African mobile handset manufacturer, Mi-Fone has entered the Indian market, with its claim of being youth centric handset manufacturers. At a time when major telcom operators from India are looking at Africa, looks like the trend is mutual. Handsets from the company currently available in India includes Mi-Q family. Mi-5QS, Mi-338, Mi-2010 and Mi 350a. The company claims that each handset type has been selected to target techno savvy young adults. Handsets And Pricing The Mi-Q phones come with camera, GPRS, dual SIM and Querty keypads. The later versions of the Mi-Querty range of phones will also include 'MI-APPS' with which the company claims users will get a lighter version of the Blackberry experience. Another one of the company's handsets is the Mi-Q338 has LCD touch screen, Dual Sim along with analog TV, MP3 and video capability with the regular multi-media functions. The Mi-350a has an enhanced antenna and comes with dual batteries. The prices of the set were not announed and in the website they have been marked in dollars. The Mi-Q querty has been priced at $69.99, roughly around Rs 3219, surprisingly cheap for a phone that promises the Blackberry experience. Mi-350 will cost $99.99, roughly around Rs 4600. Competition Nokia has a marketshare of 55.9 percent in the hanset market in India according to IDC. Mi-Fone will definaltle be looking at gettign a share of that pie. Mi-Fone in India with its affordable pricing of feature rich phones will get a good response in India similar to…
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