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Bandla recommends! The October smartphone list
As usual, The list first:
Galaxy pro side view
Status: Widely available
Price: 8,000 to 9,000 INR
Product Page: Business with a dash of fun - Galaxy Pro B7510 - Smartphone - Mobile Phone | SAMSUNG
The Good:
Who should buy this phone:
This phone, unlike other Samsung mid range galaxy device, oozes quality. if you are looking for a business class droid and have a budget of 10k, this is the best you can get.
Blackberry Curve 8520
Status: Widely available
Price: 9,000 INR
Product page: BlackBerry - 9300 - Buy BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300 Smartphone in India
The Good:
The Bad:
Only those desperate for a Blackberry and with budget less than 10k
Nokia E5
Status: Widely available
Price: 9,500 INR
Product page: Nokia India - Nokia E5 - Mobile phone with QWERTY keyboard
The Good:
The Bad:
Who should buy this phone:
If you are always traveling and need a phone with great battery life and solid navigation, this is among the best you can get. Just forget about what people say about Symbian and it’s end of life. Even though it is announced, it is not going to happen any time soon. S60 on E5 is very much usable and this phone is simply the best qwerty device that you can get for budget inside 10k rupees.
LG Optimus One
Status: Available at many stores
Price: Around 10,000 INR
Product page: LG P500 All Phones - LG Optimus one is the optimal choice for a versatile smart phone that transforms to become whatever you want through advanced technology and unlimited applications. - LG Electronics IN
The Good:
The Bad:
This, without a doubt is the best smartphone you can get inside 10k. If you are not bothered about battery life, go and get this one. If you are, then go get this one along with an extra battery. And btw, forget about LG’s past reputation. They nailed it with this one.
This brings us to an end to sub-10k market segment. Here is a short list of other worthy sub 10k smartphones:
Status: Widely available
Price: around 13,200 INR
Product page: http://www.htc.com/in/product/wildfires/overview.html
The Good:
Highly recommended but only if you are not interested in Motorola’s Defy which is better phone and is available for some 1.5k INR more. When not compared to Defy, this is a very good smartphone. When not compared to Defy, this phone can make most types of users (except game lovers who may not like the CPU and weak GPU).
Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini and Mini Pro
Status: Brand new release, available in markets now
Price: 12,500 INR for mini and 15,000 for mini pro
Product page: Xperia, Xperia
The Good:
The Bad:
This phone is unique in the sense that it looks tiny but is powerful. I would pick mini pro over mini any day as the qwerty eliminates the need for onscreen keypad and hence gives more room for the actual content. If you are looking for a cute looking small form factor smartphone that is good at multimedia, go for this one. Unlike the earlier X10 mini pro, this mini pro has great display and more important, runs latest version of android. If your main requirement is ebook reading and internet browsing, this one is not for you.
Blackberry Curve 9300
Status: Available
Price: 13,500 INR
Product page: BlackBerry - 9300 - Buy BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300 Smartphone in India
The Good:
The Bad:
Blackberry boys
Those for whom data security is of atmost important and want the best in class business features.
Huawei Ideos X5
Status: Not easy to find, easy to get from online stores
Price: 14,300 INR
Product page: IDEOS - Huawei Device
The Good:
The Bad:
X5 is a superb phone on paper but the main concern is regarding the support structure in India, rolling of future updates. If you are not concerned by any of these, you should consider buying this phone.
HTC Chacha
Status: Widely available
Price: 15,000 INR
Product page: HTC ChaCha Product Support
The Good:
Also known as facebook phone, this device is tailor made for facebook addicts. One touch access to facebook and to share content on facebook. If you love being of facing or if you love chatting nonstop using qwerty and if you prefer factory UI that is beatiful, close your eyes and go for this one.
Motorola Defy
Status: Availability is reducing slowly
Price: Around 14,500 INR
Product page: Motorola DEFY - Durable Android Smart Phone - Touchscreen - Water Dust Scratch Resistant - Touch Tablet - Overview - Motorola Mobility, Inc. Rest of Europe
The Good:
If you have a budget of 15k-15.5k, close your eyes and get this one. You cannot get a better smartphone for that price. Period!
Before we head to 15k+ segments, here is a tiny list of other decent smartphones inside 15k:
Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo V
Status: Just appearing in the market
Price: 18,000 INR
Procuct page: Xperia
The Good:
It's fresh, it looks awesome and is packed with features. This is the new No.1 when it comes to sub 20k devices. With Nexus S out of the market, this would be the de facto choice at this price point.
Nokia E6
Availability: Widely available
Price: 15,600 INR
Product page: Nokia India - Nokia E6 smartphone with touch screen and QWERTY - Overview
The Good:
E6, with Symbian Anna OS is a pleasure to use. If you are looking for a business class phone with monster battery life and if you want a phone that can navigate you to through those unknown route and take care of your corporate data (emails, documents etc), go for this device. You can’t get a better device for the price.
LG Optimus Black
Status: Widely available
Price: 19,500 INR approx
Product page: LG P970 All Phones - Introducing the Optimus Black with revolutionary NOVA display. - LG Electronics IN
The Good:
Thanks to the IPS panel, the quality of text is amazing and sunlight visibility is very good, so are the viewing angles. If you are more into reading ebooks and webpages etc, this would be a perfect phone to get. Gaming on this phone is a pleasure, thanks to powerful GPU (and of course, superb display). Videos look crispy whether you are outdoor or indoor. If you are okay with loading a custom ROM, the phone feels much better and much more responsive.
Other good devices inside 20k:
Status: Widely available
Price: 20,700 INR
Product page: Nokia India - Nokia X7 smartphone with a 4" touch screen - Overview
The Good:
Frankly speaking, it is lurking in N8’s area and I wouldn’t really suggest this phone (yet). If the phone gets a 2k-3k priced drop, it would be a perfect buy for multimedia addicts. The reason for adding this phone to the list is not to ask you to go ahead and get the phone but to keep an eye on it’s price.
Blackberry Bold 9780
Status: Widely available
Price: 21,400 INR
Product page: BlackBerry - Bold - BlackBerry Bold 9780, 9650, 9700 & 9000 - Buy BlackBerry Bold in India
The Good:
Status: Widely available
Price: 21,700 INR
Product page: Nokia India - Nokia N8 touch screen smartphone with a 12 MP camera
The Good:
The Bad:
HTC Incredible S
Status: Widely available
Price: 23,600 INR
Product page: http://www.htc.com/in/product/incredibles/overview.html
The Good:
To be frank, I would pick Nexus S over this phone as it offer better all round featureset and performance. But if you are one of those who prefer not to toy with the UI and like to use whatever is provided by manufacturer, this phone will keep you happy.
LG Optimus 2X
Status: Widely available
Price: 24,500 INR
Product page: LG Optimus Phone, LG Optimus Mobile Phone, LG P990 Smart Phone - LG P990
The Good:
If you trust LG and if you are one of those who like loading 3rd party ROMs, this would be the best one to get. The factory ROM is very buggy and the first thing to be done is to load custom ROM. All in all, a very good and powerful smartphone hampered by overlay UI, which should be fixed in upcoming Gingerbread update. And once you load the custom ROM, this thing can fly.
Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc
Status: Widely available
Price: 27,000 INR
Product page: Xperia
The Good:
I would any day go for SGS II or wait for HTC fix issues with Sensation instead of buying this phone. But if you are one of those who don’t care about dual core and stuff and want a phone that has monstrous multimedia performance, go for Arc. It is sexy, feature rich and would be perfect replacement for your aging multimedia phone/player.
Samsung Galaxy S II
Status: Widely available
Price: 30,000 INR
Product page: Simply the best Smartphone! - Galaxy S II I9100 - Smartphone - Mobile Phone | SAMSUNG
The Good:
If you have the money and are looking for most powerful smartphone available in the market, this one is for you
Sony Ericsson Xperia Play
Status: Available
Price: 27,600 INR
Product page: Xperia
The Good:
Purely meant for gamers but then again, I can get Optimus 2X and a PSP for the price of Xpeira Play
iPhone 4
Status: Widely available
Price: 33,000 INR for 16GB and 40,000 for 32GB
Product page: Apple (India) - iPhone - Mobile phone, iPod and Internet device.
The Good:
Status: Widely available
Price: 31,500 INR
Product page: BlackBerry - Bold Touch Phone - New BlackBerry Bold Touch Screen Phones
The Good:
As usual, The list first:
- Samsung Galaxy Pro B7510
- Blackberry Curve 8520
- Nokia E5
- LG Optimus One
- HTC Wildfire S
- Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini
- Blackberry Curve 9300
- Huawei Ideos X5
- HTC Chacha
- Motorola Defy
- Nokia E6
- LG Optimus Black
- SE Xperia Neo V
- Nokia X7
- Blackberry Bold 3
- Nokia N8773
- HTC Incredible S
- LG Optimus 2X
- Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc
- Samsung Galaxy S II
- Sony Ericsson Xperia Play
- iPhone 4
- Blackberry Bold 9900
Galaxy pro side view
Status: Widely available
Price: 8,000 to 9,000 INR
Product Page: Business with a dash of fun - Galaxy Pro B7510 - Smartphone - Mobile Phone | SAMSUNG
The Good:
- Touch n type. very good qwerty keypad and capacitive touch display
- 3G, GPS and Wi-Fi (can also be used as Wi-Fi hotspot)
- Powered by Android
- very good battery life
- Document editor
- Price
- no camera flash
- no video calling
- poor multimedia.
Who should buy this phone:
This phone, unlike other Samsung mid range galaxy device, oozes quality. if you are looking for a business class droid and have a budget of 10k, this is the best you can get.
Blackberry Curve 8520
Status: Widely available
Price: 9,000 INR
Product page: BlackBerry - 9300 - Buy BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300 Smartphone in India
The Good:
- Blackberry services that are among the best for privacy and data security
- Good qwerty keypad
The Bad:
- average display quality
- very poor multimedia
- weak processor
- no 3G and no 802.11n and no GPS
- poor battery life
Only those desperate for a Blackberry and with budget less than 10k
Nokia E5
Status: Widely available
Price: 9,500 INR
Product page: Nokia India - Nokia E5 - Mobile phone with QWERTY keyboard
The Good:
- One of the best business class smartphones
- Superb qwerty
- Mighty battery life
- 3G, Wi-Fi, DLNA, GPS
- Document Editor
- Nokia maps.
The Bad:
- 256MB or RAM not that good for multitasking or heavy apps
- OS getting older and older every week.
- No video calling
- average camera and poor video recording quality
Who should buy this phone:
If you are always traveling and need a phone with great battery life and solid navigation, this is among the best you can get. Just forget about what people say about Symbian and it’s end of life. Even though it is announced, it is not going to happen any time soon. S60 on E5 is very much usable and this phone is simply the best qwerty device that you can get for budget inside 10k rupees.
LG Optimus One
Status: Available at many stores
Price: Around 10,000 INR
Product page: LG P500 All Phones - LG Optimus one is the optimal choice for a versatile smart phone that transforms to become whatever you want through advanced technology and unlimited applications. - LG Electronics IN
The Good:
- Android
- Good display
- Great GPU and decent CPU
- 3G, Wi-FI, GPS
- DivX/Xvid integration
- Document editor
- Almost stock android
- Loads of custom ROMs
The Bad:
- Battery life
- Average build quality
- Below average camera, no flash
This, without a doubt is the best smartphone you can get inside 10k. If you are not bothered about battery life, go and get this one. If you are, then go get this one along with an extra battery. And btw, forget about LG’s past reputation. They nailed it with this one.
This brings us to an end to sub-10k market segment. Here is a short list of other worthy sub 10k smartphones:
- Optimus Pro
- Spice Mi-310 (http://www.spiceglobal.com/SpiceMobiles/Model.aspx?id=187)
- Nokia 5230 and 5233(Nokia India - Nokia 5230 : Touch Screen Mobile Phone)
- Dell XCD 35 (Dell XCD35 | Dell India)
Status: Widely available
Price: around 13,200 INR
Product page: http://www.htc.com/in/product/wildfires/overview.html
The Good:
- Great build quality
- Sense UI over Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
- Good camera
- Decent hardware (600Mhz Snapdragon, 512MB RAM, adreno 200 GPU)
- Bluetooth V3.0 EDR
- Xvid support
- No video calling
- average battery
Highly recommended but only if you are not interested in Motorola’s Defy which is better phone and is available for some 1.5k INR more. When not compared to Defy, this is a very good smartphone. When not compared to Defy, this phone can make most types of users (except game lovers who may not like the CPU and weak GPU).
Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini and Mini Pro
Status: Brand new release, available in markets now
Price: 12,500 INR for mini and 15,000 for mini pro
Product page: Xperia, Xperia
The Good:
- 3†LED display
- BRAVIA Engine
- superb audio quality
- very good qwerty keypad (mini pro only)
- Snapdragon chipset
- Good camera with 720p video recording
- cute looks
- Android (Gingerbread)
- Weighs just 99 grams
The Bad:
- Poor battery
- 3†display is not for everyone
- No video calling (on mini)
This phone is unique in the sense that it looks tiny but is powerful. I would pick mini pro over mini any day as the qwerty eliminates the need for onscreen keypad and hence gives more room for the actual content. If you are looking for a cute looking small form factor smartphone that is good at multimedia, go for this one. Unlike the earlier X10 mini pro, this mini pro has great display and more important, runs latest version of android. If your main requirement is ebook reading and internet browsing, this one is not for you.
Blackberry Curve 9300
Status: Available
Price: 13,500 INR
Product page: BlackBerry - 9300 - Buy BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300 Smartphone in India
The Good:
- BBM
- Excellent qwerty keypad with touch sensitive touch pad
- Upgradable to BB 6.0
The Bad:
- Low battery
- No video calling
- Very poor multimedia, near useless camera
Blackberry boys
Those for whom data security is of atmost important and want the best in class business features.
Huawei Ideos X5
Status: Not easy to find, easy to get from online stores
Price: 14,300 INR
Product page: IDEOS - Huawei Device
The Good:
- Great display
- Ample storage
- Qualcomm Scorpion chipset
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic for phone calls
- Very good audio quality
- Good camera with 720p recording
- 14.4 Mbps HSDPA (3G), 802.11n Wi-Fi.
- Very good battery
- Price
The Bad:
- Support and service a big question mark
- No video calling
X5 is a superb phone on paper but the main concern is regarding the support structure in India, rolling of future updates. If you are not concerned by any of these, you should consider buying this phone.
HTC Chacha
Status: Widely available
Price: 15,000 INR
Product page: HTC ChaCha Product Support
The Good:
- Superb build quality
- Sense UI over Android Gingerbread
- Superb four row qwerty with dedicated facebook button and deep facebook integration
- 2.6†touch display
- front facing camera
- Good battery life
- Poor multimedia performance (audio video playback, camera)
Also known as facebook phone, this device is tailor made for facebook addicts. One touch access to facebook and to share content on facebook. If you love being of facing or if you love chatting nonstop using qwerty and if you prefer factory UI that is beatiful, close your eyes and go for this one.
Motorola Defy
Status: Availability is reducing slowly
Price: Around 14,500 INR
Product page: Motorola DEFY - Durable Android Smart Phone - Touchscreen - Water Dust Scratch Resistant - Touch Tablet - Overview - Motorola Mobility, Inc. Rest of Europe
The Good:
- Dust and water resistant
- Superb display
- Very good audio quality
- Great CPU and GPU
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- Superb battery life (among droids)
- Among the best when it comes to developer support. Loads of custom ROM available for use.
- Price
- Average camera performance
- no video calling
- Motoblur and official ROM stuck on Froyo
- Just a bit bulky
If you have a budget of 15k-15.5k, close your eyes and get this one. You cannot get a better smartphone for that price. Period!
Before we head to 15k+ segments, here is a tiny list of other decent smartphones inside 15k:
- Nokia C6-01
- HTC Salsa
- Spice Mi-410
Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo V
Status: Just appearing in the market
Price: 18,000 INR
Procuct page: Xperia
The Good:
- Stunning LED backlit LCD display (3.7", 480 x 854), BRAVIA engine for visual treat.
- Great looks
- 1GHz Scorpion processor, Adren o205 GPU
- Good camera with 720p recording, secondary camera for video calling.
- Deep social networking integration
- Very good battery (1500mAh Li-Po)
- VFM
- Android 2.3.4 (Gingerbread)
- None in particular.
It's fresh, it looks awesome and is packed with features. This is the new No.1 when it comes to sub 20k devices. With Nexus S out of the market, this would be the de facto choice at this price point.
Nokia E6
Availability: Widely available
Price: 15,600 INR
Product page: Nokia India - Nokia E6 smartphone with touch screen and QWERTY - Overview
The Good:
- Superb touch display with 640x480 resolution
- Terrific four row qwerty
- 8GB user memory onboard
- active noise cancellation using a dedicated mic
- Office document viewer
- Video calling and 720p video recording
- Battery goes on and on and on
- USB OTG
- Nokia maps navigation got even better, thanks to Symbian S^3 Anna OS
- Nothing in particular but can say that EDoF camera is one drawback
E6, with Symbian Anna OS is a pleasure to use. If you are looking for a business class phone with monster battery life and if you want a phone that can navigate you to through those unknown route and take care of your corporate data (emails, documents etc), go for this device. You can’t get a better device for the price.
LG Optimus Black
Status: Widely available
Price: 19,500 INR approx
Product page: LG P970 All Phones - Introducing the Optimus Black with revolutionary NOVA display. - LG Electronics IN
The Good:
- LG Nova display (IPS panel with superb brightness)
- 2mp front facing camera for high quality video calling, 5mp primary camera with 720p video recording
- Gestures
- DivX, Xvid support
- 1GHz Cortex A8 processor with PowerVR SGX530 GPU
- Extremely thin and lightweight
- Very good ROM support
- Optimus UI is very poor
- Average audio quality
- no HD out
Thanks to the IPS panel, the quality of text is amazing and sunlight visibility is very good, so are the viewing angles. If you are more into reading ebooks and webpages etc, this would be a perfect phone to get. Gaming on this phone is a pleasure, thanks to powerful GPU (and of course, superb display). Videos look crispy whether you are outdoor or indoor. If you are okay with loading a custom ROM, the phone feels much better and much more responsive.
Other good devices inside 20k:
- Samsung Wave II: 15,000 INR to 16,000 INR (Realer Than Real - Wave II S8530 - Smartphone - Mobile Phone | SAMSUNG)
- iPhone 3GS 8GB: 19,700 INR (Apple (India) - iPhone 3GS - View the features of the iPhone 3GS.)
- Nokia C7-00
- Samsung Galaxy S: 20,000 INR (approx)
Status: Widely available
Price: 20,700 INR
Product page: Nokia India - Nokia X7 smartphone with a 4" touch screen - Overview
The Good:
- Solid build quality
- Great display
- Superb audio reproduction
- Nokia maps navigation
- Good battery life
- 720p video recording
- DivX/Xvid support
- Powerful GPU
- Price
- weak camera performance
- only 256MB of RAM makes the phone a bit slow when too many apps are running
- No HDMI out
Frankly speaking, it is lurking in N8’s area and I wouldn’t really suggest this phone (yet). If the phone gets a 2k-3k priced drop, it would be a perfect buy for multimedia addicts. The reason for adding this phone to the list is not to ask you to go ahead and get the phone but to keep an eye on it’s price.
Blackberry Bold 9780
Status: Widely available
Price: 21,400 INR
Product page: BlackBerry - Bold - BlackBerry Bold 9780, 9650, 9700 & 9000 - Buy BlackBerry Bold in India
The Good:
- BB OS 6.0 and BBM
- DivX/Xvid integration
- Superb battery life
- very good qwerty
- No video calling
- Price
- Poor camera and multimedia performance
- Blackberry boys
- Data security fanatics
- For seamless enterprise service integration
Status: Widely available
Price: 21,700 INR
Product page: Nokia India - Nokia N8 touch screen smartphone with a 12 MP camera
The Good:
- Strong build quality
- The best camera in smartphones
- Continuous autofocus in Video recording (after anna update)
- Gorgeous display
- 16GB internal storage
- Powerful GPU, making games run smoothly
- Nokia Maps navigation
- Active Noise Cancellation with dedicated mic
- DivX and Xvid support
- USB OTG
- HDMI Out
- Very good battery life for a feature rich smartphone
The Bad:
- Battery cannot be replaced by user
- Nothing else in particular
- Shutterbugs
- Multimedia lovers
- Frequent travelers
- Hell, this is one of those rare models that can cater to every kind of users needs. The OS is currently written off but with Anna and Belle updates, N8 can definitely match it’s rival droids in all round performance.
HTC Incredible S
Status: Widely available
Price: 23,600 INR
Product page: http://www.htc.com/in/product/incredibles/overview.html
The Good:
- Display
- 1.3mp front facing camera
- DivX/Xvid support
- Superb build quality
- SenseUI over Gingerbread
- Powerful CPU/GPU
- Doesn’t offer much over Nexus S which is 4k INR cheaper
- Average battery life
- Poor music playback quality
- Average camera
To be frank, I would pick Nexus S over this phone as it offer better all round featureset and performance. But if you are one of those who prefer not to toy with the UI and like to use whatever is provided by manufacturer, this phone will keep you happy.
LG Optimus 2X
Status: Widely available
Price: 24,500 INR
Product page: LG Optimus Phone, LG Optimus Mobile Phone, LG P990 Smart Phone - LG P990
The Good:
- Cheapest Dual core smartphone
- Tegra 2 at the heart
- LG Nova display (IPS LCD panel which is among the brightest)
- Good audio quality
- DivX/Xvid supported
- Gingerbread ready
- Very good support from developers, lots of custom ROMs available
- 1.3mp front facing camera for video calling
- 1080p video recording
- 8GB storage onboard
- Good battery
- Price
- Seriously buggy UI
If you trust LG and if you are one of those who like loading 3rd party ROMs, this would be the best one to get. The factory ROM is very buggy and the first thing to be done is to load custom ROM. All in all, a very good and powerful smartphone hampered by overlay UI, which should be fixed in upcoming Gingerbread update. And once you load the custom ROM, this thing can fly.
Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc
Status: Widely available
Price: 27,000 INR
Product page: Xperia
The Good:
- Breathtaking design
- Superb display, BRAVIA engine
- Awesome camera quality, Exmor R sensor gives terrific low light image capture
- Trademark Sony audio quality
- Very good battery life
- Powerful CPU/GPU
- Active noise cancellation
- just 8.7mm thick
- Price. One can get Samsung Galaxy S II for 2k-3k more.
- No video calling
- No Bluetooth 3.0
I would any day go for SGS II or wait for HTC fix issues with Sensation instead of buying this phone. But if you are one of those who don’t care about dual core and stuff and want a phone that has monstrous multimedia performance, go for Arc. It is sexy, feature rich and would be perfect replacement for your aging multimedia phone/player.
Samsung Galaxy S II
Status: Widely available
Price: 30,000 INR
Product page: Simply the best Smartphone! - Galaxy S II I9100 - Smartphone - Mobile Phone | SAMSUNG
The Good:
- Mightily powerful (dual core Exynos, 1GB of RAM)
- 16GB of onboard storage
- Stunning display quality
- Very good camera, records videos as 1080p
- 2mp front facing camera
- NFC, Active noise cancellation
- DivX/Xvid support
- Good battery life
- USB OTG
- Bluetooth 3.0 HS
- Gestures
- Price (30k for a phone, you gotta be kidding me)
- Touchwiz and Kies are irritating
- Display has yellow tint issue and can be irritating to those with eagle eyes
If you have the money and are looking for most powerful smartphone available in the market, this one is for you
Sony Ericsson Xperia Play
Status: Available
Price: 27,600 INR
Product page: Xperia
The Good:
- Game controls
- Display
- Active Noise cancellation
- Music quality
- Bulky
- Far less power than dual core devices which are cheaper
- Average battery life
Purely meant for gamers but then again, I can get Optimus 2X and a PSP for the price of Xpeira Play
iPhone 4
Status: Widely available
Price: 33,000 INR for 16GB and 40,000 for 32GB
Product page: Apple (India) - iPhone - Mobile phone, iPod and Internet device.
The Good:
- Premium build quality
- Breathtaking display
- Good camera
- iOS
- front facing camera
- Superb battery life
- Active Noise cancellation
- Price, iPhone 5 and probably 4S just around the corner.
- Far behind top level droids in all round performance and feature set
- The best phone with simple UI that money can buy
- Apple loyals
Status: Widely available
Price: 31,500 INR
Product page: BlackBerry - Bold Touch Phone - New BlackBerry Bold Touch Screen Phones
The Good:
- Very good build quality
- Touch screen and very good qwerty
- BB 7 OS
- 1.2GHz processor and 768MB of RAM, 8GB of storage
- DivX and Xvid support
- 720p video recording
- Blackberry Internet Services
- Price
- BB7 is better than BB6 but still far from being perfect in the new era
- No video calling
- The best traditional looking Blackberry
- Among the best for those who prefer Business class device.
