With a
touchscreen display, internet connection, front and rear camera lens and
dual phone number function, a new handset costing just £26 is set to
take the mobile market by storm.
Launched
last month the Indian-made Karbonn A50S hopes to rival market leaders –
Apple iPhone and Samsung Galaxy – at a fraction of the cost.
And
while the low cost smartphone is officially only available to domestic
customers in India, bargain hungry Britons can buy the handset online
and have it sent on to the UK. The mobile can be used on most UK
networks with a pay-as-you-go Sim card.
The Karbonn
A50S shares many of the functions of handsets costing many times more.
It has a touchscreen display, it connects to the internet, uses WiFi,
can download apps, takes photographs and makes voice calls and text
messages.
It also has the rare feature of two Sim-card slots which enables the user to swap between two networks and two phone numbers.
And
as it runs on Android, the Google-owned operating system, it comes with
all the usual Google services including Gmail and Google Maps.
The bargain
Indian phone will lead British consumers to question why they pay
hundreds of pounds for their phones and expensive contracts with network
providers, when the raw components are so cheap.
Apple's
latest iPhone, the 5S, costs £549 in the UK and the Samsung Galaxy S5
costs the same. Even Motorola’s more basic Moto G smartphone costs £125.
The
Karbonn A50S is one of a new breed of cheap smartphones that will start
flooding the UK and European market over the coming months, experts
warn.
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