Friday 21 August 2015

Obi Mobiles to launch new line of smartphones on 26 August in San Francisco


Obi Mobiles is set to launch its new line of smartphones on August 26, 2015, in the Silicon Valley. The company has been co-founded by  John Sculley, former head of Apple and Pepsi-Cola. At the moment, the company has established its presence in various countries including Dubai, Shenzhen, New Delhi, London, Singapore and USA.

Naturally, everyone wants a piece of one of the fastest growing smartphone markets in the world. India has seen a number of new brands make an entry in the smartphone market last year alone. From Chinese companies such as Gionee and Oppo, to American PC giants HP to brands such as Japan’s Panasonic have given up on the smartphone game back home, but have big budgets for India.


In the past, Obi Mobiles had launched its flagship smartphone dubbed Octopus S520. Sporting a  metallic design, the Octopus S520 is powered by a 1.7GHz octa-core processor, coupled with 1GB of RAM. Following the current trend among budget phones, it runs on the latest Android 4.4 KitKat. It sports a 5-inch HD IPS display and the company claims that the thickest part of the device is 8.4mm.

The Dual SIM smartphone comes with support for 3G. The 8GB onboard storage can be expanded further up to 32GB. On camera front, one can expect 8-megapixel rear camera and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. The device is fuelled by an 1800mAh battery that promises 240 minutes of talktime and 180 hours of standby time.


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