A BLACKBERRY 3G PHONE AT 52% DISCOUNT..WHY YOU SHOULDNT BUY IT

You are looking to buy a phone….see how you are being fooled

When I opened TOI this morning, saw an offer which said…THE TIMES OF INDIA Reader's Offer...BlackBerry Storm 9530 with 3G.

The offer says…

BlackBerry Storm 9530 with 3G For Just ` 19,990 `9,499/-

So what do you think the reaction of a wise person should be:

'Oh my god, wow…they are giving BlackBerry at half the price, its worth a grab

Or

'Why are they giving it at half the price'

If you fall in the first category, then you NEED to know more. Well, even if you are in the second category…you WANT to know more…RIGHT???.. J

Okay, I guess the simplest thing from my experience is good things never come cheap…atleast with a more than 50% discount and accompanied by gifts too….sounds too good to be true…there has to be a catch behind!!!

So I just browsed through the ad and called up indiatimes shopping number. And I was only waiting to be proven shockingly right…here's why:

1. God!!!, the phone was LAUNCHED 3 YEARS BACK….IN SEP, 2008…..so the first thing that comes to your mind…these guys are dumping old junk claiming to be giving you a sexy offer…..well for that matter rediff shopping is offering it at even lesser at 8990…I checked a couple of other websites, they were giving it in even lesser price.
   


2. The other thing why I consider it junk is I read several reviews which complained about battery issues.
   


3. BlackBerry Storm 9530 is supposedly a 3G phone…with only 128MB RAM….is that a joke. Even ordinary phones nowadays have memories 3 times that (512MB) or higher. You can imagine how fast the phone will run, I doubt if it can run streaming videos.
   


4. Phone has only 65,000 colours…again the same thing. Normal phones have colours around 256,000, forget about the latest ones with 16Million (or 1.6 crore colours…285 times more colours). So the photo and video display is gonna be any great.
   

   I have put above two points particularly because these guys are pitching it as a 3Gphone…but 3G requires much better configurations in memory and colour for good audio/video content.
   

5. BlackBerry storm 9530 doesn't even have wi fi..so you can't hook on to free speedy internet at office, coffee shops, airport and other public places.
   


6. Beware of A-GPS support…it means the phone doesn't have its own internal GPS
   and you will have to cough up additional money to buy a separate GPS device and hook on the phone to that. And the BlackBerry Map listed in the features are meaningless, cuz BlackBerry doesn't provide maps for India yet.
   

What may lure you to this 'Blackberry Storm 9530 with 3G at 52% discount offer' in terms of the features…and but must be evaluated follows:

1. It has BBM…buy a normal internet-enabled phone and download one of many products that offer you yahoo, msn, facebook, icq etc in one single messenger like Nimbuzz etc. Or if you are a BlackBerry fan, buy one with latest technology and better features.
   


2. 3.2 MP camera…so what many phones have it or even better camera.
   


3. Push e-mail…nothing really exclusive of BlackBerry any more…many phones offer this.
   


4. Six-months warranty by Third Party Vendor…Only 6 months??? Remember its an old phone…just 6 months warranty and that too by Third Party Vendor, not by the company is useless in my opinion.
   

So guys, in this amount of 9499, I bet you can buy many latest phones with several hot features and better/newer technology.

Before buying, shortlist your requirements from a phone….compare the features in other phones in that price range…and find out how old or latest is the technology.

If the discount range is 5-10 %...whether at a website or a newspaper or your vendor, its surely worth a look.

The Golden Rule

All in all-remember….GOOD THINGS NEVER COME AT 52% DISCOUNT…..so if there is any such offer…..ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS (upto the power n) find out more…..or simply IGNORE