With only a week to go before the start of this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, another company has made an early announcement about its upcoming handsets.
ZTE has introduced the LTE-compatible PF200 and N910 smartphones, and confirmed they will both make an appearance during MWC 2012.
These phones are the company’s first Ice Cream Sandwich handsets, and follow in the footsteps of ZTE’s first WP phone to hit the UK in the shape of the ZTE Tania recently. At this stage, though, it’s doubtful the PF200 and N910 will reach the UK – but fingers crossed!
Being released with Ice Cream Sandwich software onboard puts these two upcoming handsets into the special group of Android smartphones to do so – which is pretty impressive, especially when you consider even big hitters like the Optimus Vu launch with the Gingerbread version of the OS and are upgraded shortly afterwards.
The PF200 model is more advanced than the N910, and sports a 4.3-inch QHD display, 1.5GHz processor, 8-megapixel camera and front-facing camera capable of making video calls in 1080p definition, Bluetooth 2.1, GPS, DLNA, NFC, and MHL connection for linking the phone to your other devices.
Built along similar lines but with scaled-down specs, the ZTE N910 has a WVGA display, 5-megapixel camera and HD front-facing snapper, DLNA and WiFi support.
Described as “the fore-runners of a wide range of LTE devices ZTE will bring to the market in the coming months”, you can look forward to getting a closer look at the handsets during next week’s MWC event in Barcelona.
With regard to whether these ZTE phones will come to the UK, we’ll keep you posted on this. In the meantime, don’t forget to share your thoughts on these new devices with us.
Full press release:
ZTE to announce two new LTE handsets at Mobile World Congress
2012-02-20
New LTE handsets to have 1.2GHz and 1.5GHz chipsets
20 February 2011, Shenzhen, China – ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, is planning to launch two new LTE handsets running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) with 1.2GHz and 1.5GHz chipsets at the forthcoming Mobile World Congress telecoms industry show in Barcelona.
The PF200 smart phone will have a 4.3 inch QHD capacitive touch screen, with an 8MP camera and 1080p front facing camera for video calling. The handset will work across all the main LTE, UMTS and GSM spectrums, and will come with Bluetooth 2.1, GPS, WiFi, A-GPS, digital living network alliance (DLNA) compatibility, mobile high-definition link (MHL) for connecting to home audio and video devices, and near field communications (NFC) capability.
The N910 handset will work across LTE FDD, CDMA and EVDO spectrums. It has a WVGA (800 x 480) capacitive touch screen, with 5MP autofocus and flash camera with a 1080p front facing camera for video calling. Features will include GPOS, WiFi, Bluetooth 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.”
ZTE will be on stand B145 in Hall 8 at Mobile World Congress 2012 which takes place at the Fira exhibition site in Barcelona, Spain from March 27-30.
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