Android Phone Said to Hit Mainland in June

China Mobile (NYSE: CHL, HKG: 0941), the world's biggest wireless phone carrier, will sell the mainland's first Google Android mobile handsets in June, according to HTC CEO Peter Chou. The OPhone, as China Mobile names it, is manufactured by Taiwan's HTC Corporation and embedded with China Mobile's self-developed software. It will cost ¥5,000, 10% more than the iPhone. An earlier online poll found that 46.4% of respondents would buy the OPhone while 53.6% were not attracted to it. China Mobile offers services to some 483 million customers. HTC is reported to consider supplying 3G-based handsets to China Mobile, who declined to comment.

$1 = ¥6.8

Sources:
http://tech.qq.com/a/20090527/000045.htm
http://tech.qq.com/a/20090526/000288.htm
http://tech.qq.com/a/20090512/000224.htm

	Android Phone Said to Hit Mainland in June By TONY JIN Published: May 27, 2009 03:12 PM China Mobile (NYSE: CHL, HKG: 0941), the world's biggest wireless phone carrier, will sell the mainland's first Google Android mobile handsets in June, according to HTC CEO Peter Chou. The OPhone, as China Mobile names it, is manufactured by Taiwan's HTC Corporation and embedded with China Mobile's self-developed software. It will cost ¥5,000, 10% more than the iPhone. An earlier online poll found that 46.4% of respondents would buy the OPhone while 53.6% were not attracted to it. China Mobile offers services to some 483 million customers. HTC is reported to consider supplying 3G-based handsets to China Mobile, who declined to comment. $1 = ¥6.8 Sources: http://tech.qq.com/a/20090527/000045.htm http://tech.qq.com/a/20090526/000288.htm http://tech.qq.com/a/20090512/000224.htm bookmark \| digg \| Permalink	More Articles in Telecommunications, Media and Technology > Today’s Daily Briefs E-Mail Sign up for a roundup of the day’s top stories, sent every day. RELATED ARTICLES > Google Gets Fed up with Its 'Chinese Sister' Qq.com China's Most Popular Portal in December: ACNielsen Sichuan to Funnel ¥40b into Wireless Infrastructure China Unicom's Chang Says Talks with Apple Needed to Cut iPhone Prices China Mobile Cuts International Roaming Fees China Unicom Announces ¥12b Investment in Fujian Shanghai Bank to Raise ¥40b from Rights Offer to China Mobile

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