We seem to be increasingly hearing about new smartphones for emerging
markets and today we have heard of yet another such device. The Huawei
4Afrika Windows Phone has been designed for Africa and will be part of a
series of devices being launched for a Microsoft project titled the
4Afrika Initiative. The 4Afrika will be the first smart device in the
series and as Africa is one of the fastest-growing technology markets in
the world, it looks set to find a place in the market.
The 4Afrika Windows Phone will be launched in 7 countries later this
month and those are Angola, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria
and South Africa. It’s aimed at being an affordable handset for first
time smartphone owners, students, small businesses and developers and
from what we can see of the design (above) it actually looks pretty
stylish and more of a high-end device.
There are four color options, black, blue, red or white and specs
include a 1.2GHz Snapdragon dual-core processor, 4-inch display with
resolution of 800 x 480, 4GB of internal storage and front and
rear-facing cameras. The casing is 10mm thick and the 4Afrika has
built-in power-saving technology so the battery capacity should give
users 420 hours of standby time. There are also pre-loaded custom apps
for African consumers and the Windows Phone Store will also have a
market-specific store so that African consumers can download locally
relevant content and apps.
Other Windows Phone devices already available in Africa come from
manufacturers such as HTC, Nokia and Samsung so it’s good to hear that
another major producer such as Huawei
is also issuing Windows Phone devices there. We’re really interested
to hear from readers in Africa about their thoughts on the upcoming
Huawei 4Afrika Windows Phone so please do send your comments on this.
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