Brantel to launch Curiosity i3 smartphone
Brantel Lanka (Pvt.) Limited, a leading player in the Sri Lankan mobile phone market, will be launching the E-tel Android Curiosity i3 smartphone. The specialty of this Android 2.3 ( Gingerbread) smartphone is its affordability. Compared to other smartphones in the Sri Lankan market, the features the E-tel Android smartphone offers is simply astounding. The target of Brantel Lanka (Pvt.) Limited is to make the Android operating systems, one of the best operating systems in the world, available to all.
The Android operating system is very popular the world over and so far, was available in high-end phones in the Sri Lankan market, unaffordable to the majority of consumers. To remedy this situation, Brantel Lanka (Pvt.) Limited is launching this ‘ value-for-money’ smartphone.
The E-tel Android Curiosity i3 smartphone is equipped with features such as HSPDA, video calling, online surfing, Wi-Fi and GPS/Maps, Skype video call facility and many more features. It is compatible with all apps, equipped with a 3.5” full touch screen. The E-tel Android Curiosity i3 smartphone is equipped with dual cameras enabling video calls and capable of Panorama function. This is a dual SIM phone with G-Sensor facility so that when the screen is tilted, what is displayed will also be tilted.
The battery of the E-tel Android Curiosity i3 smartphone is of 1650 mAh, suitable for heavy use with long life. The music player is also of superlative quality, affording hours of entertainment, so essential to the younger generation of today.
Android is a Linux-based operating system designed primarily for touch screen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. It is currently developed by Google in conjunction with the Open Handset Alliance. Initially developed by Android Inc, whom Google financially backed and later purchased in 2005, Android was unveiled in 2007 along with the founding of the Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of 86 hardware, software and telecommunication companies devoted to advancing open standards for mobile devices.
The first Android-powered phone was sold in October 2008 and by the end of 2010 Android had become the world’s leading smartphone platform, overtaking Symbian which held the record previously. It had a worldwide smartphone market share of 75% during the third quarter of 2012, with 500 million devices activated and 1.3 million activations per day. Application of the operating system has also moved beyond mobile phones and tablets, currently televisions, notebooks and cameras are some of the types of devices Android is featured in.
Brantel Lanka (Pvt.) Limited is equipped with a state-of-theart after sales service offering their customers services of international standard.
The E-tel Android Curiosity i3 smartphone will be available at Brantel Lanka (Pvt.) Limited head office and main showroom at No. 6, R.A. De. Mel Mawatha, Colombo 4 and their agents islandwide. More information could be obtained from their website www.etelmobiles.com.