Today, there is a proliferation of smartphones with innovative applications, cool featured and seamless social networking experience. Smartphones have become a must have for most youngsters. The old folks however are not left out of the party. What would probably deter you from purchasing one is its high cost. Not to worry, there are smartphones that are quite cheap but do not compromise on the features. Here is a list of great smartphones that are heavy on features and are great value for money.
Nokia E6
Nokia E6 is the cheapest touch and type business phone in the market. The phone comes with a brilliant qwerty keypad. The phone runs on the Symbian Belle OS and is powered by a 680MHZ processor. It also comes with a 2.46” capacitive touch-screen and full qwerty keypad making it a great blend of touch and type navigation. Nokia E6 is light in size, cheap in rate and comes packed with some amazing features. Nokia E6 comes at a reasonably price of N44, 000 considering its touch and type input. It also has a 8 MP camera.
Value for Money factor- Touch and type business phone at lowest price.
Samsung Galaxy Ace
Meet the mid-range cousin of the famous Samsung Galaxy S2. Samsung Galaxy Ace is a brilliant mix of strong OS capability and powerful feature packed hardware. The phone comes with Android 2.2 but is upgradeable to 2.3 and is powered by 800Mhz processor and 278MB RAM. The phone features a 3.5” capacitive display that renders images beautifully. The phone comes with a 5MP camera that lets you take some beautiful pictures as well. With a price tag of N21, 000, this phone is hands down one of the best bargains in the midrange segment. N21, 000
Value for money Factor- The complete Android experience for low price.
BlackBerry Curve 8520
BlackBerry has always been the enterprise smartphone. The phone has wooed users on its patented emailing and messaging technologies, higher security and greater functionality for the management folk. BlackBerry Curve 8520 breaks from tradition, aiming at a younger crowd with its Music keys and lower price tag. Get the same BlackBerry experience for the lower rate. The bar shaped phone runs on Blackberry OS 6.0 powered by a 512MHz processor. The touch sensitive optical trackpad is a delight to use for navigation. With a price tag of N26, 000, this Blackberry is great value for money for a BlackBerry aspirant.
Value for money factor – Cheapest BlackBerry
Samsung Galaxy Y
The entry-level customer is always shortchanged when it comes to features or reliability. You may find countless run on the mill smartphones promising tons of Apps and features but most of them fail to deliver what you desire most, the complete Android experience. Samsung Galaxy Y has solved this problem in a major way. Samsung Galaxy Y is the entry level Android phone from Samsung but in features it isn’t any less appealing. Samsung Galaxy Y has been targeted especially towards the youth with countless Apps that run on its Android 2.3 Gingerbread that is powered by a 835 MHz processor and 290MB RAM. At a price tag of N21, 000 the phone is arguably great value for money among entry level phones.Value for money Factor- Tons of Apps, Good Brand.
