Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Not many people know that Indonesia can already produce cellphones to be sold in the global market. the HP brand is none other than Unplugged, which is a startup from Limassol, Cyprus.
Unplugged presents a cellphone called ‘Up Phone’ which focuses on user privacy security. Judging by a glance, Up Phone carries a design similar to an iPhone with a ‘Boba’ style camera panel. The side is also curved with a thin screen bezel, its just that it doesn’t have a dynamic island like the iPhone.
Quoted on the official page, Unplugged claims UP Phone is far safer than the iPhone 16 Pro and Galaxy S25. Up Phone is said to have no requests for third-party DNS. While the iPhone 16 Pro and Galaxy S25 are said to have 3,181 and 1,368 requests for third-party DNS.
This phone is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 1200 chip. The screen size is quite large at 6.67-inch AMOLED. The RAM has a standard capacity of 8GB with 256GB of storage capacity which can be expanded up to 1TB.
The photography sector is also considered.The main camera has a 108MP resolution lens, accompanied by 5MP and 8MP wide and macro cameras. selfie needs and video calls rely on a 32MP front camera.
Up Phone relies on a 4,300 mAh battery capacity with 33W charging (cable) and 15W (wireless). Other features include IP53 certification,Wi-Fi 6,NFC,ESIM and SIM Nano connections,5G networks,USB Type-C 2.0 slots, and double speakers.
So far, based on facts circulating, Up Phone is marketed in countries such as the US and Canada.
Information about the Up Phone produced in Indonesia is known from the Reuters report in August 2025, based on the statement of Unplugged CEO Joe Well.
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