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Frazier Barretto, Nov 10, 2008 1920 hrs IST

Phones launch high and settle at a price that determines their actual value, before they go extinct. Lets catch them at best valued.

It's the usual drill; every year there are loads of phones that release and after a year's time those phones either reach a point where they see no sales and are better of phased out or they reach a price point making them so much of an attractive deal that is hard to resist. We have spotted such phones which now give you value for every penny you spend on them. Now they may be a few months or a year old but the marketing department of the manufacture has realized the appropriate price point and we finally agree with them.

To make things easy we have listed phones in the three most prominent categories namely; Music, Camera, Business. The article doesn't follow any pricing brackets, so keeping in mind the ideal range of the budgets for specific categories I've listed down options that have now come into that affordable range that were once out of reach because of just their pricing.

Music Phones

Music Phones seekers often base their budget around the 10-15K bracket. I'm talking about the average buyer here. So here are a couple of music phones that I now find good after they have driven clear of the hype.

Samsung i450: Rs.11,500

The Samsung i450 is my first pick launched for around 15K the phone has now been re-priced at Rs.11,500. Coming from the Samsung stable of music phones it houses a sound processing chip that features in most of its premium handsets and even in its audio players. The i450 is a Symbian based phone which extends its productivity much more than any other device and add to that it's more than capable processing power. The phone does lose out on absolute camera quality but its 2MP is an average performer which does a pretty good job for a non-autofocus camera.

Coming back to the Music capabilities of this phone you get a decent pair of stereo headset and just in case they aren't worthy of your taste for quality music, it has a 3.5mm jack for personal head/ear phones. This phone doesn't disappoint and now its new price tag makes it even more an attractive deal.

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Sony Ericsson W910i: Rs.13,500

The Sony Ericsson W910i has seen a substantial price cut; from being priced at 19K at the time of its launch it has dropped down to Rs.13,500 - that's a price cut of over 5K in under a year's time. There has been a few factors than just time for the W910 seeing such a price cut. The phone initially when released faced lots of software issues which were corrected via a firmware update, which unfortunately for the phone, took longer than it should to arrive. If not for this, the phone perhaps, to this date, would have been priced high.

The W910i being a Walkman speaks for itself of its sound quality. The large screen facilitates viewing videos on it as well. The phone supports MP4 format so you can convert videos while maintaining quality. Its 2 MP camera didn't sound apt for the premium the phone was demanding but nevertheless the phone is quite good even without an autofocus module. The phone comes with a 2GB M2 card and a cool M2 card reader accessory. At attractive package at 13.5K.

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