You might be dreaming of the time when smartphones would be available at the price of feature phones. A new Android phone has just been spotted for less than $10, and your dream just came true!
The phone is a TracFone LG Prepaid Lucky LG16. This new smartphone was listed on a WalMart site with a price tag of $9.82 (about ₦2,000), exclusive of some shipment charges.
The cheap Android running phone is marketed in the US by prepaid wireless service provider TracFone Wireless and is manufactured by LG as a basic smartphone to let people experience Google’s open-source operating system without being much of a burden on their pockets.
The smartphone does not have components like a front-facing selfie camera sensor, or high-speed 4G LTE support but comes equipped with a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and features a 3.8in TFT touchscreen display. Also, there is a 3-megapixel rear camera sensor with VGA video recording support.
LG has provided Android 4.4 KitKat operating system on the ₦2,000 Android phone with a tweaked interface on top. Yahoo! speculates that the smartphone would not receive an update to the latest Android Marshmallow version or even its preceding Android 5.0 or 5.1 Lollipop. However, the smartphone does have Google Play Store to let you download new Android apps and there are 3G as well as Wi-Fi connectivity options.
The Android smartphone is currently available for purchase through Walmart. It will also be available through other sales channels and other regions in the coming future.
