Coolpad to launch new smartphones in India later this year

For almost six months, Coolpad had not launched any new smartphones in India. Now, it looks like the company is all set to make a comeback with the announcement of a new lineup of smartphones and new accessories for the consumers in India.

According to an IANS report, Syed Tajuddin, CEO-Coolpad India has revealed that the company is bullish that the second half of this year would be an ideal time for it to bounce back into action. It was back in August last year that Coolpad launched the Cool Play 6 in the country. In 2016, the company has in a launch spree introducing eight smartphones in the country.

It has been revealed that Coolpad will have some launches to make in the first half of this year though their primary target will be the second half, which is the festive season in India. It is said that the festive season will be the right time to release a great product. In addition to this, the company is also in plans to announce a new lineup of accessories in early 2019.

Moreover, Coolpad India could join hands with telecom operators to give a tough competition to the other manufacturers in the Indian market. He further revealed that they have one for the online market and another for the offline market. The latter will have more focus on design aesthetics and look-and-feel of products.

Notably, Coolpad bid adieu to LeEco, its partner in January and announced a fresh investment of $300 million from Power Sun Ventures. The fresh funding is said to be primarily meant for the Indian and the US markets. The executive has revealed that they are not working much in China due to the few opportunities in the market. However, the company aims to be very aggressive in the US and India.

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As announced at the MWC 2018 tech in the last month, Coolpad will focus on Artificial Intelligence to a great extent. We recently saw that some Coolpad smartphones will be integrated with Amazon Alexa aw that some Coolpad smartphones will be integrated with Amazon Alexa, the smart assistant. The integration is said to let Coolpad smartphone users give out voice commands with the Coolpad Alexa app to carry out several tasks.