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Coolpad to launch new wearables with Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear

The upcoming offerings from the company includes smartwatches for kids, and smart trackers for pets, the elderly, and valuable assets.

Coolpad has today announced that it is expanding its product portfolio and foraying into Smart Wearable Gadgets powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Wear-series chips. The announcement was made at the ongoing Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona, Spain.

The upcoming offerings from the company are focused on products that are tailored to meet the specific power, connectivity and location requirements of emerging wearable sub-segments, including smartwatches for kids, and smart trackers for pets, the elderly, and valuable assets.

Coolpad is utilizing the Snapdragon Wear 2100 and 1100 platforms in its range of products. The Snapdragon Wear 2100 platform is built to meet the needs of the emerging kid watch segment. It is engineered to support 4G multi-mode with bi-directional calling and delivers indoor and outdoor positioning through a combination of Wi-Fi, and 4G location triangulation techniques. The platform also features Qualcomm Processor Security, which is the hardware and software security foundation for billions of devices deployed around the world.

The Snapdragon Wear 1100 platform is designed for the smart tracking segment, including pets, the elderly, and valuable asset tracking. This platform incorporates Qualcomm Technologies multi-mode 4G modem, integrated location for indoor and outdoor positioning, hardware-based security for greater protection, and ultra-low power for long battery life.

Pankaj Kedia, Senior Director-Product Management, Qualcomm Technologies Inc said, “The kid watch segment was first established in China, and is amid a transition from 2G/3G to 4G. We are delighted to be working with Coolpad to accelerate this trend globally with an innovative line of products. Utilizing the highly integrated Snapdragon Wear platforms, Coolpad is leveraging its advantages in low power, small size, 4G connectivity and robust location services to bring smartwatches and smart trackers to kids, the elderly, pets, and families.”

Syed Tajuddin, CEO, Coolpad India, said,“Coolpad and Qualcomm Technologies have developed a strong relationship over the past few years with the launch of Coolpad’s smartphones and tablets based on Qualcomm Technologies’ platforms. With the expansion of the wearables business using Qualcomm Technologies’ solutions, Coolpad will grow its portfolio while continuing to bring quality and affordable products to the market globally. We hope to introduce these products in India soon and further expand this portfolio in collaboration with Qualcomm.”

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