Bangladeshi phone maker Symphony Mobile, in partnership with Banglalink and Google, unveiled the Symphony Roar A50, a budget smartphone which runs on Android One.
Priced at BDT 8,700 (US$111), the Symphony Roar is the first ever Android One phone made in Bangladesh. The phone is available for pre-registration on the Banglalink website and sales are expected to start sometime in mid-January.
The launch comes a week after Google’s announcement of the sale of Android One phones in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.
The Android One program, which debuted in India in September, is part of Google’s aim to “give people a high quality mobile experience for an affordable price, running stock-Android with updates from Google.”
Smartphones account for eight percent of the phones sold in Bangladesh, while 98 percent of the connections in the country run on a 2G network. The low 3G penetration is due to the late release of the 3G spectrum in 2013. 3G connections are expected to surpass 2G by 2020, according to this study by GSMA Intellegence.
Buyers of the phone will receive 1GB of browsing data in the first month and an additional 300 MB of data per month in the next six months for system upgrades and application downloads.
Symphony Roar specs
- 4.5-inch FWVGA IPS (480 x 854)
- 1GB RAM
- 8GB of internal storage with expansion slot
- 5MP rear camera
- 2MP front-facing camera
- 4G and 3G support
- Android 4.4.4 Kitkat
- Cortex A7 Quad Core 1.3 GHz processor
- 1780mAh battery
See: 5 reasons why Google’s Android One is a game-changer in budget smartphones
(Source – Daily Star)
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