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Telephone
The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...
manufacturer listed on the NASDAQ
NASDAQ
The NASDAQ Stock Market, also known as the NASDAQ, is an American stock exchange. "NASDAQ" originally stood for "National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations". It is the second-largest stock exchange by market capitalization in the world, after the New York Stock Exchange. As of...
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Qiao Xing's net sales have grown from USD46 million in 1997 to USD365 million in 2009. A majority owned subsidiary of Qiao Xing, or better known as CECT, is a top three domestic seller of mobile phone
Mobile phone
A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...
s in China, with product lines that include Dual SIM
Dual SIM
A dual SIM mobile phone is one which holds two SIM cards. Initially, dual-SIM adapters were made available to use in regular mobile phones to allow them to contain two SIMs, and to switch from one to the other as required. This combination is called a standby dual-SIM phone. The first Dual SIM...
phones and Windows Mobile Smartphone
Smartphone
A smartphone is a high-end mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone. The first smartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digital assistant and a mobile phone or camera...
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Would be purchasers of CECT phones in China should beware that there are multiple fake CECT brands in China. For example, the CECT P168, which is an Apple iPhone clone, is not designed or manufactured by Qiao Xing. Qiao Xing does not produce clones of Apple, Nokia, or Samsung products. Other companies in China, disguised as CECT, produce these clones.