Listening to the NIO Phone team’s talk, they shared the following key points:
– The business leader mentioned that developing phones at NIO is very challenging and demanding. The team was only completed in September of the year before last, and the first product was released by September of last year.
– The difference between making phones at NIO and other companies is that NIO phones are inherently integrated with cars, achieving true vehicle-phone connectivity.
– During the development stage, the NIO Phone team conducted in-depth interviews with many users, collecting their opinions and needs, and engaging in user co-creation.
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Upcoming updates and development plans:
– Deeper and more detailed software and hardware integration between the car and phone to adapt to changes and enhance the user experience.
– Data integration, allowing the phone to accumulate more user data, providing a smarter experience, such as reminding users to turn on the air conditioning.
– Integration with intelligent driving, such as enabling the car to automatically drive to the user.
– Computational power integration, using the car as an AI computation edge to handle some of the phone’s large model computations.
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Regarding NIO Phone experience issues:
– Background app killing: The first-generation phone’s background apps were killed mainly due to low application priority and abnormal detection mechanisms.
– The second generation will optimize judgment rules and accuracy, and has implemented memory integration, significantly improving this issue. The first generation will also be optimized.
– Split-screen picture-in-picture function: The latest SKY UI upgrade will include this feature, which has already been implemented in the second generation.
– Charging issues: The second-generation phone will have faster charging speeds than the first generation.
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Spoiler information about the NIO Phone second generation:
– The hardware configuration will be the most advanced at the time of release, with exceptional performance, especially in gaming.
– The design will maintain NIO’s aesthetic style, more grand and harmonious, possibly the best-feeling flagship phone to date.
– Significant upgrades in imaging hardware and algorithms, with noticeable improvements in night and portrait photography compared to the first generation.
– Even tighter and seamless vehicle-phone connectivity, bringing new experiences.
– There will be tiered versions, with the EP version being the top model, but other versions will also be impressive.
