Enjoy A Fluid Mobile Experience With New ZTE Acqua V880E

Malaysian mobile consumers can now enjoy fluid experience with the new ZTE Acqua V880E, which boasts of versatility and a 1 GHz high speed processor. The touchscreen smartphone was launched today by ZTE Malaysia, the fourth world’s largest hand phone vendor in conjunction with the appointment of Nine ZTE Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Ingenuity Solutions Berhad, as their sole local vendor for mobile devices.

The sleek ZTE Acqua is more than meets the eye. It is a candybar Android 4.0 smartphone with a 4-inch color touchscreen display. It is evident that ZTE Acqua is designed with the consumer’s comfort in mind as it features a very light and ergonomic phone body with a bright display.

"ZTE Acqua signifies our company’s promise to consumers. ZTE envisioned a world of innovations that empowers consumers to enjoy ultimate satisfaction and experience with ZTE mobile phones. We take pride in making our mobile devices easily affordable and available for each and every person,” commented Jeremy Zhao, Director of ZTE terminal Malaysia.

He also said that ZTE Acqua is a continuation of the ZTE Skate series which has received outstanding response from consumers. To date, more than 5 million units of ZTE Skate have been sold and the company expects much more encouraging sales from ZTE Acqua. As the largest telecommunication manufacturer in China, ZTE invests 10% of its annual total revenue into R&D to develop innovative technologies for its customers around the world.

"Besides being the world’s no. 4 largest hand phone vendor, ZTE is also ranked world’s no.1 for its international patent filings in 2011 with 2,826 total applications. These are testaments to our company’s commitment in providing consumers with the best quality innovations from ZTE,” added Jeremy further.

In addition to the high speed processor that guarantees seamless user interface, the ZTE Acqua also comes with 4GB internal memory which supports up to 32GB external MicroSD memory card for all the storage needs such as photos, songs, videos, mobile apps, etc.

Users can also easily navigate around places with its built-in GPS. Like any other smartphones in the market, ZTE Acqua is equipped with WiFi connectivity for users to have the benefit of surfing the Internet at anytime anywhere.

ZTE Acqua will also be a good choice for those who enjoy photography as it features a 5MP camera with auto-focus, flash, 1.6x digital zoom, auto white balance, various camera effects and photo quality setting. Retailing only at an attractive price of RM699.00 per unit, ZTE Acqua is available for purchases through NineZTE’s nationwide dealers. For more information on the phone, log on to www.zte.com.cn or visit ZTE Malaysia’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ztemalaysia.

LG ACHIEVES SALE OF FIVE MILLION LTE SMARTPHONES

LG Electronics (LG) announced that it reached a new milestone with global sales of five million LTE smartphones to date. After reaching sales of four million LTE smartphones last month, an additional one million smartphones were sold in the month of July --- one LTE smartphone roughly every two and a half seconds.

LG released the first LTE smartphone “RevolutionTM by LG” in the U.S. in May of last year through the largest carrier Verizon Wireless and expanded its LTE target markets with its global LTE smartphones.

Focusing on the key markets with LTE capabilities, LG saw strong acceptance by offering diverse LTE smartphones according to consumer needs. Currently, more than ten LG LTE smartphones are available in countries where LTE service is available, including Korea, U.S., Japan and select markets in Europe and Asia.

Although Optimus LTE takes the title of the most popular LTE smartphone from LG with two million in sales, Optimus Vu: has sold over 500,000 units since March, demonstrating the device’s acceptance as it prepares for its global roll-out. And with the release of the industry’s first 2GB RAM LTE smartphone Optimus LTE II in May, LG saw the fastest sales among all LTE smartphones with this device reaching half a million units in the first 70 days.

According to a report by Jefferies & Company, LG is the global leader in LTE patents with a value of over USD 8 billion. And intellectual property consulting firm TechIPM analyzed LTE-related patents registered to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by the second quarter of this year and reported that LG held the largest overall number of patents as well.

“Sales of global LTE smartphones are expected to increase ten-fold this year from last year,” said Dr. Jong-seok Park, President and CEO of LG Mobile Communications Company. “With that in mind, we are planning to introduce an even more impressive LTE line-up in the next several months second to none.”

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