Cheapest Android Phone in Bangladesh (Symphony)

I have got request from so many of my readers to write about the cheapest android mobile in Bangladesh. At first I planned to write about the 5 cheapest android smartphones selecting from all the companies. But I found that I could hardly accommodate any renowned brand in it. So I decided to write a series of articles to give an idea about the cheapest android smartphones by different companies. Symphony is going to be the first among these. Symphony W12 is the cheapest handset by Symphony and Symphony W15 is priced slightly higher than the previous one. Today I am going to write about these two. To be fair I must clearly say that these two phone has a long list of shortcomings but its pros lies in its unbelievably cheap price. In fact you cant imagine a phone with same specs from any other brand at this price. On the other hand these two comes with a good 1 GHz processor though the RAM (less than 256 MB) is not powerful enough to use this advantage. Surprisingly it has a GPU(very low) which will give you a better performance in multimedia tasking. But you should not expect so much from the Mali 300 GPU. If price is the main factor you may go for these two. Otherwise you may increase the budget a couple of thousand to get a handset with more power and usability.

Symphony W12 Price: 4,350 TK

Specs of W12

Android OS               2.3 Gingerbread

Display Size              3.5” TFT HVGA Capacitive Full Touch

Camera                    VGA Primary, No Secondary

Multimedia                MP3, MP4, FM

Data Services             2G,EDGE,GPRS

Multitouch                 Yes

Technical Features

Display Resolution       HVGA(320*480)

CPU                       1 GHz

GPU                       Mali 300

Internal Memory        RAM 197 MB (Total 256 MB), ROM 180MB (Total 512 MB) Extended up to 16GB

Battery                    1100 mAh Lithium Ion Battery

WLAN                     Wi-Fi 802.11, Wi-Fi Hotspot

Stand by time            *200 Hours(*depend on phone setting,Network)Talk time4 Hours (*depend on phone setting,Network)

Other Features

Recorder                  Audio, Video & call recorder

Built in Applications   Angry Birds, Office Suite 6 pro, Facebook, Youtube, Android Market(Play Store), Nimbuzz, Gmail

Special Features         G-sensor

Price:                 4,350 TK

Symphony W15 Price: 4,590 TK

Specs of W15

Android OS                           2.3 Gingerbread

Display Size                           3.5" TFT Capacitive Full Touch

Camera                                  0.3 MP

Multimedia                            MP3,MP4,FM

Data Services                        EDGE,GPRS

Phonebook Entries              Unlimited

Multitouch                            Yes

Technical Features

Display Resolution               HVGA(320*480)

CPU                                         1 GHzGPUGPU vender: ARM

GPU renderer:                       Mali -300 GPU version (OpenGL): OpenGL CS 1.1

Internal Memory                  RAM 256MB, Storage ROM 512MB Extended up to 16GB

Battery                                   1400mAh

WLAN                                     Wi-Fi 802.11, Wi-Fi Hotspot

GPS                                         No

Stand by time                  *200 Hour(*depend on phone setting,  Network)Talk time4 Hour(*depend on phone   setting, Network)

3.5 mm jack                           Yes

Other Features

Dimension                             116.2×62×13.16mm

Recorder                               Video, Audio & Call recorder

Bluetooth                              Yes

USB Mass storage Yes

USB Modem                          Yes

MMS                                       Yes

Email                                       Yes

Built in Applications             Android Market, One Browser

Price:                                      4,590 TK