The budget-friendly smartphone only ships to United States locations

May 10, 2014 00:01 GMT  ·  By

Chinese handset maker ZTE has just released its affordable Open C smartphone powered by Mozilla’s Firefox operating system. However, the handset is only available for purchase via eBay and will only ship to locations in the United States.

Those who wish to purchase the budget-friendly smartphone will have to come up with only $99 (€70) upfront. According to ZTE, the Open C will be “the first phone with the latest update to Firefox OS, offering many new features including direct music player access from the lock screen or notifications bar and advanced Bluetooth sharing, allowing multiple files to be transferred simultaneously.”

When it comes to specs though, the ZTE Open C is far less impressive than the list of features mentioned earlier. The smartphone is powered by a dual-core processor clocked at 1.2GHz and packs a sub-par 3-megapixel main camera on the back.

It also features a 4-inch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen display, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of internal memory and 1400 mAh battery.

There’s no mention of microSD card slot for memory expansion, but we know that the smartphone comes with Wi-Fi, GPS with A-GPS support and Bluetooth. No word yet on when it will be released in other countries.