As the battle for differentiation in the brutally competitive smartphone industry intensifies, Huawei China is positioning a new smartphone as finger lickin’ good.

Truthfully it’s not so much a new phone as a limited-edition commemorative version of the Huawei 7 plus. The phone is bright red and has the familiar Colonel Sanders logo on the back together with the year 1987. This apparently refers to the year China first sampled the unique delights of the Colonel’s heavily seasoned, deep-fried poultry – an event so significant that its 30th anniversary should be marked by a special smartphone.

The product was announced on KFC’s Weibo account along with a video that you can see below. We put the posting through Google Translate and the result is worth reproducing here.

‘# Kentucky China 30 years from 1987 to 2017, 30 years accompan