ASCII.jp The mobile phone "ETALK" of a Japanese manufacturer lands in the United States!I bought it in New York

Etalk on sale in the United States

TAKUMI JAPAN, a new company launched by former president of Plus One Marketing, who had developed smartphones under the "FREETEL" brand, has acquired skills in selling unique translators and gaming smartphones in Shaomi -affiliated.We are showing aggressive movements, such as selling in Japan.When I started a new company in January this year, I was talking about selling feature phones, but the "simple 4G mobile phone" was released in the United States.

Purchased at BEST BUY, an American electronics retailer

The 4G feature phone named "ETALK" is sold.The sales carrier is Verizon, which is a bit surprising that it is not MVNO but from the largest MNO carrier in the United States.It may be that the sales from the largest hand have been realized due to the enthusiasm and personal connections of President Masuda's terminal development.The price is about $ 60 (about 6400 yen).Since the FREETEL era, "Japanese quality" has been sought, but this ETALK has a bad texture, and it has a good feeling for a simple appearance.The external display is 1.It is type 44.

Print the product name of ETALK on a simple appearance

Since it is a feature phone, there is no special feature."Whether the key is easy to press" will not be very related to the quality of this product.This ETALK is a product that is highly valued for the fact that Japanese ventures delivered products to the top career of the United States.

Not only manufacturing, but in China, no one will think that the iPhone is made in China anymore.This ETALK is also under the quality control of Japan, so the finish is good.And for prepaid sales, Verizon's prepaid SIM is installed in advance.

The battery is equipped with 1530mAh

I decided to talk while staying in the United States, but the activation of the prepaid SIM did not go well, I didn't have time to open during my stay, so this time I just bought it.rice field.

In the United States, alkatel folding feature phones are now sold from each MNO and MVNO carriers.However, it is not clear whether the successor model will appear in the future due to the upset TCL mobile phone business that manufactures alkateral terminals.Maybe TAKUMI JAPAN's etalk may come out of other carriers.

The function is simple with calls and SMS

The OS is AOSP, but the UI is specialized in feature phones, so you can not add applications.On the other hand, it seems that the quality of voice calls is quite clear because it supports VoLTE.If you make a long phone call, it may be easier to use than using a smartphone.So if you have Verizon's prepaid SIM, you can use SIM from your smartphone only when talking in the United States (although it's troublesome).

Easy -to -press keypad has good call quality and is suitable for long telephones

It would be interesting if this ETALK was entered as the entrance and TAKUMI JAPAN sending a smartphone to the United States in the future.I would like to expect the next new product.

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