Samsung abandoning low-end market in India?

by Chris Ziegler, posted Oct 20th 2006 at 12:23AM

In a move that has to have the MOTOFONE's product manager grinning from ear to ear, it seems Samsung has decided that the fight for India's low- and ultra-low-end market isn't worth fighting anymore. If Telecom Korea's unnamed sources are to be trusted, the increasing introduction of smartphones to the country (combined with ever-increasing demand for them) is apparently pushing prices on basic handsets down to the point where the Korean company is ready to take its ball and go home. Don't worry, though, India; Samsung's not leaving you -- not by a long shot. Besides the recent introduction of the SGH-P310 credit card phone there, the company apparently intends to continue launching "color and camera phones" to satisfy Indians' rising demand for upscale products.

[Via Mobile Magazine]

Filed under: Handsets, Samsung, Misc

Tags: entry level, entry-level, EntryLevel, india, low end, low-end, LowEnd, samsung

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Jennine @ Oct 20th 2006 7:01AM

the next nokia?

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