ZTE launches touch-screen handset

Release Time:2009-03-30
ZTE launches touch-screen handset - ZTE Press Release

ZTE launches touch-screen handset

Date:2009-03-30 ZTE Click:115

Vairy Touch is ZTE’s first handset to be launched with T-Mobile

25 March 2009, London, UK– ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”), a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, has today revealed the Vairy Touch phone, a touch screen pre-paid handset available in the UK for T-Mobile customers.

Vairy Touch is a low-cost, stylish handset with a PDA-style touch screen. The dual-band GSM GPRS 900/1800 handset offers a 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth and an FM radio function, in addition to voice, SMS, MMS and Multimedia Entertainment features.


“The T-Mobile Vairy Touch, with its elegant mini PDA design, touch screen and FM radio, is bringing style and affordable pre-paid phones to our customers” said Daniel Meredith, Head of Device and Handset Marketing at T-Mobile UK.

“Gartner has recently predicted that ZTE could break into the global top 5 of handset manufacturers by the end of the year, demonstrating ZTE’s strength in this market. Our partnerships with tier 1 operators, such a T-Mobile, is a testimony to our commitment to delivering attractive, exciting and affordable devices to consumers worldwide”, said Mr. Kevin Y Qi, Managing Director of ZTE (UK) Limited.

The Vairy Touch handset is available in T-Mobile shops for £59.99 on a pay-as-you-go basis. 

Notes to the editor:

Price: £59.99 with a pay as you go deal from T-Mobile

Dimensions: 92.6 x 52.3 x 16mm

Weight: 83.5g (including battery)

Standby time: 180 hrs

Talk time: 180 min