Obi Worldphone, the global smartphone company that has been making waves since its global launch in San Francisco,Obi Worldphone now plans to launch in India this month.Obi has also partnered with world-acclaimed San Francisco-based design studio Ammunition, founded by the former director of industrial design for Apple Computer, Robert Brunner. Obi Worldphone is the first to address the market need between high-design smartphones at high prices and generic smartphones at low prices.
Obi Worldphone was co-founded by John Sculley along with Obi CEO Neeraj Chauhan and other partners last year. John is the former head of Apple & Pepsi-Cola and a successful investor in consumer technology companies. Neeraj who has run IT and telecom distribution companies, started working with John Sculley in 2007 during the Sloan Fellowship program at London Business School.
With the firm belief that there is an opportunity for products to break through the quality and price barriers in markets across the globe, Neeraj Chauhan, Co-founder and CEO of Obi Worldphone, commented, “We are here to redefine smartphone experience in markets witnessing high smartphone growth rates. Here, the consumers value not only the latest technical specs but also the superior quality and design. In addition, we have access to best distribution and retail partnerships in our target markets, which facilitate our aggressive expansion plans. We plan to launch Obi Worldphone in India within this month and are committed to work relentlessly to enthrall consumers with our innovations in design, state-of-the-art technology and high standards for manufacturing to deliver inspiring products that overturn the general assumption that great design has to come at a high price.”
Obi Worldphone SF1
5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) JDI In-Cell IPS floating glass display with Corning Gorilla Glass 4 protection, oleophobic coating
Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 Octa-Core (ARM Cortex A53 – 4×1.5GHz + 4×1.0GHz) processor with Adreno 405 GPU
2GB RAM with 16GB internal memory / 3GB RAM with 32GB internal memory, expandable up to 64GB with microSD
Android 5.0.2 (Lollipop)
Dual (micro + nano) SIM
13MP rear camera with LED flash, Sony IMX214 sensor, f/2.0 aperture
5MP front-facing camera with LED flash
Dimensions: 146x74x8mm; Weight: 147g
Dolby Audio
4G LTE/ 3G HSPA+, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n (Dual-Band), Bluetooth 4.0, GPS / GLONASS
3000mAh (built-in) battery
Obi Worldphone SJ1.5
5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display with 2.5D curved glass, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, oleophobic coating
1.3 GHz MediaTek MT6580 processor with Mali 400 MP2 GPU
1GB RAM, 16GB internal storage, expandable memory up to 32GB with microSD
Android 5.1 (Lollipop)
Dual (micro) SIM
8MP rear camera with OmniVision OV8865 sensor, f/2.2 aperture, LED flash
5MP front-facing camera
Dimensions: 146x73x7.95mm; Weight: 131g
3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
3000mAh (built-in) battery