FPT, the distributor of Vertu phones in Vietnam, on Tuesday introduced Vertu TI smartphone running on Android operating system and priced at 7,900 euros, or over VND200 million.
FPT, the distributor of Vertu phones in Vietnam, on Tuesday introduced Vertu TI smartphone running on Android operating system and priced at 7,900 euros, or over VND200 million.
The 3.7-inch Vertu TI has the scratchproof sapphire crystal screen and the lightweight titanium casing which is five times harder than other smartphones.
Running on Android 4.0, the smartphone is equipped with the 1.7 GHz processor, an 8MP rear camera and a 1.3MP front camera.
Vertu TI is handmade by a single craftsman at Vertu’s headquarters in Hampshire, England. Every VERTU Ti is signed by the craftsman before being distributed to buyers worldwide.
In a related development, FPT Technology Products Company has set a target of selling 600,000 FPT-branded smartphones this year, said Le Hoang Hai, deputy general director of the company.
FPT forecast the sales volume of smartphones would increase twofold this year, accounting for 30% of the total number of mobile phones sold in the domestic market, versus 15% last year.
Smartphone consumption in Vietnam is rising rapidly. Therefore, FPT this year will focus on production of smartphones, which will make up about 70% of its mobile phone output, Hai on the occasion of FPT launching a new smartphone in Hanoi on Monday.
To achieve a smartphone sales growth higher than the average of the market, FPT would seek to access the world’s latest technology for smartphone production.
The company’s newly-launched smartphone FPT IV is said to be the first smartphone model in Vietnam using the quad-core chip Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8225Q to boost performance and battery life.
The dual-SIM FPT IV with a display of 4.5 inches sells for VND4.45 million, which FPT described as the most competitive price in the local market at present.
The first FPT-branded smartphone was launched into the market in 2010. In mid-2011, FPT officially joined the smartphone market, and has ever since introduced six FPT-branded models at home, all designed by FPT and made in China.
FPT intends to introduce a new smartphone product every month, with software written in Vietnamese.
(Source: VIR)
