Japan’s largest selling smartphone mobile brand, Freetel, has announced its partnership with TD Mobile, a mobile devices distributor in the sub-Saharan Africa which has established its presence in the Nigerian mobile market. Freetel said that the partnership was ahead of its planned introduction of four models of its Android Smartphone’s into the Nigerian market.
The Japanese giant phone maker is planning to bring four (4) different models of its Andriod smartphones into the Nigerian market with prices ranging from N13, 000 to N38, 000. Freetel smartphones are designed in the state of the art design centre in Tokyo, and the manufacturing is supervised by Japanese engineers with over 40 years experience all of them Google GMS certified.
Freetel smartphones are Google’s GMS certified and quality checked by Japanese engineering experts. The GMS Certification is the confirmation that a specific device meets Googles’ performance requirements and properly runs the Google Apps. The company said that its Smartphone’s, which are certified by Google GMS, were designed in Tokyo and Japanese engineers with over 40 years industry experience supervised the manufacturing.
“The GMS certification is the confirmation that a specific device meets Google’s performance requirements and properly runs the Google apps,” the Vice-President, International Sales" Freetel, Eugene Yoshioka, said.
He said, “Nigeria is the market for Freetel and we are looking forward to reach out to Nigerian consumers with our latest Smartphone’s. We plan to invest in the country with a full-fledged subsidiary to support sales, marketing and after-sales support. We are glad that we are partnering the most powerful and trusted partner in the region-TD Africa.”
The Managing Director, TD Mobile, Mrs. Gozy Ijogun, said, “As a key driver of the technology revolution in Africa, TD Mobile has always strived to bring the latest and best of technology products to Nigeria and the West Africa region by extension.
“In line with this, Freetel and TD Mobile have entered into an exclusive partnership to bring Japanese Smartphone’s to Nigeria. We believe we can capture a major market share with the help of our extensive distribution reach and strategic partnership with operators, dealers and retailers.”
