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The MTS 945 GLONASS was the world's first smartphone that was compatible with GLONASS. The phone was available from Mobile TeleSystems, and was built by Qualcomm and ZTE. The phone was released on March 31, 2011. The phone was discontinued following low sales numbers. == History == On December 28, 2010 the CEO of AFK Sistema Vladimir Yevtushenkov and the Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov presented Vladimir Putin with the MTS 945 - the first phone equipped with a dual system GLONASS\GPS.〔(Lenta.ru: Technology: Putin showed the Russian equivalent of the iPhone 4 )〕 During the meeting, Vladimir Yevtushenko claimed that the phone was equivalent to the iPhone 4, with the addition of GLONASS capabilities. The MTS 945 was developed jointly by Sitronics, Qualcomm, and ZTE, and went on sale in March 2011 at the price of 10 990 rubles (360 USD).〔(/ glonass / Lenta.ru: Technology: Smartphone with support for GLONASS system went on sale )〕 The initial plans for the phone called for 500,000 units shipped in the first batch,〔(CNews: Putin showed phone with GLONASS is not conceding iPhone 4 )〕 however in early 2011 it was reduced to 100,000.〔(CNews: Chinese prepare for the Russian GLONASS cheap smartphones )〕 This was later reduced again to just 5000 units, which took six months to sell.〔(CNews: Debut GLONASS smartphones Russia ended in failure )〕 In February 2012 ZTE announced that they were ending production of the phone due to poor sales.〔(NEWSru.com | « Russian iPhone » GLONASS finally failed in Russia , the Chinese decided they no longer produce )〕 Before the MTS 945 was released ZTE was planning to create 3-5 phones with support for GLONASS, but the slow launch month put those plans into development hell, and they were eventually cancelled. Huawei, which was also planning to launch a phone with GLONASS around the same time decided to delay the launch of their own GLONASS compatible phones. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MTS 945」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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