Turing Robotic Industries

Turing Robotic Industries (TRI), later known as Turing Space Industries, was a technology company that aimed to build security-focused mobile technology. The company is associated with founder Steve Chao and operated from Finland, where it leased former Nokia production facilities in Salo. Its first announced product was the Turing Phone, followed by the Appassionato model in 2017. In 2018 the company announced the HubblePhone, a dual-boot Sailfish OS and Android device with a cryptocurrency-only app store, but the project was viewed as uncertain because of delivery difficulties with the two earlier phones. The company filed for bankruptcy in February 2018 with approximately 1.9 million euros in debts, and its operations ceased on 14 January 2020.

Turing Robotic Industries (TRI), later known as Turing Space Industries, was a technology company that aimed to build security-focused mobile technology. The company is associated with founder Steve Chao and operated from Finland, where it leased former Nokia production facilities in Salo. It rented Nokia's old pilot plant in spring 2016, but by January 2018 it had not started production there. The company's first announced product was the Turing Phone, followed by the Appassionato model in 2017. In 2018 the company announced the HubblePhone, a dual-boot Sailfish OS and Android device with a cryptocurrency-only app store; the chief designer was Finnish designer Paavo Pietola. The phone was intended for release in June 2020 at a price of $2,750, but industry publications considered the plans ambitious and the release uncertain because of delivery difficulties with the two earlier phone models. The company filed for bankruptcy in February 2018 with approximately 1.9 million euros in debts owed to creditors including Shenzen Turing Industries, Ilkka Matinpalo and Salon IoT Park. It was declared bankrupt on 5 February 2018. Founder Steve Chao said operations would continue in Salo, but the company's operations ceased on 14 January 2020.

• Rented Nokia's old pilot plant in Salo

• Announced the Appassionato phone model

• Had not started production at the Salo facility

• Filed for bankruptcy with approximately 1.9 million euros in debts

• Declared bankrupt

• Announced the HubblePhone

• Operations ceased

Security-focused mobile technology

• Turing Phone

  The company's first announced product.

• Appassionato

  A phone model announced in 2017.

• HubblePhone

  A dual-boot Sailfish OS and Android phone announced in 2018, with a cryptocurrency-only app store. Intended for release in June 2020 at $2,750.

1. 1Turing Robotic Industries - Wikidatawikidata.org
2. 2Turing Space Industries - Wikipedia (Finnish)fi.wikipedia.org