Electric-vehicle maker Polestar has a new product, and it isn’t another car. This time, it’s a smartphone. The Swedish automaker said Tuesday that it plans to release a phone in China that’s designed around software adapted from a program by partner and corporate cousin Xingji Meizu Group, a phone-maker.
The smartphone, which offers up to 1TB of storage and a 50-megapixel camera, is designed to act as a companion to Polestar’s in-car infotainment system, including through a digital car key that’ll automatically “wake up” the car when a user is nearby. The company is taking orders now in China, charging roughly $1,019 for the device.
Polestar representatives didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment about when the phone will launch or if it’ll be made available outside China.
