ZUK Mobile
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| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Consumer electronics |
| Founded | May 28, 2015 |
| Founder | Alex Chén Yǔ (陈宇) Cháng Chéng (常程) Chén Xùdōng (陈旭东) |
| Headquarters | Beijing, China |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Cháng Chéng (Chief Executive Officer) Alex Chén Yǔ (Chief Operation Officer and Chief Product Officer) |
| Products |
ZUK Z1 (2015) ZUK Z2 |
| Parent | Lenovo |
| Website |
ZUK Mobile Global ZUK Mobile China |
ZUK Mobile is a Chinese internet smartphone company founded in May 2015. It is headquartered in Beijing.
ZUK Mobile was founded on 28 May 2015, it is a spin off of Lenovo smartphone business. Yang Yuanqing, CEO of Lenovo said that investing ZUK Mobile "is one of the Chinese tech giant's major steps in its business transformation in the Internet era". Furthermore, he said that the company is an independent brand different from Lenovo's previous subsidiary brands.
Less than two months later, ZUK Mobile entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Cyanogen Inc. to base its products' Android distribution upon a variant of the popular custom ROM CyanogenMod and use its trademarks outside of China.
The company unveiled its first device, the ZUK Z1 in Beijing, China on 11 August 2015. Following its release, the company received over 1.5 million pre-orders within two days in mainland China.
The Z1 is ZUK's "flagship" smartphone, unveiled in August 2015. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p display, 64 GB internal storage, a 13 MP rear camera, a 4,100 mAh battery, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 CPU, 3 GB RAM, a USB Type-C port for charging and audio, and a fingerprint reader. The international version of the Z1 runs Cyanogen OS 12.1, based on Android 5.1.1 "Lollipop". The Z1 is sold in China with ZUK's own ZUI version of Android based on Android 5.1 "Lollipop".
In mainland China, the ZUK Z1 costs CNY 1,799 (US$284) while an international version is expected to cost around US$300 or €280.
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