Daraz announces Infinix Month to celebrate a year of its partnership with Infinix

Infinix Month is all about the rising star in the smartphone industry: Infinix Mobility
Daraz celebrates quality. Daraz celebrates innovation. Daraz celebrates value for money. Daraz celebrates Infinix. Infinix Mobility has long established itself as a leading market player in the smartphone era. The company has released smartphones with Daraz that have proven to be of the highest quality, sport great innovation and definitely have the best value for money in the market.
The two companies formed a partnership in May 2015. A year later, the partnership has borne fruit elevating the e-commerce company to heights it perches on today and the smartphone manufacturer to the position as a constantly echoing name in the market. The Infinix Month is an anniversary celebration of one of the best partnerships in the smartphone and e-commerce industries and is in remembrance of the milestones both companies achieved in wake of their collaboration.
While the e-commerce company has held its now established traditions of high quality marketing, deep market penetration, developing trust within users and bringing products of great value to the market, the smartphone company has held its own end of the bargain. Infinix has released smartphones that not only cater to needs of the smartphone consumer, they go beyond to give the consumer what they did not know they could possess. Tech specs previously reserved for a niche market and sold at the highest premium now are available for everyone in the shape of Infinix smartphones. Quality is an inherent quality the company’s smartphones possess and their prices prove that quality does not need excessive premiums as compensation. The company’s smartphones have been priced at amazingly affordable rates while their phones compete with the leading brand names at a fraction of their price. It is no wonder that these phones are flying off the shelves constantly.
Whether it is the ultra powerful Infinix Zero 3, the phablet Infinix Note 2 or the selfie-perfect Infinix Hot 3, the phones have what it takes to sell themselves to the consumer. The company has released a range of phones that cater to each price category, size variations and each characteristic that could constitute smartphone demand. Whether the user is a businessman aiming to perform high powered actions to grow their own businesses on the go, a teenager that is constantly texting their gang of friends or a tech geek trying to have the fastest machine fit in their palms, Infinix has been a go to brand. The biggest achievement of the company however has been connecting everyone in the market with their smartphones whether they can afford any brand name or have limited budgets for their cellular needs. With Daraz, Infinix has even connected towns and rural villages that previously would never have the ability or markets to provide such high tech smartphones.
The Infinix Month is a celebration of the achievements of the past and the achievements of the future as Daraz and Infinix Mobility celebrate a year of partnership and many more to come.

  About Daraz
Daraz is the leading e-commerce platform in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar. The company started in Pakistan in 2012 as an online fashion business, but since then has expanded its business model to a general marketplace for quality brands within electronics, home appliances, fashion and many other categories. Daraz is owned by CDC Group – the UK Government’s Development Finance Institution (DFI) focused on supporting and developing businesses in Africa and South Asia – as well as the Asia Pacific Internet Group (APACIG) which supports some of the leading internet companies in the region. Founded by Rocket Internet in 2014, APACIG’s mission is to promote innovation and entrepreneurship throughout Asia and the Pacific and to support the development of a vibrant online culture.

About Infinix Mobility
Since its creation in 2009, Infinix Mobility has become a major player in the mobile phones and tablets market. Avant-garde designs, innovative functions and impeccable quality are just some of the reasons why millions of consumers are attracted to our products every year. At the cutting edge of innovation in the wireless/mobile internet domain, Infinix defies the norms and opens the doors to the future!

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Nokia to stage a smartphone comeback in 2016?

Nokia may have dropped out of the smartphone market in a less than fitting manner for a former market leader, so it might not be too surprising to hear mutterings about a return to the industry as its binding deal with Microsoft draws closer to an end. According to sources briefed on Nokia’s plans who spoke with Re/code, the company is not only planning to re-join the phone market, but also has a range of ambitious technology projects in the pipeline.

Nokia Technologies, the smallest of the three business left after the Microsoft buyout, is apparently at the head of this push for new products. This division licenses out the company’s gargantuan patent portfolio, but also designs and licenses new products, including the Z Launcher and the N1 tablet.

According to insiders, the Z Launcher and N1 tablet are just the beginning

Former Nokia executive Richard Kerris says that people will be blown away if some of the stuff he has seen in development ever comes to market. But the fate of Nokia’s internal designs are being kept close to its chest and there’s a big difference between interesting designs and products that will thrive in the market.Nokia Technologies has apparently been working on phone and tablet products outside of the Windows Phone space, and also has ideas for virtual reality technology, among others. The unit appears to be scaling up its operations, hiring former Dolby Labs executive Ramzi Haidamus and longtime Cisco executive Guido Jouret.

Late last year, Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri declared that Nokia would not be directly returning to the consumer market, but that the brand would reappear in the consumer world. Therefore, Nokia will most likely stage a potential comeback through strategic agreements and design licensing, rather than direct manufacturing. Nokia has already “lent” its brand to Foxconn, which produces and sells the Nokia N1 tablet in China, and we may see more deals like this in the future. Not only does this play to Nokia’s strengths as a development and licensing company, but also avoids the costs and risks associated with manufacturing and marketing in the highly competitive mobile market.

The Nokia N1, designed by Nokia but manufactured by Foxconn, suggests how the company may re-enter the smartphone business.

For now though, Nokia is prohibited from selling phones under its own name until the end of the year and from licensing out its brand for use with phones until Q3 2016, according to the contract with Microsoft. However, once the licensing deal comes to an end, Nokia designed and branded smartphones may make a reappearance on store shelves, although likely with a different company manufacturing them.

Nokia itself has said that it is “expanding into exciting new areas … with a focus on enabling the human possibilities of the connected world”, but we’ll have to wait and see exactly what the company has in store for us.

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