{"id":598841,"date":"2019-06-10T04:00:06","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T04:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/06\/10\/smartphone-brains-in-a-nokia-style-body-could-this-bring-1-bn-people-online\/"},"modified":"2019-06-10T04:00:06","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T04:00:06","slug":"smartphone-brains-in-a-nokia-style-body-could-this-bring-1-bn-people-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2019\/06\/10\/smartphone-brains-in-a-nokia-style-body-could-this-bring-1-bn-people-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Smartphone brains in a Nokia-style body: Could this bring 1 bn people online?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Smartphone brains in a Nokia-style body: Could this bring 1 bn people online?<\/b> That\u2019s what San Diego-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaiostech.com\/\">KaiOS Technologies<\/a> is banking on, partnering with phone makers and operators to roll out affordable feature phones with smartphone power across Africa, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/features\/2019-06-07\/the-next-big-phones-could-bring-a-billion-people-online\">Shira Ovide writes for Bloomberg<\/a>. Internet penetration in Africa is staggeringly low at under 25%, with the over 800 mn people currently offline representing a huge untapped market. But both the high cost of smartphones and poor infrastructure (such as slow internet speed and lack of reliable electricity) remain significant barriers to access.<\/p>\n<p><b>KaiOS is pares everything right down to the essentials:<\/b> A KaiOS phone has relatively low memory (about one-quarter that of the cheapest Android smartphone) its processor costs around USD 3 (unlike the USD 50 of high-end smartphones), and instead of an expensive, battery-consuming touchscreen, it has an inexpensive plastic keypad. But it packs a punch, with functionalities that include 3G, 4G, WiFi and Bluetooth technology, Google Assistant voice navigation, its own app store (KaiStore) and pre-installed apps and services such as Facebook and YouTube. And there\u2019s no need to worry about daily recharging, as it can apparently run for five days on a single charge.<\/p>\n<p><b>KaiOS supporters are poised for phone sales to skyrocket:<\/b> The company has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaiostech.com\/six-new-partners-to-deliver-affordable-smart-feature-phones-running-on-kaios-in-africa\/\">stated that over 80 mn phones<\/a> have been shipped to more than 100 countries so far. It attracted an investment of USD 22 mn from Google last year, with the tech giant also contributing to a fresh USD 50 mn funding round announced on May 22.<\/p>\n<p><b>Egypt will be among the first countries to benefit:<\/b> Egypt\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaiostech.com\/six-new-partners-to-deliver-affordable-smart-feature-phones-running-on-kaios-in-africa\/\">SICO is one of six partner companies in Africa launching phones<\/a> that will run the KaiOS operating system, starting 2Q2019. At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.internetworldstats.com\/africa.htm\">48.7%, internet penetration in Egypt<\/a> is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mideastmedia.org\/survey\/2017\/chapter\/focus-on-egypt\/\">relatively low compared to the rest of the region<\/a> (it is a reported 68% in Tunisia, 80% in Jordan and 91% Lebanon), so clearly SICO has a healthy market here. The company has also announced it is <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2018\/10\/10\/sico-targets-smartphone-sales-to-seven-african-countries-by-year-end-or-early-2019\/\">targeting expansion in new African markets<\/a>. SICO, which produces the first Egyptian-made mobile phone and is <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2019\/03\/19\/sico-to-produce-1-2-mn-phones-in-2019\/\">aiming to manufacture 1.2 mn phones<\/a> this year, had previously announced it was planning to <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2018\/10\/18\/sico-looks-to-enter-joint-manufacturing-partnerships-with-foreign-companies\/\">enter into joint-manufacturing agreements<\/a> with foreign companies, without specifying what the agreements were.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smartphone brains in a Nokia-style body: Could this bring 1 bn people online? That\u2019s what San Diego-based KaiOS Technologies is banking on, partnering with phone makers and operators to roll out affordable feature phones with smartphone power across Africa, Shira Ovide writes for Bloomberg. 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