14 DAY TRIAL // On February 19th, Chinese vendor ZTE announced plans to bring to the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona two new smartphones running under Google’s Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system.
The new devices, PF200 and N910, will arrive on shelves with 1.2GHz and 1.5GHz chipsets inside, and will also include support for 4G LTE networks.
The ZTE PF200 smartphone will be announced with a 4.3-inch QHD capacitive touchscreen display, as well as with an 8-megapixel photo snapper on the back, with support for HD video recording. It will also pack a front camera to enable users to make video calls.
The Android mobile phone will include support for LTE, UMTS and GSM spectrums, along with WiFi and Bluetooth 2.1 capabilities, and built in GPS receiver.
The handset will also arrive on shelves with digital living network alliance (DLNA) compatibility, and mobile high-definition link (MHL), and will feature near field communications (NFC) capability.
As for the ZTE N910, it will hit the shelves with support for LTE FDD, CDMA and EVDO networks, while sporting a touchscreen display that can deliver a WVGA (800 x 480 pixels) resolution.
The mobile phone will be launched with a 5-megapixel photo snapper on the back, as well as with a front facing camera for video calling.
The specifications list of this device also includes GPS receiver, WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity, and DLNA capability.
“These LTE devices are the fore-runners of a wide range of LTE devices ZTE will bring to the market in the coming months, and as more and more LTE networks come on stream,” said Mr. He Shiyou, executive vice president and head of the terminal division of ZTE.
“They will be feature products – among a very wide range of devices on display at the ZTE stand at Mobile World Congress 2012.”
These phones will be showcased on stand B145 in Hall 8 at the Mobile World Congress at the Fira exhibition site in Barcelona, Spain.