• 12K-18K: The Over Budget Phones

    12K-18K: The Over Budget Phones

    Frazier Barretto, Dec 22, 2006 1313 hrs IST

    This is the third installment of the Mobile Buying Guides. Today, we will continue where we left and push the budget all the way to 18K.

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Nokia E62 (Rs. 16,700)



The Nokia E62 is another business oriented phone from Nokia. This one sports a QWERTY keypad. The phone is based on the same Symbian OS 9.1 OS and is quite a stable OS. It is little overweight at 144 grams, but that won't keep businessmen from buying this. Businessmen who prefer doing all their mailing and texting on-the-move will find this the most ideal phone. The phone comes with an in-built memory of 80 MB and a miniSD card slot. Most PDAs support miniSD cards; so, your investment of a high capacity card purchased previously won't go waste. This phone has EDGE connectivity as well. You can even connect to your printer and print data via Bluetooth i.e. only if your printer is Bluetooth enabled. Oh, didn't I mention it was a business phone? I did; hence, no camera. The phone has an exceptional battery life of more than 5 hours of talktime and standby time of 4 days. The phone is an offspring of the E61 so for more business functionality the E61 is a better choice, but doesn't fall in this price range.

Nokia N72 (Rs. 15,700)



The first of the "N Series" phones to feature in the set of mobile buying guides; the N72. From the N series phones, this is the cheapest. This phone looks smart and is not all that heavy compared to other N Series phones. The phone has a RS-DV-MMC card slot and a 128 MB card is included in the package. EDGE, Bluetooth v2.0, and a 2 MP camera are the special features in the N72. The camera has a flash and records videos in CIF format. The phone has an MP3/MP4 player and an FM tuner for entertainment. The phone runs on Symbian OS 8.1 OS and has a battery life of around 2-3 hours of talktime.
If you wish for a 3G version from the N Series and are willing to pay a couple of thousands more then the N70 is your choice.


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(48) Comments
Sonette Alegarb
,cebu, on Dec 29, 2009 11:25 AM
where can i buy this N3250? somewhere here in cebu, i really like this cp, this is my first cp and then it was stolen, so i need to buy another that looks like my old one. can anyone help me were could i buy N3250?
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priya
,chennai, on Aug 27, 2008 03:14 PM
what are the advantages and disadvantages of N72 model? i need to buy one.
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WESLEY CHERIAN
,THIRUVALLA,PATTANAMTITTA DISTRICT KERELA, on Jul 02, 2007 11:07 AM
i want to buy nokia N72 ON REALLY LIGHT INSTALLMENT BASIS.IAM IN URGENT NEED OF A GOOD PHONE. HOPE YOU WILL NOT DISAPPOINT ME.
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Shreekant nayak
,Bangalore, on Jun 09, 2007 11:35 AM
Hi, i wanna to buy a cell but in installment basis.could u pls suggest me is there any procedure.
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Rockman
,Rockville, on May 01, 2007 09:30 AM
Beware of buying the grey market products be it mobile phones or memory cards or any other electronic products. Although the prices in grey market are attractive but the stuff they sell is duplicate. Yes you have read right, all the grey market electronic stuff is duplicate. The product is made in unauthorized smaller factories in China and exported to India without labels. Then our great Indian seller thugs get the phones labelled and boxes made and sell to innocent people like you and me. Since I have come to know of this racket, I will tell to everyone. Also this grey market stuff goes bad after sometime and we blame the company for a bad product which they never made in the first place. All these companies have ruined their business by transferring their manufacturing technology in China. Chinese people have replicated everything. So if you are getting a memory card or mobile very cheap without bill, God can only help you with your duplicate goods purchase.
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Andrew
,Bangalore, on Apr 28, 2007 11:00 AM
Hi i want to buy mobiles phone on installment in Bangalore...Can anyone let me know any place??
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Gurpreet
,Amritsar, on Jan 19, 2007 10:41 AM
choclate is a nice looking phone and thats all with it. the camera is not up to mark and I doubt if it is a 1.3mp. The phone can only be used as a second phone. Are LG guys introducing new colors in choclate?
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sha
,cochi, on Jan 18, 2007 04:30 PM
nice
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govindarao
,Hyderabad, on Dec 22, 2006 08:21 PM
Good
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Jisha
,thiruvallur, on Jan 18, 2007 11:00 AM
Hai Very nice to see all mobile i need a good mobile of FM
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jois
,kerala, on Jan 17, 2007 09:55 AM
joisjose chakklath (h)
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Arnov Sarkar
,New Delhi, on Dec 23, 2006 10:02 AM
I think Nokia N70 ME, SE K790i, Nokia N72 and SE W810i are the best phones in this range
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sys rocks
,mumbai, on Jan 16, 2007 07:43 PM
se k800i is the best ever since now than all n series its a gr8 buss phone as well is loaded with all features a gr8 formal phoe
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Sandeep Bhardwa
,New Delhi, on Jan 16, 2007 05:11 PM
Its look like a very sexy....But price is too high. Features good. Its not my budget.
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aadambanani
,mumbai, on Jan 14, 2007 05:17 PM
i like it
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akshita
,amritsar, on Jan 09, 2007 08:47 PM
nokia e50 is not at all economical and agood phone it would be better for the company to close this model
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akshit
,amritsar, on Jan 09, 2007 08:38 PM
nokia 5500 is a better option for those who want a nice phone but in there budget and if anyone wants a nice phone andwants to spend especially for ladies then n series and nokia 3250 are the best option
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raj
,patna, on Jan 05, 2007 03:14 PM
price of nokia n70-14,500 & soneyericsson w810i-15,000
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Gurpreet Singh
,Amritsar, on Jan 02, 2007 11:44 AM
Nokia E50 is the worst phone I ever had! It hangs on receiving some calls and the speaker phone becomes activated by itself and one has to take outthe battery and reinsert it to put it back to normal. Nokia, We did not expect this.
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eben
,tura, on Dec 31, 2006 03:19 PM
w810i rocks, especially the headfon works damn good.... chk it out for urself!!!!!!!
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robin
,nasik, on Dec 31, 2006 02:28 PM
good
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J Singh
,Chandigarh, on Dec 26, 2006 01:13 AM
Regarding Nokia E50, sometimes the phone on its own receives the incoming call and at the same time switches to speakerphone. After this the call can be completed on speakerphone but all other keys of the phone become unresponsive and it freezes in its state (even the display light continues to remain on). The only way of restoring the phone is to remove the battery. The caller ID of the last call (that was received on its own by the phone) is not recorded. The whole experience is very embarrassing.
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RMANAKTALA
,NEW DELHI, on Dec 29, 2006 05:14 PM
YES, I HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE TWICE ON MY NEW E50...IT WAS SCARY !! ALSO, DOES ANYONE HAVE THE BLACK EDGED ONE ? I COULD ONLY FIND THE WHITE EDGED ONE IN THE MARKET.
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Tanmay
,Mumbai, on Dec 23, 2006 08:32 PM
Where is the Moto Ming ?? Its available for 17K and a great smartphone.
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Sid
,Thane, on Dec 28, 2006 08:53 PM
it seems u dont read the reviews properly!!..they have mentioned in the beginnng itself dat pda cells will be reviwed later on.
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yogin
,kolkata, on Dec 28, 2006 06:08 PM
these phones are pricey
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MOHAMMADI
,VADODARA, on Dec 28, 2006 03:56 PM
IMATE MODELS NOT SEEN AT ALL... ADD THEM TO YOUR LIST AS WELL.
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Karan
,New Delhi, on Dec 28, 2006 10:45 AM
hi i wanted to know whether the N-series phones tend to become slow if a memory card of 512MB or more is put?
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aee
,Trivandrum, on Dec 22, 2006 05:44 PM
Hey, I didnt see the prices !!!
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S. Arun Kumar
,Chennai, on Dec 22, 2006 09:19 PM
what about the K790i. It has a 3.2MP camera and cost just under 18K.
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Anonymous
,hyd, on Dec 27, 2006 05:10 AM
how about the 850 i . *orgasimns* http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?cc=global&lc=en&ver=4001&template=pp1_1_1&zone=pp&lm=pp1&pid=10447
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MobileExpert
,MobileDuniya, on Dec 26, 2006 05:31 PM
Best of all phone is W810i.....
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jyoti
,jalandhar, on Dec 24, 2006 01:37 PM
hey can u guys tell me may i buy nokia 5300 and whats is its costs and some good and bad things abt it
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Bibby
,changanassery,kerala, on Dec 23, 2006 11:55 PM
Guys i think its a time to do review on different enhancements and accessories for cell phones,wat do u think?
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Sailendra R.San
,Tura, Meghalaya India, on Dec 23, 2006 09:00 PM
Nokia 3250 could be my favourite for its multifunction system.Does combination with GPS possible for supersatisfaction ?
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v0rt3x
,kolkata, on Dec 22, 2006 09:27 PM
can we have a frist installment of the "motherboard guides "?? its been WAYY too long since you did an article on this.... the AM64 is out... so is the core 2 duo... or are you wating for the quad cores to turn up ??
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chintan
,mumbai, on Dec 22, 2006 10:12 PM
yup we want a mobo review and a cpu review but ne ways good work bout the cellphone review
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shaan
,chennai, on Dec 23, 2006 08:58 PM
naaaaaaaaa dont wait for TT for reviews on motherboards and processors. nowadays they are more keen on adds and other stuff.anyways even if there is a review they would miss out many a thing about it.and they wont be posting about where and how u can get it and they will be pricing with their own methods.
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Remus Lupin
,delhi, on Dec 23, 2006 07:39 PM
you should have added more walkman phones to your list and ya one thing, please guys, dont buy a new phone just coz you have to without knowing any of the features. I have seen guys with with walkman phones who listen to music thru the file manager!!!
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Munish
,Delhi, on Dec 23, 2006 01:20 PM
I suggest to embed the hyperlink of the phoneon their parent company
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Ashish Chokshi
,Mumbai, on Dec 23, 2006 12:37 PM
which feater is compare to Nokia 'N' series.
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Amit Chokshi
,Mumbai, on Dec 23, 2006 12:13 PM
Nokia 5500 (Rs. 13,000) I think it is highly expensive than comper to other mobile.
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Ravinder
,Hyderabad, on Dec 23, 2006 12:00 PM
Good coverage of phones. Well Done Techtree!! As someone else has said, now can we see Motherboard guides / reviews.
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aloy_raj
,Chennai, on Dec 23, 2006 11:16 AM
What happened to moto Ming (A1200)???? its 17K only
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Ameya Sohoni
,Mumbai, on Dec 23, 2006 09:15 AM
I am surprised that the k790 doesn't feature here! And yes, we do need a mobo guide...Anybody at Techtree listening?!!
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hmm..
,chennai, on Dec 22, 2006 07:23 PM
very bad ..not much phones featured here ..looks like its just been done for the heck of it ...there are more phones in ur neighbourhood petty shops ...
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Rahul
,Mumbai, on Dec 23, 2006 12:16 AM
Name a few better ones plz else STFU
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Vinit Bhatt
,Surat, on Dec 22, 2006 10:18 PM
Good comparision, But I wished you people had given a final verdict about phones, as buying of mobiles depends on the ranking of many good websites, I purchased Moto L& based on rankings from you and Digit Magazine.
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