Chinese mobile manufacturer ZTE 6 smartphones and data card devices in India. ZTE made it plans clear to enter Indian market few months back. All these phones are priced in between Rs. 5000 and Rs. 15000. All these smartphones will be available in the market soon according to ZTE. ZTE supplies handsets to many Indian brands, some of the popular India brand devices are manufactured by ZTE. The budget Android phones range incudes Grand, Blade and Kis series of smartphones from ZTE.
ZTE Grand X Quad Lite is a 5-inch smartphone with qHD (540 x 960) screen, it is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core processor with 1GB RAM. It is priced at Rs. 14,999. It is the current flagship for ZTE in India, it runs on the Android 4.2 Jelly Bean out of the box. On the memory front it has 4GB of internal memory along with micro SD card slot for memory expansion upto 32GB. It comes with a 5-megapixel rear camera and a 0.3MP camera at the front. Connectivity options include Bluetooth Wi-Fi, 3G, GPS, micro USB. It packs a 2500nAh battery under the hood.
ZTE Blade L is powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor with 512MB RAM, it features a 5-inch screen. It is priced at Rs. 12,599. ZTE Blade E is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core processor with 512 MB RAM, I features a 4.5-inch screen and is priced at Rs. 11,999. Another phone announced in this range is ZTE Blade G2, which is priced at Rs. 11,599.
Apart from these budget mid-range devices ZTE has also launched low end Android smartphones. These include ZTE Blade C with a 4-inch screen, powered by a 1GHz dual-core CPU, 512MB RAM, it is priced at Rs. 7,599. The next inline is the ZTE Kis Flex, it is a 3.5-inch screen device powered by a 1GHz processor and 256MB RAM. It is priced at Rs. 5,799.
Xu Dejun, CEO, ZTE India, said, “Today ZTE enjoys a customer base of over 32 million Indian handset users. With the initial launch of six devices priced between Rs 5,000 and Rs 15,000, we will build further on our handset portfolio in the months to come. By the year end, we aim to have our pan India presence with the smartphones and data cards.”
“We are optimistic on our marketing and channel spends and looking at strengthening the brand from all fronts. Our distribution and sales structure is backed by a strong network of 214 service centers across the country. We are replicating the same pedigree of our global innovation leadership in the Indian market and aim to emerge as the third largest smartphone vendor in the country within three years.”
Along with these smartphones ZTE has also launched four 3G data card devices in India under the swift range of ZTE.