Karbonn Mobile

Karbonn Mobile



Karbonn Mobiles (Official name: Karbonn Mobiles Private Limited) is an Indian mobile device manufacturing company founded in March 2009. It is a vendor of feature phones, smartphones, tablets and mobile phone accessories.
Karbonn is a joint venture between United Telelinks Ltd., a Bengaluru-based firm and Jaina Marketing and Associates, headquartered in Noida. Karbonn Mobiles also has strategic ties with Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited.
Karbonn is present in countries such as BangladeshNepalSri Lanka and in the Middle East and Europe.

Revenue


The firm's total investment in the Indian consumer market was over US$5 million in the year 2011. The firm contracted with semiconductor companies for their handsets and targets mainly the Indian market. The firm has over 85,000 retailers and 870 service centres (around 150 dedicated exclusively for Karbonn) across India. Karbonn Mobiles aims at registering a turnover of ₹4,000 crore during the 2013-14 financial year.


History


The company struck a deal with Eros International Media Ltd., the makers of Rajinikanth-starrer film Kochadaiyaan (2013). The deal involved the manufacture of five lakh (500,000) items of Kochadaiyaan merchandise with screen savers and images from the film, the trailer, behind-the-scenes shots, the signature tune of the film, and the lead actor's signature on back cover of phones.
Karbonn ties with online digital entertainment service provider Hungama.Com and have an app preinstalled.
In October 2012, Karbonn announced the launch of their brand extension 'Karbonn Smart'. The range includes a smart tab and smartphones based on Android operating system.[In February 2014, Microsoft announced Karbonn as a hardware partner of Windows Phone operating system.
Karbonn Sparkle V is one of the initial Android One phones manufactured by Karbonn Mobiles in cooperation with Google Inc.

Brand



Karbonn launched Karbonn K9 Virat on 26 August 2016 in India. The device has a 5.5 inch IPS display with resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. The smartphone is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad core processor with 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of internal storage.[11] The next phone was launched on December 2016 named as Karbonn Aura Note.With a screen size of 5.5inch, a fingerprint sensor and with a selfie flash as well as rear flash running on Android Marshmallow powered by 1.3ghz quad core processor with a combination of 2gb RAM and 16gb internal storage.

Airtel has joined their hands with homemade brand Karbonn to make the lowest price range, which features 4G LTE support. As per the source information Airtel Karbonn A40priced at Rs. 1,399/-, the partnership will continue with the phone and would launch as “Airtel’s Mera Pehla 4G smartphone” slogan. The method of providing the lowest priced 4G LTE mobile, where every common man can utilize the 4G technology.

Products



Karbonn launched Karbonn K9 Virat on 26 August 2016 in India. The device has a 5.5 inch IPS display with resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. The smartphone is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad core processor with 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of internal storage.[11] The next phone was launched on December 2016 named as Karbonn Aura Note.With a screen size of 5.5inch, a fingerprint sensor and with a selfie flash as well as rear flash running on Android Marshmallow powered by 1.3ghz quad core processor with a combination of 2gb RAM and 16gb internal storage.

Airtel has joined their hands with homemade brand Karbonn to make the lowest price range, which features 4G LTE support. As per the source information Airtel Karbonn A40priced at Rs. 1,399/-, the partnership will continue with the phone and would launch as “Airtel’s Mera Pehla 4G smartphone” slogan. The method of providing the lowest priced 4G LTE mobile, where every common man can utilize the 4G technology.


History


Karbonn Mobiles, a leading Smartphone brand in the country with numerous accolades under its belt, was started in 2009 with an aim to bring the benefits of Smartphone telephony to the masses. Within a short span of time, Karbonn has become the brand of choice of the discerning mobile consumer in a country which has one of the fastest growth rates in mobile device consumption. A joint venture of New Delhi based Jaina Group and Bengaluru based UTL Group, Karbonn was spearheaded by Mr. Pardeep Jain, Managing Director and Mr. Sudhir Hasija, Chairman, both veterans in the telecom sector with over twenty years of experience. Headquartered in New Delhi, Karbonn offers a range of mobile communication devices to meet the communication needs of the evolving Indian consumers. 

Having more than 85,000 retail counters, Karbonn reaches out to people across the length and breadth of the country, with over 92% penetration across the Indian geography. Currently in the process of creating presence in 40 countries including Africa, South & South East Asia, CIS, Eastern Europe and Middle East, Karbonn plans to broaden its international footprint further by expanding to 65 countries. Understanding the need for good after sales service, Karbonn has over 800 service centres across India and over 12 international centres, ensuring effective after sales-support to its growing customer base.

 It is a reward of our relentless efforts to enhance the mobile experience of our customers, that Karbonn has been voted amongst the top “Most Trusted Mobile Phone brands” by Brand Trust Survey and Brand Equity Trust Report






























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