Mobile phones come in all shapes, sizes and prices but, sometimes, all we need is a basic mobile phone with essential features and a really nice price. The Nokia 1661 has a colour screen, a built-in FM radio, a relatively large amount of memory, a speakerphone for hands-free use, polyphonic ringtones, games and can store hundreds of contacts. It may lack some advanced features found in more expensive phones like a camera, a slot for memory cards and Bluetooth. But, for around Rs 1600, the Nokia 1661 is hard to beat. And, when you think of it, it can even be used as a backup phone, say, when your principal mobile phone breaks down or is completely discharged. I heartily recommend getting the Nokia 1661. Or even two. It's so cheap.

Money does not grow on trees and a mobile phone need not be very expensive to be good. The Nokia 2700 classic has an excellent 320 x 240 colour screen, an FM radio, a microSD memory card slot for music (MP3 and MP4/AAC) and for video (3GP and MP4). It supports Bluetooth and can send MMS (Multimedia Message Service). It has a 2 megapixels camera which can record video at 176 x 144 which is, let us be frank, just acceptable. To compensate, the Nokia 2700 classic runs the excellent Opera Mini web browser and Internet browsing is perfectly acceptable even though the screen is on the small scale. Additional applications and games can easily be downloaded and installed on the phone as it is fully Java compliant. The Nokia 2700 is (really) a classic!