Anker is a brand of Oceanwing (a technology company based in China) with offices in Seattle and Shenzhen that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics. It was founded by Steven Yang in 2011 after leaving his post at Google. The company is primarily known for its powerbanks and charging cables. Anker sells directly to the western market via regional web shops and Amazon Marketplace. Anker was named after the German word for anchor.
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History
Looking to serve the market for high-quality, affordable replacement laptop batteries, Steven Yang started Anker in 2011 after working as senior software engineer for Google. Though he lived in California at the time, he moved to Shenzhen, China, to be closer to the supply chain. The development of operations was helped by the hiring of Dongping Zhao, then Google's head of sales in China, in early 2012.
Recognizing a market for mobile charging devices, Anker switched its focus to smartphone battery chargers and wall chargers, which now make up a majority of its sales.
Anker maintains subsidiaries in California, Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan and China as well as contractors in South Korea, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Romania.
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Products
Anker's first products were focused on replacement laptop batteries. In 2012, it began shifting focus on devices for charging mobile phones. Anker charging devices use its PowerIQ technology, which detects the connected device and automatically optimizes the current delivered. PowerIQ uses a chip to determine which devices are connected to deliver the highest power flow which the device allows and as a result reducing the amount of time for a device to reach full charge.
Many of Anker's charging devices use various fast-charging technologies, such as Quick Charge. Anker was mentioned in 2015 as the leading brand of mobile chargers on Amazon.com.
Moving outside of its core competency, Anker launched Eufy, a smart home appliance brand, in September 2016, featuring its flagship product, the RoboVac 11.
Controversies
In 2014, an Indiegogo campaign to promote a set of magnetic accessories called Zolo was launched. Due to prolonged manufacturing challenges the project was set on hold and 1863 backers were offered a 200% refund.
In 2016, a batch of Anker USB-C charging cables suffered a manufacturing defect that could potentially cause damage to connected hardware, leading to a recall.
References
External links
- Official website
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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