Dong Mingzhu said he will persist in making mobile phones, and in the future, mobile phones will be an intelligent linkage for a family

Not long ago, the report of "Gree disbanding the core mobile phone team" attracted a lot of attention.

According to @ Interface News, Interface News has learned from multiple independent sources that Gree Electric has disbanded its mobile phone core team. An employee who resigned last year told Interface News that Gree's mobile phone business was first established in Zhuhai and the core team was moved to Shenzhen around 2019. The person revealed that the Shenzhen team includes development, testing, and administrative human resources departments, with nearly 100 people at its peak. However, since last year, the Shenzhen team has gradually disbanded, until mid-2022 There are still more than 40 people left, and after that, 'the Shenzhen team will all be disbanded, and there should be no more mobile phones in the future.' The person said

It was also mentioned in the report that the official website of Gree's mobile phone could not be opened, and its official official account "Gree's mobile phone" had stopped updating after April 16, 2020. However, on the official website of Gree Electric Appliances, two mobile phone products, the Dazong G5 and Dazong G7, are still in the product catalog. The official sales platform "Gree Dong Mingzhu Store" also has these two products for sale, starting at 2699 and 3099 yuan respectively.

Subsequently, another report from @ Interface News mentioned that Gree Electric responded to this matter by stating that the development of Gree phones is ongoing.

Recently, Dong Mingzhu, Chairman of Gree Electric Appliances, also responded to rumors that Gree has disbanded its core team in the mobile phone business, stating that Gree will persist in making mobile phones.

According to a report from @ Sina Finance, Dong Mingzhu, Chairman of Gree Electric Appliances, said in an interview with M+Lady Tang Tianqi from Sina Finance that he has been in charge of Gree for thirty years, bringing a more intelligent life to the general public. 'Recently, the internet said that we no longer use mobile phones, which is impossible, and we must persist in doing it. Why persist in doing it? In the future, it will be an intelligent linkage of a family, no matter where you go, you and your home appliances will be integrated.'

It is reported that in 2015, Gree launched its first generation of mobile phones, and Dong Mingzhu once stated that the sales of Gree's first generation mobile phones were around tens of thousands.

In 2018, Gree released a new generation of Gree Phone 2. However, according to digital bloggers, a total of 300000 units were produced. Due to the lack of price advantage, only 10000 units were sold and the remaining 290000 units could only be sold internally.

In 2019, the third generation Gree phones were launched on the official website of Gree. At that time, some netizens discovered that after the launch of the third generation Gree phones on the official website, sales were only 16 units.

Similarly, in 2019, at the extraordinary shareholders' meeting, Gree executives stated that in the future, Gree's mobile phone business would not be placed in the parent company, and the relevant application subjects would be placed in the subsidiary company, operated by the subsidiary company. They also planned to revise the company's articles of association, which deleted the "operating telecommunications and value-added telecommunications business" from the scope of business. This adjustment has sparked speculation among the outside world that Gree Electric is likely to have given up its mobile phone business, But then Gree Electric denied this.

The Dazong G7, which is currently on sale, is Gree's sixth generation mobile phone. Based on its Snapdragon 870 chip, its performance level is approximately the same as that of its flagship phone two or three years ago.

Based on the current news, Gree may continue to launch new phones in the future, focusing on the interactive experience with home appliances. Interested friends can stay tuned.