Spice partners with Snapdeal.com to expand reach of Hindi Android One
New Delhi, India, December 22, 2014: Spice, India’s leading mobile brand, has partnered with Snapdeal.com for online sales of the Spice Dream Uno H – India’s first Android One Hindi smartphone. Snapdeal.com will be the exclusive online partner for this revolutionary smartphone, which is a Hindi version of the popular Android One from Google and has been especially designed for the 300 million Hindi speaking people in the country. The phone is also available across all mobile retail stores and Spice Hotspot stores in the country.
The Spice Dream Uno H features for the first time ever a complete Hindi keyboard, voice input along with Hindi versions of popular Google products such as Android OS, Chrome, Search, YouTube and Google Maps amongst other popular applications. The dual SIM 3G smart device is powered with an impressive 1.3 GHz Quad core Processor, runs on 4.4.4 Kitkat OS and will soon get the latest Android updates such as Android Lollipop. With a 11.43 cm IPS display and expandable storage capacity of 32GB the phone delivers an excellent multimedia experience.
Commenting on the announcement, Prashant Bindal, Chief Executive Officer, Spice Mobility Ltd, said, “We are delighted to partner with Snapdeal.com to offer India’s first truly Hindi smartphone – Spice Dream Uno H to a larger audience across the country through the online channel in addition to the retail channel. With this phone, we want to empower the 300 million Hindi speaking people in the country with the power of internet in their hands.”
Tony Navin, Senior Vice President Electronics and Home , Snapdeal.com said, “In a diverse country like ours where only 200 million people can read, write or understand English, there is a strong need for phones like the Spice Dream Uno H which offer consumers the comfort of using a smartphone in their own language. We are positive that there will be a great response to this phone among the Hindi speaking consumers.”
The device is equipped with a 1700 mAh Li-polymer battery offering a standby time of up to 160 hrs and a talk time of up to 1020 min (2G) and up to 620 min (3G). The Spice Android One Hindi also features exclusive Hindi applications such as Aajtak, Sony live, Hungama, Spice Cloud, Google Translate and Google Hindi Input.