March 6, 2009
Venezuela to launch "El Vergatario", world's cheapest cell phone
According to IOL, Venezuela is to start selling a cellphone in May that's billed as one of the world's cheapest: a $14 handset that includes an MP3 player, radio and camera.
President Hugo Chavez unveiled the phone - named "El Vergatario" - on Thursday.
... Other cheap handsets are being developed around the world aimed at the huge market of poorer consumers unable to afford the iPhones and Nokias favored in wealthier countries.
India already has a device it calls the "people's phone" sold at around the same price as El Vergatario.
More on cheap phones:
-- Chip makers drive race to $20 cellphones by 2007
-- $10 Cell Phone Might Be a Reality
-- Philips targets $20 mobile phone for Chinese market
-- Philips Develops Platform for $20 Cell Phones
-- Hop-on's Low Cost Phones Set For Mass Production
-- Sub-$20 cell phone for emerging markets
-- Cell Phone Makers Hope To Connect In Poor Nations
-- Cellphone Game Rings In New Niche: Ultracheap
-- Motorola to sell phones for less than $40 in emerging markets
-- Microsoft Peabody phone will be aimed at mass market]
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