MTN South Africa has launched its own MTN Steppa Android smartphone, which the company said is the “most affordable, easy to use and high performance touchscreen Android smartphone in the country.”

The MTN Steppa smartphone features a 3.5 inch touch screen display, FM radio and a 2MP camera with video recording.

The MTN Steppa is based on a Qualcomm Reference Design, powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor.

The MTN Steppa is available in selected retail stores for R499 on MTN’s pre-paid price plans. It also comes with a standard free Social Networking Bundle for the first three months.

“It is the most affordable smartphone in South Africa, breaking the affordability barrier of smartphones to deliver internet access and a high performance mobile phone handset to South Africans at an affordable price,” said Farhad Khan from MTN SA.

MTN Steppa Specs Connectivity HSDPA 7.2Mbps 900/2100 Mhz

EDGE/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900 Mhz

Wi-Fi 802.11 (b/g/n)

Bluetooth technology v 3.0

USB 2.0 GPS A-GPS Processor Qualcomm Snapdragon processor with 1GHz single-core CPU Dimension 121.4 x 63.2 x 11.8 mm (125g) Display 3.5” 320×480 HVGA 16M TFT Memory 1GB Rom + 512MB RAM + microSD (up to 32GB) Battery (Standard) Li-on 1,300mAh

Talk time: up to 627min(2G),

up to 387min(3G)

Standby time: up to 642Hr(2G),

up to 421Hr(3G) OS Android 2.3.5 (Ginger Bread) Download applications Google Play Store

AppsFire MTN Exclusive Apps MTN ZA

AVG Anti Virus [Find Phone]

AppsFire App store Integrated E-mail Gmail

MS Exchange ActiveSync Camera 2.0 MP AF Camera with

Video recorder MTN Wiz UI for Android 3 Screens

Home screen

Hybrid Widget

Application Draw Video [email protected] / [email protected]

Codec : MPEG4, H.263, H.264

Format: 3gp(mp4) Music 3.5mm Ear Jack & Speaker

MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+ Android Browser Opera Mini web browser LBS Google Maps,

Navigation(Beta) Sensor Accelerometer Sensor, Proximity Sensor Additional Features FM Radio (RDS)

MTN Zone

2GO IM Chat

Google Products

Social Products Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp pre-installed

SoundHound and Word Search pre-installed

Tutorial videos

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