| Developers: | Mara Group |
| Date of the premiere of the system: | October, 2019 |
| Technology: | Tablet computers and smartphones |
2019: Announcement of Mara X and Mara Z
At the beginning of October, 2019 the company from Rwanda of Mara Group announced the first African smartphones. The Mara X and Mara Z models have very weak technical characteristics by the standards of modern gadgets.
So, Mara X received the 5.5-inch screen with the permission HD+, the MediaTek MT6739 processor, 1 Gbyte of operational and 16 Gbytes of a fixed memory, cameras with matrixes of 13 and 5 Megapixels and also the removable rechargeable battery with a capacity of 3500 mA · h.
In Mara Z the single-crystal Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 system, HD+ screen with diagonal 5.7 inches, 3 Gbytes of OZU, 32 Gbytes a flash memory, two 13 megapixel cameras and the accumulator on 3075 mA are installed · h. The battery is not removed.
Both devices are controlled the Android 8.1 operating system without additional shell programs as it is about the Android One program.
Mara X and Mara Z cost $190 and $130 respectively.
According to the CEO of Mara Group Ashish Thakkar, the released devices are addressed to users who are ready to pay more for qualitative products.
He also noted that Mara Group invested about $24 million in construction of the plant on release of mobile phones. Enterprise capacities by October, 2019 allow to make about 1200 devices daily.
Still world companies were engaged in assembly of smartphones in other countries of Africa — Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia and the Republic of South Africa, however components for them are imported, Takkar noted.
 | We the first were accepted to a full stroke of production, including motherboards and smaller components. In total at assembly of one smartphone over one thousand parts are required — he emphasized. |  |
Mara Group intends to sell smartphones not only in the African market thanks to the agreement on creation of uniform trade space of African Continental Free Trade Area which will become effective in 2020, having allowed to integrate 1.3 billion people in the single economic unit.[1]
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