The release of the new generation of Doubao mobile phones has been delayed due to filing approval, exposing core supply chains such as BOE, Desai, and Zhongnuo According to the monitoring of Activision Beating, the release of the Doubao AI mobile phone jointly developed by ZTE and ByteDance has been delayed due to the obstruction of the compliance approval process. According to informed sources, this phone started the registration and certification process in January 2026, but is still in the registration status due to the first round of application not being approved. The launch of the new phone requires both the large-scale model filing by the Cyberspace Administration and the mobile network authentication by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. If the subsequent approval goes smoothly, it will be launched as early as July to August 2026, and the market had previously expected it to be released in the second quarter of this year. Along with the delayed release, details of the new machine's core supply chain were also exposed. The screen supplier has been changed from Shentianma to BOE. The battery is provided by Desai Battery and uses ATL cells, which is a core supplier of battery management systems for Apple and Samsung. The whole machine outsourcing is undertaken by Zhongnuo Communication, a subsidiary of A-share listed company Fury Electronics. Zhongnuo Communication is also a long-term OEM factory for ZTE and Nubia. Due to the lack of open permissions on platforms such as Tencent and Alibaba, the new generation of Doubao smartphones currently cannot call data across applications. The data barriers of large platforms have also led AI smartphones to take different technological paths. Zhumi and OpenAI have chosen to "de app" and directly build a native AI operating system without apps. Doubao mobile phones choose to retain the improved solution of traditional apps, deeply embedding large models into the underlying system, but this results in a highly restricted operating experience depending on whether external platforms open data. [Original link]