzhen) Co.,[5] itself a subsidiary of China Wireless Technologies Limited. China Wireless was officially renamed "Coolpad Group Limited" at the end of 2013.[7]
Global presence
- In 2012, Coolpad entered the US mobile phone market with its first 4G LTE smartphone, cooperating with MetroPCS.
- In 2015, CES, Coolpad was awarded "Global Smart Phone Brands Top 10" and "Global Smart Connected Devices Top 10" by IDG.
- In 2015, Coolpad was listed on the Forbes Asia TOP 50.
- In June 2015, Coolpad launched three products in Southeast Asia (Indonesia and Vietnam).
- In September 2015, Coolpad entered 10 countries in Eastern Europe.
Controversies
On 17 December 2014, Palo Alto Networks announced they had found a backdoor installed on many of their handsets, and dubbed it "CoolReaper".[8]
References
- ↑ "公司概况". Official website of Coolpad Group (in Chinese). Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ↑ Joe (3 February 2015). "Coolpad Ivvi K1 Mini is now the world's thinnest smartphone with a 4.7mm body". GizmoChina.
- ↑ Sascha Segan (2012-08-28). "Coolpad: We Can Build Better Budget Phones". Pcmag.com. Ziff Davis. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
- ↑ Andrew Nusca (2012-08-23). "The one country Apple can't crack: China". zdnet.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
- 1 2 "In China, the Coolpad Is Hotter Than Apple's iPhone". WSJ.com. 2014-01-28.
In the third quarter of last year, Coolpad, the smartphone brand of China's Yulong Computer Telecommunication Scientific (Shenzhen) Co., was the sixth-biggest smartphone vendor by units sold world-wide
- ↑ Shen Jingting (2012-08-25). "Apple losing smartphone battle to Samsung". usa.chinadaily.com.cn. China Daily Information Co. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
- ↑ "China Wireless officially changes its name to Coolpad Group Limited" (PDF). 2013-11-29.
- ↑ Claud Xiao and Ryan Olson (2014-12-17). "CoolReaper Revealed: A Backdoor in Coolpad Android Devices". Palo Alto Networks. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
