MUMBAI: Unitron Exim,the brand owners of Grapes mobile phones has announced the launch and availability of Grapes CG 888 in India.
Touted as the country’s first QWERTY key pad phone that comes with two dual SIM options – CDMA + GSM or GSM + GSM. This essentially means that besides a GSM SIM (900/1800 MHz) in one of the two available SIM slots, users have the option of inserting either a GSM SIM (900/1800 MHz) or CDMA SIM (800 MHz) in the second SIM slot.
The handset is laden with features like 2… QCIF screen with 65K colours, 1.3 MP camera, web camera, 1500 mAH battery for considerably longer talk time and standby time, memory expandable up to 2GB, media player for MP3/MP4 and 3GP formats of audio and video content, video and sound recording, FM radio, built-in speaker, universal audio jack (2.5mm) for stereo earphones, motion sensor, WAP support, Bluetooth 1.2, Java, USB charging, large SMS storage, MMS capability, support for multiple languages besides games and utilities like calendar, calculator, alarm, world clock, stop watch and currency converter.
It is a Facebook ready phone and also connects to Yahoo and MSN for social networking and instant messaging.
Unitron Exim Pvt. Ltd. director Bikash Agrawal says, The mobile phone market in the country is getting competitive by the day and as a brand you have to have certain distinct features and advantages over the competition to survive and succeed. Grapes, as a brand, is all about fresh look and feel, and flaunt-it features. The brand is targeted at the urban, tech-savvy college and office going youth between 16 and 35 years of age besides all those who are young at heart. It is sure to become a cynosure of all eyes amidst them. It will be launched in the metros and mini-metro cities initially along with all SEC A and B class towns. Owing to our incessant consumer research we read the market pulse well ahead and pressed it into action. Our global design and development facilities came up with Grapes CG 888, a phone that has it all but still does not burn a hole in your pocket….
