Sprint announces the 7-inch ZTE Optik, in stores on February 5, yours for $99
Sprint has officially announced the ZTE Optik, a new 7-inch Android-powered tablet that will join its lineup on February 5 (so this Sunday). The ZTE Optik’s existence and launch info was leaked last month, and all the details seem to have been correct. You’ll be able to get a ZTE Optik for $99.99 with a [...]
Verizon’s ZTE V66 LTE Android tablet pictured
More than a month ago, the FCC has unveiled an LTE capable, Verizon-bound ZTE tablet: the V66. Now, thanks to the Bluetooth SIG, we can actually see what the table looks like. And it looks like… many other Android tablets, that’s for sure. Apart from having LTE connectivity, the ZTE V66 features Android 3.2 Honeycomb, [...]
ZTE V9A Light Tab 2 arrives in the UK in February for £234.99
If you’re in the UK and like budget Android tablets, soon you’ll have another one to consider when making your purchasing decisions. The ZTE V9A Light Tab 2 will become available before the end of February, and it’s probably a successor of sorts to either the ZTE Light, or the ZTE Light Pro, or even [...]
Affordable 4.3″ ZTE Tania Windows Phone officially announced for the UK, still coming mid-February
The ZTE Tania has finally been officially announced for the UK today. This is the Chinese company’s first Windows Phone device, and it was originally unveiled in September last year. Since then, we’ve seen it pop up in France, and it even went on pre-order in the UK a couple of weeks ago. But it’s [...]
UK: T-Mobile Vivacity with Android 2.3, 3.5-inch screen, and 5 MP camera, now just £89.99 on PAYG
Back in November 2011, T-Mobile UK launched an affordable Android smartphone on Pay as you go – the Vivacity. This device is made by ZTE, and has an excellent price to features ratio. It’s been sold by T-Mobile for £99.99 on PAYG ever since its release. Up until today. The operator decided that even that price [...]
ZTE Tania with Windows Phone will be available in the UK in mid-February for £249.99
ZTE announced the Tania back in September of 2011 as its first foray into the Windows Phone space. Since then, we’ve seen it become available in France, and now it’s finally on its way to the UK. Well known online retailer Clove has announced today that it’s taking orders for the ZTE Tania. The first [...]
ZTE intros Fashion TV Android smartphone
ZTE has teamed up with Fashion TV to introduce the FTV phone. This is not a new device, though: it’s just a ZTE Blade (aka Orange San Francisco) with new paint jobs and exclusive Fashion TV content (wallpapers, apps – FTV news, FTV portal, FTV Clock and so on). Since it’s not based on the [...]
UK: White Orange San Francisco II in the making
Remember the Orange San Francisco II? It’s the successor to the wildly popular original San Francisco, and was recently launched by Orange UK in black for those of you looking for a smartphone bargain. But what to do if you find the black color bland and uninspiring? Should you buy a black San Fran II [...]
Virgin Mobile Venture and Chaser coming soon with Android, probably made by ZTE
Virgin Mobile is getting ready to add two new Android smartphones to its lineup, apparently. These will be called simply the Venture and the Chaser, and they may be manufactured by ZTE. Official-looking press renders of the Virgin Mobile Venture and Chaser have been leaked to PocketNow. The device with a QWERTY keyboard is the [...]
Orange San Francisco II to be also sold as ZTE Blade S
Since the first Orange San Francisco smartphone was also sold by ZTE under its own brand (as the ZTE Blade), it makes sense for the new San Francisco II to be offered under the Chinese company’s brand as well. According to this Bluetooth SIG page, the new handset will keep the Blade name, but adding [...]
T-Mobile Vivacity with Android Gingerbread launched in the UK
The T-Mobile Vivacity Android smartphone that we’ve been seeing around since the beginning of the month is now available for purchase n the UK. T-Mobile is asking only £99 for the Vivacity on Pay As You Go, making it one of the most affordable Gingerbread handsets on the market. The device is also offered for [...]
UK: Orange San Francisco II now available for £99.99 on PAYG, free on £10.50 per month contracts
One week ago Orange finally confirmed the existence of the San Francisco II Android smartphone, following a few weeks of leaks surrounding this device. Naturally, it’s the successor to the greatly appreciated (for its price per features ratio) San Francisco launched last year. The Orange San Francisco II is now available, both on Pay Monthly [...]
ZTE Chorus with Android and Muve Music launched by Cricket
Cricket Wireless has announced yet another handset made by ZTE, namely the ZTE Chorus. The Chorus runs an unspecified version of Android, and comes as ZTE’s second device to feature Cricket’s Muve Music service (after the ZTE Score, introduced back in September). The new handset offers a 3.2 inch WQVGA touchscreen display, 3G, SRS WOW [...]
Sprint’s ZTE V55 Android Honeycomb tablet pictured
Back in October, a mysterious ZTE Android tablet was unveiled by the FCC, showing off its back that had Sprint’s logo on it. While neither Sprint, nor ZTE has announced the tablet, we’ve just spotted it over at the Bluetooth SIG. Unfortunately, other than the fact that it’s a “CDMA tablet with Bluetooth wireless technology”, [...]
T-Mobile Vivacity with Android Gingerbread confirmed
T-Mobile UK has confirmed the existence of its Vivacity Android smartphone, which we’ve first discovered a couple of weeks ago. The T-Mobile Vivacity is made by ZTE, and features a 3.5 inch display (either HVGA, or WVGA), a 5MP camera on the back, front-facing camera, and Android 2.3 Gingerbread. That’s pretty much all we know [...]
Orange San Francisco II confirmed, arrives in “late November” for £99.99 on PAYG
After a few weeks of speculation, Orange UK decided to finally confirm that a sequel to the San Francisco does in fact exist and it’s coming soon. The San Francisco II is a handset we first heard about last month, and over the past few days we’ve seen it in official shots, and a rumor [...]
ZTE Tania will be sold unbranded in France (as Windows Phone by SFR)
Back in September, ZTE announced that its first Windows Phone Mango handset – the ZTE Tania – would arrive in Europe this month. It looks like one of the first countries to get the device is France, where SFR is getting ready to release it pretty soon. However, the Tania won’t be ZTE-branded at SFR. [...]
Orange San Francisco II may be out on November 21 for £89.99
Last week Orange UK added the San Francisco II to its website, although at the time we thought it was by mistake. That’s since the phone only appeared in the Help section of the site, but also because the operator didn’t bother announcing the successor to the wildly successful San Francisco. However, it now looks [...]
Orange UK leaks its upcoming San Francisco II, Android 2.3 Gingerbread in tow
After the great success seen by the Orange San Francisco, a successor to this very cheap but decently-specced Android-powered smartphone was inevitable. And so last month we brought you news about the Orange San Francisco II, which then got its Bluetooth certification. Unfortunately all we had to go on was a blurry picture and the [...]
Boost Mobile now offers the ZTE Warp for just $199.99
Last month, Boost Mobile announced the ZTE Warp, an upper-midrange Android-powered smartphone. The Warp finally went on sale a couple of days ago for $249.99, just as Boost said it would. However, the carrier seems to have changed its mind in the meantime and decided that it should shave a cool $50 from that price. [...]