"4G feature phone" that is exciting with the appearance of "NOKIA 8110 4G": Yasuhiro Yamane's overseas mobile exploration

In Mobile World Congress 2018, new models of smartphones, including Galaxy S9 / S9+and Xperia XZ2, were announced and became a big topic.However, the terminals that were as good as these new products and more attention were also announced.That is the feature phone "Nokia 8110 4G".HMD Global's Nokia brand terminal is not only smartphones.This Nokia 8110 4G appeared after the "NOKIA 3310" announced in 2017.

You'll hear that 4G should use a smartphone, but it's unique to developed countries.There are still many feature phones in emerging countries.In addition, low -priced smartphones are slow due to low specifications.In some cases, feature phones that can be operated crispy with numeric keys are easier to use.

However, it is now the heyday of SNS.The number of people who communicate only with calls and SMS is decreasing.That's where the 4G feature phone appeared.Although it is a feature phone, the contents are actually smartphone -like OS, so SNS apps also move.In addition, since it supports VOLTE, calls can be made even in environments without 2G or 3G (service for telecommunications carriers).

Nokia 8110 4G adopts "KAI OS", and some SNS apps such as Facebook are also provided.This can be used not only for emerging countries, but also for sub applications for users in developed countries.The Wi-Fi is also installed, so the internet access environment is also expanded.HMD GLOBAL has also released the 4G version of the NOKIA 3310 in China, which is equipped with "YUN OS".In the future, you will be able to add apps.

Nokia / HMD Global is focusing on 4G feature phones in this way.CHINA Mobile, the world's largest telecommunications carrier, has a 4G feature phone for China, but also uses YUN OS.This 4G feature phone is exported outside China.

JOLLA (Yora), who works on the smartphone OS emerging power, "Sailfish OS", also held a presentation at MWC 2018 and announced the feature phone for the OS.The OS for smartphones is compatible with the display of a touch panel with a touch panel of the smartphone, and some Android OS apps, which are the advantages of the OS, move, allowing them to use SNS on feature phones.At the presentation, the OS was put in the ODM manufacturer's feature phone, demonstrating that Facebook would move.

Speaking of 4G feature phones, Indian emerging telecommunications carriers, Rilance Geo, became a hot topic in the summer of 2017 for free.In MWC 2018, a solution that used this terminal as a streaming TV broadcast was also on display.In other words, even if you only have a 4G feature phone, you can enjoy YouTube etc. on a large screen by connecting to a TV.

Although it is a smartphone hey, it is not bad to have a sub feature phone for calls.It is convenient if the feature phone supports SNS simply.In MWC 2018, Chinese ODM / OEM manufacturers also exhibited 4G feature phones.I hope the products will increase in Japan in the future.

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