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On July 27th, the new generation of NIO Phone officially went on sale, with a price range of 6499-7499 yuan, including 6499 yuan for the performance version, 6899 yuan for the flagship version and 7499 yuan for EPedition. As a second-generation product, the new NIO Phone is fully upgraded and can achieve more in-depth "driver interconnection" with Weilai's automotive products.

Compared with the previous generation of mobile phones, the new generation of NIO Phone has little adjustment in appearance, and the overall design still adopts a symmetrical design style, offering five body colors, including pine green, Jinshami, Moon Silver, Aerospace Blue and Nebula Red, which are homologous to the appearance and color of the car. The screen uses a deep and micro quadruple screen with a bending depth of 724 μ m, a screen size of 6.82 inches and a 2K resolution + 510PPi. The screen film of the new machine will also be updated to make it more suitable.

In terms of configuration, the new generation of NIO Phone is equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8Gen3 processor, while the previous generation is the leading chip of Snapdragon 8Gen 2, which should be the most powerful chip in mainstream Android phones. Xiaomi 14, vivo x Fold 3 pro, one plus 12 and other phones all carry this chip. In addition, it is equipped with a 5000mAh battery, which increases battery life by 10% to 1.16 days, and emergency mode extends low-battery talk time by 30 minutes.

In terms of storage, the new generation of NIO Phone provides 8G, 12G and 16G running memory, as well as 256G, 512G and 1TB body memory. In terms of batteries, the new phone uses a large 5000mAh battery, which supports 66W wired charging + 50W wireless charging + 10W wireless reverse charging, the battery life is increased by 10% to 1.16d, and the emergency mode extends the low power talk time for 30 minutes.

As a flagship machine, the camera function is also of concern to users. It is understood that the new generation of NIO Phone is equipped with 48 million double-layer pixel wide-angle + 48 million-pixel ultra-wide-angle + 50 million-pixel latent telephoto camera, and the night scene super-photosensitivity is 150% higher than that of the first-generation NIO Phone.

In terms of features, the new machine will upgrade NOMI GPT, including call recording can only summary, text summary, photo album large model search and AI elimination pen and so on. NIO Link panoramic Interconnection includes custom car keys, extrasensory car keys, new intelligent car control, extrasensory parking optimization, intelligent car search, enhanced Sky Windows, ecological expansion of NIO Link applications, new games and immersion sounds, and so on. It is worth mentioning that some of the above functions need to be upgraded to BanYan2.1.0 or above.

It is understood that Xilai is the first car company to enter the smartphone field. In September 2023, it officially launched NIO Phone and announced the price on NIO IN 2023 Aurai Innovation and Technology Day, supporting part of the Lvlai points payment. At that time, Li Bin explained in response to building mobile phones, "it's not because mobile phone companies are building cars, and it's not because Weilai doesn't make money to make money from mobile phones, but that Ulai users need a mobile phone that connects seamlessly with Lulai cars."

NIO Phone can be said to be a mobile phone for Weilai car owners, which has made a number of innovations in the car-centric mobile phone experience. First of all, NIO Phone is equipped with UWB ultra-wideband technology, which can completely replace car keys and support no electrolytic lock within 48 hours. Secondly, there is a first NIO Link car control button on the left side of the fuselage. NIO Link panoramic interconnection includes custom car control keys, extrasensory car keys, new intelligent car control, extrasensory parking optimization, intelligent car search, enhanced Sky window, NIO Link application ecological expansion, new games and immersion sound, etc., even when the phone has no network, it can unlock, open the trunk, flash siren, vehicle summoning, remote parking and other functions. In other words, Weilai entered the smartphone market in order to achieve the interconnection of cars and machines and build the car ecology, because with its starting price of 6499, it is difficult to compete with mainstream mobile phone manufacturers.

Since the release of NIO Phone, more and more automakers have begun to expand this market.

On the eve of the 2024 Beijing Auto Show, Polestar Star announced the launch of Polestar Phone at the Brand Night event, with a price of 7388 yuan. At the same time, Polestar Polar Star launched the Polar Star 4 double star interconnection version, in which the single motor standard life Plus double star interconnection version starts at 339900 yuan, and the double motor captain battery Plus double star interconnection version starts at 399900 yuan. The above price will include a Polestar Phone for a limited time. In other words, if you buy the Star 4 double Star Internet version, you will get a Polestar Phone with a price of 7388 yuan.

It is understood that the Polestar Phone is equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8Gen3 processor, 16GB running memory + 1TB storage memory, 5050mAh capacity battery, 80W wired charging and 50W wireless fast charging; 50 million pixel main camera + 3X optical zoom, equipped with OIS+EIS dual anti-shake technology.

With the intelligent opening of the second half of the competition in the automobile industry, more and more automobile companies begin to set foot in the field of mobile phone research and development and manufacturing, in order to better adapt to the intelligent application of automobile. In the face of this trend, Shen Ziyu, chairman and CEO of Star Technology, admitted that "automakers without mobile software capabilities will gradually fall behind."

In addition to Xilai and Ji Xing, the previously listed Xiaomi SU7 has incorporated most of Xiaomi's mobile phone functions into the car, with Xiaomi car APP to achieve a more convenient car experience. In addition, traditional carmakers, including FAW Red Flag, are also speeding up the development of mobile phones in an attempt to take the lead in the wave of electrification and intelligence.

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