Buying Guide for Mobiles in India

Are you Planning to Buy a Mobile Phone? Is it because you saw some relative or a friend flaunting a high-tech phone? Well, anyways, whatever may the reason be, buying a mobile phone is a serious decision because that piece of technology will either make your life or mar it for the coming few months/years (depends upon you!)

Budget
Decide the maximum money that you are ready to spend on a phone. Are you planning to buy through Easy Instalments? or Simply a Cash Buy?

Where to Buy
Retailer or Online Portal

Buying from an online portal might be a good option if you are okay with the fact that you wont be able to physically see the phone/s. These days many online portals give heavy discounts which the retailers don't.

Smartphone? Or Feature Phone?

Do you want your phone to run Whatsapp? or a Email Client or a High-end Game like Angry Birds? If yes then you definitely need a Smartphone.

A feature phone is a phone which apart from the basic functions like SMS and Calls can also perform simple functions likeCalculator, Music Player, Camera, Radio. But it cannot Multi Task.
A smartphone is simply a device which can perform computing and processing functions in a similar manner as your PC does. 'Multi-Tasking' , 'Persistence' , 'Mobile-Computing' are some words which are used to describe a Smartphone. Remember, A smartphone is always a Feature phone but a Feature phone is not always a Smartphone.

Do think about after sales service

Buying a feature rich phone is important….. and so is  thinking about the after sales service.

Think about a scene where your phone simply stops working. Luckily for you your phone is still within the Warranty Period. You go to the nearest Repair Centre. You give them your phone. Now its up to the the company and its technicians as to how well do they treat your phone. If they treat it well and repair it with concern then you’ll surely get an up-to-date phone back. But what if they dont treat it properly? anyways your phone is not working. What if they keep on delaying your phone delivery?

So it is very important that you also look at this aspect while making a choice.

Features are not everything

There are many varieties of phones available in the market and there is no single phone which we can call as the ultimate phone.....not even the iPhone 4S OR Samsung Note because every phone has some pros and cons, said that you have to decide which phone to buy considering the various above mentioned aspects. prioritize your requirements and decide.

Happy Buying!!

Mobiles India
Reviewed by Pearl on June 09 2012
Rating: 5.0