The OPhone is expected to be a version of the HTC Magic, which came out in February.
(Credit: Damian Koh/CNET Asia)
For a holiday, it’s been an eventful day in the world of HTC-Android-phone news. First came those leaked internal AT&T documents that showed, among other things, a new HTC Android device called the Lancaster that’s supposedly targeted for an August U.S. launch. Now comes word of HTC’s plans, starting next month, to sell an Android-powered smartphone in China, the world’s largest wireless market.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the new China-bound Android phone will be a version of HTC’s Magic, the successor to the T-Mobile G1 (formerly known as the HTC Dream) that launched in February.
The phones will reportedly be customized with software from wireless carrier China Mobile and called OPhones (referring to Open Mobile System, the name for China Mobile’s customized version of Google’s mobile operating system). And yes, the name does bring to mind another little smartphone we’ve heard of, but at least, as far as we can tell, the “O” will be capitalized.
There’s no final word on price yet, but the WSJ speculates that HTC’s new China phone will retail for about 5,000 yuan, or about $730.
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