 "ZTE Open, India's first Firefox OS smartphone, spotted online for Rs 8,590")
The ZTE Open, which is officially the world’s first Firefox OS-running smartphone, is now being sold in India for Rs 8,590. The device is now available on eBay India from today. The device was first launched in Spain back in July and came with a price tag of 69 Euros. The device is now officially the first one available for Indian users running the new OS, and we took at look at both the eco system as well as the phone itself.
Firefox OS, which is being positioned as a cheap alternative to Android, uses HTML5-based apps and is targeting entry-level devices. The ecosystem’s app store, the Firefox Marketplace, has some popular apps like Facebook, Twitter, Nokia’s HERE maps service, Box cloud storage as well as games from EA Mobile and Disney Mobile Games.
A quick look at the specifications of the device shows that the ZTE Open comes with a 3.5-inch display sporting a low resolution of 320x480 pixels. Internally, the device comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor clocked at 1GHz coupled with 256MB of RAM. In terms of photography, the handset comes with a 3.2-megapixel primary camera. Overall, the design of the phone looks pretty basic, with a plastic exterior as well as a rounded body. Keeping the relatively low cost in mind, though, it seems to be a pretty decent device.
The ZTE Open, now spotted online
In terms of connectivity, the device comes with many of the usual suspects like 3G, GPRS and EDGE. It also comes with support for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1. The ZTE Open also comes with GPS and A-GPS support. The handset comes with 512MB of internal memory which can be expanded through the microSD card slot. It is available in a bight orange avatar on eBay India.
The ZTE Open is not the only Firefox-running smartphone in the market right now. LG has now launched a new smartphone with the OS as well, titling it Fireweb. A quick look at the specs shows that the new device comes with a 4-inch display with a resolution of 480x320 pixels. The handset comes with a single-core Qualcomm processor clocked at 1GHz. The device also comes with 4GB of internal memory that can be expanded via a microSD card. In terms of photography, the device comes with a 5-megapixel camera with autofocus and LED packed in. The device is currently priced at $207 (Rs 12,750 approx), although there is no word on when the LG Fireweb will be hitting the Indian market.
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