Founder and Chairman of Slok Group, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu announced while returning from a business trip abroad that his company is set to launch Made in Nigeria Slok Mobile phones into the African market. According to reports on Tribune NG, the phones would have patent right in the US, Europe as well as other countries including the Elite ones.
Speaking to correspondents, Chairman Slok Mobile (a Division of Slok Group) Orji Uzor Kalu said;
“Very soon, the Slok Group is rolling out the first ever indigenously made mobile phone called Slok Mobile. It is a phone we have built to be sold in Nigeria and across Africa.
“I am rolling out the Slok Telephone in less than eight weeks time. We will have the lowest end of the mobile phone market. The Slok Telephone has all the packages of a modern phone, it is going to be a utility phone that Nigerians have been looking for.
“We are a truly an African company but proudly Nigerian. So, this is what is coming on board. In the next eight weeks, the phones will be on the streets of Nigeria. We are going to roll out the phones on the Nigerian, Congo, Guinea, South Africa and other African markets,” he said.
Asides the announcement, much is yet unknown concerning the specs or features the devices would embrace. The Slok Mobile phones are expected to be low end devices (this could change) with modern day specs, expected to be very affordable and would be available in Nigeria, South African and other selected African Market.
Currently by rough estimate, Tecno still holds the highest number of Low End and Mid Range smartphone Nigeria with virtually every consumer looking for a budget device selecting from their myriad of phones available. Two Smartphones making waves in Nigeria at the moment is the Innjoo i1s and the Infinix Zero Android Smartphones.
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