At the same time, a person familiar with the matter said: "Weilai's mobile phone team has exceeded 300 people, and the background of employees includes OPPO, Meitu and Huawei, etc.”
However, Weilai said that it does not comment on personnel information.
In July, Li Bin, the founder and CEO of NIO, revealed when communicating with users that NIO's mobile phone is being promoted, to AppleStudy, plan to develop a mobile phone every year, and then it will reveal more details of NIO mobile phones: Flagship models above 7,000 yuan, not curved screen will be the best mobile phone with NIO, and it is expected to be launched in a year.
At the beginning of this month, according to the Tianyanchacha App, Weilai Mobile Technology Co., Ltd. was established, with the legal representative Qin Lihong, with a registered capital of 100 million US dollars, and its business scope includes information system integration services; mechanical equipment research and development; mobile terminal equipment sales;Artificial intelligence application software development; communication equipment sales; wearable smart device sales; smart vehicle equipment sales, etc.
Recently, there are also media reports that NIO's first high-end flagship model may be equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 series processor. It is reported that the reason why NIO chose Qualcomm is firstlyBecause Qualcomm is recognized by the industry in the high-end market, the second is that Qualcomm chips are used in NIO cars, and it is more convenient to test and adjust Qualcomm on mobile phones.
A lot of professionals have commented on NIO's mobile phone creation. Shen Yiren, one of the former OPPO principals, pointed out that this is a matter of high probability of losing money.
