However hard the economy might be, there are a few things we can agree on and one of them being that we are living in the era of smartphones and it’s not about to change in the near future. Regardless, what might change is the way companies deliver to customers especially in regards to specs and components. Pixan Inc, a local phone maker is giving you a chance to work with them to give you what you consider an idea of a perfect smartphone in their new Pixan mobile for inclusive development programme.
This program, according to Mr Edgar Ofoyuru, the Chief Executive Officer of Pixan Inc that operates from their Kampala headquarters, will see targeted customer groups order smartphones with specifications that meet their usage needs.
“Instead of putting a phone on the market with specifications and abilities we think the customers need, we are asking customers to tell us what they need in a phone so that we can manufacture for each customer group a smartphone that is much more useful to their work and day to day activities and to make life better for them,” Mr Ofoyuru said in an interview.
Pixan Inc under Mr Ofoyuru has been in the tech design business for half a decade now and the result has been the Pixan M8 CE and a host of other phone accessories like Earphones, Headphones, Cables and Powerbanks that are now available for purchase on their e-commerce portal.
According to Mr Ofoyuru, customized smartphones help companies and organizations to manage their systems better, communicate effortlessly and effectively and simplifies work.
“They can have customized apps installed in the phone during manufacturing, have old systems upgraded and have developers develop systems in the phone that suit their work. Everybody will make their own phone,” he said.
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How to Preorder and build your own Custom Android Smartphone from Pixan Inc?
Step 1: Provide Requirements for Hardware Device and Other Relevant Information
You will log in into Pixan Official site for customization and select the product(Pixan M8 Phone). The next process is choosing the exterior design of the phone(color). There are two color options for space grey and white, then proceed to the next stage of choosing the interior specifications of the phone.
Besides picking and describing your product’s functionality from our Build and price platform, it’s helpful and important for you to share requirements for a hardware device, the current stage of development of your project and the forecast order quantity, this helps you receive an accurate quotation and delivery time.
Note that you must initiate the mass customization with 100 USD payment, before going for another step in the project.
Step 2: Agreement and Quotation Before Production
A unit cost is provided in the quotation based on development requirements, product specifications, and forecast quantity. The quote combines development charges and unit cost
Your volume forecast must be confirmed before the signature of the contract as the unit cost is based on this forecast. Future deposits are computed based on the total order value.
At this point agreeing on a milestone and payment schedule with the partner you choose is a must. It will help both parties to prepare the financial resources with a clear milestone in mind
Step 3: Prototype Development, review and Feedback.
Prototyping allows you to review high-quality samples of your product before the costly and time-consuming process of opening a mould and the mass production start.
The working prototype is shipped to you for review. Share feedback and requests for modification. Once the modification is made and your expectation satisfied you give your validation to start the next step: making the mould.
Step 4: Mass Production: Short-Run Trial Production, Testing and Validation. License and Certification.
In order to make sure that everything goes smoothly, trial mass production is launched imminently after the mould is finished, tested and validated.
Trial production is an added part to mass production that happens only during the first mass production run of a product that is being made for the first time. This is the case for any custom Android device. After this stage, the project is ready for the mass production phase of your project.
