Electronics giant Videocon is planning to bring new 4G-enabled smartphones in the market soon to cash in on the festive season and booming demand of the 4G smartphones. Videocon is currently focusing on ensuring its future line of 70 smartphones (including feature phones) is 4g-enabled.
Vineet Mahajan, Videocon Product Business Head, Smartphone told reporters, “We are aggressively expanding our portfolio. By December, we will have 9 more smartphone models. These will be across price points and will be 4G, VoLTE-ready. We will have very few 3G handsets since there is still some demand in the market for those devices.”
Reports said that these phone will be having the the ‘panic button’ as per the orders by the government.
Videocon Head Technology and Innovation, Akshay Dhoot said, ”We are launching our 'SOS-Be Safe' with our new smartphone, Cube 3. Going ahead, all our phones will have the app integrated, meeting the government's mandate much in advance.”
The app will be using the power button as the ‘panic button’ which will automatically send emergency message to the numbers added in the emergency list by the user.
By Prajakt K.
