While Orange is selling the San Francisco II smartphone that doesn’t stop ZTE from offering its baby without the carrier’s branding. And while we don’t know when they’ll actually start accepting orders, we now know the official name of the phone – it’s ZTE Blade S. That “S” part apparently makes it superior than the…
Cricket launches ZTE Chorus, low-end Android smartphone with Muve Music support
Cricket Wireless keeps expanding its Muve Music portfolio. After Samsung Vitality and ZTE Score, they’re out with the ZTE Chorus, a low-end Android smartphone that comes with the carrier’s popular music plan. Specs wise, ZTE’s baby sports a 3.2-inch WQVGA touchscreen, 3G data, 2-megapixel camera, 600MHz processor, Bluetooth, SRS WOW HD sound technology, 3.5mm headset…
T-Mobile Vivacity confirmed
We’ve already told you that T-Mobile will soon introduce a new low-to-mid range Android smartphone – Vivacity. Well the British arm of the Deutsche Telekom-owned carrier confirmed the device and is now listing it on a dedicated “Coming Soon” page from where users can register to be the first to know when it’s released. Made…
ZTE shows off MediaTek powered LTE device, Qualcomm executive seen crying outside office
MediaTek may not have the sex appeal that Texas Instruments does with their OMAP processors or Samsung does with their Exynos chips, but they’re a player you need to watch with a close eye. Every year more and more devices are made by “other”, meaning manufacturers you wouldn’t necessarily rank in the top 5 in…
Orange San Francisco II to be available for 99 GBP with 10 GBP credit
Yeah we knew Orange is preparing to launch the San Francisco II, a successor to the entry-level ZTE-made Android smartphone. The France Telecom-owned carrier isn’t that quiet about the device launch any more, having released a promotional video on YouTube. That, however, doesn’t mean the phone got its page on Orange’s website – or at…
Red Scare! Huawei, ZTE facing deeper scrutiny in U.S.
The U.S. House intelligence committee will be investigating Huawei and ZTE to see if these companies will pose a potential threat to U.S. security as it expands its phone and telecom equipment business. Is this a legitimate look at protecting the nation’s interest or is this xenophobia that will lead to another Red Scare? ZTE…
ZTE Tania launched in France on SFR, no ZTE branding anywhere to be found
ZTE is a Chinese company that’s in the exact same boat Huawei was in just a few short years ago, and that HTC was in going as far back as the late 1990s. All three of these Asian companies make mobile phones, but their first customers weren’t people, they were the corporations we so lovingly…
Orange San Francisco II shows its face
We’ve already told you Orange and ZTE are working on the next San Francisco smartphone and… it’s almost here as you can see from the leaked press image above. Unfortunately we still have no idea when Orange will officially launch the San Francisco II, but it’s fair to argue that will happen sooner rather than…
ZTE-made T-Mobile Vivacity Android phone coming soon to Europe
T-Mobile is once again teaming-up with ZTE over a low-to-mid end Android phone. The upcoming T-Mobile Vivacity has been caught at the Bluetooth SIG and is heading to select markets served by the mobile arm of Deutsche Telekom. Unfortunately, we don’t have all the details at this stage, except that it has a 3G radio…
Orange San Francisco II aka ZTE Crescent coming soon
Orange and ZTE are obviously happy with the Orange San Francisco sales when they plan to launch its successor. We’ve no idea when the upcoming San Francisco II aka ZTE Crescent will be launched, but considering the Bluetooth SIG has recently cleared the device – we shouldn’t have to wait for too long to see…









