In what’s possibly the weirdest collaboration of all time, KFC China and Huawei have teamed up to release a fucking branded smartphone.
The limited edition phone commemorates the 30 year anniversary of the chain’s opening in China, which is better than a janky fridge magnet, I guess.
Sporting a 5.5-inch screen, the Huawei Enjoy 7 Plus has 32GB of storage, 3GB of RAM and a fingerprint scanner. The most important feature, however, is Colonel Sanders‘ badass face embossed on the back.
The announcement was made via KFC’s Weibo page in Chinese, but The Verge was kind enough to run it through Google Translate for excellent results.
“Kentucky China 30 years from 1987 to 2017, 30 years accompanied by the taste of the times, suck refers to the aftertaste! Kentucky together with Huawei joint cooperation, the introduction of Huawei Chang enjoy 7 Kentucky commemorative version of gorgeous struck! Commemorative Edition laser back carving, pre-installed Kentucky Super APP, with WOW member 10 thousand K gold, but also the first to experience k-music song function. Limited to 5000 will soon be on sale, waiting for you to grab!”
Apparently the suck bit refers to the restaurants classic slogan, “finger-lickin’ good”. Hell yeah. Don’t lick your phone, though, that’s chat.
The unit also comes loaded with a KFC-branded music app that lets you create and share playlists at KFC restaurants. From what we can tell, these songs are actually played over the speakers of the establishment, which would surely be a fucking disaster were it introduced here.
It would just be Daryl Braithwaite‘s Horses over and over again while you grapple with the greasy aftermath of a 12-piece feed.
Only 5,000 of these suckers will be released and can be purchased for 1,099 yuan ($210.69). You can watch the flashy release video below. It reeks of Apple.
Source: The Verge.
Photo: KFC / Huawei.
