There are several Chinese
smartphone brands in the market as Huawei, Xiaomi, Vivo, Oppo that have gained a good market worldwide. Huawei was on the top list and one of the best smartphone seller globally
before the US Trade war. You will be surprised to know that a new Chinese smartphone brand is going to arrive in our market.
The
Bytedance Company, which is also known as the parent company of the video streaming app
TikTok is said to be stepping into the hardware field and working to develop its own all-new smartphone. This move came after the Chinese telecommunication companies like Huawei and ZTE were spooked by the consequence of the US ban.
Dream of ByteDance CEO Zhang Yiming
As per the reports of The Financial Time, it was claimed that Zhang Yiming, the founder and the CEO of ByteDance Company wished to launch a mobile with
Bytedance apps pre-installed in it. He long dreamt of making such a mobile.
Some unconfirmed reports also claim that this Chinese-based Company
has confirmed a deal with phone maker Smartisan in January 2019. It has also hired some Smartisan employees and developed
a patent portfolio. It is also said that at that time this deal was done to
explore the education business.
Pre-installed Apps in
the New Smartphone
According to some unidentified reports it is said that the phone will come preloaded with many ByteDabce apps like news
aggregator Jinri Toutiao, which already has one million daily active users, the ever-present
TikTok which is ranking as the
top used app globally, an instant messenger
Feiliao and also some unreleased apps like music service, games, and short video platforms.
The US Trade War
However, no reports about the phone design or envisioned
market came forward but it was said that this company could be hindered by the
US government trade war and the opposition against the Chinese
telecommunication Companies. ByteDance is among the few Chinese-based Tech Companies
that boast a large user base from outside its home market and especially in
India and US.
Facebook and Amazon
preloaded smartphones flopped
Facebook too launched
HTC and
Samsung phones with some special apps preloaded in it but unfortunately, they have to discontinue it due to some reasons. It is believed that they are abandoned because of the strong operating system of Google. A similar fate was observed by Amazon smartphones, the buyers simply rejected the
Amazon Fire phone and it was pulled a year after its launch.
What is going to be
the future of ByteDance preloaded smartphones?
It is a great challenge for the upcoming mobile of Bytedance
because Facebook and Amazon preloaded smartphones flopped badly. Many analysts predict that ByteDance would also have
a similar outcome.
Indeed it will be
an uphill battle especially in China where many smartphone sales are cooling down and competition toughens between the entrenched players like famous
Huawei,
Oppo,
Xiaomi and
Apple.
What will be the fate of this mobile phone in the international market?
Analysts believe that they will have a similar outcome
like Facebook and Amazon because there is no space for them in the mass market.
Some say that they lack experience in the supply
chain on
this path so their chances of being successful is very less.
Wang XI a research manager of Data Consultancy China believe that the competitive domestic hardware company meant any newcomer would have to persuade its users with low prices and must-have content and if they really go through this path they will let hardware lose money in the beginning and try to make up through service later.
TikTok’s Success as a Motivating Factor
Though it is clear that this Chinese-based company
managed to gain a meaningful purchase worldwide through TikTok that topped the worldwide ranking in the last few months. On the other side, it also faced a lot of consequences, It was imposed a fine of 5.7m in the US by Federal Trade Commission for
allegedly violating children’s privacy protection law and it was imposed a ban in India for promoting illicit content.
