A new mobile phone is launched today in China which could threat the dominating position of Apple’s iPhone. China Mobile, the world’s biggest wireless carrier, launched Monday its own mobile phone operating system that can support its homegrown 3G standard along with a new phone called “Ophone”. Ophone is the world’s first mobile phone operating system developed by a telecom carrier, and the Ophone handsets is seen by analysts as a move that could help China Mobile stabilize its slowing profit growth.
The Ophone handsets that can support China Mobile’s TD-SCDMA 3Gstandard will come out within this year, the company said, without specifying when. According to a recent survey, 51% of the 2,161 respondents said they might buy an Ophone, attracted by its “powerful” mobile Internet connection and application functions.