Nubia Technology unveils wearable smartphone

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Nubia Technology Co Ltd has unveiled its first wearable watch-like smartphone Alpha, as the wearable device market offers huge development potential, amid sluggish growth in the country's smartphone segment and mounting competition from domestic rivals.

The Nubia Alpha, which features a four-inch flexible screen manufactured by Visionox Co Ltd, a supplier of organic light-emitting diodes or OLED, has all the features and functionality of a phone but wraps around the wrist like a smartwatch.

Priced at 3,499 yuan ($521), the device supports text messaging, mobile payments and voice calls either through its built-in speaker or a connected Bluetooth headset. As a smartwatch, the Nubia Alpha works as a fitness tracker and can measure heart rate.