I Bought A New Phone! (Nokia 5200)
I really wanted a new phone. My beat up 1108 looks like shit and all it can do it send messages and make/receive calls. It does that well, yes. And the battery life is amazing. But that’s about it. I was getting tired of people running around with better phones and not even knowing how to use them properly.
My plan was to get an EDGE compatible phone and use Airtel’s Net Over Phone (NOP) service and have the internet with me wherever I go.
After a lot of research at the Univercell and Wavetel Mobile (recommended by Chetan) sites I found only one phone that had everything I was looking for but didn’t cost too much. It was the Nokia 5200.
This phone has GPRS, EDGE, Bluetooth, InfraRed, memory card slot, Java support, FM tuner… pretty much everything. The only thing it doesn’t have is Wi Fi and 3G, neither of which I can use even if the phone had it since it’s either not available or too costly. It can’t run Symbian 60 applications which is a drag but I guess that’s asking for too much, especially since this phone costs a very reasonable Rs. 5600.
So I went ahead and bought the phone along with a SanDisk 1 GB MicroSD card for Rs. 600. I wanted a clamshell actually but since no other phone has all these features for this price I went with this. I’ll post a review of the phone later. I’m still fiddling with it. I have some 18 games installed now so I’ll never be bored again. The battery drain is worrying though.
Chetan says:
Good. Now try getting those games on to my phone.
Posted on July 24th, 2007 at 8:30 pm
Suren says:
cool, got the slide type eh? i wish i had that kind of money, i wonder what it feels like.
Posted on July 24th, 2007 at 10:22 pm
Sundar says:
Nothing is better than my Motorola C115 with its Ultra-Modern features, including the ability to place and receive calls. As an added feature, you can even send text messages.
Congrats on getting your phone. Keep it carefully, don’t crash devastate it like Raja Deepak did with his new one.
Wiyoats
Sundar
Posted on July 29th, 2007 at 7:59 pm
srinivas says:
hey…jus chkd out ur write up..congrats on ur new phone!!i have a nokia 5300..n would like to know the differences n also
would be pleased if you tell me whether the os comes loaded with the phone??n how u managed to to get the games??
Posted on July 29th, 2007 at 11:23 pm
Marc Z says:
What did Raja Deepak do?!
Srinivas, the games are 128 x 160 Java MIDP 2.0 games and the applications are Java too.
Posted on July 30th, 2007 at 8:44 pm
Arun says:
Sundar’s phone might be my old Motorola phone. Don’t you remember, Marc? That tri-colour display?
Posted on July 30th, 2007 at 10:55 pm
Marc Z says:
That? That handheld video game you kept insisting was a phone?
Posted on July 31st, 2007 at 6:03 pm
Arun says:
Yeah! Tetris, snakes, stones… it was fun with that.
Posted on July 31st, 2007 at 9:03 pm
Marc Z says:
Yes it was. A very good video game.
Posted on August 1st, 2007 at 5:45 pm
George Files » I’m going to buy a new phone says:
[...] to rest, and another must be chosen to take its place. At first I thought I’d just go with Marc’s choice, a Nokia 5200 but I’m careless and prone to damaging stuff so I took Danny’s advice and decided not [...]
Posted on December 17th, 2007 at 11:47 pm