It says it has sold more than 1 million TD-SCDMA phones in the first six months of this year. Tan said it will introduce eight new TD-SCDMA phones as well as an Ophone - China Mobile’s version of Android OS - in the second half of 2010.
“We will follow the“8+3” product strategy this year, which means we will launch eight types of handsets deeply customized for China Mobile and three types of handset by ourselves,” Tang told telecomasia.net.
Research firm Analysis Mason predicts that the number of smartphones in use worldwide will grow at an annual rate of 32% between 2010 and 2014. Most of this growth will be generated in developing markets in Asia and Latin America.
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