{"id":3551,"date":"2014-03-10T05:27:23","date_gmt":"2014-03-09T18:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=3551"},"modified":"2014-03-09T11:43:11","modified_gmt":"2014-03-09T00:43:11","slug":"soniq-enters-smartphone-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/soniq-enters-smartphone-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Soniq enters the smartphone market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you thought that the latest smartphone devices were just for the tech savvy and well younger generation, think again.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics over\u2019s 65s are Australia\u2019s fastest growing age group and while many are becoming more confident with technology, premium handsets and plans are not on the agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Australian tech firm Soniq has taken note and is now getting set to release it\u2019s own android smartphone aimed at these older users without draining the budget or lock-in users plans.  <\/p>\n<p>SONIQ&#8217;s general manager, Song Su, said:  <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe market is rife with complicated Cap Plans and smoke and mirrors marketing that\u2019s misleading and confusing for consumers.  Older people want to be connected but they don\u2019t want to risk accidently running up a whopping great bill.  We will be offering Smartphones on pre-paid bundles at a price they can afford to ensure that they can stay connected without fear of bill shock.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Soniq is expected to release more details some time in the next few months.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/soniq.com\/au\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SONIQ_phone-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"SONIQ_phone\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SONIQ_phone-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SONIQ_phone-150x106.jpg 150w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SONIQ_phone-1024x723.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SONIQ_phone-77x55.jpg 77w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/SONIQ_phone.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you thought that the latest smartphone devices were just for the tech savvy and well younger generation, think again. 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Australian tech firm Soniq has taken note<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/soniq-enters-smartphone-market\/\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[824],"tags":[13,785,842],"class_list":["post-3551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-android","tag-smartphone","tag-soniq"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Soniq enters the smartphone market - Tech Daily with Andy Wells<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/soniq-enters-smartphone-market\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Soniq enters the smartphone market - Tech Daily with Andy Wells\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you thought that the latest smartphone devices were just for the tech savvy and well younger generation, think again. 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