War drums QWERTY phone China vs Korea

MARKET of qwerty phone has become increasingly hot after the arrival of Samsung and LG. Vendors from South Korea (Korea) has just issued a series of latest qwerty phone market targeting middle to lower class.

Apparently they saw the qwerty phone market is very soft. Whereas, before, original mobile-oriented South Korea and the United States of Europe. In two regions, Samsung mobile phone and Sony Ericsson smart phone presents a beautiful design. Or, phone with special specifications, such as for music or pictures.

Let us look at Samsung's fun to qwerty on some smart phones. Series I call it 600, or i780 series. Meanwhile, for the ranks of the middle class emerged Corby series for Rp 1.4 million. Apparently, the power of Ericsson often want to confront China in the domain phone-like qwerty-like BlackBerry.

According to Michael Romeo Vau, Handheld Division Product Manager Production PT Samsung Electronics Indonesia, Corby presents unique dynamics through the casing and form a sexy curves plus attractive colors. "Corby impressive qwerty phones more fun, youthful, dynamic, with the ability of qualified qwerty too," he said.

The uniqueness of this product is visible from a futuristic exterior. When exploring the inside, there are some common features in the middle class end, the 2 megapixel camera, radio, and micro USB charger slot. This last feature allows battery to charge.

The most special is the internal memory Corby fat, which is 37 megabytes (Mb). Do not forget also the user interface (interface) is unique because of the shape of a cartoon. Of course there is convenience to the site of social-networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, and My Space. Then, there are also links to YouTube, Flickr, Friendster, Picasa, and Photobucket.

But, of course Corby has a weakness, namely his Internet connection is GPRS class 10.

Growth up to 200 Percent

If not satisfied, C6625 series liriklah for Rp 2.5 million. Smart phone with Windows Mobile operating system is getting rave reviews from the market. Samsung claims, this series sold 10,000 units per month.

In the same class, C6625 got tight competition from the Motorola Q9. "We saw the potential in Indonesia qwerty cell phone is great, can not be missed just like that. Growth is up 200 percent," said Romeo.

Meanwhile, Motorola relies GW300 series. The phone is slightly ahead of Corby to have internet connection GPRS class 12, EDGE class so. It's just not sebohai offal GW300 Corby, only 15 Mb.

Even so, LG has a larger screen than Corby. There also LiveSquare features. This facility allows users to save a phone contact number in the form of avatars.

Usun Pringgodigdo, General Manager of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Indonesia, admitted that his side took a gap in the market is already crowded qwerty phone China. He also tried to uncover the shackles of smart phones loaded with BlackBerry, Nokia E Series and also the iPhone. So, GW300 Motorola sells for USD $ 200, close to China's mobile phone for USD $ 100.

One unique application of this LG product is the religious applications, ie applications Koran and the Bible. Come on, choose China or South Korea?