Vodafone Essar will launch low cost GSM Dual Band handset to compete with Airtel and Reliance Communications in India. You are already aware of the low cost handset war that Reliance Mobile kicked off to which Nokia responded immediately a day after.
Vodafone Essar which has lined upf $2 Billion investment wants to get a big pie of the rural Indian market which is the largest under served mobile market in India. Vodafone has gotten two phone models exclusively designed for developing nations including India. The one on your left is the Vodafone 125 GSM Dual Band Digital Mobile phone with 108.3 * 45.4 * 13.1 dimensions. It has a Black and White screen and is expected to cost $30 or Rs 1,200.
The one on your left is a Vodafone 225 Dual Band GSM handset manufactured for exclusive use of Vodafone. Its dimensions are 106.4 * 4 5.6 * 1 2.6 and has a Color screen. Expected price of sale is $45 or Rs 1,800 in India.
It is an interesting battle to watch in India on the subscriber numbers and ARPU over the next 3 quarters as the telecom story gathers momentum in Rural India and the urban India still starving for good GPRS and 3G 🙂
Even 225 doesn’t ahve a vibrator….not done…anyway…but otherwis phone is good…(there are some issues in meesageing also)…..rather buy LG bullet
Low cost is ok but there is not Vibration function in Vodafone 125. Nowadays it is presumed that every handset is having vibration function. So be careful while buying the same.
There is no single Game and no Calendar
even it doest have a phone memory, so be carefull before buying it.
ya it’s low cost,and easy to use,but it has major problem that no phone memory for messages. it can save only 15 msgs so be carefull who buy it for msgs
the battery life is less but of course the mobile is very light & low costly
this kind of phone is jst only for making call nothing more than that,…….!!!!
Well, making/receiving calls and the odd SMS is what it is MEANT to do. I got hold of one and use it in Europe now. Fantastic! It does EXACTLY what I want. No more, no less! And battery life is nearly a week … I am pleased.