Arun 795 Report post Posted November 6, 2008 Business Standard Mumbai November 07, 2008, 0:18 IST In yet another predatory pricing move, Reliance Communications (RCom) is launching the cheapest business phone in the country priced around Rs 10,000 to take on existing leaders such as BlackBerry and Nokia. At present, the cheapest business phone (with personal digital assistants) is priced at Rs 15,000, while high-end phones are available around Rs 13,000. RCom has completed beta testing and is gearing up for a commercial launch by the next month-end under its own brand. AnyDay, a US-based technology and design firm, has developed the phone for the company, sources close to the development said. The phone will be manufactured in China. RCom’s smartphone will have internet capabilities, push-mail services (like BlackBerry), Microsoft Office (mobile edition) and PDA functionalities (like address book and appointment reminders). The phone also sports a QWERTY keyboard and has 3G capabilities, but does not have a camera. An RCom spokesperson said the firm was constantly looking at contributing to the growth of tele-density in the country and has undertaken a number of initiatives to make devices and tariffs more affordable. He, however, declined to comment on the company’s business phone initiatives. At present, there are more than 300 million mobile connections in the country, of which the business phone segment stands at a meagre 3 per cent. Industry analysts are of opinion that this segment is "growing fast" and with 3G services expected to be launched by January 2009, revenues from operators would mainly come from high-end (data) phone users. A late entrant into the telecom space, RCom has always undercut prices to gain immediate access and market share. For example, the company launched Monsoon Hungama in 2003, under which it provided a mobile phone for Rs 501 at a time when the minimum price of a handset was Rs 5,000. It unveiled the cheapest phone at Rs 777 in January this year (at present Spice Mobile sells the cheapest handset at Rs 599) and will soon launch an internet-ready phone for Rs 480. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
_Kailash_ 63 Report post Posted November 6, 2008 OMG i cant believe dis....... I think it will be classic/bleu/fly companys 1st samrtphone...lmao but great post arun i will surely wanna see dis 1 for sure Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greatest 55 Report post Posted November 7, 2008 lets see what is it!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vishalkumar 0 Report post Posted November 7, 2008 Sounds great. Will be waiting to hear more about it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harshal 11 Report post Posted November 7, 2008 It does not say it's going to be a CDMA one. May be they will use to attract customers to the new GSM roll out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ani_meher 42 Report post Posted November 7, 2008 Reliance smartphone in 10,000? Hmm, where's the catch? Great news BTW, Arun. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Honest 836 Report post Posted November 7, 2008 The news is really good my dear friends. Smartphone @ 10K. Its cool Regards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
@ksh@T 20 Report post Posted November 7, 2008 well if its not classic then its gonna b good! . . letc wait n watch! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pasumark 51 Report post Posted November 7, 2008 Somehow they create the hype Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sadikk 301 Report post Posted November 7, 2008 This can be seen as BABY step of 90s in 2008. BTW Anyday is big US based firm. Most of the Samsungs handsets for Korean market is based on ANYDAY, Anycall and Anydata. But i am sure they will launch lame handset, Instead they can buy Bulk Sprint/Verizon/Alltell/Uscellulars handsets Rebrand them and sell it through some sister firm called Sadikk and CO. They will make Huge profit. Well!! i am serious. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kshah 452 Report post Posted November 7, 2008 It just mean that they will make less profits and are looking for mid arpu customers. Also if they introduce handsets from unknown manufacturer there are less chances of getting cracked and unlocked means more loyal customer. Else once low or mid end customers comes to know that their cdma handset is useless for other service provider, they simply quit cdma. This is my observation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Saurav 22 Report post Posted November 16, 2008 Will this model be a GSM or CDMA? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Honest 836 Report post Posted November 16, 2008 ^^^ My dear Saurav, we think this will be a GSM Smartphone. Regards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
situ1962 21 Report post Posted November 16, 2008 What about the os? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KingofKalyan 0 Report post Posted November 17, 2008 What about the os? Windows mobile.. n what else Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FEVIN-RAJ 61 Report post Posted December 11, 2008 any update? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Honest 836 Report post Posted December 11, 2008 ^^^ No updates as per now my dear friend. We are eagerly waiting for the launch of this Smartphone from Reliance. Regards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FEVIN-RAJ 61 Report post Posted December 12, 2008 If u are planning to buy a new handset, it would be better to wait some time more Bcoz 3G is coming in reliance soon... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
situ1962 21 Report post Posted December 12, 2008 Will it be a 3G enabled phone?i hope EVDO should be there in it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greatest 55 Report post Posted December 13, 2008 @sitansu, 3G is for GSM phones and the CDMA counterpart of 3G is EVDO... so your above posts contradicts itself.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HetalDP 947 Report post Posted December 13, 2008 @sitansu, 3G is for GSM phones and the CDMA counterpart of 3G is EVDO... so your above posts contradicts itself.. 3G = Third Generation GSM 3G is = HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA CDMA 3G is = EVDO Rev 0, Rev A Rev B Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greatest 55 Report post Posted December 13, 2008 ^^^ thanks.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
devilduck 0 Report post Posted January 9, 2009 any update? yo! smartphone at 10k looks good , will be out soon, probably in feb. with qwerty keyboard and all the functionalities , looks like a good option. but what about camera???????????????? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vvinayakpai 26 Report post Posted April 22, 2009 any updates about the phone. In january, Mr. ambani had suggested that the phone would be launched in the present quarter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KingofKalyan 0 Report post Posted April 22, 2009 any updates about the phone. In january, Mr. ambani had suggested that the phone would be launched in the present quarter. They did came up with some stupid handsets like COOLPAD Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
