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ZTE V969 — Review
ZTE isn't a brand you're likely to have heard of - yet. They’ve been active in various markets around the world under their own brand, but kept a low profile in Australia, producing whitelabel...
Retail Round-Up: This weeks specials
So it has been a while since we have done a retail round-up of specials available this week at Australia's biggest retailers, so we here at Ausdroid thought it was about time we bring...
ZTE enters the Australian retail smartphone market; first phone to go on sale through...
Chinese OEM ZTE has announced that it's moving into the Australian retail market, and will sell its devices directly to consumers under its own brand for the first time with its V969 smartphone going...
Google mandating that ‘powered by Android’ logo to appear on boot-up screen
Android Central recently noticed that the Samsung Galaxy S5 boot-up screen had one curious addition to the screen, in the form of a somewhat large 'Powered by Android' logo appearing on the bottom of...
Retailer Roundup: Weekly Specials
It has been a couple of weeks (maybe more give or take) and we thought it was time to bring it back. So, what's on-sale around the traps?
Woolworths
Available now until Tuesday 25 March
LG...
Telstra offers up the Easy Smart Pre-Paid phone for $99
Telstra has been offering their own branded phone for a few years now, all of which have been manufactured by Chinese manufacturer ZTE and the Telstra Easy Smart is no different. The Easy Smart...
CES 2014 — ZTE announces a Hotspot that is also a 1080P Android Powered...
ZTE yesterday announced a new 4G/LTE Hotspot (WiFi device) that is also an Android powered full HD 1080p projector that also packs a 4" screen onto it.
The "Projector Hotspot" — which ZTE is calling...
Telstra Dave sent through Tough Mudder – comes through with flying colours
The Telstra Dave, which launched on Australias largest mobile network last month last month, is a ruggedised beast built by ZTE. Telstra has obviously seen the need for a ruggedised phone in their range,...
Boost pre-paid now offering the ZTE T790 “Tango smartphone” for $49
Boost pre-paid is offering the ZTE T790 "Tango" 3G Android powered smartphone from their website or licensed re-sellers for the low price of just $49. Previously sold by Boost Mobiles parent company Telstra as...
Telstra/ZTE bringing the T83 “Dave” 4G ruggedised device
It seems ZTE who make most of Telstra's cheaper devices, such as smartphone, modem dongles/wifi and tablets are set to launch a new ruggedised 4G Android smartphone, which given their relationship, will probably launch...
ZTE to launch their own mobile chip next month
ZTE, somewhat best known for their Telstra Android (and non Android) mobile devices, is apparently looking at launching their very first own mobile chip according to a report from a Korean news site ETNEWS.
ZTE...
Report: More $200 smartphone will be sold in 2018 than was in 2012
A report compiled by ABI research, as part of a report into the Mobile Handset Go-to-market Strategies and the Next Generation Mobile Devices forecasts that low cost smartphone shipments to grow from 238 million...
Small Android tablets gain whilst Apple’s buzz fades
Whilst Apple may have captured the early buzz with the tablet market when they introduced the original iPad, it seems their share of the tablet market has begun to fade according to research released...
Price Drop: Telstra Frontier 4G Mobile reduced to $149
Telstra seem to have reduced the price of their lower end 4G pre-paid mobile phone offering - the Telstra Frontier(ZTE T81) - dropping the price from $199 to $149.
Originally launched at $299 the...
Get a Boost ‘Jump Start’ Android phone for just $19 from selected BP service...
If you're after a super cheap Android smartphone, then the Boost mobile Jump Start could be just what you're looking for. Boost is running a promotion in conjucnction with BP service stations, that will...