5 cheap QWERTY phones

Are you a QWERTY phone lover? But your pocket does’nt allow you to go for a Blackberry, or Nokia E-series?

No issue…There are plenty of entry level low priced QWERTY phones available in the market. They won’t match to the high end android or blackberry smartphones of course, but they are cool in their in own ways. You can get all the basic features like a camera, bluetooth, wi-fi, and even 3G, dual SIM support in some of them, for very low prices.

Here are 5 of the best and cheap QWERTY keyboard phones you can go for…

1. Nokia C3

This one is a popular QWERTY phone by Nokia, with Wi-Fi, 2 MP camera, good battery back up and a nice keyboard.

• Dimensions : 115.5 x 58.1 x 13.6 mm
• Weight : 114 gms
• 2.4 inches screen, 320 x 240 pixel TFT display, 256k colors support
• GPRS, EDGE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, microUSB 2.0
• 2MP primary camera
• Stand by time : upto 800 hours, takltime : 7 hours
• Available in colors : Slate Grey, Golden White, Hot Pink, Black
• Price : Rs. 5800/ $129 (approximate)

2. Nokia X5-01

Nokia X5-01 has a smart design, it is a slide phone, the slide opens to reveal the QWERTY keyboard. And, it is the only phone in this list to have 3G network support.

• Dimensions : 74.3 x 66.4 x 16.9 mm
• Weight : 129 gms
• 2.36 inches TFT display, 320 x 240 pixels resolution, 256k colors support
• 600 MHz processor
• Accelerometer sensor
• 200 MB internal memory, extendable upto 32 GB with microSD card
• GPRS, EDGE, 3G, WI-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, microUSB
• 5 MP camera, 2592 x 1944 pixels resolution
• Stand by time upto 384 hours, talktime : 5 hours
• Available in colors : Pink, Azure, Graphite Black, Yellow Green, Purple
• Price : Rs. 7500/$167 (approximate)

3. Samsung Chat 335

Samsung Chat 335 is a decent QWERTY phone, with Wi-Fi, a nicely built keyboard with spaced keys, 60 MB internal memory, and good battery back up.

• Dimensions : 109.5 x 60 x 12.3 mm
• Weight : 95 gms
• 2.4 inches TFT display, 320×240 pixels, 256k color support
• GPRS, EDGE, Bluetooth 2.1, Wi-Fi, microUSB 2.0
• 60 MB memory, expandable upto 8 GB with microSD card
• 2MP camera with Auto focus
• Stand by time : upto 500 hours, takltime : 11 hours
• Available in colors : Black, White
• Price : Rs. 4950/$106 (approximate)

4. Samsung Chat 322

This is a dual sim phone from Samsung, but with a smaller screen than Chat 335, and no WI-Fi support.

• Dimensions : 109.5 x 60 x 12.3 mm
• Weight : 95 gms
• 2.2 inches TFT screen, 220 x 176 pixels, 256k colors support
• 54 MB internal memory, extendable upto 8GB with microSD card
• GPRS, EDGE, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, microUSB
• 1.3 MP camera with 1280 x 960 pixels resolution
• Stand by time upto 500 hours, talktime upto 11 hours
• Available in colors : Black, White
• Price : Rs. 3500/$96 (approximate)

5. LG GW300

GW 300 does’nt compare to the above mentioned phones, but is a very decent phone, for a reasonable price.

• Dimensions : 115.5 x 61 x 12.8 mm
• Weight : 95 gms
• 2.4 inches TFT display, 320 x 240 pixels, 256k colors support
• 15 MB internal memory, extendable upto 16 GB with microSD card
• 2 MP camera with 1600×1200 pixels resolution
• GPRS, EDGE, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, microUSB 2.0
• Stand by time upto 400 hours, talktime upto 5 hours
• Available in colors : Black, Blue
• Price : Rs.3700/$97 (approximate)