Gree joins the smartphone market, Chairman shows off first device


During a special event that took place in China today, Gree’s boss, Dong Mingzhu showcased for the first time a brand new, all metal Gree phone.

For the unaware, Gree is actually the world’s largest residential air conditioner manufacturer and they also make household items and commercial ones. The list of items they make includes Electric fans, water dispenser, rice cookers and air purifiers. Dong Mingzhu is a Chinese businessperson and the chairman of Gree, and has been given title of “Woman in the mix” by Forbes Asia in 2013.

The new smartphone looks very industrial in terms of design and has a full metal rear. It does resemble what a full metal Oppo Find 7 would look like to some extent, but overall the phone looks pretty unique and sticks out quite well in the already congested smartphone market. Unfortunately for us, the specifications, pricing and release date have not yet been revealed, so nothing is set in stone just yet and the phone could still change.

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The rear of the phone has a smooth metal finish and features a main camera that sits flush in it’s case, a noise cancelling microphone and an LED flash, followed by the unattractive Gree logo engraved on the bottom. A look at the front reveals the display, the in call speaker, a front facing camera and some not very subtle bezels. Finally, the right side of the phone holds the volume rocker and a rounded button that could either be a power on button like the Xperia phones or a camera shutter button.

With this, one more electronic company enters the smartphone race. Clearly, they feel that there’s still room for new players in this already crowded Chinese smartphone market. What do you think? Can Gree possibly succeed in a market dominated by other aggressive competitors, or will they run out of steam half way through?

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32 Comments

  1. Adam Irvine
    March 19, 2015

    Greed?… Do you aGree? Haha…

    • Muhammad Yasir
      March 19, 2015

      puns. i love them.

    • March 21, 2015

      They’ll probably run out of GreeASE half way.

    • March 21, 2015

      Haha, they probably meant to play off ’bout (about) and ’round (around), do you ‘gree? 😉

  2. Angry Mobile Nerd
    March 19, 2015

    Sorry but air-conditioner brands on phones is not cool. It would have been smarter for them to set-up a subsidiary company under a new name and establish a totally new brand and start from scratch.

    • Airyl
      March 19, 2015

      At least overheating won’t be problem. 😛

      • Simon
        March 19, 2015

        LOL

      • Yeti hand
        March 19, 2015

        lmao

    • March 21, 2015

      Unless it’s got a SD810 with air-conditioning to beat the heat IMO

  3. Muhammad Yasir
    March 19, 2015

    must be cheap all metal , fall proof phone with good camera and hardware performance and fine screen resolution!

    • Airyl
      March 19, 2015

      No cheap or GTFO? You’ve changed. I don’t know you anymore.

      • Muhammad Yasir
        March 19, 2015

        😀

  4. Adam Irvine
    March 19, 2015

    Greed?… Do you aGree? Haha…

    • Guest
      March 19, 2015

      puns. i love them.

    • +1876™ plus1876.net
      March 21, 2015

      They’ll probably run out of GreeASE half way.

    • 10basetom
      March 22, 2015

      Haha, they probably meant to play off ’bout (about) and ’round (around), do you ‘gree? 😉

  5. Angry Mobile Nerd
    March 19, 2015

    Sorry but air-conditioner brands on phones is not cool. It would have been smarter for them to set-up a subsidiary company under a new name and establish a totally new brand and start from scratch.

    • Airyl
      March 19, 2015

      At least overheating won’t be problem. 😛

    • Guest
      March 19, 2015

      LOL

    • Yeti hand
      March 19, 2015

      lmao

    • +1876™ plus1876.net
      March 21, 2015

      Unless it’s got a SD810 with air-conditioning to beat the heat IMO

  6. Freeje
    March 19, 2015

    Must be a cool phone.

  7. Guest
    March 19, 2015

    must be cheap all metal , fall proof phone with good camera and hardware performance and fine screen resolution!

    • Airyl
      March 19, 2015

      No cheap or GTFO? You’ve changed. I don’t know you anymore.

    • Guest
      March 19, 2015

      😀

  8. Guest
    March 19, 2015

    Must be a cool phone.

  9. Mesterio
    March 20, 2015

    Oh am sure we are all waiting with baited breath to Greet them ?

  10. sai bhagavan
    March 20, 2015

    I think success of Gree depends on tge price and specs

  11. Mesterio
    March 20, 2015

    Oh am sure we are all waiting with baited breath to Greet them 😳

  12. sai bhagavan
    March 20, 2015

    I think success of Gree depends on tge price and specs

  13. Marcos
    March 20, 2015

    You forgot Gree is owned by Chinese government… This could change everything

  14. Marcos
    March 20, 2015

    You forgot Gree is owned by Chinese government… This could change everything