Huawei, Area offer free phone insurance in Cameroon

Huawei is offering smartphone buyers in Cameroon a 3-month insurance through insurance company Area covering loss and theft, reports Agence Ecofin.

Huawei will provide a replacement handset for a month, enough time for Area to locate and recover the handset thanks to pre-installed software.

If the phone is found within a month, the customer returns the borrowed phone, but if it is not found, the customer keeps the replacement handset and is reimbursed 85 percent of the purchase cost of the lost or stolen one.

After the 3-month period, customers can pay XAF 7,000 a year to extend the insurance, compared to around XAF 12,000 for non-Huawei phones.

Area’s other products include personal emergency and location services to policyholders