Remember that Motorola Milestone 3 drama from earlier this week? Well apparently, the Milestone 3 is real, it’s just not intended to make a GSM debut like the two previous generations. Dubbed the XT883 and destined for a launch in China, the smartphone will launch on China Telecom this year. Officially China Telecom says by the third quarter, though we know all too well how release date promises turn out.
As the rumors suggested, the Motorola Milestone 3 features a dual-core processor and a 4.0-inch qHD resolution display. A five-row QWERTY keyboard, 8-megapixel camera with LED flash 1080p video-capable, front-facing camera, 16GB of internal storage and Android 2.3 Gingerbread round out the specs.
Since the XT883, Motorola Milestone 3, is headed to China it should come as no surprise the phone come preloaded with SHOP4APPS China, Motorola’s own app market designed for the Chinese market. One tidbit of information that we found very interesting is the Milestone 3 is listed as an “Android World Phone with calling capabilities in more than 200 countries”.
While there are CDMA networks around the world, 200 countries sounds more like the XT883 features a GSM SIM card slot. There’s no mention in the press release to GSM capabilities, but historically any phone listed as a world phone has GSM chops. I guess we’ll know later this year.
Coming Q3 2011 | Motorola | TBD
