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Huawei Ascend D2 available tomorrow for $640 on China Telecom

, Jan 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

Huawei's new Ascend D2 smartphone was announced and unveiled last week at CES, and we even got our hands on the new device, but it looks like the 5-inch 1080p smartphone will be officially released tomorrow for China Telecom customers at a price of ¥3,990, or around $640. The new phone will go on sale starting at 5pm local time. Read The Full Story

iPhone 5 rumored to be arriving on China Telecom later this year

, Nov 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

The iPhone 5 hasn't yet reached within China's borders, but it's rumored that the phone is about to. China Telecom, the country's third-largest wireless carrier, is said to be getting the iPhone 5 later this year. China Telecom chairman Wang Xiaochu said that the phone will start shipping to customers either later this month or early next month. Read The Full Story

iPhone 5 seeks approval for China

, Sep 26th 2012 Discuss [0]

It appears that Apple has gotten the China Compulsory Certificate for the iPhone 5 in a couple iterations, both of them quite possibly headed for China Telecom. The first of these will likely be the global GSM model - here in the approval found by Sina marked as WCDMA phone model A1429. The second is a CDMA2000 version model number A1442 of the device - this will likely be a brand new model of the iPhone as the current CDMA iPhone 5 (A1429) does not currently have China Telecom in its listing of networks. Of course there's always the future. Read The Full Story

Huawei looking to offer wider range of storage products

, Jul 16th 2012 Discuss [0]

After last year’s acquisition of U.S. computer security software company Symantec, China’s Huawei Technologies is looking at offering a larger range of storage products to its customers. While best known for being a networking and telecommunications equipment supplier, rising growth rates in mobile and Internet data services has prompted the company to seriously look at entering those markets. Read The Full Story

Nokia Lumia 800C and 610C CDMA Windows Phones official for China

, Mar 28th 2012 Discuss [2]

Nokia has officially revealed its first CDMA Windows Phones, the Lumia 800C and 610C, and China will be the first country to get them. Variants, as the names suggest, of Nokia's existing Lumia 800 and 610, the 800C will drop on China Telecom first in April, with the 610C following on in Q2 2012. They'll come with the usual Nokia Music, Nokia Drive and Nokia Maps apps, exclusive to the Finnish company's Windows Phones. Read The Full Story

Nokia Lumia 719C leaks, expected in China March 28th

, Mar 19th 2012 Discuss [1]

Things seem to be falling into place for Microsoft’s Windows Phone launch in China. A couple of days ago we heard that Nokia had inked a deal with several Chinese carriers, like China Unicom and China Telecom, to launch several Lumia models on March 28th. It hasn’t been clear exactly which models would be gracing China’s shores, but the latest leak indicates they’ll be seeing variants on existing Lumia handsets. Read The Full Story

iPhone 4S hits China Telecom March 9

, Feb 21st 2012 Discuss [0]

Apple's iPhone 4S will arrive on China Telecom come March 9, the Chinese carrier has confirmed, priced from free with a select contracts. Already available on China Unicom - with a somewhat disastrous launch that saw Apple's stores freeze sales of the coveted handset after queues turned violent - the second carrier will begin taking reservations for the smartphone from March 2. Read The Full Story