Advan is an Indonesian electronics company. This company was founded in 1999 in

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. This company produces various kinds of

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. Famous products produced by Advan are

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s, tablets, and

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History

Advan was founded in Indonesia in September 1999 by Rudy Tirta, starting from the Indocomtech fair in Jakarta. The collaboration between Advan's Research & Development (R&D) Department and the Taiwanese brand created

and

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products. Advan products are targeted at all groups of students, professionals and computer enthusiasts who consider the importance of performance, feature package and reasonable price. In 2009, Advan expanded its assembly plant in

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, which was previously located in

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, with the aim of reducing production prices. In 2011, Advan launched several tablet with Android OS version 4.0 (

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) and 4.2 ( Jelly Bean) ranged from 7", 8,4" and 9" screen. in 2014, Advan released Hammer, a series of low cost featured phone coded R1, R3, R5 and R7, aimed for a niche market which only need basic communication feature. In 2015, Advan discontinued the AIO Deskbook product. In 2017, Advan discontinued the Vanbook notebook product, while introducing mobile phone operating system IDOS based on Android, and focus on the smartphone market. In 2019 a rumour spread, mentioning that Advan had gone

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. It turned out that the company that filed for bankruptcy was PT. Advan Solusi Teknologi, a completely unrelated entity from PT. Bangga Teknologi Indonesia who owned Advan smarphone brand. The misunderstanding was caused by several media report on the bancrupty ot PT. AST (which operated in oil and exploration business) attached Advan's logo by mistake, unaware of the unrelated nature between the company 'Advan' with the brand 'Advan'. In 2022,

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announced that they will launch their newest feature phone produced in Advan's manufacturing plant in Semarang. In 2024, Advan rebranded their logo and slogan, at the same time with the launch of their newest laptop, Advan AI-Gen Ultra and a gaming console, Advan X-Play.

Products

Vandroid

Vandroid is a product line of smartphones and tablet computers based on Android.

Featured Phone

* R1X: simple candybar phone with

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phone with 1,7" screen, 32MB memory, 0,08MP camera, torch function and 800mAH battery. * R2: simple candybar phone with slightly upgraded feature compared to R1X, with external memory slot up to 32 GB. * R3: simple candybar phone with more emphasize on entertaintment compared to R1X, with 2,4" screen, analog radio, analog TV receiver and VGA camera. * R5: simple flip/clamshell phone with external memory slot up to 32 GB, 2,4" main screen, analog radio, analog TV receiver and QVGA (1,3MP) camera. * R7: simple candybar phone with slightly upgraded feature compared to R1X, with 2,8" screen, up to 16GB micro SD slot and 850mAH battery. * P4: simple candybar phone with 1,8" screen, 32MB memory, 0,3MP (VGA) camera, up to 16GB micro SD slot and 2.500mAH battery. * CT1 (2018): branded as smart feature phone, this simple candybar phone was equipped with Android 4.42, 3G network, 2,4" screen, 256 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM, 2MP main camera, and 1400 mAH battery. * HP Online (2020): branded as smart feature phone, this simple candybar phone was equipped with Kai OS (the only Kai OS manufactured in Indonesia), 4G network, 2,4" screen, 512 MB RAM, 4GB ROM, up to 32GB micro SD slot, 2MP main camera, and 0,3MP (VGA) front camera. * R6: candybar feature phone with GSM network, 2,4" screen, 32 MB RAM, 32 MB ROM, up to 32GB micro SD slot, QVGA camera, FM radio, 1600 mAH battery, and bluetooth 2.1.

Laptop

* Soulmate * Workpro * Workplus * Pixelwar * AI Gen Ultra * 360 Stylus * T-Book

All in one PC

* AIO OnePC N100 * AIO PC Force One

Handheld Gaming PC

Advan X-Play: a handheld Gaming PC with AMD Ryzen 7 7840U APU, 7" screen, 16 GB/32GB RAM, 512GB/1TB/2TB SSD and 50WH battery, which many tech enthusiast compared it to

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ROG

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Start-Go Sub-brand (Wearable)

True Wireless Earbud

* Echo ANC * Supreme Bass 01 * Eargun Buds

Smartwatch

* Army Force * S1 * SE1 * S2 Pro * SR * On Move * On Posh * WDYT

Avaro Sub-brand (Smart Home Appliances)

* Vacuum Robot * Door Lock * CCTV

Other products

* Advan Hybrid Router CPE Start (4G) * Advan Revealink AC1200 * Advan Mode IPocket * Advan Harvard Smart Mobile POS * Advan Digibox Set Top Box DVB-T2 * Advan Digipro Set Top Box DVB-T2 * Advan Power Bank PB6250: 65W fast charging 20.000 mAH

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with multi charging capability * Advan x Hiksemi

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Discontinued product

Vanbook

Vanbook is a product line of

and tablet computers based on

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Deskbook

Deskbook is a product line of Windows-based AIO computers.

Slogan

* Be in Advance (2007-2012) * Computer Experience (2012-2013) * Do Great. Make Better (2013-2024) * Made to inspire (2024–Present)

References

{{Major mobile device companies Electronics companies of Indonesia Mobile phone companies of Indonesia Indonesian brands 1999 establishments in Indonesia