Karbonn and MediaTek become partners; announce new devices

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Karbonn and MediaTek become partners; announce new devices 
Karbonn and MediaTek have announced a strategic partnership in smartphone business. This major partnership integrates MediaTek's innovative product engineering roadmap into Karbonn's new portfolio of "true" octa-core and hexa-core processor-based smartphone range.
Through this collaboration, Karbonn has introduced a new portfolio of smartphones, including Titanium Hexa, Titanium Octane and Titanium Octane Plus. With this partnership, Karbonn has become the first Indian brand to offer the “KitKat” OS experience to the Indian consumers.
Aiming to capture the fastest-growing Indian smartphone market which grew by nearly 229% in 2013, Karbonn’s partnership with MediaTek will allow Karbonn to consolidate its domestic market position and make strategic inroads into untapped international markets. The new portfolio with KitKat OS will bring innovative features like gesture control, extensive voice commands, redefined user interface, faster multitasking and more which will help in attracting more consumers towards Brand Karbonn.   
Pardeep Jain, Managing Director, Karbonn, says, “We aim to bring constant innovations to our consumers and offer them a distinct experience every time they use their smartphones. This collaboration with MediaTek which enables advanced multitasking and better performance is our endeavour to introduce devices which can answer every emerging need in the industry. In this partnership, we will launch an innovative range of smartphones which deliver cutting-edge performance, thus making Karbonn a brand of choice for the demanding consumer base.”
Priced at Rs.16,990/- (MOP) for the Karbonn Titanium Hexa, Rs.14,490/- (MOP) for the Titanium Octane and Rs.17,990/- (MOP) for the Titanium Octane Plus, the devices will be ready for shipping from the last week of April 2014.

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