KFC releases smartphone

It's starting to seem like the KFC restaurants in China aren't really interested in serving chicken. Following the chain's earlier experiments with robot-staffed restaurants and facial-recognition technology, KFC China has teamed up with Huawei -- the country's largest smartphone company -- to release a Colonel-themed smartphone in honor of the KFC's 30th anniversary in China. "Both brands have witnessed the rise of China in these 30 years, and both embody the spirit of the times. Our collaboration is a homage to the era," said Steven Li, the senior vice president of KFC marketing for Yum China, in a statement to Campaign Asia-Pacific. The phone, named the KFC Huawei 7 Plus, comes with red casing and features an outline of the Colonel's face on the back.