Top 5 Wi-Fi plus 3G phones under Rs.10,000

With 3G penetrating all major parts of the country and Wi-Fi slowly becoming a common household sight, these days, having a Wi-Fi and 3G capable handset can finally be put to some good use, although we still have to find some use for that front facing camera. Till a couple years ago, you’d have to shell out quite a bit of money if you wanted both these features. Today, however, you can grab a 3G plus Wi-Fi enabled phone for well under Rs.10,000. While there are a whole bunch of them in this price bracket, we’ve picked the top 5 that we’ve tested and know for a fact are worth a look.

Micromax Q80 - Rs.4,900 (View Stores)
The Q80 might not be a smartphone, but it’s a marked improvement over the Q75 and with added 3G and Wi-Fi support for almost the same price, offers really good value. The Java-based phone comes with a host of built-in apps like Nimbuzz, Newshunt, Ngpay and Bloomberg.

Feature rich budget phone

The keypad is fairly comfortable to type on and the optical trackpad is a welcome change from the trackball used in the Q75. Overall it’s a good phone for the price with plenty of features to boot. Here are some of the highlights of the Q80:

• 2.4-inch TFT display with a 240 x 320 pixel resolution

• 3G, EDGE/GPRS, Wi-Fi

• Bluetooth and USB 2.0

• 3 megapixel camera, video capture up to 640 x 480 resolution

• VGA resolution secondary camera

• 3.5mm earphone socket

• Expandable memory up to 8GB

Micromax A70 - Rs,6,200 (View Stores)
Next up is another offering from Micromax, but this one’s a proper smartphone, and a rather good one, too. On paper, the A70 might seem a little weak with just a 600MHz processor, but don’t let that put you off, since the phone is actually pretty quick and fluid to use. The handset is comfortable to use, doesn’t heat up too much and sports a decent 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen that responds well to touch. We also found the battery life to be really good, despite the phone still running on Froyo.

Good bang for buck

Finally, it features expandable memory up to 32GB, and has a front facing camera. It comes pre-loaded with a bunch of useful apps. Here are some of the highlights of the phone:

• 3.2-inch TFT capacitive touchscreen with a 480 x 320 pixel resolution

• 3G, EDGE/GPRS, Wi-Fi with hot spot creativity

• GPS with A-GPS support

• Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP and USB 2.0

• 5 megapixel autofocus camera, video capture up to 640 x 480 resolution

• VGA resolution secondary camera

• 3.5mm earphone socket

• Expandable memory up to 32GB