Recently, a 5G Wiko smartphone with model number LFT-AN00 and running on Android OS was certified by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. There were also reports that an upcoming Wiko 5G smartphone has adopted Huawei’s smart selection platform. The new phone was said to be similar to the 5G version of Huawei’s nova 9 SE and China Mobile’s Hi nova 9 SE but neither Huawei nor WIKO responded.

Now, WIKO Mobile has officially teased its upcoming smartphone and it is a 5G model that will be the first HarmonyOS Connect product. The smartphone will be officially released on December 27.

As per the teaser poster, the WIKO 5G phone will be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 chipset which places it in the premium mid-range category. The device will equally feature a mammoth 108MP main camera paired with an 8MP ultra-wide-angle, a 2MP macro, and a 2MP depth of field lens in a Quad camera arrangement. The selfie camera will be a 16-megapixel sensor.

In addition, the Wiko 5G phone will get its juice from a built-in 4000mAh battery and supports 66W super-fast charging. The smartphone packs a 6.78-inch display with a 120Hz refresh rate. The device will be available in two colors.

What makes this partnership interesting is that the WIKO mobile phone brand was established in 2011, and its business is mainly carried out in overseas markets such as Europe and Thailand. Among them, the French market is the most prominent. In early 2012, France opened up its non-carrier-attached smartphone market and WIKO was one of the early beneficiaries. Three years later, the brand ranked behind only Samsung in terms of market share in France. It remains to be seen if this HarmonyOS-powered model will be sold outside China.

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In France, almost no one does know a Wiko smartphone brand, In 2013, Wiko sartphone got the sales in French market for 18%, they go ranked in third position.

However, in general the French people do not know is, Wiko phone “France” is actually the Chinese mobile phone manufacturers but this is not a popular Chinese smartphone manufacturer such as Lenovo, Huawei, nor Xiaomi or Meizu. Who is Wiko?

As we all know, the smart phone market share in Europe and America is dominate by Applea dn Samsung but we all know that those brand is offers with very high price for most of users.

Europeans and Americans are accustomed to buy a mobile phone contract to buy machines, for about 2-3 years, the monthly pay at least 30-50 euros or dollars. If the iPhone 5S 32GB price of U.S. $ 749 price, a one-time payment, European and American working class could not afford, the French working class is no exception.

Wiko success in France, precisely because grasp the expensive iPhone to stay in the market. Wiko is founded in early 2011 in Marseille, France, in 2012, that is in the local mobile phone sales reached 200 million units. Wiko users do not have monthly payments, and operators do not have to sign any binding contract, you can get a price between 150-200 euros per unit.

Of course, low price, good performance and does not guarantee the success of a mobile phone on the market. Wiko using its “Made in France” market strategy and that’s make Wiko sucessfully in France market.

The main work Wiko French team that design and marketing. A 65-person team, in addition to four engineers, others are busy with local design, marketing, advertising, distributor relations and customer service.

But actually, Wiko has a headquartered in Shenzhen, Choina. A company called “ten long mobile” is develop Wiko, they team behind the Wiko smartphone for France. In 2011, the company has success to sold 14 million handsets – equivalent to annual sales of $ 320 million USD.

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