Vodaphone Introduces Sub-$15 Handset For Developing Nations
Some cool news for developing countries: British mobile carrier Vodaphone has announced super-cheap cell phones aimed at Turkey, India and eight different African nations.
The phones, which cost $15 or $20, support voice calls, SMS text messages and allow users to pay their bills via mobile.
The $20 version features a color screen and an FM radio, which is pretty awesome, as my phone doesn’t even have a damn FM radio on it.
Here’s a video from Vodaphone explaining the phone and it’s purpose:
A $15 dollar handset could change a lot of people’s lives. It seems you can’t turn on NPR anymore without hearing a story of a poor country getting ahold of mobile phones followed by an explosion in social communication for the area – people texting relatives halfway around the world from small huts has long been the anecdote du jour for the liberally minded. Glad Vodaphone’s helping people who never had the opportunity before to stay in touch keep in touch.
Source & Photo Source: Mashable
