Pepsi-Cola to Release First Smartphone in China

The globally known soft-drinks brand has told Reuters that it’s now working with a licensing partner – and part of the partnership is that Pepsi will promote certain smartphones and smartphone accessories. However, the company “has no plans to get into the mobile phone manufacturing business”, according to the company’s spokesperson, who responded via email.

In an unexpected turn of events, PepsiCo Inc. announced on Monday that it has tied up with a licensing partner to launch smartphones and accessories in China in the very near future.

According to the report, the news about Pepsi’s smartphone was first delivered October. 9 by tech blogging site Mobipicker.

We can deduce from this that PepsiCo China might not be happy about the leaked info, and is now hiding any evidence about the Pepsi P1 phone’s existence. The said page included tags mentioning IT products, mobile phone manufacturers, and electronics, PC Mag reports.

PepsiCo (NYSE:PEP) plans to unveil the Pepsi P1 smartphone in Beijing next week.

The phone’s specifications were later revealed to include a 5.5-inch screen with a 1.7 gigahertz processor, two gigabytes of memory and 16 gigabytes of internal storage.

The handset-with a 3,000mAh battery and Android 5.1 Lollipop-will reportedly go on sale next week for 1,299 Chinese Yuan ($205).

The page also referenced China’s Shenzhen Technology Co., which now works with companies like Konica Minolta, Brother Industries and Xiaomi.

A smartphone. Yep, Pepsi, in collaboration with Android, is all set to release its smartphone in China soon. The firm has already launched its own Social Vending System and ventured into the stereo and shoe businesses.