As weird because it appears, the observe of carmakers promoting telephones isn’t totally exceptional nowadays – not less than, in China. The Center Kingdom has seen various car-branded units launched previously few years, together with from Nio and even Polestar.
Now, there’s a brand new firm showing to affix the fray, and that’s Lynk & Co. The agency’s China normal supervisor Lin Jie, who’s additionally the vice chairman of the Geely Auto group, posted a photograph on Weibo purportedly from a Lynk & Co Telephone Professional, exhibiting off its digital camera’s low-light prowess.
The specs accompanying the picture present a 24 mm essential digital camera with an f/1.9 aperture. As Automobile Information China factors out, that’s an analogous digital camera that’s discovered on the Meizu 21 Professional flagship-level smartphone. That’s not stunning, provided that the Polestar Telephone can be primarily based on that machine.
What hyperlinks these three? The makers’ house owners – Lynk & Co and Polestar are in fact owned by Geely, whereas Meizu was purchased over by Geely founder and chairman Li Shufu in 2022. The Chinese language conglomerate has been busy placing the acquisition to good use, working with Meizu on a brand new infotainment working system referred to as Flyme Auto – a software program that may seem on the Proton eMas 7 (stylised as e.MAS 7) when it arrives right here on the finish of the 12 months.
No particulars have been revealed simply but, however we will count on the specs to be just like the 21 Professional. These embody the flagship Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip, a 6.79-inch full HD+ AMOLED show, a triple-camera setup consisting of a 50 MP essential digital camera, a 13 MP ultra-wide and a ten MP telephoto shooter, a 5,050 mAh battery, 50-watt wi-fi charging and IP68 water and mud resistance. The telephone additionally integrates AI massive language fashions, enabling options resembling generative AI within the voice management system.
As for why these carmakers are promoting their very own telephones, it’s easy – deeper integration with their vehicles’ infotainment techniques. Within the case of the Polestar Telephone, the machine can be utilized to unlock and begin the car via ultra-wideband expertise, seamless integration with the automotive’s voice management system, and the flexibility to reflect the telephone’s software on the automotive’s display. The telephone’s interface additionally options related icons as what you’ll discover in a Polestar automotive. Count on related performance on the Lynk & Co Telephone Professional.
Nonetheless, these options are already supported on common Meizu telephones on automobiles with Flyme Auto, so maybe that is simply one other signal of carmakers attempting to money in on China’s bustling smartphone market. In any case, Meizu’s integration with Flyme Auto is an efficient signal for house owners of the Meizu 21 (the Professional model is just not out there right here, sadly), who could possibly stay up for their telephones working with the eMas 7.
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