TD Staff 
While the Indian smartphone market is now going strong with the presence of various products, what also adds to its attraction is the relative affordability of many of those products. For example, there are a some smartphones available under INR 20,000/-.
Each of these products flaunts captivating features and utilities, thus enjoying user popularity and confidence. However, Samsung Galaxy Si9000, Nokia 701 And HTC ChaCha may be counted as the top three in terms of their appeal and popularity level.
Let’s have a look at the features of the phones, which have made them carve such a strong niche in the market.
Key features and specifications-
Samsung Galaxy Si9000
- Dimensions: 122.4 x 64.2 x 9.9 mm
- Weight: 119 g
- A 4.0 inch super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, boasting 16M colours and a pixel resolution of 480 x 800
- Operating system: Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to v2.3
- 1 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor
- PowerVR SGX540 GPU
- Hummingbird chipset
- A 5MP camera, equipped with autofocus and boasting a pixel resolution of 2592 x 1944
- A secondary VGA camera
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot (Android 2.2)
- Bluetooth: v3.0 with A2DP
- Internal storage capacity: 8 GB/16GB, along with 512 MB RAM and 2GB ROM
- microSD, up to 32GB
- USB: v2.0 microUSB
- FM radio with RDS
- A 3.5 mm audio jack
- Battery: Li-Ion 1500 mAh
- Stand-by time: Up to 750 hrs in 2G network, and up to 576 hrs in 3G network
- Talk time: Up to 13 hrs 30 mins in 2G network, and up to 6 hrs 30 mins in 3G network
Approximate price – INR 19,999/-.
Nokia 701
- Dimensions: 117.2 x 56.8 x 11 mm
- Weight: 131 g
- Operating system: Symbian Belle OS
- 1 GHz processor
- 2D/3D graphics HW accelerator with OpenVG1.1
- OpenGL ES 2.0
- A 3.5 inch LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen, boasting 16M colours and a pixel resolution of 360 x 640
- A 8 GB internal storage, expandable up to 32GB through microSD
- 512 MB RAM
- 1 GB ROM
- USB: v2.0 microUSB, USB On-the-go support
- A 8 MP primary camera, fixed focus, dual-LED flash, boasting a pixel resolution of 3264×2448
- A VGA secondary camera
- Stereo FM radio with RDS, FM transmitter
- 3.5mm audio jack
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
- Bluetooth: v3.0 with A2DP, EDR
- Battery: Li-Ion 1300 mAh (BL-5K)
- Stand-by time: Up to 504 hrs in 2G network, and up to 551 hrs in 3G network
- Talk time: Up to 17 hrs in 2G network, and up to 6 hrs 45 mins in 3G network
Approximate price – INR 16,700/-.
HTC ChaCha
- Dimensions: 114.4 x 64.6 x 10.7 mm
- Weight: 120 g
- A 2.6 inch TFT capacitive touchscreen, boasting 256K colours and a pixel resolution of 480 x 320
- Operating system: Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
- 800 MHz processor
- Internal storage capacity: 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM
- Card slot: microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included
- USB: microUSB v2.0
- A primary 5 MP camera, equipped with autofocus and LED flash, boasting a pixel resolution of 2592 x 1944
- A secondary VGA camera
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
- Bluetooth: v3.0 with A2DP
- Stereo FM radio with RDS
- A 3.5mm audio jack
- Battery: Li-Ion 1250 mAh
- Stand by time: Up to 430 hrs in 2G network, and up to 660 hrs in 3G network
- Talk time: Up to 7 hrs and 30 mins in 2G network, and up to 7 hrs in 3G network
Approximate price – INR 14,700/-.
There is hardly any doubt that the features flaunted by the said three phones are not only appealing to the core, but are also too good for their prices. Therefore there is little wonder that these phones have won such a special place in the heart of Indian users.
