By Prince Osuagwu

MTN Nigeria has taken the gauntlet of ensuring every new entrant to the mobile world, does so in a smart way. This is as the telco has launched an affordable smart feature phone, MTN Smart, designed as a feature phone but with almost all the features of a high end smart phone.

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Besides, the company ensures the smart phone is relatively affordable. The 3G KaiOS smart feature phone, allows customers to upgrade from a typical feature phone with only voice and text capabilities, to a fully connected device with a fast 3G internet connection, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, dual SIM 3G capabilities. It has an App Store and comes pre-loaded with the most popular Apps available in the market today, including but not limited to WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Google Maps

Chief Marketing Officer, MTN Nigeria, Rahul De while unveiling the device, said: “Despite rising mobile phone penetration and increasing data consumption, device affordability remains a significant disincentive for most Nigerians. The MTN Smart feature phone is a great, affordable and tailor-made solution aimed at bridging this device gap and ensuring that every Nigerian is able to benefit from the modern, connected life.”

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The phone which boasts of two cameras, a 2-day battery life with 2000mAh battery, is powered by the SC7731EF processor, has a 2.4-inch screen, 256MB RAM and 512MB of storage and runs on the increasingly popular KaiOS operating system

MTN said the device is available in all MTN stores  and comes with free 500MB monthly data for the first six months.