Kyocera announced that it will provide the waterproof smartphone "Hydro ELITE" for Verizon Wireless, which has the largest number of contracts in the American market. $99.99 with a two-year contract.
In addition to being equipped with dual-core Snapdragon, 4.3-inch HD display, 2100mAh battery, etc., it also supports smart sonic receiver technology that makes it easy to hear voice even in noisy places by vibrating the entire display familiar with domestic Kyocera terminals. .
Waterproof smartphone "Hydro ELITE" to appear in North America. Will waterproof smartphones be accepted overseas?
It is a domestic manufacturer that is reportedly struggling in the overseas mobile phone market. Kyocera is there. After acquiring Qualcomm's terminal business in 2000, we expanded terminals to areas that use CDMA communication standards. In the United States, it has mainly provided terminals to Sprint and others.
The smartphone market was initially centered on low-priced devices, but the rugged "Torque" released in early 2013 continued to perform well, with Sprint actively promoting it.
The completely rugged "Torque". Exhibited at MWC
According to a Gartner survey, the device market share in the first half of 2013 in the US market was fourth after Samsung, Apple, and LG. And by providing terminals to Verizon, the top company in the United States, we can expect to expand our market share in the future. Kyocera plans to ship approximately 12 million units of terminals globally in 2013, an increase of approximately 9% from the previous year.