I have been using non-Nokia phones since the last two years. The last Nokia phone I used was Nokia 6220. That one was loaded with all features like Camera (VGA), Infrared and FM. It was too much for a phone in 2004. As technology grows, the customer is benefited with advanced features for a nominal price. I used 6220 for a year or so and then my brand loyalty towards Nokia ended as I saw Sony Ericsson’s K700i. This phone was another low-price phone bundled with loads of features. This one included Bluetooth and sound quality that made it stand apart when compared to 6220. I bought K700i for 11,000 bucks. It was a good deal as I sold my 6220 to a friend for 6k. Then after using K700i for a year and screwing up its joystick after playing the inbuilt tennis game, I managed to sell it for Rs. 5000. Then I bought the costliest cell I ever did, O2 Atom – for a bind-boggling 34000 rupees!!! And an additional 1GB memory card for Rs. 1500. In all, the cell cost me 30000 (after selling K700i).
Again as O2 reached its first birthday, I decided to give it a retirement. I have not yet sold it, but bought the Nokia N73 Music Edition. This one is an iPod cum DigiCam cum cell phone packed in one! I was amazed when I first heard the sound quality of its MP3 player. Then I took the first snap and it was simply brilliant. Its clarity was by far better than O2’s clarity (which had a 2 mp camera). The looks are also very professional and the operation is pretty simple (for someone who already has used Nokia).
As this is a Music Edition Phone, it came with a 2GB Memory Card. And the memory card had 100 Hindi songs preloaded. But those songs were locked and it had to be unlocked with some scratch card which was supposed to be supplied with the phone, but I never got it! Then I called up Nokia’s customer support twice and they sent me around 479 SMS. And all the songs were unlocked J.
Overall, I am more than happy to be a proud owner of the Knight of N-Series – N73 Music Edition!
