Skate is the latest addition to the portfolio of ZTE Smartphone low cost. Has a 4.3 inch screen and runs Android version 2.3, the company announced at Mobile World Congress on Monday.
The shoe will be the flagship of ZTE smartphone when you begin shipping worldwide in the month of May. Screens more than 4 inches in size are proving a popular item on other smartphones at Mobile World Congress, including the Samsung Galaxy S II and LG Electronics ' Optimus 3D.
Where Samsung and LG phones come with processor 1 GHz dual core, ZTE is instead went with an 800 MHz processor to lower the cost. 120 grams, ZTE smartphone weighs about the same as the Samsung device.
Most of the ski more specifications are also basic enough for today's smartphone standards, including a 5 megapixel camera, A-GPS (assisted-GPS) and Internet access through HSDPA (high-speed Downlink Packet Access) to 7.2 m bps (bits per second). How much will it cost to finish the shoe remains to be seen: ZTE does not announce any pricing before operators who sell smartphone weigh.
At Mobile World Congress, ZTE has also announced plans to launch a tablet running Android 3.0, the optimized version for tablets, in the third quarter. It has a 10.1 inch screen with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels.
Before that, in the second quarter the company will start shipping boards that will be able to access the Internet using WiMax or LTE (Long Term Evolution). Operators are now rolling out LTE networks, using a variety of different frequency bands. At the top of the list of ZTE is the 700 MHz band used by Verizon Wireless in the United States and the 2.6 GHz band used in Scandinavia.
When it comes to smartphones equipped with LTE, the company is taking a wait-and-see, but maybe will launch a phone this year, according to a spokesman.
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