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5K -12K: The Mad Mobile Market Segment
Frazier Barretto, Dec 15, 2006 1800 hrs ISTToday, we look at the segment that most mobile users look forward to upgrading to or when looking to buy a new handset; the 5K to 12K segment.
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Today, we look at the segment that most mobile users look forward to upgrading to or when looking to buy a new handset. Every other person who enters a mobile shop to buy or exchange his/her mobile looks at a budget of 10K; so, we decided to provide you all a list of phones a little over as many don't mind shelling a little more as for a one time investment at least for a period of one year. We will go in the same order of the international standings of the market share of mobile handset companies.
Nokia
First up are Nokia handsets; no denying the fact that they are struggling to maintain this position. There are a lot of handsets to choose from, that too just from this one company. To reduce the pain for the end user, we decided to do away with old handsets and the handsets that almost render useless in today's time. But if you wish to, you can still go ahead and buy them, no holds.
Nokia 5300 (Rs. 11,500)
In order of the series, the first one is the 5300 from Nokia, a recently launched phone, marketed as a music phone. It is a tri-band phone and has a 256K color screen. The phone is a slider form factor. It features music playback hotkeys on the edge of the phone and an expandable microSD memory slot with 5 MB of internal memory. Other features include a 1.3 MP camera, Bluetooth v2.0, EDGE, miniUSB, and FM radio. The phone has a talktime of 2.5 hours and a decent standby time for music playback.
If you find this phone a little too expensive you can go for the 5200, which was launched at the same time. It has a CSTN screen instead of a TFT and a VGA camera for a 1.3 MP camera and the simple Bluetooth v1.1. This offers also the same amount of battery life and a single music playback hotkey. For 2.5K less, if on a tight budget, it is an ok option.
Nokia 6131 (Rs. 11,250)
The Nokia 6131 is the only clamshell we have from Nokia. This is a quad-band GSM phone and has earlier been reviewed by us. Even then briefly, it has a 16M color display, and a secondary display of 256K colors. The phone has an internal memory of 15 MB and a microSD expansion slot. Other features are a host of connectivity options, a 1.3 MP camera, MP3/MP4 player, and an FM Radio as well. The phone has a great keypad and the only problems were poor battery life and the button open click noise.
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