ZTE plans on launching another phone running Mozilla's Firefox OS, this time with a dual-core processor, a bigger screen, and a revamped user experience, a company executive said on Tuesday.
The Chinese handset maker has so far sold about 100,000 of its first Firefox OS phone, the ZTE Open, said He Shiyou, the company's executive vice president. The low-end phone was built for developing markets such as Latin America, but later made available in the U.S. and U.K., where it quickly sold out at prices of $79.99 and £59.99, respectively.
The phone's sales volume is small compared to the millions of Android handsets and iPhones that fly off store shelves weekly, but ZTE has been pleased with the initial demand, and hopes sales will eventually reach 200,000 units, He said in an interview with journalists.
"On the whole, the sales have been pretty good, especially on eBay and with third-party retailers," he said. "The demand has exceeded supply, but we also purposely did not want this first generation product to have a large scale."
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