Motif Engineering has become the first domestic company to assemble smartphones in Nepal. It currently designs mobile phones, assembles them and develops applications in the country.
It has so far designed and assembled four different models of mobile phones, including Motif Ultimate, Motif Eyon, Motif Ultimate Plus and Motif Hero, which have already been introduced in the domestic market.
According to the company, Ultimate, Eyon and Ultimate Plus are smartphones, while Hero is a feature phone.
"We decided to design and assemble mobile phones in Nepal to provide quality products at affordable prices to Nepalis and reduce the country´s dependence on low-quality Chinese phones," said Surendra Manadhar, managing director of Motif Engineering.
Manandhar further said he has hired a group of engineers and application developers to design and assemble mobile phones in the country.