Chinese phone manufacturer K-Touch has set out to prove domestic manufacturers are not solely KIRF in their intentions. Taking a huge leap into the high end, China Unicom ‘s WO network will soon be graced with the W700, a Tegra 2 beast that’s certain to instigate a double-take at China’s design ambitions. As for specs, look for a 3.8-inch, 480 x 800 capacitive screen, 5 megapixel shooter on the back, (0.3 megapixel up front), and 512MB of memory keeping everything in check. K-Touch has previously dipped its toes into Android’s currents with its more pedestrian W606, but this appears its first attempt a Froyo release. This powerful slab is set to retail for HK$4,200, or approximately $540 in actual money. Looks like the Optimus 2X is finally getting the company it deserves, eh? Leaked K-Touch W700 bringing Tegra 2 to China Unicom, abandons hope of affordability originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 04 Apr 2011 04:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Posts Tagged ‘chinaunicom’
Leaked K-Touch W700 bringing Tegra 2 to China Unicom, abandons hope of affordability
April 6th, 2011 
jedwan 
Posted in att, engadget, LG 
Tags: 700, 800-capacitive, china, china-unicom, chinaunicom, chinese, engadget-mobile, nvidiategra, tegra2, w700 
No Comments »Apple’s iPhone 4 coming to China on September 25
September 20th, 2010 admin Turns out the rumors weren’t too far off. After fighting for ages to get the iPhone 3G to Chinese shores, citizens of the aforementioned nation will soon be able to pick up one of Apple’s latest (the iPhone 4, if you’re keeping count) without reverting to importers and KIRF shops . Starting on September 25th, the iPhone 4 will be available across China in retail locations as well as China Unicom shops, with off-contract pricing set for CNY4,999 (16GB model) and CNY5,999 (32GB model) — that’s around $743 and $892 in greenbacks, respectively. Those looking for subsidization options will need to do some digging once China Unicom starts talking numbers. But hey, at least this one has WiFi ! Continue reading Apple’s iPhone 4 coming to China on September 25 Apple’s iPhone 4 coming to China on September 25 originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 19 Sep 2010 21:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Posted in engadget Tags: apple, apple iphone 4, china, china-unicom, chinaunicom, chinese, iphone, iphone 4, pricing-set, some-digging No Comments »Samsung Galaxy S keeps up global offensive with three Chinese launches
September 8th, 2010 admin Samsung’s done an admirable job of pushing its Galaxy S line far and wide already, but when you enter the Chinese market — a market with a billion wireless customers — you’re potentially taking things to a whole new level. Sammy has crafted HSPA, EV-DO, and TD-SCDMA versions of its high-end Android phone for China Unicom , China Telecom , and juggernaut China Mobile , respectively, all offering the same 4-inch Super AMOLED display seen elsewhere around the world. The Telecom model launches first — this month, in fact — but all three versions will be available before the end of the year. Follow the break for the full press release. Gallery: Samsung Galaxy S keeps up global offensive with three Chinese launches Continue reading Samsung Galaxy S keeps up global offensive with three Chinese launches Samsung Galaxy S keeps up global offensive with three Chinese launches originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Posted in engadget Tags: china-mobile, china-telecom, chinamobile, chinatelecom, chinaunicom, engadget-mobile, galaxys, samsung, superamoled, td-scdma No Comments »Lenovo LePhone unboxed, exhaustively reviewed ahead of launch in China
May 9th, 2010 jedwan We’re not sure how we missed this one, but it’s better late than never — turns out some lucky jerks in China were given a Lenovo LePhone to play with back in mid-April, and the guys at Sooyuu have just finished the fifth and final part of their lengthy review, just in time for the May launch . We weren’t expecting any changes since our last encounter at CES , but apparently the 3.7-inch screen’s now been upgraded from LCD to AMOLED, and like the Palm Pre , the LePhone also sports a gesture area below the screen. Of course, there’s also the never-before-seen packaging that we totally dig, not to mention the bundled goodies such as a leather case, a noise-isolation handsfree kit (but sans music and volume control), plus a magnetic dock adapter. As for software, the reviewer praises Lenovo’s snappy, heavily customized Android with its vast Chinese social networking service integration, music store, video apps, and an impressive Chinese turn-by-turn navigation suite. We almost want to adopt this baby, only to be let down by its 3.2-megapixel camera’s mediocre quality, lack of flash, and inability to autofocus. Anyhow, you can be the final judge — head over to Sooyuu for plenty more pictures. Lenovo LePhone unboxed, exhaustively reviewed ahead of launch in China originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 08 May 2010 17:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Posted in engadget Tags: amoled, china, chinaunicom, entry, lenovo 3gw100, lenovolephone, lephone, mobile-phone, smartphone, social-networking, their-lengthy, turns-out-some, volume-control No Comments »China Unicom won’t use Google’s search engine on Android phones
March 26th, 2010 admin Oh, brother. This just keeps getting better and better, and by “better and better,” we mean ” uglier and uglier.” Google’s abrupt decision to stop censoring results in China and redirect users on the mainland to the outfit’s Hong Kong portal has stirred up all sorts of tense feelings around the globe, and if you thought this whole war would be confined to the desktop, you were sorely mistaken. China Unicom, which is gearing up to present its customer base with a few more smartphone options with Android loaded on, recently announced that it wouldn’t be using Google as the search engine on those very phones. Lu Yimin, president of the operator, was quoted as saying that his company was “willing to work with any company that abides by Chinese law,” but that it didn’t have “any cooperation with Google currently.” Granted, this is just the latest in a series of blows to Android’s proliferation in the world’s biggest nation, but you can really tell it’s getting personal now. C’mon guys — can’t we just hug it out? China Unicom won’t use Google’s search engine on Android phones originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Posted in engadget Tags: biggest-nation, china, chinaunicom, chinese, engadget, issue, operator, problem, search, search-engine, searchengine, sorely-mistaken No Comments »Motorola XT701 finally completes Android trio in China, courtesy of Unicom
March 6th, 2010 jedwan It’s no surprise that the Motorola XT701 (aka Motoroi ) was going to land in the hands of China Unicom with its WCDMA radio, but man, that must’ve been a painful two-and-a-half-month wait for Chinese Motofans. Mind you, considering earlier worries about Google’s departure from China , it’s better late than never, right? Like its Korean and American counterparts, the XT701 also sports Android 2.0 but boosted with WAPI support — China’s very own WiFI standard. Fork out
China Unicom profits down 50 percent, NTT DoCoMo up by the same margin
February 1st, 2010 jedwan Call it proof that there’s a global wireless karma equilibrium, if you will, that needs to be maintained: China Unicom has warned that its net profit for 2009 will be down a whopping 50 percent, while one of its doppelgangers across the Sea of Japan — NTT DoCoMo — has encountered exactly the opposite fortune on news that it has posted a 48 percent year-over-year improvement in black ink. Unicom blames a perfect storm for its misfortune, citing the sale of its CDMA network in 2008 for an artificially inflated profit a year ago combined with the immense expense involved in rolling out its HSPA cells over the course of 2009. DoCoMo, meanwhile, ironically benefited from weak demand for new handsets that pushed its procurement costs lower, and it might be the start of a revolution in the way Japanese phones are announced and offered. Reports circulating today suggest that the carrier is gearing up to offer micro SIMs capable of working with Apple’s iPad , which would mark a first for any major Japanese network; historically, you’ve had to buy a phone from them, but with LTE looking more globally harmonious than any network technology before it, this might be the start of something good. Speaking of LTE, NEC has announced that it’ll be demoing a concept LTE “terminal” (presumably a handset) in cooperation with DoCoMo at MWC this month, likely the first example of many we’ll see over the course of the year as a number of carriers around the world march toward live 4G networks. [Thanks, Rata] China Unicom profits down 50 percent, NTT DoCoMo up by the same margin originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments
Posted in att, engadget, htc, LG Tags: att, china, chinaunicom, days-ago, earnings, engadget, fcc-fridays, financial, japan, ntt docomo, podcasts, related No Comments »Google’s spat with Chinese government causes ‘postponement’ of Android phones
January 19th, 2010 admin You have to love a good clash of legitimate titans, and they don’t get much bigger than Google and China . After deciding to stop censoring its Google.cn results, the Mountain View company of evil-non-doers has stepped up its offensive with the announcement that two Android phones — one from Samsung and one from Motorola — which were slated to make their arrival on China Unicom on Wednesday have now been postponed. We’ll read between the lines and guess that the phones will be “postponed” if China plays nice, or “never gonna happen” if it doesn’t. Google seems intent on demonstrating the full impact of its potential withdrawal from China, and this show of its sway with mobile manufacturers will hardly go unnoticed. [Thanks, David Casteneta] Google’s spat with Chinese government causes ‘postponement’ of Android phones originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments
Posted in att, engadget, htc, LG Tags: apple, china, china-unicom, chinaunicom, engadget, mobile, motorola, postponement, return-false, samsung No Comments »Motorola’s XT701, MT710, and XT800 do Android for China’s big three carriers
December 19th, 2009 jedwan Even through the lean years, Moto’s been making waves in China where it enjoys comparably high popularity — it was one of the first major manufacturers to throw its support behind the nation’s homegrown TD-SCDMA 3G tech, after all, and it’s had a tendency to get the company’s sexier WinMo smartphones like the SURF . On that note, it doesn’t come as much of a surprise to see that they’ve now announced not one, not two, but three fairly attractive, high-end Android handsets specifically for duty in the Far East, one for each of China’s big three carriers (each of which employs a different 3G technology, per the gub’mint’s orders). Starting on the left, the XT701 is the phone that we’d believed to be the Sholes Tablet — and considering that it uses HSPA for China Unicom’s airwaves, we still have no reason to believe it couldn’t make the leap across the Pacific. The MT710 (pictured center) is an OPhone for China Mobile and stands the least chance of making an unfettered jump to another continent since it uses a completely customized UI along with a positively China-only TD-SCDMA radio. Finally, the XT800 on the right looks like a Dell Mini 3i done right to us, rocking dual-mode GSM and EV-DO for China Telecom’s rather heterogeneous network. We’ve got to hand it to Moto here: by all appearances, these 3.7-inch WVGA, 5 megapixel beasts could get Android fans drooling pretty much anywhere in the world, so let’s get ‘em over to Europe and America on the double, eh? [Thanks, Vitala] Motorola’s XT701, MT710, and XT800 do Android for China’s big three carriers originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments
Posted in att, engadget, htc, LG Tags: 19th-2009, china-unicom, chinaunicom, droid, engadget, htc, motorola, motorolas-xt701, mt710, neutral, ophone, xt701, xt800 No Comments »ZTE shows off recent smartphones at Wireless Japan
July 23rd, 2009 jedwan Filed under: Handsets , Others , China Unicom , Linux , Windows Mobile , GSM , EDGE , HSDPA , UMTS , HSUPA China’s ZTE is still sticking to the low end in North America, but in its home country, the manufacturer is a huge player. Evidence of that lies strewn about ZTE’s booth at Wireless Japan this week, where it’s showing a pair of WinMo devices plus a Linux-based model that look ripe to compete with some of the best in the world. First up, the RAISE and XIANG do WinMo and HSPA for China Unicom’s Wo network , rocking 5 and 3.2 megapixel cameras, respectively. The D820 reps the open-source world (though we’re not sure what kind of Linux distro is running on it — it’s not Android, if we had to guess) and runs CDMA with WiFi, GPS, and a 2 megapixel camera. We’re not sure if ZTE is using phones like these as warmups for more global launches, but given what we’re seeing here — and the low price points they’re likely looking to hit — we’re all for it. [Via Pocket PC Thoughts ] ZTE shows off recent smartphones at Wireless Japan originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Posted in att, engadget, htc, LG Tags: china, chinaunicom, d820, engadget, japan, linux, windowsmobile, wireless, wireless-japan No Comments »
