Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co pretty much have the market locked up with high-performance devices that look pretty and work well. A US$1,600 smartphone linked to a high-end concierge service overseen by a digital assistant named Sir Alan. The phone is sleek, but Turing chief executive officer Steve YL Chao sees the concierge service as the main attraction. Buyers willing to pay US$1,000 for a two-year subscription to the service get the Appassionato for free. The rollout of the Turing Phone was delayed for months, and when it finally arrived last year, it ran not on Android, as promised, but a lesser known operating system called Sailfish.

Source: Taipei Times August 06, 2017 15:56 UTC