- Polestar releases the first images of its latest product, a smartphone for Chinese consumers.
- The Polestar Phone will integrate seamless with Polestar vehicles, and runs on the same operating system as the Polestar 4’s infotainment system.
- The phone was built with the help of Meizu, a Chinese tech company that owned by the same parent company as Polestar.
New cars are becoming more and more focused on high-tech gadgets, but the connection to a user’s smartphone can still feel clunky. Polestar aims to change that by making the link between its vehicles and a driver’s smart devices as seamless as possible.
In pursuit of this goal, the company has developed the Polestar Phone, tailored specifically for Chinese consumers purchasing one of its EVs. While it may not revolutionize design, it looks pretty good in a minimalist way.
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It features a nice white back with a Polestar logo in the middle, a snazzy metal edge, and a quartet of camera lenses, one of which is trimmed in gold as a nod to the golden highlights on its performance-oriented models.
Unfortunately, the automaker hasn’t disclosed the phone’s specifications yet, leaving us in the dark about its internal workings. However, according to Tom’s Guide, the screen seems to boast a 21:9 aspect ratio, hinting at a probable 6.5-inch display.
Although branded as the Polestar Phone, the automaker received assistance from the Chinese tech company Meizu. Both entities fall under the ownership of Geely, which no doubt made collaborating easier.
However, Polestar’s CEO, Thomas Ingenlath, had emphasized that this is more than just a case of a Polestar logo being slapped on the back of a Meizu phone, when the project was first announced. Both the phone and the Polestar 4’s infotainment system will run on the tech company’s FlyMe operating system in China (the car features a Google OS in Europe and North America).
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This project offered Polestar the opportunity to “link these two worlds [of tech and automotive], without any border,” according to Ingenlath. And a seamless connection between a phone and a vehicle isn’t always a given. The CEO complained that in other vehicles, with other phones, he still struggles to get text messages to display on screen correctly.
We’ll learn more about the Polestar Phone, and its seamlessly integrated features soon, as the automaker is expected to fully unveil the phone’s specs next week.