Smartphones Under Rs. 20,000

The smartphone market is booming right now with plenty of new handsets oozing out of the woodwork. We’ve got them all, almost as soon as they make it to the global shelf. Ok maybe that’s a bit of an exaggeration but we get them soon enough. The problem is we’re spoilt for choice. So here’s what I’m going to do, I’ve listed a few of the smartphones that are priced at under Rs. 20,000. These are just a few that I believe have potential to make users feel comfortable and offer the best value they can for your wallet. Take a closer look.

Please keep in mind that all prices mentioned are Market Operating prices (MOP). They may vary depending on your location.

Motorola Defy – Rs. 18,500
At the very top of my list is the Motorola Defy, that ruggedized handset that’s designed to keep the elements at bay. It offers quite a bit of overall functionality and equipped with an 800MHz processor and protected by Gorilla glass this Android (Eclair) device is very capable of handling almost all of your mobile needs and more. It’s even loaded with a secondary microphone to help make your voice calls as clear as possible with active noise cancellation.

Defy-nitely worth a buy..??

Here’s a quick look at the Defy’s specs –

• 3.7-inch capacitive touchscreen with 16 million colors and a 480 x 854 pixel resolution
• 3G, EDGE/GPRS, Wi-Fi with DLNA compliance
• GPS with A-GPS support
• Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, USB 2.0
• 5MP AF camera with an LED flash and Geotagging
• FM Radio
• 3.5mm handsfree socket
• 2GB internal storage plus MicroSD card support
• Active noise cancellation via secondary mic

Nokia C7 - Rs. 17,300
The C7 is noted as Nokia’s slimmest smartphone ever. At just 10.5mm in depth, it is easily one of the world's slimmest as well. It’s loaded up with Nokia’s Symbian ^3 OS (running on the 680 MHz ARM 11 processor) that showcases multiple desktops and quite a few other handy features that Nokia loyalists will welcome with open arms. With DivX and XviD codec support you can simply drag and drop your videos onto the 8GB of internal storage for instant playback. If that’s not good enough the handset also supports USB-on-the-go that allows you to plug in a thumb drive (adapter provided) that can be accessed on the phone. All data on the drive can easily be viewed or played on the device. The display is encased in Gorilla glass that should keep the scratches at bay.

Well waddya know, there's a Nokia here!

The C7 also features -

• 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen with 16 million colors and a 360 x 640 pixel resolution
• 3G, EDGE/GPRS, Wi-Fi, GPS with A-GPS support
• Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, USB 2.0 (USB-on-the-go)
• 8MP fixed focus camera with dual LED flash and Geotagging plus 720p video recording
• Secondary VGA camera in front
• FM Radio + Transmitter
• 3.5mm handsfree socket supports TV out via same port
• 8GB internal storage plus MicroSD card support
• TV Out
• Active noise cancellation via secondary mic