2 December 2025 | 8:02AM HKT Equity Research ZTE (0763.HK): Doubao AI smartphone announced; co-designing AI native devices; Neutral ZTE has partnered with Bytedance and introduced on Dec 1, 2025, an engineering prototype AI smartphone for developers and early adopters (per media here, here). The phone is coded Nubia M153, selling at Rmb3,499/US$489, which is designed and manufactured by Nubia (a smartphone brand under ZTE). It is embedded with operating system level AI features, empowered by Bytedance's Dou ...