Coolpad
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Native name | 酷派集团有限公司 |
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| Company type | Public |
| 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 February 27, 2015.
- ^ Joe (February 3, 2015). "Coolpad Ivvi K1 Mini is now the world's thinnest smartphone with a 4.7mm body". GizmoChina.
- ^ Sascha Segan (August 28, 2012). "Coolpad: We Can Build Better Budget Phones". Pcmag.com. Ziff Davis. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
- ^ Andrew Nusca (August 23, 2012). "The one country Apple can't crack: China". zdnet.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
- ^ a b "In China, the Coolpad Is Hotter Than Apple's iPhone". WSJ.com. January 28, 2014.
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 (August 25, 2012). "Apple losing smartphone battle to Samsung". usa.chinadaily.com.cn. China Daily Information Co. Retrieved August 30, 2012.
- ^ "China Wireless officially changes its name to Coolpad Group Limited" (PDF). November 29, 2013.
- ^ Claud Xiao and Ryan Olson (December 17, 2014). "CoolReaper Revealed: A Backdoor in Coolpad Android Devices". Palo Alto Networks. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
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