Luxury Phones in India

Besides the Nokias and Micromaxes, the iPhones and BlackBerrys, there is another set of brands fighting it out in India’s booming mobile handset market—the likes of Georgio Armani, Versace, Christian Dior and Tag Heuer.

These international fashion labels are competing with Nokia’s own Vertu and Swiss brand Goldvish to sell handsets, not as a tools for communication or all-in-one gadgets, but as status-defining lifestyle products for the super rich willing to spend lakhs.

“Various mobile brands have introduced phones that are high on luxury and many make these handheld gadgets the right accessory to gel with one’s personality,” says Sudhin Mathur, business head — mobile communications, at LG India, which retails Versace’s designer phones in the country for more than Rs 2 lakh each.

And these phones are getting the right numbers, with a market size of $20 million and growing at an annual rate of 20%, company insiders say.

That may not be outstanding in a Rs 27,000-crore (2009-10) industry growing almost at the same rate, but these numbers seem attractive enough for the players to expand their operations and launch new models.

Samsung recently launched a new model in the Giorgio Armani phone collection designed by the master designer himself – priced at over Rs 40,000.

“Customers are increasingly becoming more design and brand conscious, especially when it comes to mobile phones,” says Ranjit Yadav, director – mobile & IT, at Samsung India.

Samsung had earlier also launched two handsets designed by Giorgio Armani – Giorgio Armani Samsung in 2007 and the Emporio Armani Samsung Night Effect in 2008.

French luxury goods maker Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (LVMH), which forayed into Indian luxury handset market through its labels Christian Dior and Tag Heuer in 2008, plans to sell about 700 phones a year and cross 1,000 handsets a year by 2012, according to Manishi Sanwal, general manager, LVMH Watch & Jewellery.

sources:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/personal-tech/computing/Luxury-phones-Sales-rock-in-India/articleshow/6191291.cms

iphone 4 antenna problems

iphone 4 problems news

Consumer Reports engineers said they found that when a users' hand or finger touches the lower left side of the iPhone 4, it can cause the phone to lose its connection, particularly if it's already in a weak signal area. The engineers recommended that users cover the spot with duct tape or a case to alleviate the problem.

Apple has not commented on Consumer Reports' findings, nor has it acknowledged any iPhone 4 antenna problems. Instead, the company has admitted that a flawed formula it uses to calculate the number of bars available for cellular service may be causing some iPhone 4 customers to experience reception problems. Apple said it is working on a software fix to solve the issue.

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BSNL services in IPHONE 4

BSNL services in IPHONE 4| BSNL IPHONE in India

BSNL sim card can work in i Phone 4 and you can used iPhone 4 in India by having BSNL 3G sim card and speed of internet is also quite good in this.

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N8 in India

Nokia N8 is the second Nokia phone with capacitive touch screen. The 3.5 inch AMOLED display of Nokia N8 has 360 x 640 pixels (nHD) resolution and 16 million color depth. This screen supports multi-touch gestures, pinch-to-zoom and accelerometer for auto rotation of UI. The improved graphics performance and multi tasking promised in Symbian ^ 3 OS would enable users to watch high quality videos and play 3D games at maximum speeds. Redesigned image and video galleries provide assistance for better movement through media, and the capacitive touch makes the scrolling, faster and smoother. The Nokia UIfor Symbian ^ 3 OS is appealing and easy to operate. Therefore, N8 will include support for 3 home screens, which are further customizable with widgets, applications and apps. There is visual task switcher, that let users to flip through all open applications and close them if needed. The Nokia N8 is manufactured with native applications for accessing instant messaging, social networking, email, TV, Youtube and other services. Hundred of applications will be available for download at Nokia Ovi store. Nokia N8 is the first phone to support cross-platform Qt web apps. This would enable the deployment of Windows, Linux, Mac OS, Windows mobile, S60, MeeGO and Maemo applications in Nokia N8, if they are developed on Qt framework.

The 12 MP camera in Nokia N8 comes with Carl Zeiss optics, Xenon flash and HD video recording. The HDMI port in Nokia N8 can be used to output the videos to external HD device with Dolby Digital Audio quality. The device includes 16GB inbuilt storage along with 256MB RAM and 512 MB ROM. The storage can be expanded to 32GB using Micro SD card.Nokia N8 is a 3 band GSM and 5 band 3G phone that will support all most all telecom networks in the world.

4G Phones in India

Right now there are very few phones launch all over the world and India is yet waiting for 3G services so,its very early to have 4G services or phone in India but the pace at which India communication companies are building is very commendable and after having the press conference of Reliance Communication with the media in which they said about launching 4G in India within few days so,we can say that 4G services in India is on the card but you can't expect the services very soon and now comes to the Phone which will release very soon after getting some information of 4G services in India and the phone which are already in the market having 4G are:

1.Apple iPhone

2.HTC

3.Google Android

4.Nokia

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IPHONE IN INDIA

How to buy an Apple iPhone in India ? What is the price of iPhone 3G in India? When will iPhone 3G S be launched in India? Will an unlocked iPhone 3G you bought in US or UK work here? Vodafone and Airtel are selling iPhone 3G but does India have 3G?

Read this quick iPhone FAQ Guide before you purchase an iPhone 3G from Indian mobile phone dealers.

1. Is iPhone available in India – Yes, you can buy the iPhone 3G smart phone here.

Update: iPhone 3G S (also known as the video iPhone since it can record video) is expected to become available in India in August. You can ask someone in US to buy an iPhone 3G S for you but there are no unlock software currently available for 3G S (iPhone OS 3.0) so the phone may not work here at the moment.

Related: Compare iPhone 3G with iPhone 3G S

2. Where can I buy iPhone in India – You can either buy Apple phone from Vodafone or Airtel (official Apple partners) or you can order it on eBay or buy it unlocked from mobile shops in Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderbad, Mumbai, Chennai, etc.

Alternatively, some online underground sites are also selling unlocked iPhone in India but these unofficial iPhone suppliers in India do not share their contact address so be careful in case you run into shipping problems.

3. Will Indian iPhone work with the GSM SIM card of Airtel, Idea, BSNL or Tata? If you buy an old unlocked iPhone (not iPhone 3G), it will work with GSM networks here but you cannot use the Visual Voicemail feature of iPhone. Also, iPhone is GSM based so it may not work with Tata Indicom or Reliance CDMA network.

4. Can I buy an unlocked iPhone in US and use it in India – Yes, any old iPhone bought in US (or UK or Canada) works in India – you can just buy a local SIM card in India and replace the AT&T SIM. Make sure you read the Apple policies as this may break the warranty.

5. I bought an iPhone in US and am traveling to India on a business trip. How can I save on iPhone international roaming charges while making phone calls in India – Do not use the AT&T call service, instead make phone call over VoIP using the Wi-Fi option of iPhone. You can use Jajah or even Skype to make cheap international calls over the Internet.

Related: Video: How to Unlock & Jailbreak iPhone

6. What is the price of iPhone in India – The unofficial unlocked 4GB iphone is around 20k while the 8GB unlocked iPhone costs around 30k. (includes shipping and taxes). iPhone 3G, through official channels, is available in 8GB and 16GB model priced at Rs 31,000 and Rs 36,100 respectively.

Update: With the launch of iPhone 3G S, the official price of iPhone 3G might come down. We still don’t know the price of iPhone 3GS in India but iPhone 3G should cost less.

7. What about iPhone 3G data plans – The monthly rent for iPhone will range from Rs 500 to Rs 1000 depending on your Internet requirements. There’s no option for an “unlimited data” plan.

8. Is Apple not selling unlocked iPhone – Yes, they have launched an unlocked iPhone in France so no need to pay anyone for unlocking the iPhone.

9. Should I buy an iPhone or invest in a BlackBerry or Nokia N95 ? Read this comparison of smartphones – iPhone vs Blackberry, N95. Check these iPhone typing tutorials to see if you can type faster with the touch-screen keyboard. And this online size tool will help you compare the dimensions of iPhone with you existing mobile phone.

10. How do I buy an iPhone officially ? While you can’t buy that yet, pre-register iPhone with either Airtel or Vodafone.

11. What is the launch date of iPhone in India – Both Airtel and Vodafone will launch iPhone 3g on August 22, 2008.

12. I have an old iPhone v1.0 – should I upgrade to iPhone 3G ? While 3G means better data transfer speeds that GPRS / EDGE, you really can’t take advantage of the speed here in India because 3G isn’t available. Other than speed, the iPhone Apps store can be accessed from the old iPhone as well if you download and install the iPhone firmware upgrade via iTunes. Also see iPhone 3G Review.

13. What about Apple Store in India – iPhone will be sold only via Airtel and Vodafone stores. The Apple stores that you have in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Delhi, etc are greate for buying Macbooks, iPod, Apple TV and other Apple products but they won’t stock the iPhone 3G.

iPhone is a quad-band GSM mobile phone so it will working internationally in countries outside the US though you’ll have to ask AT&T to turn on international roaming on the iPhone and that the places you’re going offer GSM coverage.

If you want to learn more about iPhone, here are iPhone books and iPhone tutorial DVDs that you may buy from Amazon.

Nokia C6 Prices in India

Nokia C6 prices in India will be around Rs. 11,500 and will launch in the last week of July.