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Indian Co’s Branding the China Mobile | Also Targeting Ultra Low Cost Handsets

January 16, 2010

More on those emerging India “brand” china phones. They have reached rural India. The retailer will tell you he can buy them in Mumbai for 1800 rupees and make 400 to 600 on each one. Here’s what a typical store front looks like today. He’s supporting a range of local china phone brands which are [...]

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Karbonn Mobile Knocking out Big Brands – #India

January 9, 2010

China Phone – Karbonn Punch Out – Leaves Traditional Mobile Brands Reeling on the Ropes. Back in April 2008 I started paying attention to China Phones in India. I’d first come across one in a rural village. “China Phone” Beats Nokia N95 in Boombox Test. It didn’t take long to establish that the kids already [...]

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Repairs, Tweaks and Choice – Mobile Phones

May 9, 2008

18 months ago I bought my daughter a Nokia n73 in India as a birthday present. At the time it was about the coolest phone I could get for her with a 3mpx auto focus camera etc. She’s a torture test user. The first keyboard lasted one year before the whole joystick and keypad underpinnings [...]

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Prince A950 — My China Phone – Think Different

May 7, 2008

I’m sure many will ask me why buy the “China Phone” hadn’t I seen enough? Will you ever use one? The answer is simple. It’s a learning sample, an artifact to share, and something I can get a physical reaction and response to from others. Plus it cost me just over $100. And you can [...]

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Manish Market and the New Mobile Ghetto Blasters

May 6, 2008

I’ve recently purchased a “China Phone” at Manish Market in Mumbai. I wanted to just have one as an example. Manish Market is the center of the “China Phone” trade. The building is ugly on the outside and dirty on the inside. It’s packed with two or three people crowding every kiosk. It’s noisy, busy [...]

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“China Phone”" Beats Nokia N95 in Boombox Test

April 29, 2008

Going into the field is one of the things I really enjoy. This week I’m in India and apart from enjoying the food I’m generally on the lookout for the loud music playing phones from China. India is both noisy and an environment where the music is almost incessant. Your phone’s capability to play music [...]

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