Vodafone 227, 228 low-end phones announced

During the Mobile World Congress, Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) has announced two new own branded mobile phones – Vodafone 227 (clamshell) and Vodafone 228 (slider). As it’s usually the case with the carrier branded devices, they are pretty much simple to use and don’t actually boast lots of features. With these two, Vodafone is targeting emerging markets but also people in Europe who want a simple phone that can take and make phone calls and do the “SMS thing.” That being said, I guess both devices will sell like hot cupcakes from free with some kind of contract commitment to around 50 EUR on pay-as-you-go plans. We don’t actually know the prices at this stage — it’s just me speculating…