Gimme
FNB’s smart start
The magic is in the extras, and the cross-pollination with FNB products
Forget business as usual: tech companies sell taxi services, Amazon is operating bricks-and-mortar stores, and your bank is your telecom company. Yes, late last month FNB announced it was launching two smartphones for customers with transactional accounts at the bank. The phones are the ConeXis A1 and X1 — manufactured by ZTE, but completely FNB-branded. The A1 is the lower-tier product, linked to the Easy bank accounts and aimed at the consumers FNB terms "price sensitive". The device runs Android Lollipop, has a 4-inch touch screen, 8GB storage, 1GB RAM and a quad core processor. The cameras are no great shakes, but sufficient: 5megapixel (MP) rear-facing and 2MP front-facing. The box also contains a clear back cover, and a screen protector. These are a nice inclusion, as the device itself feels a bit plasticky and the cover smartens it up. This is not bad for the bargain-basement price of R59/month. Plus, you’ll get 15minutes of talk time and 50MB/month for two years. That’s not ...
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