Love it or hate it, but you just can not ignore it. This seems to describe the famous video-sharing platform application known as TikTok. It offers users the ability to record 60 seconds of video in lip sync and download it via the app. Originally launched as Musical.ly, the application has been downloaded over 100 million times. On the strength of this success, the parent company of TIC Tac, ByteDance, launched its first smartphone on the market. This news comes after the company recently acquired patents from the maker of Smartisan mobile phones. Let's take a look at its specifications and the exclusive features of Tik-Tok offered by Smartisan Jianguo Pro 3.Smartisan Jianguo Pro 3 Specifications
Called as Smartisan Jianguo Pro 3, the device has already been touted as the "TikTok smartphone". It comes with quite awesome features, to say the least. The device is equipped with a 6.39-inch Full HD + AMOLED display with a resolution of 2340 × 1080 pixels. On the chipset front, it comes with Snapdragon 855+ chipset. This is the most powerful chipset currently available. It is combined with a Adreno 640 GPU. This TikTok smartphone comes with up to 12 GB of RAM and 512 GB of storage on board. Inside, a 4000 mAh battery should be able to withstand these heavy functions. Plus, it supports Qualcomm's Quick Charge 4+ technology.
Camera and O / S
Speaking of the camera department, this TikTok smartphone has a quad rear camera configuration. The main sensor is associated with a 48MP Sony IMX586 lens. While the other three cameras include a 13MP wide angle sensor, a 8MP telephoto, and one 5MP macro sensor. For selfie lovers, it's equally impressive 20MP front camera. Regarding the operating system, it is preloaded with its own custom Android based operating system. Called it Smartisan OS 7, surprisingly, it's still based on Android Oreo 8.1. This could prevent some people from buying it, which brings us to its availability.
Price and availability
Currently, the TikTok smartphone is only available in China, and there are no plans to expand it to other parts of the world. The price of the device is 2,899 yuan (approximately Rs 29,000) for the 8 GB of RAM / 128 GB storage variant and 2,199 yuan (about Rs 32,000) for the 8 GB of RAM / 256 GB storage variant. Its high-end device has a price of 3,599 yuan (which is approximately 36,000 rupees) for the 12 GB of RAM / 256 GB storage variant. To attract the initial customers, the first sale of ByteDance offers a discount of 200 CNY (about 2,000 Rs.) On all variants of the device. It comes in black, white and Matsutake color variants.
Last thoughts
This TikTok device will certainly attract the attention of many Chinese users, especially after the integration of some exclusive features of TikTok. These include the ability to directly access the application directly from the lock screen, in one go. It offers the ability to edit and apply exclusive TikTok filters and effects to videos of any length, as well as to 60-second clips that normal users have at their disposal. What do you think of this device? Will it become a topic of discussion for the masses or can it be retained by the operating system. Share your opinions in the comments section below.
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