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SUGGESTIONS : Pls Suggest a MOBILE phone under 8K

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Vishal Gupta
Vishal Gupta Original post #1
Apr 2, 2006 at 10:57 PM
Hi guys!

I'm planning to purchase a mobile under 8K, so pls suggest me a good one!
Some requirements r as follows:

1. It should be a COLOR phone, either SONY Ericsson or Nokia :wink:
2. Must support voice ringtones (like AMR, WAV, MP3, or ne other format)
3. Should contain Camera
4. Radio

Pls give ur helpful suggestions and give the prices also.
thnx in advance!
~Phenom~
Apr 3, 2006 at 12:02 AM
Re: SUGGESTIONS : Pls Suggest a Mobile in 6-7 K range!

Hi vishal , I recently bought a SE k300i for 6500 bucks.
It have a decent camera , support voice ringtones (like AMR, MP3) , it is a color phone ofcourse , but it dont have a radio , although the sound quality is very good.

BTW , u r planning to buy quite a few gadgets , got a jackpot????
:lol:
Vishal Gupta
Apr 3, 2006 at 12:16 AM
hehe
thnx for ur reply dude!

Actually I needed printer and PEN drive since a few days and now I hv decided to purchase a mobile too...

I needed both Voice ringtones and radio :wink:
tuxfan
tuxfan #4
Apr 3, 2006 at 11:54 AM
The only one that fits your bill is Nokia 6610i. However, if you are ready to forgo the camera, then 6030 will also cover the rest of the points and you will save a few bucks as well ;)

BTW, 6030 is a great phone in that price range! I will prefer it over 6610i simply because the pics clicked with that one are pretty useless. You have to later sit and delete them while selling the phone :| You can't even have them printed because they are very low res
PinKLip
PinKLip #5
Apr 3, 2006 at 2:35 PM
Add 1k to your budget--------
get SE K700i :D
enjoy
infra_red_dude
Apr 3, 2006 at 8:01 PM
PinKLip said:
Add 1k to your budget--------
get SE K700i :D
enjoy

i second that. xcept for the fact that it doesn't haf expandable memory...its the perfect choice! wid a li'l memory management techniques you can get over that problem too!
J
Jatin_T #7
Apr 3, 2006 at 8:41 PM
Yeah..dat seems to be a good option..or if u can manage with a little less memory tooo..try k500i..SE has a good range of less memory fones in dat price range..dotn even remmeber the model no.s!
aku
aku #8
Apr 3, 2006 at 8:44 PM
wat abt moto l6.. fits ur budget
Vishal Gupta
Apr 3, 2006 at 10:25 PM
@tuxfan
Does 6610i support Voice ringtones? Pls confirm it.

And yes! What do u guys say about moto slvr L6 ?

PS: The phone must support Voice ringtones and must hv Radio :wink:
gary4gar
gary4gar #10
Apr 3, 2006 at 10:35 PM
moto slvr l6 is a slim trim set but no mem cars support.
Vishal Gupta
Apr 3, 2006 at 11:32 PM
Can ne1 here pls make a list of the phone models (Sony Ericsson, Nokia and Motorola), which support Voice ringtones and also hv Radio and fall under my BUDGET?

It'll be very helpful to me to choose the right phone from that list meeting to my requirements!

I'll really appreciate ur efforts guys! :wink:
Vishal Gupta
Apr 5, 2006 at 8:20 PM
OK Guys!
I found 2 gr8 phones meeting to my requirements but the prices are little bit higher than my budget:

Nokia 6101
SE k700i


Some links showing their features r as follows:

Nokia 6101 :

On India GSM
On UniverCell
On Fone Arena

SE k700i :

On India GSM
On UniverCell
On Fone Arena

So pls guys suggest me which one should I go for?
Or if u think ne other phone under this range, then pls mention here...
J
Jatin_T #14
Apr 5, 2006 at 10:45 PM
Man the 6101 doesnt even compare...where does i say it suports voice ringtones..wid only 4 mb memory..what mp3 could u use..

The k700i is the only option for u i guess..and its worth the extra money..let me assure u dat!
PinKLip
PinKLip #15
Apr 5, 2006 at 11:50 PM
Donot think abt expandable memory,
SE700i has arround 40MB space, u can store abt 8-10 mp3 songs
Go 4 SE700i :p
True Geek
True Geek #16
Apr 5, 2006 at 11:53 PM
SE 700i would be a better option.

U'll not regret the purchase
thats a promise from an X-k700i user.

It suits all ur requirement.
Sound quality is awasome and radio reception is quite good too.
Vishal Gupta
Apr 6, 2006 at 12:23 AM
I read on some sites about some problems in SE k700i, like the phone hangs when we edit or add an entry in the phone book. Is it true?

Or ne other cons in this phone that u guys will want to share?

btw I liked this phone after reading many reviews on net and our DIGIT forum :D
PinKLip
PinKLip #18
Apr 6, 2006 at 12:45 AM
SE K700i is a bit slow
I always take snap in size 1280*960(extended size),so whenever want to open my picture folder after taking a new pic, it take times to view the thumbnail(3-4 sec),but once it is open it does not take time to reopen it after closing it .
True Geek
True Geek #19
Apr 6, 2006 at 8:29 AM
Vishal Gupta said:
Or ne other cons in this phone that u guys will want to share?

The fone is fast. Menus are fast and it hangs rarely, say 1nce a month or even less.

One problem though. Even though it has 41 mb, the SMS memory is different. Thats y after 70-80 msgs in ur INBOX, the SMS memory will be full,even tho you may have 40mb free.
Ots annoying
J
Jatin_T #20
Apr 6, 2006 at 8:54 PM
the exact capacity is aroung 95 sms+sim card sms..and u can always backup them to pc using Floats mobile agent/my phone explorer..dats one adjustment u have to make wid the k700i!
True Geek
True Geek #21
Apr 6, 2006 at 9:02 PM
Except this,everything is fine.
You're gonna enjoy the fone.

GO GET IT!!!!!!!!!