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Mobile phone carrier T-Mobile has made a little telecommunications history today after confirming the launch of its Pulse handset, the world’s very first pay-as-you-go (PAYG) smartphone powered by the Google-backed Android operating system.
T-Mobile\'s smartphone thumb is firmly on the consumer Pulse. Image: T-Mobile.
Expected to hit European retail outlets this coming October, T-Mobile has said the new PAYG Android phone will carry a purchase cost of just 180 GBP, which may well attract smartphone consumers in their droves given that Apple’s PAYG iPhone currently sells for around 540 GBP.
“We introduced the first Android handset, the T-Mobile G1 to the UK back in October 2008, launch our second handset, the G2 Touch, earlier this year and now we’re opening up Android-based smartphones to a whole new type of mobile user with the first handset on pay-as-you-go,” trumpeted Nicola Shenton, head of T-Mobile UK’s handset division.
Those prospective buyers with their ears suitably pricked by the prospect of a much more recession friendly pay-as-you-go smartphone can look forward to a Huawei-made device that comes equipped with a generous 3.5-inch HVGA touchscreen, a 3.2 mega pixel camera with auto focus, and a basic 2GBs of data storage.
Other related features include a microSD slot for memory expansion, Wi-Fi and HSDPA connectivity, on-board GPS navigation, and support for widget customisation and multiple homescreens.
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