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Available beginning Feb. 5, ZTE Optik boasts a 7-inch touchscreen display,
Android 3.2, Honeycomb, and dual cameras for under $100

Beginning Sunday, Feb. 5, Sprint will introduce its first tablet available for under $100, ZTE Optik™, a Sprint 3G tablet featuring a 7-inch touchscreen display with WXGA 1280x800 resolution and pinch-to-zoom, Android™ 3.2, Honeycomb, and dual cameras.

ZTE Optik will be available through Sprint direct ship sales channels, including Sprint Stores, Sprint Business Sales, Telesales (1-800-SPRINT1) and online (www.sprint.com) for just $99.99 with a new line or eligible upgrade and two-year service agreement. It will also be available without a service agreement for $349.99. Business customers may qualify for special pricing. (All pricing excludes tax.)

Built with Android 3.2, Honeycomb, the version of Android designed specifically for tablets, ZTE Optik is a powerful e-reader, media player and portable computing device. It features a 1.2GHz dual-core Qualcomm® Snapdragon® processor, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of storage and 7-inch touchscreen display with pinch-to-zoom that allows the user to get work done or stay entertained surfing the web, playing games and watching videos with Adobe® Flash® enabled websites. It has two cameras – a rear-facing 5-megapixel camera and front-facing 2-megapixel camera that enables video chat. It also features Swype™, which allows the user to enter text with one continuous finger or stylus motion across the screen keyboard.

For those that want to get more out of their tablet, ZTE Optik provides access to Android Market™, which features more than 400,000 useful apps, games and widgets. Additional key features of ZTE Optik include:

  • Google mobile services such as Google Search™, Gmail™, Google Maps™ with Navigation, Google Books™ and YouTube™
  • Sprint Zone, Sprint TV, Sprint Music Plus, Sprint Navigation, Sprint Football Live and NASCAR Sprint Cup MobileSM
  • Wi-Fi® (802.11 b/g)
  • Integrated GPS
  • 4000 mAh Lithium-ion battery
  • Bluetooth v2.1 + EDR
  • Stereo speakers
  • 3.5mm headset

ZTE Optik can be activated on one of Sprint’s Tablet Connection plans. Sprint offers four plans designed specifically for tablets, starting at $19.99 for 1GB of data, $34.99 for 3GB of data, $49.99 for 6GB of data and $79.99 for 12GB of data.1 (All pricing excludes taxes and surcharges.) Customers are able to view their data usage by logging into My Sprint at www.sprint.com.

ZTE Optik can also be used as a Mobile Hotspot allowing up to five users to simultaneously surf the web using Wi-Fi®. The Mobile Hotspot option is available for an additional $29.99 per month and utilizes data in the customer’s tablet plan. (All pricing excludes taxes and surcharges).

Links

www.sprint.com/newsroom

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1Tablet Plan: Depending on plans selected, includes 1GB, 3GB, 6GB, or 12GB of on-network data usage and 100 or 300 MB of off-network data usage. Additional on-network data usage: $0.05/MB. Additional off-network usage above 100 or 300 MB/month: $0.25/MB.

(Pricing excludes taxes and surcharges)