{{distinguish|text=the film Kazaam}} {{Update|type=|date=October 2019|reason=}} {{Infobox company | name = KAZAM | logo = KAZAM_Logo.svg | type = Private | traded_as = | genre = <!-- Only used with media and publishing companies --> | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | parent = | founder = Michael Coombes and James Atkins | foundation = {{start date and age|2013|05|07}} | defunct = | location = United Kingdom | locations = UK, Germany, France, Spain and Poland<ref name="about">{{cite web|url=https://www.kazam.mobi/about-us|title=About Us|accessdate=2015-11-26}}</ref> | area_served = Europe | key_people = | industry = Mobile Phones | products = Tornado <br> Trooper <br> Thunder <br> Life <br> Toughshield | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | aum = <!-- Only used with financial services companies --> | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = [https://kazam.mobi KAZAM] <br> [https://blog.kazam.mobi Blog] }} '''Kazam''' was a UK based smartphone brand established in 2013 by former HTC employees.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kieldsen |first=Sam |date=15 August 2013 |title=Meet Kazam, the new UK smartphone manufacturer taking aim at the big guns |url=https://www.stuff.tv/news/meet-kazam-new-uk-smartphone-manufacturer-taking-aim-big-guns |access-date=5 June 2024 |website=15 August 2013}}</ref> The brand gathered publicity by offering free screen replacements for their products.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/mobile-phone/kazam-aims-disrupt-smartphone-market-3480897/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722010337/http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/mobile-phone/kazam-aims-disrupt-smartphone-market-3480897/ |archive-date=2015-07-22 |title=Kazam aims to disrupt smartphone market - News - PC Advisor}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jezzjournal.com/gionee-elife-s5-1-rebranded-kazam-tornado-348-939 |title=JezzJournal.com |access-date=2015-07-19 |archive-date=2015-07-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722021633/http://www.jezzjournal.com/gionee-elife-s5-1-rebranded-kazam-tornado-348-939 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
It was a subsidiary of Meridian Capital Partners, which also owned phone brand Wileyfox.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Price |first=Rob |title=There's finally a decent British smartphone company — it's just a pity the phone didn't work |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/review-of-wileyfox-storm-smartphone-budget-malfunctioning-charging-2016-1 |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}</ref> Documents submitted to Companies House show that Kazam went into administration in April 2017 and into liquidation in April 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08355939/filing-history|title=KAZAM MOBILE LIMITED - Filing history (free information from Companies House)|website=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-10-24}}</ref>
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Category:Electronics companies established in 2013 Category:Mobile phone manufacturers Category:Defunct technology companies of the United Kingdom
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