Legend to unveil first Chinese-developed MMS phone
18/4/2003 14:57
Beijing-based Legend Group will unveil the first domestically developed
mobile phone enabling multimedia messaging service in a bid to tap the MMS phone
market, which is now cornered by overseas phone makers, today's Beijing Business
Today reported.
The report said the G818 model would be out in a few days
but did not give an exact date.
The report also said that MMS phones are
expected to dominate new phone models this year as the main trend in China's
cell phone market.
China Mobile Telecommunications Corp. launched
multimedia messaging service late last year and has received a warm market
response.
Compared with phones that support only text-messaging service,
MMS phones enable users to send and receive messages containing Flash and music
attachments.
The price of the G818 phone was not announced, but market
analysts expect it to be higher than regular phones, citing prices of currently
available MMS models.
Most of the MMS phones currently available in
China, all foreign brands, cost more than 4,000 yuan (US$484), compared with
1,500 yuan for regular phones.
Citing the high prices as a key factor
curbing the MMS phones market, analysts are bullish about the new phones in
light of the huge text-messaging market here.
Jane Chen / Shanghai Daily news
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