ZTE today said it plans to introduce a smartphone at the Mobile World Congress trade show later this month that will be capable of 1 Gbps download speeds.
The phone is, fittingly, called the ZTE Gigabit Phone. ZTE claims the phone’s raw speed will bring “a qualitative leap to a new world of mobile experience by making 360-degree panoramic VR video, instant cloud storage, entertainment upgrades and fast cache of ultra Hi-Fi music and movies possible.”
ZTE didn’t share any other details about the handset, but there are a few to be sussed out based on ZTE’s claims. To start, Qualcomm’s X16 modem is one of the only wireless chips capable of such speeds. Plus, the X16 was designed with the Snapdragon 835 processor in mind.
Only a single network — Australia’s Telstra — supports such high-speed mobile broadband at the moment, so most people will not be able to experience the phone’s full potential. ZTE also said it plans to launch new phones in its Blade series at MWC. ZTE recently brought its first Blade-branded handset, the V8 Pro, to the U.S.
