MUMBAI — If you want cheaper, faster, better mobile phone service, many travelers know they should go to Africa or Asia. But the price bar keeps getting lower.
For example, here in India, Samsung is marketing a US$37 handset – less than the monthly phone bill most Americans pay. The new phones weigh only two ounces, but they have twelve hours of talk and 650 hours of standby battery power between charges. Or you can listen to FM radio on your phone for 23 hours before you need to recharge.
Other features include “clock, alarm, calculator, countdown timer… Polyphonic Sound, advance mobile tracker, fake call, SOS messages,” according to one report here.
That’s a lot of features for $37. But for many, that’s still too expensive, so keep shopping.
Aha: For just US$10, you can buy a simpler phone from Indian communications powerhouse Reliance.
And it comes with Internet access.