LG Cookie Smart spotted, a budget dual-SIM device

A low-end dual-SIM phone is expected to be announced by LG soon, called the LG Cookie Smart, with supposed images specifications making their way to the internet.

The LG Cookie T375 Smart is expected to run on a proprietary OS, and come with a 3.2-inch 320x240 pixel display, and a 2MP camera. Other rumoured features include Wi-Fi connectivity, and a weight of just 96g. It will probably be a GSM-GSM type of dual-SIM device.

For now, not much else is known about the LG Cookie Smart, and LG hasn't been too active with the Cookie range recently. If real, the device will almost definitely make it to Indian shores however, with the market known for its love of dual-SIM phones.

LG will be looking to get high volume sales in the feature phone segment, keeping in mind the rather intense competition in the smartphone segment. It is currently in fifth overall place globally, behind Samsung, Nokia, Apple, and ZTE.

Android dominates iOS in China

A recent report by a Beijing analytics company rated Android device penetration in China to a whopping 68.4% by the end of 2011.
By comparison, iOS was only able to snag just 5.7% of that same pie.

Such a drastic deviation may come as quite a surprise to some people, especially considering a recent report pointing to one in ten people in Beijing and Shanghai owning iOS devices. This same report also states that China has recently overtaken the US as the country where the most smartphone devices are activated, so one in ten people owning an Apple device is not exactly a drop in the bucket.

And we all remember that iPhone 4S launch fiasco at the beginning of the year, where Apple had to suspend sales of its latest iPhone in Beijing and Shanghai due to unruly crowds on opening day.

Most sources point to price being the deciding factor, as Android is able to take advantage of lower-cost devices on which to put their OS on. This is especially true for China, the backyard of price competitive smartphone manufacturers such as Huawei and ZTE.