Wiko: 5 years and 8 new smartphones for 2016 – Clubic

Wiko celebrates its 5th anniversary at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, ​​and of course the opportunity to announce new smartphones. The brand that popularized smartphones low cost in France argued for “premium” attributes including their models below 100 euros.

With a growing success French brand, associated with the Chinese manufacturer Tinno, is present in 30 countries including the UK, Spain, Portugal, Algeria, Poland or Saudi Arabia. The manufacturer announced its ambitions for 2016: to add 10 countries on the map, sell 15 million smartphones, and develop relationships with operators, an Achilles heel for Wiko, who boasts of being number 2 in France. .. But only on open market (excluding operators).

the 2016 Wiko range is divided into 4 sets. The first, Kool, is a new entry level, starting at 49 euros, not to overlook a design “metallic” . The 3 models, B-Kool Kool-K and S-Kool expect on screens of 4, 5 and 5.5 inches, and run Android Marshmallow.

The Y series includes Lenny 3, and a new kid, Tommy ( “Lemmy why not?” will question the fans of Motorhead?). Lenny 3 is equipped with a quad-core processor at 1.3 GHz, a 5-inch screen HD IPS LCD, 16GB of internal storage (expandable via Micro SD slot) and an 8-megapixel camera. Again Wiko placed on the metal, as for Tommy that offers almost the same features, adding 4G. Both models come out in May 2016, 99 and 129 euros.

Wiko makes the Ufeel range consists of two models a little premium as they incorporate a fingerprint sensor. The design this time mixing a metal edge and a back end stone , so OnePlus. Side features, the difference between the Ufeel and Ufeel Lite lies in the picture (13 megapixels to 8 megapixels against the Lite). advertised price: respectivment 199 and 169 euros

The last model presented is not really new. It is a special edition of Fever 4G. The fluorescent edge smartphone is enriched by back materials and various textures strongly reminiscent of Motorola Moto X.

The Fever 4G special edition will also be the first smartphone to inaugurate some new features of the software overlay of Wiko, including a left page to centralize shortcuts to commonly used features.