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iBall launches mobile phones for Indian market

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BS Reporter Mumbai
Last Updated : Jan 21 2013 | 6:21 AM IST

Best IT World (India) that markets computer peripherals under the iBall brand is launching a range of mobile phone handsets for the Indian market. For the first time in India the brand will launch a range of mobile phones under seven segmented categories each having unique characteristics, said a company release.

iBall has  specifically catered to a segment that was untouched by other mobile phone companies by launching iBall Senior mobile phones to target the senior citizens. iBall Senior mobile phones has been designed taking into consideration the elders with features like large fonts, amber color, enhanced sound and comes with the remarkable feature of SOS button.

Within seven seconds of pressing SOS button, the handset sends a siren to alert the surrounding people to know that the person is in trouble and should be immediately attended to. It also sends  SMS to predefined five numbers and starts dialing those numbers automatically one after another till one call is attended.
 
iBall also launched the slimmest QWERTY phone in India under its category Sleec and model Thin. iBall is also launching the first waterproof mobile phones in India. The biggest USP of this waterproof mobile phone is it floats on water. So even if one drops the phone in sea or a lake, it can easily be retrieved.

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