Check out 9 reasons why the entry level smartphone changes African lives forever here: http://www.amgoo.com/blog/9-reasons-why-the-entry-level-smartphone-changes-african-lives-forever According to Gareth Knight, creator of Tech4Africa, the $50 smartphone will create a mobile boom in Africa. Affordable prices mean that there are untold Millions of folks in Africa who will be able to enjoy owning a smartphone for the first time, and of course, start benefiting from their capabilities. Gareth says that smartphones at this price point are still around 12 months away, but for something so earth-shatteringly important it's worth the wait, right? Keep reading for 9 reasons why you should be very excited indeed about the entry level smartphone for Africa that's set to rip up the rule book, and change everything that you thought you knew about the mobile industry in Africa...

1. 9 Reasons Why The Entry Level Smartphone
Changes African Lives Forever
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According to Gareth Knight, creator of Tech4Africa, the $50 smartphone will create a mobile boom in
Africa. Affordable prices mean that there are untold Millions of folks in Africa who will be able to enjoy
owning a smartphone for the first time, and of course, start benefiting from their capabilities.
Gareth says that smartphones at this price point are still around 12 months away, but for something so
earth-shatteringly important it's worth the wait, right?

2. Keep reading for 9 reasons why you should be very excited indeed about the entry level smartphone
for Africa that's set to rip up the rule book, and change everything that you thought you knew about the
mobile industry in Africa...
How Can One Low-Cost Smartphone Be So Important?
Despite Africa being 'the mobile continent,' the relative poverty of many African people has led to
feature phones being by far and away the most popular type of phone available there.
Whilst there is nothing wrong with feature phones, we all know that smartphones offer a lot more
functionality.
In fact, here are 9 reasons why Mr. Knight's '$50 smartphone' will change the way things are done in
Africa forever:
1. Finally Affordable
African people simply cannot afford a new, top-of-the-line, smartphone from the likes of Samsung,
Sony, HTC, and other big names. Costs ranging from $300 to around $700 are way above what they'd
be able to pay. An entry level smartphone changes the stakes altogether for almost anyone in Africa.
2. A Whole New World Of Functionality
Many useful apps are only available to smartphone users. Apps have become wildly popular with
Android and iOS phones due to their usefulness for every aspect of our lives, be it for banking, fitness,
blogging, weather, news, or games! Now African users will also be able to enjoy many apps and
functions that could well improve their lives. Essentially they'll have a PC in their pockets.
3. Convenience
In a continent where fixed-line broadband connections are the exception to the norm, a smartphone is
a convenient alternative to needing to carry a computer. Why lug around a heavy laptop when you can
do all (or at least most) of the same tasks using your smartphone?
4. A Hotbed For Apps
Africa is already at the cutting edge of mobile app development, but who is going to be using these

3. apps if most people can't afford a smartphone? Will this creativity continue to flourish, or will it start to
die down? A popular and obtainable smartphone would give African app developers a platform, and
voice for years to come.
5. Life Changing Benefits
Like any developing region, life in Africa isn't always simple, and can be tough, but if a smartphone can
make things easier, then this is to be celebrated! An affordable smartphone would allow people to
manage their money, find jobs, sell products and services online, and many functions that we take for
granted, but that could change lives in Africa.
6. A Boost For African Mobile Operators
The change from calls and SMS, to data usage, is coming to Africa. In fact, African mobile operators
are banking on it. However, this isn't going to happen if people can't get their hands on smartphones
which give them access to mobile internet, and the apps to use it with!
7. Safety
It could be that by carrying a premium brand smartphone in certain areas in Africa, that you are offering
a tempting target to a few bad folks who'd be inclined to steal it for themselves. However, if
smartphones became mainstream, then their value as something to steal would decrease, and you
would become safer.
8. Replaceable
If the worst did happen, and your phone was stolen (or even lost or damaged), then the low price would
also make it replaceable. No one likes to be in this position, but many Africans could simply not afford
to lose a phone that had cost hundreds of dollars, and certainly not replace it either!
9. Builds Community
Africa is a huge continent full of close-knit relationships. It can be a long time between visits for many
African families, and while calls or texts are nice, being able to connect via social media will change
relationships! People will now be able to share updates, pictures, and videos to their family and friends
in real time, which will only serve to enrich the users' lives further.
Change Is Coming To The Mobile Industry In Africa.

4. As Gareth Knight rightly points out, and you can see above, affordable smartphones are about to
change everything in Africa!
We already know that African phone users are (or should be) clamouring to switch from feature phones
to smartphones; but we also know that high purchase costs have been holding them back.
The $50 figure has become almost a modern myth, supposedly being the price at which a great many
African phone users can afford to buy a smartphone.
You've seen how a $50 smartphone would benefit Africa, and you know that it's supposedly not going to
be around for a year.
What if I told you that an entry level smartphone coming in at under this price
point is already available right now?
The Future Is Here. The AMGOO "Spark" AM505 & AM506: The Entry Level
Smartphone For Africa!

5. Years of research and development have gone into creating the 'Spark.' This is AMGOO's vision of the
'ground zero smartphone' for many Africans: Their first experience of holding, using, and enjoying a
smartphone.
Price-wise it is within the $50 zone, and so it's affordable, but there's more:
WCDMA 3G Smartphone
1.2GHz Processor
21.1Mbps Download Rate, 5.76Mbps Upload Rat
3.5” HVGA 320*480
Rear (2.0 MP) and forward-facing (0.3 MP)
Dual-SIM Card Support
E-Books, Facebook, MSN, Games
Extra optional storage up to 32G
USB mass storage and Bluetooth 2.0 supported
802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi
Not bad compared to similarly priced feature (or dumb) phones, right?
Does this sound like a phone that you would like to be offering to your customers in Africa?
Click below to get more information, prices, and request samples, of the AM505 / 506, and many more
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Topics: Smart Phones, Africa mobile industry