Vodafone have announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona a pair of handsets they dubbed the cheapest mobile phones in the world. Both handsets, the Vodafone 150 and the Vodafone 250 (shown below) are aimed at emerging markets and are been manufactured by Chinese vendor TCL.
The Vodafone 150 (shown above to the left) will have indeed a really low price at just $15.00. For that price you get a basic phone with a 1 inch 96 x 64 monochrome display, polyphonic ringtones, dual-band GSM, a currency converter, an alarm clock, 2 embedded games and a built-in “torch” (light in the back). The handset doesn’t have a camera but it does give you voice calls and SMS as well as a built in mobile payment service.
The Vodafone 250 (shown above to the right) is the “most expensive” of both handsets at around $20. The extra money gives you a 1.45 inches 128 x 128 color display, a FM radio, wallpapers and all the same features as the Vodafone 150. The new handsets — Vodafone 150 and 250 — will initially be sold in India, Turkey, Qatar, South Africa, Lesotho, Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana and Congo.
