MyPhone QWERTY Invasion: 'Trackball' and Wi-Fi phones within the year
MyPhone, the first Filipino* cellphone brand, announced yesterday that they will be introducing at least two new phones this year. The trackball-equipped QT22 is slated to appear "soon," and a mysterious Wi-Fi-enabled phone will arrive at the second half of 2010.
Like most of their phones, the MyPhone QT22 is inspired by the wildly popular BlackBerry form factor. This time, however, it will sport a trackball instead of the usual 4-way directional pad to complement the full-QWERTY keypad.
According to Rogerick "Jinggo" Fermin, president of MyPhone distribution arm MyTel Mobility Solutions Inc., they will continue to push QWERTY phones to the masses. He said that the success of BlackBerrys in the US can be copied in the Philippines if we lower telco rates, make bank financing available, and sell affordable handsets. Fermin believes MyPhones are the right handsets for the job.
This February, MyPhone started a campaign called the "QWERTY Invasion" wherein anyone could trade in an old bar phone (working or non-working) and get a P1,000 discount for a Q22 Duo (SRP: P3,990).
During the Davao leg held last February 15, 2,180 units were sold in one day. Last night at the Greenhills Shopping Center in San Juan, an estimated 3,000 units were also sold. Not bad for a company that averages 25,000 unit sales per month.
Fermin admits that MyPhone, being a Pinoy brand, has a negative stigma attached to it and that if they competed head-on with their competitors' specs, they would lose. He says, however, that MyPhone mobiles (aka Pinoy Phones) are much more than just raw features.
All Pinoy Phones have a "Pinoy" menu that contains Filipino jokes, riddles, karaoke songs, prayers, and games that give the phone a heart, so to speak.
Bravo, MyPhone. Keep that unrelenting Filipino spirit alive!
Click here to visit MyPhone's official website.
*All MyPhones are designed by Filipinos from the software to the hardware. They're built in a Filipino-owned factory in Amoy, China, which employs both Filipino and Chinese workers.
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Good morning, your invasion program is very interesting to me and actually it catches my attention about your promo about the Q22 or Q21 cellphone of yours that it I would be able to have one in cheaper price in exchange for my old phone. Well you post in poster's that I could avail in as low as 2900 pesos I think in love to have one but would it be fine for you if i will have the phone in exchange for my Nokia 3310 an active one or my Nokia 6070 that is no longer in active plus cash? Please Sir/Ma'am send me your reply through my email address. And also sir i just want to ask when will be the next Qwerty Invasion? I'll be going there as soon there is an upcoming schedule of it.
Thank you,