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Dell China have brought their smartphone out to play, the first official showing of the much-leaked handset. According to the launch reports, the Dell Mini 3i is based on the Chinese-designed Open Mobile System (OMS), an Android-based platform, and has less than impressive hardware: the Mini 3i is 2G GSM only, with no WiFi, and only a 3.2-megapixel camera (with LED flashlight) and Bluetooth to brighten things up.
The display is a 3.5-inch 360 x 640 capacitive touchscreen, with a light sensor to dynamically adjust the backlighting. There’s also a microSD card slot, miniUSB port and volume keys, but other than that the Mini 3i is entirely touchscreen-controlled.
A 950mAh battery strikes us a little low for something with such a large touchscreen, but then there’s no power-hungry 3G to drain it. No official word from Dell themselves, but they’re tipped to announce their Mobile Market app store later on today; right now it’s listed as coming soon.
[via Cloned in China]
One Response to “Dell Mini 3i smartphone launches in China”
jordan.burger August 17, 2009
This phone not only looks very similar to iPhone 3G/3GS also if you look at the screen shot that shows a bit of the UI/Home screen it looks identical to that of iPhone OS. This could be a well done photo-shopped phone, or a real model modded and running iPhone OS
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