Initially, MTN Uganda was the first telco to launch a Kai OS powered feature phone in 2019. MTN Kamunye was unveiled as a Smartphone in a feature phone design. With the Phone, Google Assistant, YouTube, WhatsApp, and Facebook were all accessible by a tap of a button.

Additionally, pro-Smartphone features like the ability to connect to a WiFi Network, take photos using the rear and front selfie cameras, download and store rich file formats like PDF, among other functions.

Peeping through the new league of feature phones that power KaiOS and equip great performance strides. TECNO Mobile joined the league with its T901 phone, and until recently, Africell unveiled its VIDA K242 that serves as the first 4G enabled feature plus Phone available in Uganda.

4G LTE is currently the best and most performing network band available in Uganda, and so, with Africell’s 4G VIDA K242 phone, the ability to access 4G Speeds on a pocket-sized phone is an amazing step ahead of the MTN Kamunye phone which equips 3G as the default network band.

By specs and features, the duo of Africell’s VIDA and the MTN Kamunye both present user actionable functions like Google Assistant, front, and rear camera performance, then free data for the first months once purchased.

With the VIDA K242 Africell offers 1.5GB and 850 ON-NET minutes every month for 6months as an added spice to enjoy the phone’s features. On the other hand, the MTN Kamunye comes with free 1GB data every month for 3months.

Africell 4G VIDA K242 Vs MTN Kamunye Specs and features overview

Africell 4G VIDA K242 Specifications

MTN Kamunye Specifications

By Price: Africell 4G VIDA K242 Vs MTN Kamunye

As per the launchpad reserved retail price of UGX 89,000 for the MTN Kamunye phone, its price tag has gradually reduced over the months with major discounts offered on Jumia.

Currently, you can buy a new MTN Kamunye for as low as UGX 69,000 in several MTN Service Centers across Uganda. Contrary to the Kamunye Price Tag, Africell’s Vida K242 Price is cemented at UGX 120,000 and currently available in Africell Shops countrywide.

At UGX 120,000 the Africell VIDA K242 is only priced high due to 4G support which is not available on the MTN Kamunye. In fact, 4G enabled Smartphones are often priced higher than their 3G variants and this can be seen with Itel’s P36 Series.

Best feature Plus Phone to Buy, is it the Africell Vida or the MTN Smart?

By Specs, the duo of Kai OS powered phones don’t differ by much, but if their respective price tags are factored into play, then differences between the 2 phones can be seen through clear budget-friendly glasses.

At UGX 69,000 MTN Kamunye is priced more affordably than the Africell VIDA K242 at UGX 120,000. So, in case you’re interested in 4G Internet Connectivity, then the Africell Vida is the best feature plus phone you should buy.

However, In case you’re interested in saving more when buying a feature plus phone, then you should buy the MTN Smart which is actually priced 50% lower than the Africell VIDA with only slight differences in storage, 4G, and year of manufacture to miss out.

Since budget-friendly phones are most preferred by consumers, then you should factor in the cost of buying 2 Kai OS phones Vs buying 1. Henceforth, based on your purchase preferences, then MTN Kamunye could be the best Phone to consider or the Africell VIDA to suit your connectivity behavior.

The MTN Kamunye phone is an affordable copy that beat our senses with a Smartphone texture embedded on a button layout. In case you’re that one person who has always wanted to have an affordable feature phone by your side, then this could be the kind of phone that will hold your breath with no hard spikes to your wallet.

MTN Smart packs a 1.2 MP back and front camera performing on a 1.3GHZ dual-core processor powered by a 2000mAh battery. Not many feature phones cruise with a pile of such features at least not priced below 100,000/=. Nonetheless, here is a snippet of the MTN Kamunye (Smart Specifications).

MTN Kamunye Specifications

MTN Kamunye Features that make it a good Phone to have

First of all, Kai OS powered phones are a rare species since the operating system is a 21st-century development. Majority of phones powered by this great feature operating system are rare in a region like Uganda.

Finding one of these would mean, efficiency, reliability, and affordability in one purchase. Amazingly this is just a drop of the unique features packed to MTN’s Kamunye dubbed phone.

Imagine a feature phone with Whatsapp, Facebook and Twitter, this is what the MTN Smart packs to its name. The phone’s Kai Store allows you to add more apps to the phone with ease and with the best of them all being its Wi-Fi capabilities that allow you to connect to a nearby hotspot for Internet access.

The device further has soft buttons with a well-situated voice recordings button in the center of the directions dial pad. Additionally, its size is just another feature we can’t fail to notice with an elegant soft led back flash that can function as a torch or low light camera flash gun, all at a mind-blowing non-discounted price that reminds us of the MTN Fero phone.

MTN Kamunye Price and Where to buy from

At only UGX 69,000, you can get yourself a brand new MTN Smart (Kamunye) at any MTN service center which is the only outlet you can trust to get an original copy with ease. You can also buy the phone online from Jumia or another trusted smartphones store like Banana World for an original MTN Smart.

However, as the 2019 devices trend continues to breed more ready fruits ranging from foldable phones to multi-camera versions, we hope to see more Kai OS powered phones taking over the low-end feature market the same way the Yello camp’s Kai Os powered phone is already topping charts.