Feature phones

This is the mobile platform behind the new generation of 4G-capable, smart feature phones that we have been talking about. Yes; those phones that will keep the other half of the world connected. Let’s put this in perspective. While Windows Phone and Windows 10 Mobile and BlackBerry OS were dying off, Kai OS popped up and grew. And its growth has been noticed by big players like Google, Facebook, and Twitter, who have committed resources to developing for it....

What is a smartphone? What is a smartphone? A smartphone is a cell phone that has a big screen and advanced functions similar to a personal computer. Those computing functions include an operating system, ability to install and run downloaded apps, email and web browsing. Essentially, a smartphone is a mobile computer. As such, you can create and edit Office documents and other kinds of documents, edit images and video, read e-books, manage websites and web servers, run accounting software, run health monitors and medical software, and a lot more....

Upper class, middle class people and enthusiasts in big cities like Lagos look around and see smartphones everywhere. Of course, they would. They are surrounded by people like them – all together who make up less than 20% of the country’s population. Elsewhere – in towns and villages across the huge mass of the country and elsewhere in Africa, Asia, and South America – most people are still fingering the lowly feature phone....