Tinno Mobile is a Chinese
ODM company focused on making phones for other brands. The company have also created their own mobile phone brands like , and
Wiko Mobile. The company was established in 2005 and is headquartered at
Shenzhen
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, Guangdong, China.
Tinno Mobile's customers include international operators such as Vodafone, Orange, and AT&T, etc, and phone brands including Motorola, Nokia, and Xiaomi. Tinno Mobile products are sold in more than 80 countries around the world. In 2020 Tinno shipped more than 28.7 million mobile phones and tablets worldwide.
The localized model of sub-branding have been praised by
Wang Yang Wang Yang may refer to:
People
*Wang Yang (politician) (born 1955), Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
*Wang Yang (Liaoning politician) (born 1957), former provincial official from Liaoni ...
in 2014 when he was
Vice Premier of China
The vice premiers of the State Council of the People's Republic of China () are high-ranking officials under the premier and above the state councillors and ministers. Generally, the title is held by multiple individuals at any given time, wit ...
at the time, saying they are a good example for "Ethnical (Chinese) Companies" to enter international market. The company said they have an annual revenue of 1 billion euro.
Scandals
Privacy data collection
In 2016 December, it is revealed that pre-installed application developed by Adups within
BLU
Blu or BLU may refer to:
Businesses and brands
*Blu (Italian company), a telecommunications company
*Blu Manga, an imprint of Tokyopop
* blu eCigs, a brand of electronic cigarette owned by Imperial Tobacco
*BLU Products, an American mobile phone m ...
phones would transmit user data to Chinese server without customer consent. Tinno is among the list of brands that were found to have Adups applications pre-installed on their phones.
In 2017 November, it is revealed that pre-installed application within
Wiko
Wiko ( ) is a French company, fully owned subsidiary of Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Tinno Mobile.
History
Wiko was established in February 2011 by French businessman Laurent Dahan. Its head office, design and marketing teams are based in Ma ...
phones, a Tinno subsidiary, would transmit technical data monthly to Tinno without customer consent. The company confirmed the existence of such information collection system, and said updated version of those applications will no longer collect geographical information of devices.
References
External links
Tinno Mobile Official site
Manufacturing companies based in Shenzhen
Chinese companies established in 2005
Telecommunication equipment companies of China
Electronics companies of China
Mobile phone manufacturers
Electronics companies established in 2005
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