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Asus Android phone coming early next year!
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis —
... sell these phones in the local market before also launching customized models for overseas clients.
In other news, the company sources also noted that Asus plans to gradually phase out EMP-based handsets and instead switch to handset platforms from Qualcomm and Marvell.
Asus’ smartphone shipments in the Taiwan market totaled 30,000 units in the first nine months of this year, and they expect to add another 10,000 units until the end of this year.
[Via: DigiTimes]
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