World’s cheapest phone goes on sale

The Alcatel 1010 costs just £5 ( N1, 250) and comes with a built-in MP3 player, 3MB of memory and a wireless FM radio.The cheapest phone in major markets across Nigeria is sold for N2000.However, the Alcatel handset is not designed for tech-savvy customers and is classed as a ‘feature’ phone, as opposed to a […]

The Alcatel 1010 costs just £5 ( N1, 250) and comes with a built-in MP3 player, 3MB of memory and a wireless FM radio.
The cheapest phone in major markets across Nigeria is sold for N2000.
However, the Alcatel handset is not designed for tech-savvy customers and is classed as a ‘feature’ phone, as opposed to a smartphone.
It doesn’t have social networking applications or games, for example, and only makes and receives calls and text messages.
Alcatel said customers will be able to buy the phone from Asda and it is only available on the T-Mobile network as part of the deal.
That means Nigerians may have to wait a little for major GSM networks in the country to strike a deal with Alcatel before they can be able buy and use the phones in the country.
The phone weighs 59g – half the weight of Apple’s latest iPhone 5S – and comes in black, deep red or fascinating red, which is more like maroon.
Claire McAuley mobile phone buyer at Asda said: ‘Purse strings are stretched ahead of the festive season.