“The people all over the
world see smartphones as expression of their personality and an extension of themselves.”
That is what John Sculley, the man behind smartphone company, Obi Mobiles, has
to say about the targeted buyers of Obi Mobiles- the people. The story shall be
no different in Africa where Obi Mobiles is entering into the smartphone market.
There is a wide range of smartphones
that come from Obi Mobiles from Racoon to Crane to Hornbill to Fox to Leopard.
The mobiles are affordable, stylish, and smooth and asking to be flaunted, Obi
Mobiles are just more than your regular smart phones. They are stylishly smart.
What makes Obi Hornbill smart and indeed
stylish are its features that you get at a very minimum cost + the looks and
its sleek design. The phone comes in black and white colors with the leathered
texture back that makes the phone do the talking.
Hornbill has a 13 MP primary camera
with a flash and auto focus feature that is placed at the very centre on the upper
end of the leathered texture back. The space for the camera has been nicely
crafted-out to give it a completely stylish look, something which anybody, envy
of your phone would definitely notice.
The smartphone also has a
5MP secondary camera in the front to fulfill your selfie clicking needs. You shall
have a good experience clicking your photos.
Hornbill has a large HD IPS 5.5 inch touch screen with
a resolution
of 1,280 x 720 pixels. The space outside the
touch screen is equally distributed on the two sides at the upper and lower end
with 3 capacitive keys on the lower end of the phone. The earpiece, secondary
camera and sensors are on the top.
The bottom occupies just the microphone while as the top has
the audio jack and the USB port. The right side has the power key and the
volume keys are on the left side which is a regular on most phones. The
smartphone has its branding on the back side on the lower end just above the
speaker grille that is of a decent size. The back thus looks luxurious.
It is a dual-sim phone. The sim cards are used by
sandwiching them just besides your memory card slot. Point to be noted is both
the sim-cards support 3g which is quite impressive for such a price.
Hornbill is a 145g bar shaped device that is easy to carry
in your hand in spite of a large looking screen. It looks compact and is light
with your hands. The metallic band on the sides with seen screws is a good
attempt at making the device look premium. The phone is slim at 7.9mm giving it
nice sleek look and thus comes easy in hand.
When it comes to the Specs, Hornbill is packed with a 1.3
GHz Quad-Core- Processor from MediaTek with 1GB of RAM. This is where you might
be thinking of wanting more on the storage front but the phone doesn’t
disappoint as it is quick and sharp with its functioning. No hiccups whatsoever
anywhere as you actually start getting work done out of your phone. This little
beast in glass, metal and leather look alike is no let down.
The Hornbill supports Android KitKat 4.4.2 OS that shows the intelligence the phone gives you. You get equally good views of the screen from most angles. For lazy geeks, the features won’t disappoint them. You can launch searches, send texts and play songs by giving speech commands with the ‘Okay Google’ on the home screen.
If you are fond of large screen phones that are easy to carry
and keep in your hand, hornbill is just the thing that too at incredibly
friendly price at a time when prices for other phones have been a touch higher.
Hornbill just might give a solid competition to the competitors.
What more, you also get a royal looking, premium leather
flap cover and an equally good scratch resistant screen guard if you opt to buy
the Hornbill from Obi Mobiles.
Obi Mobiles after a successful outing in the Middle East are
positive of their venture into the East Africa mobile market with Kenya and
Tanzania being the launch pad countries. Africa, have fun with the latest
Android Smartphones- the Obi mobiles.
