Recently, regarding the engineering prototype of ByteDance's "Doubao Phone," Luo Yonghao expressed his praise through Weibo. He emphasized that technological revolutions cannot be stopped by anyone and predicted that AI assistants will flourish everywhere, and people will remember this historic moment in the future.

Luo Yonghao said: "I don't know whether Doubao Phone will succeed or not, but taking this step is extraordinary, and I must give it a thumbs up." He believes that AI assistants will completely change life and become an indispensable part.

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It is understood that ByteDance has already jointly released with ZTE Communications, on December 1st, a small number of engineering prototypes equipped with the preview version of the Doubao Phone assistant - the Nubia M153. This model offers only one configuration, 16GB+512GB, at a price of 3499 yuan in the ZTE Mall.

Doubao stated that they currently have no plans to develop their own phones, but instead choose the form of "ecosystem cooperation," discussing with multiple phone manufacturers to integrate the Doubao Phone assistant into different brand models.

Supply chain sources confirmed that ByteDance's move was indeed a market trial, with a limited initial inventory, and about 30,000 units were recalled. Although the first batch was limited in scale, the project has not stopped. Further information from supply chain sources revealed that the second generation of products developed by ByteDance and ZTE Communications have already started, and are expected to be shipped by the end of 2026.