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09.01.2011 – The Smart Communications has launched the Smart Netphone which was unveiled earlier at the Republiq in Resorts World. The phone first appeared earlier this year at the Mobile Web Conference in Barcelona. We got a hold of the hands-on device previously and now dubbed the Netphone 701 (aka ZTE Blade V880) which runs on Android 2.2 Froyo.

The specs are pretty decent as we tested the device and its efficiency. Now revealed to the public it won’t be available until September 10, 2011 priced at PhP 9,990.00 pesos.

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The unit comes with the standard charger, battery pack, and instructions manual. The Netphone 701 looks responsive running on Android. The 3.2 mega pixel camera is not as what we expect to be which depends on well lighted places and doesn’t much a good job under dim areas.

This is an entry level for Smart Communications very own mobile device, which is a brave attempt at capturing a market now populated with touch screens. Definitely everyone is looking forward to the polished product on its street date.



The specs on this phone would probably interest you:

Smart Netphone (a.k.a ZTE Blade)
3.5″ LCD display @ 480×800 pixels
600 MHz ARM 11 processor
Adreno 200 GPU
420MB RAM
Qualcomm MSM7227 chipset
HSDPA 7.2Mbps; HSUPA 5.76Mbps
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, WiFi hotspot
Bluetooth 2.1 w/ A2DP
3MP autofocus camera
FM radio tuner
GPS w/ aGPS support
Li-Ion battery 1250mAh
Android 2.2 Froyo

Overall it’s an interesting phone but like everyone who has seen this today during the launch they would look for future models. Let’s see how the mass market respond to this new phone from Smart and nine days is just a week away.