Monday, May 26, 2008

Hop1800 phone that costs just $10


The Hop1800 from Hop-on the will come in two varieties; a dual-band 850/1900MHz and a 900/1800MHz for Europe and Asia. It will weigh 77 grams, offer 4 hours of talk time, 150 hours of standby time and polyphonic ring tones.

At a $10 price point in the US retail and convenient stores, the Hop1800 could be considered disposable, but the company offers a $5 rebate for returning the phone to encourage recycling the phone to “Keep it Green”.


The makers say that the phone will be able to be used with over 40 operators around the world including AT&T, Cingular and T-Mobile in the US, as well as, through Hop-On’s own low cost Graffiti Wireless network.



For your $10, Hop-on’ Hop 1800 brings the user the straightforwardness and simplicity of mobile calling. No display, no texting, only supports dual-band GSM, and ideal mobile phone for those that either do not understand all the tech stuff in today’s modern phone, or who just simple want to make a regular call. Hop-on is to make two variants of the disposable handset; one is to be GSM 850 MHz and 1900 MHz bands for the US and the other will support 900/1800 MHz GSM for Europe and Asia.




Add Photos & Videos

Tags: | | | | | | | | |

No comments: