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Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Vodafone 125 and 225 Low Cost Handset

Vodafone Essar will launch low cost GSM Dual Band handset to compete with Airtel and Reliance Communications in India. You are already aware of the low cost handset war that Reliance Mobile kicked off to which Nokia responded immediately a day after.

Vodafone Essar which has lined upf $2 Billion investment wants to get a big pie of the rural Indian market which is the largest under served mobile market in India. Vodafone has gotten two phone models exclusively designed for developing nations including India. The one on your left is the Vodafone 125 GSM Dual Band Digital Mobile phone with 108.3 * 45.4 * 13.1 dimensions. It has a Black and White screen and is expected to cost $30 or Rs 1,200.




The one on your left is a Vodafone 225 Dual Band GSM handset manufactured for exclusive use of Vodafone. Its dimensions are 106.4 * 4 5.6 * 1 2.6 and has a Color screen. Expected price of sale is $45 or Rs 1,800 in India.

It is an interesting battle to watch in India on the subscriber numbers and ARPU over the next 3 quarters as the telecom story gathers momentum in Rural India and the urban India still starving for good GPRS and 3G :-)
Published on Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at 8:06 AM  
4 Comments:
  • At 2:59 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Low cost is ok but there is not Vibration function in Vodafone 125. Nowadays it is presumed that every handset is having vibration function. So be careful while buying the same.

     
  • At 1:07 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Yes correct. In this vodafone 125 dont hv vibrate mode. I hv already purchased this handset. look like very simple and we can carry very simple bt no vibrate and no 12 hr service. its hv 1 to 24 hrs type. group msging system there upto 30 sms can send at a time. battery also very good. we can use upto 2 days without charge.
    Regards,
    Ravi
    ravi_nbr@yahoo.co.in

     
  • At 1:49 PM, Blogger PP said…

    Even 225 doesn't ahve a vibrator....not done...anyway...but otherwis phone is good...(there are some issues in meesageing also).....rather buy LG bullet

     
  • At 9:51 AM, Blogger jatin said…

    Low cost is ok but there is not Vibration function in Vodafone 125. Nowadays it is presumed that every handset is having vibration function. So be careful while buying the same.
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