Beijing May 18 (IANS) Chinese tech company Smartisan has claimed that its newly-launched "R1" flagship smartphone comes with 1TB storage and is capable of running a computer.
The "Smartisan R1" is available online with prices ranging from $549 for a 64GB storage device to $1390 for the massive 1TB version Abacus.com reported late Thursday.
The dual-SIM phone features a 6.17-inch fullHD+ display Corning s Gorilla Glass 3 protection 12MP and 20MP dual primary cameras 24MP selfie camera and is powered by a Snapdragon 845 central processing unit (CPU).
Smartisan also launched a "touch and talk (TNT)" workstation with a 27-inch multi-touch 4K display for the "R1" smartphone which connects to it via a dock and is expected to be available from August for around $1570.
"When connected the computer runs Smartisan s modified version of Android Smartisan OS 6.66 that actually looks a lot like macOS " the report added.
With a similar idea of melding a phone and a computer together US-based gaming hardware company Razer designed a prototype "Project Linda" laptop that has a slot for the Razer Phone to dock into.

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