Luo Yonghao responded to Nut Phone's shift to educational hardware

According to Jiwei.com on January 21, on January 18, the official Weibo account of Nut Mobile (hereinafter referred to as official) announced an unexpected news.

Officials said that Xinshi Lab is optimistic about the prospects and value of educational hardware. In order to enhance the research and development capabilities of the educational hardware team, Xinshi Lab will merge with the desk lamp team to form the Dali Intelligent Team, focusing on educational hardware;

The official also stated that the services for Nut phone users will not be affected, after-sales and system maintenance will continue, and Xinshi Lab will continue to explore innovative opportunities for SmartisanOS. 

The official said so much, in plain words, that is, Nut Mobile will turn to educational hardware in the future, not smartphones.

Afterwards, Smartisan product manager Zhu Haizhou said that users who have already purchased Nut phones do not need to worry, as after-sales service and system maintenance will continue as normal. He is currently still in the Smartisan OS team and will continue to explore innovation opportunities for the system.

Regarding the transformation of Nut Phone, some netizens asked Smartisan Technology CEO Luo Yonghao what he thought? Luo Yonghao's response made many people confused. He said: "Well, it's a good thing."

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It is worth mentioning that after the official announcement of the Nut mobile phone’s switch to educational hardware, the Nut R2, as the last mobile phone product released by Xinsheng Laboratory, has been reduced by 1,000 yuan yesterday.

The shift of Nut phones to educational hardware, Luo Yonghao's incomprehensible response, and the price reduction of Nut R2 may indirectly illustrate the fierce competition in China's smartphone industry. More small and medium-sized mobile phone manufacturers may be forced to transform.