ZTE is kickstarting an eye-tracking smartphone called 'Hawkeye"

LAS VEGAS — Chinese smartphone maker ZTE is turning to a slightly more unconventional method to launch its next phone: Kickstarter. 

The company announced Wednesday that it is using the crowdfunding platform to fund its next smartphone, an eye-tracking handset dubbed "Hawkeye."

The company didn't reveal many specs for the upcoming device, which is currently still a prototype. But ZTE said the phone will have a 5.5-inch HD display, dual-SIM slots, a fingerprint sensor and expandable memory. Like the company's other phones, Hawkeye will run Android and come unlocked.  Read more...