DHAKA: A three-day exposition of smartphones and tablet computers will start from Friday at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) in city’s Agargaon area.

The ‘Grameenphone Smartphone and Tab Expo’ will be held in a bid to let smartphones and tabs enthusiasts to purchase the devices and accessories at special discounts with the opportunity of winning a lot of gifts and prizes.

This will be the third initiative of Expo Maker, the organizer of the fair, after getting success in two previous events.

Expo Maker’s head of operations Nahid Hasnain Siddique informed the media at a press conference held at Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) on Wednesday morning.

With Grameenphone as the title sponsor, the fair will also have Okapia, Maximus, Lenovo, Samsung and Symphony as co-sponsors.

It will remain open from 10:00am to 8:00pm till Sunday.

Apart from these brands, according to Nahid, renowned all other brands including Acer, Mycell, Xiaomi, Adata, RNTech, HTS, DX Generation, Prestigio and Gadget Gang 7 will showcase their products at five individual pavilions and five mini pavilions along with 11 stalls.

Moreover, Expo Maker and Bangladesh ICT Journalist Forum will jointly hold a dialogue on internet service at 11:00am on December 14.

The expo will be free to the school students over showing their identity cards or on uniforms. For the rest, the entry free is Tk 20.

On the other hand, the expo will host an Android online gaming contest there.

There will also be a separate zone giving app developers a chance to exhibit their applications to smartphone and tab enthusiasts.

Meanwhile, the organizers have already started a Facebook contest called ‘Guess the Smartphone Contest’.

Winners of this contest will receive attractive prizes including smartphone and tablet computer.

Moreover, other contests will be arranged with lucrative gifts and prizes for the attendees at the fair.

BDST: 1511 HRS, DEC 10, 2014