STAY AWAY FROM CHINESE UNBRANDED ONES
The Main Problems with Unbranded:
Emissions well above International limits. High emissions are a health hazard(neurological)
No warranty and support
No IMEI No to assist in case of loss
Mature log Chinese unbranded use nahin karte hain?!( Kidding)
You Have several Branded ones Spice D-Series, Samsung Duo series and ONIDA F-910 which I tried and tested for over 7 months. Please read ON. **ONIDA F-910 “Neighbour’s envy. Owner’s pride”
*No I did not mean it . It is no such enviable Phone but one that makes people wonder that Onida is in Cell Phone field too.Onida has recently come up with a small set of Cell phones in three serieses viz The F-Series, the G-Series and the V-series. I chanced upon an ad of Onida Dual SIM phone F-910 and got interested. I was originally looking for a Dual SIM phone and the options available had been
Samsung D-880 Price Rs.11, 500+
Spice D-80(Dual GSM) Rs. 7000 about and
China un branded( Like so called CECT which are heavily loaded and low priced) Rs 4000- to 8000/-
Onida F-910 @ Rs. 6900/-(+ 500 for 2 GB Card)I
I read several negative reviews about Spice Dual SIM products and also was discouraged by the smaller camera pixels(1.3 MPs?).As for the Samsung D880, it was a bit too expensive and Heavy that too without high end features like touch screen etc.The reliability and radio exposure safety of the CHINESE ones is highly uncertain.
I have been using the Onida F-910 for about 7 months and found it well above my expectations for price below Rs. 7000/-.Though it doesnot offer all superlatives at an average kind of price the phone is winner on several counts particularly given Onida’s in experience in Cellphone field.
The Winning Positives are:
Light weight
Very Slim and compact
*Sturdy build
4. **Decent TWO MP camera with resolution options and Web cam functionality
Fast Cable connectivity with PC(in a jiffy)
GPRS capability( Iwas unable to use it)
Most importantly the Dual SIM GSM capability
USB charging option Nokia phones for example discharge fast under PC connectivity while the
USB charge capability in ONIDA actually Charges your phone while you are transferring the contents. This also gives you an option to charge your phone from Laptop while you are on the move.
Good MP3 player with exceptionally Good features
Fast execution of menu commands
Black list feaure to avoid unsolicited Calls
Decent and fast Blue Tooth particularly with Other CellPhones and music players
Very good basic functioning without hanging etc
Real Dual SIM ie . calls can be held while you go to other SIM and come back to original caller 15. Reasonable Pricing.
The Company should probably address the following issues which can play spoil sport with their debut products.A few Minuses):
Low Mp3 volume in earphones but has good loud speakers?!(may not be good enough in noisy environs)
Problems with Bluetooth in PC Connectivity
Not very pleasing PC suite
No speaker Phone
No LED Flash(Otherwise camera is good but poor video in 3gp format)
No zooming in Video and limited step zooming in Photo
.7. On line Support issues
- Poor Address Book Mgmt As of
Now I stand by it and recommend it as a decent Basic Dual SIM phone with a good camera and Good basic functioning at a reasonble price from an "Indian" Top brand.Congrats ONIDA.WHY BUY CHINESE UNBRANDED.? MAY BE TIME WE SAY BYE. CHINESE.THIS IS AN UPDATE IN A BETTER RECOGNIZED CATEGORY FOR BETTER READER ACCESS.BATTERY(08-02-2009) UPDATE: The Phone has a 1050mAH NimH Battery with Talk time of about three hours and preferably needs charging on Daily basis for Intensive users. Max Two days in any case.