Cheapest Mobile — world record set by Vodafone 150
August 10, 2010
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Vodafone 150 will retail- unsubsidized at below $15 USD and the Vodafone 250 will retail -unsubsidized at below $20 USD, depending on the local market.
The Vodafone 150- and Vodafone 250 both offer excellent voice and SMS services, as well as support for mobile payment services. The two devices share most specification features- the main differences between- them being that the Vodafone 250’s screen is both color and slightly larger- and it has an FM radio.
Launching -in the first instance in India -and six markets in Africa – The Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Mozambique- Qatar- South Africa and Tanzania , it is in emerging markets such as these that the potential of the mobile phone as a powerful social enabler is most apparent.
To maximize the availability -of the handsets across countries with sizeable and isolated rural populations, the launches will be supported by an extensive logistics infrastructure- reaching deep rural segments where mobile penetration typically remains low.
In India, it is expected that device availability -will reach 60 percent of the population. The UN predicts that mobile ownership will reach 5bn in 2010- with most growth in the developing world.
Patrick Chomet- Vodafone’s Group Director of Terminals, said–The cost of mobile handsets can be one of the most significant barriers for people -in accessing and benefiting from the growing number of socially valuable mobile services. The lives of people who use these phones- the Vodafone 150 and Vodafone 250 – will be changed and improved as they become part of the mobile society. I am proud of the work we have done and will continue to do in this critical area of customer empowerment.
By focusing on a custom-built feature set and packaging design , without any conciliation to user experience, quality or safety , and by successfully leveraging vendor and partner relationships along the supply chain- Vodafone and handset manufacturer- TCL have been able to meaningfully reduce the usual manufacturing costs and, therefore, the retail price.
Nokia has been planning to launch a $10 phone for a long time but the product has still not seen the light of the day.
LG Cookie Fresh GS290
March 9, 2010
The LG Cookie Fresh also comes with EDGE/GPRS, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, microSD slot up to 8GB, a Li-ion battery and integrated popular social networking and cartoon UI but it lacks 3G.
The LG Cookie Fresh will be launched in Europe starting this month and is available in 10 different colors. Price of the LG Cookie Fresh has not been announced.
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