Low-cost smartphones that SMEs can afford

Bangalore, India: Mobile phones are not just phones anymore, but they are more of communication devices. And since humans like to connect with each other, any application that explores a new area of letting people communicate with each other for different purposes, surely wins hearts.

Smart phones have taken over the places of basic 'feature' phones now. They are the new leaders in market now. These phones can perform a number of different functions, such as playing music, taking pictures, surfing the internet and running applications. It can be explained as, a mobile phone that offers more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary basic 'feature phone'. It can handle wireless phone calls, hold addresses and take voice mail and can also access information on the Internet and send and receive e-mail and fax transmissions.

Why Smartphone ?

In simple words, a Smartphone is becoming necessity today with features such as Internet accessibility, touch screen and various applications, which makes communication and work ,very easier.

What best does it offer ?

 

If you are unfamiliar with what best a smartphone can offer, then its time to update yourself and make your work simpler, easier and faster. For instance,if you're bad with directions, travel apps such as Google Maps make it incredibly easy to locate streets and postcodes, even giving you voice directions to your destination.

Smartphones have become an integral part of users daily lives. Consumers use smartphones as an extension of their desktop computers and use it as they multitask and consume other media. Social networking and lifestyle applications focused on food, movies, ticket bookings, shopping are trending.Further, in the enterprise category, a lot of traction is seen on the field agent/field service applications, executive dashboards and entertainment (audio and video) application categories. So, in many ways, smartphones are more like pocket PCs than mobile phones.

Internet penetration has certainly spiked in India recently; and so has the need for wireless internet in offices, homes etc,. Another important feature which makes work easier inside the office space is 'Wi-Fi' or WLAN (Wireless LAN). Not everyone would like to shell out a lot if they spend most of their time at office or at home or college where there is a Wi-Fi network. The connectivity through the Wireless network in the internal network keeps you connected through your smartphone. You can save quite a lot by spending about Rs..7,000 to 10,000 on the phones that offers a Smart processor, RAM, Operating system, WiFi network support, Capacitive screen, music player, Megapixel camera etc,.

So which are on the list?

Nokia Asha 303 & 311,Micromax Superfone A84 Elite, Samsung Galaxy Y Duos, Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, HTC Explorer, Motorola Fire XT, LG Optimus Net/ LGOptimus Net Dual, Spice Stellar Craze Mi355.

These are the smartphones which comes under the 10,000 Rs. segment. SMEs can afford these handsets, which are indeed the best priced models respectively. A report says, currently, more than half of smartphone owners use their device to access social media sites, emails and few office applications via the mobile Web or mobile applications.

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