Monday, February 01, 2010

Taiwan's Inventec blends in Japanese mobile phone market

It was reported that Taiwan's Inventec Appliances would ship the H31IA handset bound for eMobile in Japan. The H31A is a simple voice-centric clamshell with an obvious "Japanese" design footprint. The move by eMobile to sell Inventec's product is undoubtedly driven by the price factor. But another interesting thing is that Inventec did a good homework in tailoring the product to meet the tastes of Japanese users. Judging by the looks, it is hard to tell whether this phone is manufactured by a foreign maker or Japanese one. This should be a warning sign for the domestic mobile phone manufacturers as foreign players start beating them not only in competitive pricing but in blending in among them. It seems that the low range of the market is destined to be infiltrated with low-priced foreign brands untraceable of foreign design DNA.

Phone Specs
Model:H31IA
Carrier:eMobile
Maker:Inventec Appliances
GSM bands:900/1800/1900MHz
HSPA/WCDMA:1.7/2.1GHz
Dimensions:99 X 50 X 16.1 mm
Weight:110g
Display:2.4inch (240x320) TFT LCD
Camera:2MP CMOS
Bluetooth:2.1+EDR
Memory card slot:microSDHC up to 16GB
USB:micro USB

Source: Keitai Watch

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At 2/3/10 6:05 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Japan vendors of mobile phone are stopped in the time....Some years ago Japan export tecnology..Today we can watch the reverse of the medal when japan import tecnology from Asian Contries include Korea, Taiwan....Vendors like Samsung, HTC, including the Iphone and now the Googlephone....are example of foreign invasion in Japan....I think japanese makers haven t more ideas...Japanese mobile phones are just old fashioned...just making up the camera megapixel...waterproof phones maybe for someone want wash your phone everyday.....solar recharge...maybe if you want take your phone to beach....

 

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