Posts Tagged ‘ China ’

Motorola MOTOSMART MIX XT550 Android Phone Gets Launched in China

May 15, 2012
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Motorola Mobility and Sina have teamed up to offer the MOTOSMART MIX XT550 Android phone in China. The smartphone will be launched during a ‘Share Music, Share Perspectives’ concert, co-sponsored by Motorola Mobility and Sina Micro Music, which is set to take place on May 30 in Beijing. Some of the most popular music...

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Baidu Unleashes Changhong H5018 Smartphone in China

May 15, 2012
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As expected, giant search engine Baidu unveiled the Changhong H5018 smartphone powered by its own Cloud Smart Terminal platform. According to the company, the device has been manufactured by Foxconn and will be available for purchase via China Unicom. Obviously, it won’t be available outside China and it will sell for less than 1,000...

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iMac Clone Sells for $300

April 28, 2012
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Here’s a cool iMac clone created (where else if not the land of all knock offs) in China and selling for $300 American (around 226 EUR). Too good to be true? Actually, no. It is true, but it’s not good at all. Developed and created by Shanzhaiben in Shenzhen City (not Apple Inc. in...

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Motorola RAZR HD Leaks in China as MT887

April 23, 2012
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The first live photos showing the Motorola RAZR HD have just showed up in China. As we reported last week, the US-based company plans to release a new Motorola RAZR smartphone with an improved HD display. The information leaked last week through some EXIF data from a picture taken with the alleged Motorola DROID...

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Chinese Student Sells Kidney to Buy iPhone and iPad

April 7, 2012
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Prosecutors in Chenzhou, China have arrested five people involved with “intentional injury” for organizing and contributing to the removal and transplant of a kidney from a 17-year-old high-school student craving for Apple devices. Reported by the official Xinhua News Agency late Friday (via CBS News), the case involves five defendants – a surgeon, a hospital...

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Nokia Lumia 800C and Lumia 610C Officially Introduced at China Telecom

March 28, 2012
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As expected, Nokia and China Telecom have just launched the Lumia 800C and Lumia 610C in China. The CDMA version of both smartphones will be available for purchase via Nokia stores and Tianyi FlyYoung shops. In addition, customers will also be able to purchase Nokia Windows Phone devices from China’s leading chain electronics stores,...

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HTC Wind Dual-SIM Smartphone with Android 4.0 ICS Gets Launched in China

March 26, 2012
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It appears that HTC has different plans for the Chinese market. Although the handset maker confirmed it would produce less smartphones this year, it looks like HTC changed its mind. After announcing its HTC One series of smartphones last month at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the Taiwanese company promised that all devices...

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Apple CEO Visits Store in Beijing

March 26, 2012
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Sina Weibo (China’s own Twitter) broke news today that Apple’s Chief Executive Officer, Timothy Cook, arrived at one of the five Apple retail locations in mainland China at around 11 a.m. this morning. According to the post, Cook was eager to visit the company’s store in Joy City, a shopping mall situated in Xidan,...

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Foxconn Building "iPhone 5 Base" in Tai Yuan

March 25, 2012
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Foxconn is reportedly looking to recruit no less than 20,000 workers that will be tasked with assembling the next-generation iPhone 5. At the same time, hundreds are going on strike because Foxconn allegedly failed to compensate them properly. Reports from The China Morning News and M.I.C. Gadget reveal that “Foxconn in Tai Yuan is...

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Windows Phone Tango Officially Introduced in China on March 21

March 15, 2012
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Microsoft is readying its official entrance on the Chinese smartphone market with its latest mobile platform, Windows Phone Tango. It appears that the Chinese press has already started to receive invitations to the event that will be held on March 21. Although the invitation does not hint to any devices announcements, Chinese customers can...

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