Nexperia: $20 Philips Mobile Phone

Jun 30 2005, 8:00am EST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Philips announces to build a mobile phone that will only cost $5 to build and can be sold for $20 to consumers in developing countries.

The ultra low-cost Nexperia Cellular System Solution 5130 will be sampling in Q4 2005. The low-cost phone will have a black & white screen and will be able to play polyphonic ringtones.
More details on Philips.

77 percent of the world’s population lives within range of a mobile phone network, but only 25 percent of the world’s population subscribes to a mobile phone service (Sourc es: World Bank and EMC).

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