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Samsung Donates 3000 Smart Phones To help Fight Ebola

Few weeks backs the World Health Organization,warned of new 10000 new Ebola infections weekly,which sparked and awakened  great concern from all areas of the world.Rich “dudes” responded to this by donating large amount of cash and mullah to help fight this menace.Most countries have sent medics to the western areas of Africa to help medical staff fight the virus and get a life opportunity to understand and prepare for any eventually of an outbreak in their home country.

Samsung isn’t left behind as the smart phone developer donated the S3 Neo Samsung smart phone to around 60 Western African countries through the United nations Office for the co ordination of Human affairs.Samsung reported through a press conference that the “Korean manufacturer will also be launching an Ebola SMS service in Africa and offering financial support for the purchase of hazmat suits in Ghana. Samsung also points out that the donated devices will be destroyed once the virus outbreak has subsided, and it’s good to see the company lending a hand in the fight against the most dangerous human disease that has reared its face in recent times, one that has claimed more than 4,000 lives in the African continent.

For easy and flexible use,Samsung also reported that the Samsung S3 Neo phones will come installed with the UN’s Smart Health Pro mobile app, which will help medical staff in collecting medical data, and the phones will also be used by quarantined patients for contacting their families.

Check out the Technical Specs of the S3 Neo:

Supports 2G And 3G Networks

Super Amoled Capacitive screen 4.8” 720*1280 Pixels 306 ppi density 16M colors

1.5GB Ram,16GB Internal with 64Gb expandable memory

Camera:8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, auto focus, LED flash,Simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo- tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection,Video 1080p@30fps,Secondary 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps.

Os:Android 4.4.2. Kitkat

Cpu:Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A7,Adreno 305

Sensors:Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Battery:2100 A mh Li-ion ,Stand by (2G) / Up to 330 h (3G),Talk time  (2G) / Up to 14 h (3G)

Samsung S3 Neo Price In Kenya:K sh 37,000-40,000

 

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