StepX Neo: A Subpar Mainstream Flagship Phone
Unlike traditional smartphones that iterate by stacking hardware specs and optimizing imaging or battery life, this device bets entirely on AI intelligence.
StepFun (Zheyue Qiming) is a Chinese AI company founded in 2023, known for its Step series large language models and the StepX terminal brand. In 2026 it launched StepX Neo, billed as the first agent-native AI smartphone running its own Step AOS.
Unlike traditional smartphones that iterate by stacking hardware specs and optimizing imaging or battery life, this device bets entirely on AI intelligence.