The smartphone is "cospa" focused, combined with WiMAX 2+ UQ with "Ultragiga MAX"

UQ Communications has announced a new product in the Fall / Winter 2018 Fall / Winter.Two smartphones for "UQ Mobile" are OPPO "R17 NEO" and Sharp's "AQUOS SENSE2", and "UQ WiMAX" routers are "SPEED Wi-Fi NEXT WX05" and "WiMAX HOME 01" made by NEC Platforms.The lineup of two models.

The R17 NEO, which was an exclusive sale of UQ Mobile, is an eye -catching smartphone.6.The price of 38,988 yen (tax included) was realized while equipped with a 4 -type organic EL, a fingerprint sensor with a built -in display, and a 128GB storage.

Mr. Shigenobu Mori, General Manager of the UQ Communications Planning Division Business Division, said that OPPO is a camera phone brand that is developed in more than 30 countries around the world.Introducing the market share of (IDC investigation).And since 2018, smartphones have been introduced in Japan.Looking at these achievements in Japan and overseas, he seems to have decided to handle it in UQ.Among them, the choice of R17 NEO is "I wanted to develop something with a reasonable function and high cospa," said Morishige Morishige.

He said that R17 NEO became UQ mobile exclusive as "the result of talking about OPPO and various business conditions."R17 NEO is based on a model called "K1" sold overseas, but has expanded storage to 128GB, pre -in, and has some unique customizations.There is.

It seems that UQ Mobile's smartphone has three brands, Sharp, Huawei, and iPhone, but I want to pay attention to whether OPPO can be divided into it.

Smartphones are mainly mid -range models, including the "Huawei P20 Lite", "Digno A", "Huawei nova 2", and "Arrows M04" that are already sold.Other MVNOs deal with high -end models such as "HUAWEI P20" and "Find X", but Mr. Morishige said, "People who are interested in the MVNO market have the need to somehow reduce costs.He is. Expressable terminals cannot be reduced monthly fees. "

However, UQ Mobile applies a discount called "monthly discount" for each terminal, and even high -end terminals should be able to operate at a relatively affordable price.It seems that about 70 % of UQ Mobile purchases terminals and SIMs as a set, but some of the remaining 30 % of the SIM only have a high -end model.In order to perform large -capacity data communication described later, a high -spec terminal may be more suitable for a crisp or long -lasting use.I also hope that the terminal options will be expanded further.

In addition, the introduction of new iPhone (7) following "iPhone SE" and "iPhone 6s" that are currently being handled is "I want to refrain from commenting" (Mr. Morishige).

UQ Mobile is a MVNO, but also has a WiMAX 2+ service as a career.The company will appeal to UQ Mobile's mobile communication service and UQ WiMAX data communication as "Ultragiga MAX".If you add a monthly fee of 1980 yen per month (1 year) (tax excluded) ~ and UQ WiMAX, UQ WiMAX is 4380 yen or more, the first year is 6360 yen per month, and the second year is 7360 yen per month.Become.In other words, voice calls and large -capacity data communication can be performed for 6000 yen to 7000 yen per month.

Naming, such as "Ultra Data Pack" and "Ultra Share Pack" provided by DOCOMO, and "Ultra Giga Monster +" provided by SoftBank, is becoming permeated, so we intend to appeal to UQ.It looks like it is.Since WiMAX 2+ can be used up to 10GB in 3 days, data communication equivalent to 100GB is possible in one month, and it can also cross other carriers' large capacity plans.

Morishige appeals that Ultragiga MAX is cheaper than large -capacity plans for major carriers and fixed communications + smartphones.However, the monthly fee of 6360 yen for Ultragiga MAX is just a combination of UQ Mobile and WiMAX 2+, and there is no special discount.Morishige also said that there is no plan to discount if UQ Mobile and WiMAX 2+ are contracted at the same time.

It seems that further price reduction seems to be difficult, but it can be said that how to appeal that large -capacity data communication that is becoming a trend to be realized with "UQ Mobile + UQ WiMAX".

Copyright © ITmedia, Inc.All Rights Reserved.