Brands don't come much bigger than friend chicken restaurant KFC and  telecommunications manufacturer Huawei. Given the huge difference between their industries, you wouldn't normally expect to see them working together on a project. So what could possibly bring them together in 2017? Why KFC's 30th anniversary in China, that's what!

Collaborative Branding on Custom Phones

While it might seem hard to believe now, KFC was actually one of the first large western food chains to expand into China in the latest 80's. Even today, KFC enjoys higher popularity than McDonalds and similar competitors within China. That's why it seems oddly fitting that to celebrate their local anniversary, KFC would collaborate with China's own Huawei to release a custom branded KFC smartphone! You'll want to break out all your favourite promotional mobile accessories when you grab one of these ultra limited edition phones.

What sets these branded phones apart from their standard Huawei counterparts are the vibrant KFC red outer casing, along with the stylishly etched KFC and Huawei brand logos on the back of the device. The phone comes preloaded with an app that allows you to order delivery KFC, as well as a music app that allows the user to pick the tunes played at KFC restaurants within China. Talk about unique!

With a Snapdragon 425 processor and 3GB of RAM combined with 32GB of storage, this is actually a pretty snazzy little promotional device. It manages to combine just enough unique brand-focused featured with standard, reliable phone functions. Unfortunately there's only 5,000 units being produced so if you're a fan of quirky collaborations you might need to track one down.

Phone first spotted here: https://www.kotaku.com.au/2017/07/a-kfc-branded-smartphone-is-coming-to-china/