Vietnam conglomerate Vingroup’s handset subsidiary completed development of its first 5G smartphone under a collaboration with Qualcomm, hailing the move as a key step for domestic design and production capabilities.
In a translated statement, VinSmart claimed the Vsmart Aris 5G smartphone is the first made by a Vietnamese vendor, opening “opportunities for early access to world-class technology” for consumers.
Deputy general director of VinSmart, Tran Minh Trung said 5G was a “strategic project”, with the smartphone the first step in a strategy to create a “make in Vietnam” ecosystem around the technology.
“We expect Vietnamese consumers will soon have access to and use the most advanced technology in the world”.
Vsmart Aris 5G runs a Qualcomm Snapdragon 765 chipset, features a “monolithic metal frame” and operates on sub-6GHz frequencies: director of measurement centre at the Telecommunications Department, Nguyen Phi Tuyen said tests of the device showed it delivered data rates “nearly eight-times higher than 4G”.
VinSmart said a modular design platform enabled “flexible hardware design, shortening product development time” and offering compatibility with “most of the frequency bands used” globally. It added a Quantis QRNG quantum security chip developed in partnership with Swiss company ID Quantique makes the smartphone a “breakthrough” in terms of security technology by replacing algorithm-based numbering with “truly random” figures.
This offers benefits for services including “banking, personal finance” and medical data, it stated.
Last month Qualcomm opened a regional R&D and test facility in Hanoi to support its local manufacturing partners including VinSmart and Viettel, VNExpress reported. https://www.mobileworldlive.com
