The battery is an issue because of the LCD screen taking up a huge amount of juice. The screen is absoltely brilliant and readable even in the sunlight...There has to be some kind of a compromise somewhere...

The battery is an issue because of the LCD screen taking up a huge amount of juice. The screen is absoltely brilliant and readable even in the sunlight...There has to be some kind of a compromise somewhere...

Nokia 6300 sucks. Try and see if your battery even lasts one day.

Nokia 6300 sucks. Try and see if your battery even lasts one day.

There is a lot of discontent among the customers Ramesh, in USA. I am not sure whether the present situation warrants a seperate blog post because I have no means of ascertaining the truth from the user's perspectives in US. Broadband speeds are a major hindrance and so are the various mobile services.

The cell phones are indeed cheaper in India, specially the ones that have been manufactured in China. They are available for about $30-40 a peice with "free incoming life time offers" and thus addressing the bottom of the pyramid. However, these handsets have a limited life span and are very vulnerable to abuse.

As for the higher end phones, apart from Blackberry, I am not aware of bundled handsets with GSM operators. Reliance and Tatas sell their own branded CDMA handsets which are more expensive than their GSM ocunterparts.

Yeah, belatedly I realised so. Unless Hutch gives me a solid reason to stay back with them...

Phones in India really suck. If they don’t suck then they are priced exorbitantly. Reliance will be launching HTCS720. Reliance says it will cost Rs 20,000 ($500.00 approx) excluding taxes. Are they kidding? Why are the mobile phones so costly in India? Similar phone from Verizon wireless in USA costs less than $200. I wouldn't be surprised if Verizon sells this phone for less than $50.

And one more thing…
Why do the media keep repeating that the phone charges in India are rock bottom? Sprint has unlimited plan for $99. It includes unlimited local calls and long distance calls(any network, any time), websurfing, gps navigation, text messaging, and email. There are no roaming charges.

MetroPCS offer unlimited calls(any network, any time) for $30. They are truly unlimited.

How can the companies in USA offer phone services at such low rates?

Reliance Info in India has an unlimited plan. I don’t think it is truly unlimited. How can it be unlimited when the free calls are limited to Reliance mobile network? It is a sheer dishonesty.

The lazy correspondents and the media either lack intelligence or they are dishonest. In either case they should not be in that profession/business.

There is a lot of discontent among the customers Ramesh, in USA. I am not sure whether the present situation warrants a seperate blog post because I have no means of ascertaining the truth from the user's perspectives in US. Broadband speeds are a major hindrance and so are the various mobile services.

The cell phones are indeed cheaper in India, specially the ones that have been manufactured in China. They are available for about $30-40 a peice with "free incoming life time offers" and thus addressing the bottom of the pyramid. However, these handsets have a limited life span and are very vulnerable to abuse.

As for the higher end phones, apart from Blackberry, I am not aware of bundled handsets with GSM operators. Reliance and Tatas sell their own branded CDMA handsets which are more expensive than their GSM ocunterparts.

Yeah, belatedly I realised so. Unless Hutch gives me a solid reason to stay back with them...

Phones in India really suck. If they don’t suck then they are priced exorbitantly. Reliance will be launching HTCS720. Reliance says it will cost Rs 20,000 ($500.00 approx) excluding taxes. Are they kidding? Why are the mobile phones so costly in India? Similar phone from Verizon wireless in USA costs less than $200. I wouldn't be surprised if Verizon sells this phone for less than $50.

And one more thing…
Why do the media keep repeating that the phone charges in India are rock bottom? Sprint has unlimited plan for $99. It includes unlimited local calls and long distance calls(any network, any time), websurfing, gps navigation, text messaging, and email. There are no roaming charges.

MetroPCS offer unlimited calls(any network, any time) for $30. They are truly unlimited.

How can the companies in USA offer phone services at such low rates?

Reliance Info in India has an unlimited plan. I don’t think it is truly unlimited. How can it be unlimited when the free calls are limited to Reliance mobile network? It is a sheer dishonesty.

The lazy correspondents and the media either lack intelligence or they are dishonest. In either case they should not be in that profession/business.

you are showing too much faith in reliance and trai :)

you are showing too much faith in reliance and trai :)