See that little MTV logo down there on this poorly-facsimiled diagram in the FCC-issued user’s manual for ZTE’s F870E? Yeah, sure enough, there’s some Music Tee Vee functionality in here — but it’s not for everyone. From the manual, it looks like this sucker is destined for use with Vodafone’s MTV tie-ins, which would make sense considering that Voda is developing a healthy reputation for farming self-branded designs out to ZTE and Huawei. Historically, MTV’s worked with France’s SFR and Modelabs — but who’s to say they can’t spread the love around? Other than the branding, you’ve got a landscape QWERTY slide, some sort of forgettable dumbphone UI, and a 3 megapixel cam, so if this thing is cheap — and we suspect it will be — it should be an option worth checking out for fans of manufactured teen reality series around the world.
ZTE F870E does MTV, wacky sense of style for Vodafone originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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