GOME has announced its entry in India in partnership with Agaston Mobile Private Limited who have already created their own space in the Indian mobile market with its brand Tambo Mobile. GOME’s India venture will be its first overseas operation. The company has also announced its new C Series smartphones in India.
The ‘Face Me’ technology by GOME will take the face recognition technology and offer the privacy to the user data including Gallery, Incoming calls and hiding of details on the notification lock screen. The Face Me technology will remain a standard security offering across the GOME smartphones.
The GOME C-series smartphones include C7 Note and C7. The C7 Note comes in two versions; 2/3GB RAM and 16/32GB storage. It has a premium glass design and sports a 5.99-inch screen HD+ display with 18:9 aspect ratio along with 16M colors and 282 PPi. It is powered by the 2.0 GHz Octa-Core processor and runs on Android 8.1 Oreo out of the box.
In terms of optics, the C7 Note packs a 13MP rear camera and a 5MP front-shooter for selfies with modes such as Panorama, Bokeh, and Scene. It comes with Face unlock and fingerprint sensor. Connectivity features include 4G VoLTE, Dual-SIM, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS. A 3500mAh battery is on board.
GOME C7 sports a 5.45-inch HD+ display with 18:9 aspect ratio. It is powered by a 1.5 quad-core processor, 2GB RAM and 16 GB inbuilt memory that is expandable further upto 64GB. It runs on Android 8.1 out of the box. The C7 features a 13MP rear camera and a 5MP front-shooter for selfies with modes such as Panorama, Bokeh, and Scene. It comes with Face unlock and fingerprint sensor. Connectivity features include 4G VoLTE, Dual-SIM, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS. A 35000mAh battery is on board.
The GOME C7 Note and C7 will be available in Black, Gold colors and is priced at Rs. 6999 for the 2GB RAM model and Rs. 8499 for the 3GB RAM, while the C7 costs Rs. 5,999.
Commenting on the launch, Sudhir Kumar, CEO, Agaston Mobile India Pvt Ltd said:
It’s a privilege for us to partner with GOME which brings in a global expertise as a leading telco giant in China. The partnership between Agaston and GOME is aimed at offering the best-in-class technology and features in mid-premium range to the Indian consumers. With our well-established distribution network, we are confident that we will be able to offer GOME across maximum cities by end of the year.
Sean Sha, CEO GOME Telecom said:
GOME is very excited to come to India. It is a market ready for benefiting from the greatest innovation. We hope to provide solutions that offer a new era of experiences, powered by technology. We aim at building a product ecosystem which isn’t just to cater to customer needs but offers the first and only platform which has ‘privacy’ at the center of everything that we have to offer. We are delighted to partner Agaston, which brings a wealth of experience, credibility, and strategic thinking that complements our approach.