Wiko

Wiko (/ˈwɪkoʊ/ WIK-oh) is a French subsidiary set up by its Chinese parent company Tinno Mobile to sell their China-manufactured smartphones.[1]

Wiko
Founded2011 
Headquarters
Marseille, France
Area served
France
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Belgium
Greece
Spain
Portugal
Malaysia
Indonesia
Thailand
Vietnam
Key people
Laurent Dahan
ParentTinno Mobile
Websitehttps://fr.wikomobile.com/

History

Wiko was established in February 2011 by French businessman Laurent Dahan.[1] Its head office, design and marketing teams are based in Marseille.[1]

Wiko shipped 2.6 million devices overall in 2013, mostly dual-SIM Android smartphones.[1] That year, it sold 1.7 million smartphones in France,[2] i.e. seven percent of the French market,[1][3] and it was the country's second largest selling smartphone firm after Samsung.[4]

In 2014, Wiko entered the British market.

  • Wiko Rainbow 4G
  • Wiko View 2 Go Anthracite, one of the few Wikos with a dual-lens camera.
  • Wiko Harry 2, one of Wiko's budget phones.
gollark: I had one with a telnet interface on which you could get root access by doing `ps ; sh`.
gollark: > there's no way anyone got through my randomly generated 32-character root passwordThis is irrelevant. Routers have awful security.
gollark: We have over 110 bots and an uncountably infinite number of apioforms.
gollark: Bot count is increasingly rapidly. None are safe. [BEES EXPUNGED].
gollark: Thus, join

See also

References
  1. Daniel Thomas, Telecoms Correspondent (June 16, 2014). "Smartphone maker Wiko challenges big players". Financial Times. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
  2. Vive La Tech (August 7, 2014). "Wiko: Meet the Chinese smartphone maker with a French twist that's set to conquer Europe". ZDNet. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
  3. "Mobile phones: The rise of the cheap smartphone". The Economist. April 5, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
  4. "Wiko gears up to challenge big players". Gulfnews.com. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
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