{"id":748504,"date":"2019-11-20T18:09:09","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T18:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/11\/20\/mtn-launches-new-phone\/"},"modified":"2019-11-20T18:09:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T18:09:09","slug":"mtn-launches-new-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/20\/mtn-launches-new-phone\/","title":{"rendered":"MTN Launches New Phone &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>MTN Ghana in collaboration with\u00a0 Micfrim\u00a0 phones has introduced\u00a0 Ipro Amber 5S (3G) and Ipro Amber 5S pro (4G)\u00a0 series of phones onto the Ghanaian market ahead of the yuletide.<\/p>\n<p>The phones have been specially designed taking into consideration, and improving on the issues that customers raised on the MTN Smart phone introduced by the Telco seven months ago.<\/p>\n<p>At the launch of the phone yesterday in Accra, Noel Ganson, Chief Marketing Officer at MTN, indicated that\u00a0MTN looks forward to pushing the percentages of the smartphone penetration on the network higher by the end of the year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur vision to lead the delivery of a bold new digital world is in many ways made apparent through partnerships that lead to the introduction of devices such as the IPRO Amber 5S\/5S Pro. Today\u2019s launch marks another step towards the advancement of this vision, one that will make the customer\u2019s life a whole lot brighter.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He recalled that in April, MTN launched its first entry level smart feature phone, the MTN KaIOS Smart phone.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cSeven months after the launch, we are happy to say that the uptake has been very good and we have sold close to 15,000 pieces and still counting.\u201d he disclosed<\/p>\n<p>As leaders within the industry, he said MTN understand the importance of providing affordable smartphones to its customers adding that \u201cwe have been doing our best to partner Original Equipment Manufacturing companies who buy into our vision.<\/p>\n<p>He was of the view that,\u00a0 in spite of the progress made at improving smartphone penetration, there is still room for improvement and that is why, MTN continue to invest in partnerships aimed at giving desired result of having close to 100% penetration in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>The two phones\u00a0 are 4G and 3G entry level smartphones that run on the android Go Operating System.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With a 5inch screen, the MTN IPro Amber 5s\/ ipro Amber 5s Pro phones come well equipped with pre-installed apps such as WhatsApp, Google Maps, Facebook, YouTube, and many more.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The adaptability of the device makes it easier than ever to connect with others wherever you go.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The phones comes at a retail price of GHC275 and GHC 255 for the 4G and 3G respectively.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <strong>BY Melvin Tarlue <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MTN Ghana in collaboration with\u00a0 Micfrim\u00a0 phones has introduced\u00a0 Ipro Amber 5S (3G) and Ipro Amber 5S pro (4G)\u00a0 series of phones onto the Ghanaian market ahead of the yuletide. 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