Pepsi set to debut in smartphones market soon

The giant drinks maker ll be launching its own brand of smartphone in the next few months. The first brand of its smartphone ll be named Pepsi P1.

The soft drink giant's Chinese arm is expected to announce a the smartphone, called the P1, as early as October 20th, Mobipicker reports. According to Mobipicker's Chinese sources, the P1 will cost around 1,299 yuan (£133, $205), and will be running Android 5.1.

The rest of the specs for the P1 have already apparently been revealed in a listing on TEENA (the Chinese version of the FCC), which was picked up bytech.sina.com:

• a 5.5-inch, 1080p display
• 16GB of internal storage
• 3000mAh battery
• 2GB of RAM
• 13-megapixel rear camera
• 5-megapixel front-facing camera

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