A few years before, when Android phones were introduced in India, you were supposed to lose heavy cash from your pocket. Every Android phone’s prices were above Rs. 10,000 and very limited options were available at that time.
Now in 2012, if you go to the market you get many varieties of Android phones under different smartphone manufacturers. With little expense of more than Rs. 3000, you get an Android phone. Spice Mi-270 is one such phone that you get at a very cheap price of Rs. 3399.
Today, if you are looking to purchase a mobile phone then I would suggest you think a little ahead and go for the Android phone ( I mean here, go for a smartphone). After all, the world is getting smarter and it’s time for you to get smart.
1. Spice Mi-270, Price In India Rs. 3399
Spice-Mi-270
Display: It has 2.8 Inches screen display with a TFT touch screen.
Platform: Android OS v2.2 ( Froyo).
Network: 2G with dual SIM network.
Camera: 2MP camera with a high-resolution shot, 1600×1200 px but it has not presented a secondary camera.
Memory: Micro SD card with expendable support to 16 GB.
Other: GPS support and FM radio.
Price: Spice Mi 270 has dropped its price to Rs. 3399. Till January 2012, it is the cheapest Android phone launched for the Indian Market.
2. Micromax Andro A 60, Price In India Rs. 3990
Micromax-Andro-A60
Network: 2G and 3G. Cheapest Android phone with 3G network.
Display: 2.8 Inches wide display with TFT touch screen.
Camera: A 3.15 MP camera with autofocus. It can take a high-quality shot of 2048×1536 pixels.
Platform: Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair)
Processor: Speed 600 MHz.
Battery: Battery can stand up to 4 hours in talk time mode.
Memory: Internal phone memory of 150 MB with Micro SD card expandable to 32 GB.
Price: Rs. 3990.
3. Karbonn A1, Price In India, Rs. 4300
Karbonn-a1
Platform: Android version 2.2 ( Froyo)
Network: 3G and Wi-Fi
Memory: Expandable memory with Micro SD card up to 32 GB.
Display: 2.8 Inches with TFT touch screen.
Camera: 3.2 MP without LED flash.
Battery: Battery stands by 3 hours on talk time mode.
Processor: 600 MHz.
Price: Rs. 4300
4. MTS LiveWire SP 100, Price in India, Rs. 4999
MTS-LiveWire-SP-100
Type: CDMA
Network: 2G
Platform: Android OS v2.2
Display: 320 X 240 display resolution with TFT touch screen and screen size of 2.8 Inches.
Camera: 3.0 MP Primary camera with autofocus. No secondary camera is available.
Memory: 100 MB Internal memory with Micro SD card expandable to 32 GB.
Price: Rs. 4999 in Prepaid and Rs. 2999 in Postpaid.
5. Alcatel OT 890, Price in India, Rs. 4999
Alcatel-OT-890
Network: 2G
Display: 2.8 Inch TFT touch screen with 320 x 240 pixels
Platform: Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair)
Camera: 2 MP camera with high quality 1600×1200 pixels resolution shots and along with that it has got the geotagging feature.
Processor: 420 MHz
Memory: 150 MB internal memory and expandable memory size of 16 GB.
Battery: talk time up to 6 hours.
Price: Rs. 4999.
6. MTS Mtag 3.1, Price in India, Rs. 4900
MTS-Mag-3.1
Network: 3G with speed up to 3.1 Mbps.
Type: CDMA
Platform: Android v2.2 ( Froyo)
Display: 2.8 Inches
Memory : 128 MB RAM + 256 MB ROM and MicroSD card expandable up to 32 GB.
Camera: 3.2 MP camera with digital zoom and Mpeg4 and 3GP format video capturing.
Processor: 800 MHz
Price: Rs. 4900
7. DELL XCD28, Price In India, Rs. 6000 (Approx)
DELL-XCD-28
Network: 3G with speed up to 7.2 Mbps
Platform: Android v2.1( Eclair).
Display: 2.8 Inch TFT touch screen.
Camera: 3.15 MP with autofocus.
Processor: Qualcomm MSM7227 and CPU speed 600 MHz ARM 11
Memory: 200 MB internal storage and 8 GB Micro SD card expandable.
Price: Rs. 6000 ( approx)
8. Acer beTouch E110, Price in India, Rs. 6400
Acer-betouch-E110
Network: 3G with speed up to 3.6 Mbps
Platform: Android v1.5 (cupcake)
Display: 2.8 Inches with TFT touch screen
Memory: 256 MB RAM & ROM with Micro SD card expandable.
Camera: 3.15 Megapixels with 2048×1536 pixels snapshot resolution.
CPU and Processor: ST Ericsson PNX6715 416MHz
Price: Rs. 6400
9. Micromax A70, Price In India, Rs. 6990
Micromax-A70
Network: 3G
Platform: Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo)
Camera: 5MP camera with autofocus and shots high picture quality of 2592? 1944 pixels. Along with that, it has VGA secondary camera.
Display: 3.2 inches TFT touch screen.
Memory: 160 MB internal storage and 256 MB RAM with 32 GB Micro SD card expandable.
Processor: 600 MHz speed.
Battery: Up to 4 hours stand by in talk time.
Price: Rs. 6990
10. Samsung Galaxy 5 I5503, Price in India, Rs. 8990
Samsung-Galaxy-5-I5503
Network: 3G with a speed limit of 7.2 Mbps.
Platform: Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to v2.2
Display: 2.8 inches and TouchWiz v3.0
Camera: 2 MP camera with the picture quality of resolution 1600×1200 pixels. Also includes, Geo-tagging and smile shot feature. The only primary camera has been given.
Memory: Internal phone memory 170 MB and TransFlash Micro SD card expandable up to 16 GB.
Processor: 600 MHz
Battery: Up to 9 h 30 min (2G) and 6 h 30 min (3G) in full talk time.
Price: Rs. 8990
If you have a budget of Rs. 5000 to buy an Android phone then kindly let me know, which phone suits you best and what are you looking to buy.
In the year 2012, there is the expectation that smartphone prices in India will decrease. The Mobile service provider is looking to bring lucrative plans to attract new customers especially teenagers.