The VP of HMD Global says that there is still a lot of space left in the 2G segment in India, where feature phones have their own market. Still a large part of India’s population uses 2G mobile phones.
Talking about the feature phone market,JioPhone and JioPhone 2 launched by Reliance Jio have created big sales records in India. With its entry in the market, JioPhone was well-liked by mobile users and was bought immediately. After being successful in the feature phone segment, nowReliance Jio in association with Google has brought the Ultra Affordable 4G SmartPhone JioPhone Next which will start selling in India on 10 September. This cheap smartphone Jiophone Next is going to be a profitable deal for Nokia. The details of how and why this would happen are given below.
For the Nokia brand, a low-cost cheap smartphone JioPhone Next can prove to be beneficial and not a loss. It is expected that the price of JioPhone Next can be seen around Rs 3,000. A cheap 4G smartphone coming at this pricecan become a big problem for Chinese smartphone brands like Xiaomi , Realme and OPPO , VIVO ,but Nokia is going to benefit from JioPhone Next, not loss. JioPhone Next will create opportunities for other brands and says Sanmeet Singh Kochhar, Vice President of HMD Global, the tech company that owns the Nokia brand.
Nokia’s hold will be strong in the feature phone segment
Economic Times has published the report according to an interview with Sanmeet Singh Kochhar. It has been told in this report that according to HMD Global VP, JioPhone Next Smartphone will create new opportunities for those brands who want to strengthen their position in the feature phone segment. Kochhar says that Nokia is already very active in the feature phone market and now the company will work even faster in the feature phone market of India. Let us know that recently the Nokia 110 4G has been launched in India at a price of just Rs 2,799.
The VP of HMD Global says that there is still a lot of space left in the 2G segment in India, where feature phones have their own market. That is, a large part of India’s population still runs 2G mobile phones and for such users, Nokia will be active in the feature phone market. It seems that the Nokia brand will continue its innovation in 2G in India and will launch new and affordable mobile phones targeting people who want to run feature phones.
JioPhone Next
Talking about JioPhone Next, Ambani has said about this 4G smartphone made jointly by Google and Jio that it is going to be the cheapest smartphone not only in India but in the entire global market. Although the company has not given the exact price of the phone, but it is being estimated that the price of the phone will be around Rs 3,000. In this phone, optimized Android OS has been introduced which has been specially made for Indian users only. This phone can also be run in Indian regional languages, in which Marathi, Bhojpuri, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Gujarati and Rajasthani etc. will be present.
