Coolpad
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Native name
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酷派集团有限公司 |
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| Traded as | SEHK: 2369 |
| Industry | Consumer electronics |
| Founded | April, 1993 |
| Founder | Guo Deying |
| Headquarters | Shenzhen, Guangdong, China |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Guo Deying (Chairman and CEO) |
| Products | Smartphones |
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Number of employees
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5000+[1] |
| Website | www.coolpad.com |
Coolpad Group Limited (Chinese: 酷派集团; pinyin: kù pài jí tuán SEHK: 2369) is a Chinese telecommunications equipment company headquartered in Shenzhen. It is the 3rd largest smartphone company in China[2][3] and sixth-largest worldwide.[4] From January to June 2012, the company had a market share of shipments of 10.4%.[5]
Coolpad was originally the smartphone brand of Yulong Computer Telecommunication Scientific (Shenzhen) Co.,[4] itself a subsidiary of China Wireless Technologies Limited. China Wireless was officially renamed "Coolpad Group Limited" at the end of 2013.[6]
Controversy[edit]
On December 17, 2014 Palo Alto Networks announced they had found a backdoor installed on many of their handsets, and have dubbed it "CoolReaper".[7]
References[edit]
- ^ "公司概况". Official website of Coolpad Group (in Chinese). Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ^ Sascha Segan (2012-08-28). "Coolpad: We Can Build Better Budget Phones". Pcmag.com. Ziff Davis. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
- ^ Andrew Nusca (2012-08-23). "The one country Apple can't crack: China". zdnet.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
- ^ a b "In China, the Coolpad Is Hotter Than Apple's iPhone". WSJ.com. 2014-01-28.
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 (2012-08-25). "Apple losing smartphone battle to Samsung". usa.chinadaily.com.cn. China Daily Information Co. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
- ^ "China Wireless officially changes its name to Coolpad Group Limited". 2013-11-29.
- ^ Claud Xiao and Ryan Olson (2014-12-17). "CoolReaper Revealed: A Backdoor in Coolpad Android Devices". Palo Alto Networks. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
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