And it is not as if feature phone users do not access the internet," Preeti said. For Intex, the feature phone business has been growing consistently. The company, which offers over 60 models, sold more than 19 million feature phones in 2015-16. "Companies are also focusing on ensuring that feature phones are equipped with new technologies. "The launch of 4G (VoLTE) - capable feature phones will surely aid the growth of feature phones in 2017," added Srivastava.Nidhi Markanday, director and business head, Intex Technologies, said, "Extending services like e-payments and banking through 4G on feature phones could be incentive enough for these users to stick to feature phones."

Source: Economic Times January 26, 2017 07:19 UTC