savramesh 37 Report post Posted March 26, 2010 Source NEW DELHI: Handset maker Spice Mobiles on Thursday said it will start manufacturing mobile phones in the country by the end of this year and plans to sell one million devices from April. The company will start trial production of handsets in India from next month. "We already have a facility in Baddi, Himachal Pradesh, where we manufacture other devices. We will start trial production of our handsets from next month and start start the commercial manufacturing following that by the end of this year," Spice Mobiles Director and CEO Kunal Ahooja told reporters after launching its 12-mega pixel (MP) camera phone here. The phone--S-1200--is priced at Rs 14,500 and has a 12-MP camera with 3X optical zoom. With aggressive plans to sell one million handsets a month, Spice Mobiles today named actor Sonam Kapoor as it new brand ambassador. The B K Modi Group-owned company, at present, sells half a million unit in the country. As the Indian mobile market expands, most handset makers are seeing a business case in manufacturing handsets locally. Nokia, which is a leader in the Indian market, has its handset manufacturing factory at Chennai. Besides manufacturing, Spice Mobiles, which is credited for making dual SIM mobile phones popular, is planning to sell mobile handsets in developing markets of Africa and Asia in a bid to replicate its growth story in India. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swapnil05in 2 Report post Posted March 26, 2010 12 MEGAPIXEL for 14.5 K>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a very ggod joke. even nokia doesn't have it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sumatrix 1 Report post Posted March 26, 2010 And that too it has optical zoom too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
::Hitesh:: 1,763 Report post Posted March 26, 2010 using a chines components they can build 50Mega Pix Cam mobile !!!! No wonder !! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
me_saket 73 Report post Posted March 26, 2010 But anyway Spice is long term player in mobile handset. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KanagaDeepan 1,084 Report post Posted March 26, 2010 (edited) OH.. ONLY 12MegaPixel phone for Rs14500??? Spice, being a rebranded Chinese $hit phone manufacturer, I expect a lot lot more from you, say a 12-GIGA-Pixel camera phone for Rs1500... (ALL U NEED TO DO, is INTERPOLATE the VGA images got from the $hitty cameraphone, into a 12-GIGA-Pixel image and U R DONE ... That is what you have been doing for 1.3MPx, 2MPx and 3MPx camera phones till now....) And all the best for the launch of STICKER-PASTING factory in India, where the Sticker with the Name and Logo of SPICE are pasted on the imported Chinese cr@ppy phones... Edited March 26, 2010 by KanagaDeepan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raccoon 53 Report post Posted March 26, 2010 But they are saying the phones will be MANUFACTURED in India!? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
me_saket 73 Report post Posted March 27, 2010 Phone from india and sticker will be from china. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
