Chinese ODM Topwise Communication will launch its
Comio range of smartphones in India on August 18th. The invite says You will
feel the Power along with the launch date. The company has several smartphones
including phones with dual rear cameras, and it plans to bring 3 or 4
smartphones to India first, but it is not clear what phones the company is
planning to launch next month.
Comio India launch invite August 18A recent report
said that the company will launch phones between Rs. 6,000 and Rs. 12,000 price
segment and the phone will be available through offline market. It also said
that the company plans to invest Rs. 500 crore that includes Rs. 250 crore for
marketing, Rs 150 crore for R&D and manufacturing and Rs 100 crore for
distribution and other activities by March 2019.
The company recently introduced budget A8 smartphone
with 8-megapixel + 2-megapixel rear cameras for 899 yuan (US$ 133), so it will likely be launched in the country first. It has a 5-inch
HD screen, is powered by a quad-core SoC, has 2GB RAM, 32GB storage with
expansion slot, 4G LTE support and a 2500 mAh battery. The company is said to
launchaunch the Comio S1 in the country with a fingerprint sensor on the front,
dual rear cameras and a 2700 mAh battery.
It also has C1,
i1, T9 and M1 smartphones, in
which most of the phones are priced less than 1000 yuan (US$ 148). We should know the list of Comio smartphones and price in 3 weeks.
