TORONTO, Aug. 26, 2016 /CNW/ – K-Mobile will be celebrating city life this weekend with visitors who stop by the K-Mobile booth at CityFest at Canoe Landing Park – one of Toronto’s largest free festivals. Visitors will be eligible for free giveaways while learning about the new K2 Smartphone, plus the booth is a great destination to catch Pokémon and to learn why the K2 is a great smartphone to play this game.

“This is just one of the events in Toronto that K-Mobile is pleased to be sponsoring, and we will have our enthusiastic employees on hand to showcase our new K2 mobile phone,” said Shami Munir, K-Mobile CEO and Founder. “K-Mobile has much to celebrate, including the launch of this new Smartphone as well as the opening of our flagship K-Mobile store.”

“Working at K-Mobile is an exciting experience and has taught me to align with people and learn the value of leadership in the mobile industry. Come by tomorrow and see what we’ve accomplished,” said Daniel Akhtar, K-Mobile’s Director of Marketing Operations. “We have the first Android phone to be designed in Canada, and it’s a premium smartphone that combines performance, a beautiful design, and innovation.”

The K2, which launched July 1, 2016, is now available in store or online at www.k-mobile.ca. Mobile has signed up with Koodo Mobile as a multi-carrier. The K2 features a 2-sim card capability, exclusive apps, is unlocked and is fully customizable for all the customers’ needs. Key features include:

• Slick Build.

  The K2 is built to fit in your hands, with a slick curvature and a 5″ HD Display, and every element has been carefully designed from the matte finish on the back to the tough display.

• Apps and Gaming.

  MediaTek – an Octa-core processor is designed to deliver high performance, and the CPU and GPU are engineered to increase performance for all your intensive applications and games.

• Camera.

  The K2’s 13-Megapixel camera captures detailed, sharp and beautiful images regardless of lighting, and the 1080P HD recording allows you to relive your day

• Gesture sensing.

  With gesture sensing, you can access your favorite applications by just swiping a letter of your choice, which gets you there more simply and quickly

K-Mobile also launched its first store in the East York Town Centre this month with 249 more locations set to open in the Greater Toronto Area by 2018, starting with more this year including a new Mississauga store at 5602 Tenth Line West.