DIGICEL LAUNCHES NEW ADDITIONS TO ITS SMARTPHONE RANGE (- The perfect gift for the holidays! )

Thursday 4^th December 2014 – Kingston, Jamaica

Digicel continues its mission to bring the best value to customers this Christmas with the latest additions to its own brand smartphone range – the all-new DL 800 and DL 900.

The launch of the first Digicel smartphone, the DL 600, and the subsequent release of the DL 700, saw them becoming the two best-selling smartphones in the Digicel portfolio. On the back of their success, the DL 750 was released earlier this year which saw customers benefiting from improved quality and performance and now, with the introduction of the new DL 800 and DL 900, customers are set to enjoy even better performance – all for less than US$100.

The DL 800 comes with a 4.5 inch touchscreen display and, at 9.1 millimetres, fits perfectly in the palm of the hand. In addition, it comes with 4.4 Kitkat Android operating system, eight megapixel back camera and five megapixel front camera, for the perfect selfie, 32 gigabyte card slot and a 1 GHz dual core processor.

The DL 900, with its large 5 inch touchscreen display, comes with an eight megapixel camera back, a 4.2 Jellybean Android operating system, 1.3Ghz quad core processor, 4 gigabyte internal memory and a 32 gigabyte memory card slot - making these phones the best value high end smartphones on the market.

Digicel Group Head of Device Management, Rachael Lindo-Hall, said; “With the launch of the DL 800 and 900 smartphones, customers can expect high-end performance at a more affordable price when compared to other smartphones with similar features. Customers can surf the net, share photos and keep up with what’s happening – all on Digicel’s superfast network. Coupled with the best value data plans on offer this Christmas from Digicel, they can be assured that they are getting the best smartphone experience this Christmas.”

The all-new DL 800 and DL 900 Digicel smartphones are available across the Caribbean and Central America and will see customers benefiting from improved quality and performance

 

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ABOUT DIGICEL

Digicel Group Limited is a leading global communications provider with operations in 33 markets in the Caribbean, Central America and Asia Pacific. After 13 years of operation, total investment to date stands at over US$5 billion worldwide. The company is renowned for delivering best value, best service and best network.

Digicel runs a host of community-based initiatives across its markets and has set up Digicel Foundations in Jamaica, Haiti, Papua New Guinea and Trinidad and Tobago which focus on educational, cultural and social development programmes.

Digicel is the lead sponsor of Caribbean, Central American and Pacific sports teams and individuals including the world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt and Special Olympics teams throughout these regions. Digicel also sponsors the West Indies cricket team.  Since 2012, Digicel has been the title sponsor of the Myanmar Football Federation and the Myanmar Special Olympics Federation.

Visit www.digicelgroup.com for more information.