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ZTE's Grand X Preloaded with Vringo's Facetones

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August 16, 2012

ZTE's Grand X Preloaded with Vringo's Facetones

By Carolyn J Dawson, TMCnet Contributor


Vringo, Inc. has unveiled a preloaded Facetones offering on ZTE Corporation’s latest Android (News - Alert) mobile device, the Grand X. Currently, the Grand X devices are available only in the U.K., Turkey and select countries in Asia.


An innovative manner to access visually stimulating social content automatically every time a user makes or receives a phone call or text message is offered by Vringo's Facetones mobile application, which incorporates with Facebook (News - Alert). A few of ZTE’s Android mobile devices will apply Vringo's technology to offer a unique mobile social experience to the users as well.

Customers can access this service instantaneously while using their new devices.

"Our partnership with ZTE (News - Alert), and the launch of the Grand X featuring Facetones as an embedded product, introduces an exciting new era for Vringo,” said Andrew Perlman, CEO at Vringo (News - Alert). “Making Facetones available as a preloaded offering is the most effective way to reach our prospective customers and helps drive the virality of our apps. Additionally, licensing preinstalled software represents an important model for monetizing our mobile social applications."

According to Ao Wen, Deputy GM, Europe Handset Business at ZTE, consumers of the organization will be offered an exclusive and ground-breaking experience for the first time with Vringo's latest Facetones application. While a high-end experience for young, thrifty consumers is provided by the Grand X, a cool social call experience will be offered by Facetones.

“We've embraced the increasing demand for innovation and differentiation in a highly competitive mobile market,” said Josh Wolff, SVP of Partner Solutions at Vringo. “Our latest launch in cooperation with ZTE is not only a proud business milestone, but a powerful demonstration of our ability to achieve and accelerate product realization on a global scale. Bringing our world-class technology and customized solutions to leading handset manufacturers remains a primary strategic goal for Vringo in the years ahead."

The latest Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone (News - Alert) Tracker report from IDC has revealed that eight million smartphones have been shipped by ZTE in the second quarter of 2012. ZTE is now among the top five smartphone manufacturers across the world. ZTE has also retained its fourth position in terms of handset shipments.


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Edited by Braden Becker


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