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Transsion: Past, present and future of Africa's phones king
The African mobile phone market used to be dominated by Nokia and Samsung. Transsion, which has become the "King of African Mobile Phones", has established extensive and effective offline sales channels in nearly 60 African countries based on second- and third-tier cities.
Africa's phone king johns Android 11 beta 1 developer preview program
TECNO Mobile, a sub-brand of Chinese smartphone maker Transsion, announced its newest smart phone Pouvoir 4 as an early adopter of the operating system upgrading to Android 11 beta 1 starting from July 10.ย
Transsion's two major brands to launch smart TVs in India
Chinese smartphone maker Transsion has announced that its two major brands, Tecno and Infinix, will each launch their own smart TV products and have successively landed on the Indian market, according to BGR India.
Africa's phones king releases a real full-screen phone for only $135 in India
Shenzhen Transsion Holdings, known as the king of African smartphones, released the Infinix S5 Lite smartphone in November last year for INR 7,999 ($108). Now the Chinese phone maker is releasing a higher end version of the Infinix S5 series for only $135.
China-based Africa's phones king expects full-year profit growth of more than 150%
Shenzhen Transsion Holdings, known as the king of African smartphones, expected to realize a net profit of 1,670,371,200 to 1,882,602,200 yuan in 2019, a year-on-year increase of 154.110% to 186.31%, according to a company filing on Thursday.
Africa's phones king will release a pop-up camera phone for only $139
The Infinix brand of Transsion, known as the king of African smartphones, will launch a mobile phone with a pop-up selfie lens in February 2020. The phone will sell in India for less than 10,000 rupees (about $139), according to CNMO.
Chinese phone makers lead the African market
Chinese mobile phone brand Transsion continued to lead the African feature phone market in the third quarter of 2019, with a share of 64.0%. Nokia followed closely with a 10.0% share, IDC figures show.
Africa's phone king faces biggest threat ever from Huawei and Xiaomi
With the phone market becoming saturated, Huawei and Xiaomi are eyeing opportunities elsewhere. And the traditional stronghold of Transsion falls just into their radar.