Bangaluru: Calling it India’s most affordable smartphone, Bengaluru-based company ‘Namotel’ is marketing Namotel Acche Din, at an insanely low price of Rs 99.
The new phone was initially priced at Rs. 2,999 but the company has just slashed its price to Rs. 99. The smartphone is available for pre-booking from May 17 to May 25 on the company’s website namotel.com.
Propspective buyers are required to register on bemybanker.com website and get a user ID and password, which is required to book the smartphone on namotel.com. For registration on bemybanker.com website, users need to pay a one-time lifetime membership fee of Rs 199.
As for the specifications, Namotel Acche Din sports a 4-inch display with 480×800 pixels WVGA resolution. It runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop OS and packs 1GB RAM. There’s 4GB of internal storage which is expandable up to 32GB via microSD card. There’s a 2MP camera at the back and a VGA selfie camera for those who plan on using this thing for taking photos. Connectivity options include 3G and dual-SIM.
The website of the company, namotel.com, shows that the price has been slashed from Rs 2,999 to Rs 99 and that the smartphone is available on cash-on-delivery basis.
The message being displayed by the company says – ‘Joy and freedom represents the logo! The same joy will flourish in billion Indians in the form of smart Connect with (3 different looks and shapes) Android Smart powerful Phone at 99.
We make this product to show love for India it is a ‘MAKE IN INDIA’ Initiative. This model is limited and it is applicable only for India and who holds Aadhar Identity.’
The company has also added a note on its site that says, ‘Pictures shown on website is for illustration purposes only’.