M.S.Rao 64 Report post Posted July 27, 2011 Reliance Mobile is now going to offer through an exclusive tie-up with Sony Ericsson, the latest Andriod powered power house W8. Sony Ericsson W8 is the world's 1st walkman phone on Andriod 2.1. The offer has been sweetened with a 100% money back guarantee throughout India. The features and the offers in the offering has been summarized below About Sony Ericsson W8: MOP of W8 is Rs. 10,190. It is designed for Entertainment and is equipped with Smartphone features as well. It provides the Walkman experience, has a 3″ touchscreen and is perfect for watching Movies, Browsing the net and Gaming. It works on the Android 2.1 platform (access to 200K apps), has a customisable Home Screen and 4 Corner UI, 3.2 MP Camera, aGPS , WiFi , Bluetooth and Premium Headset – MH710, 4Gb MicroSD. In addition the pack comes along with some free goodies, such as: Accessories include a Reliance branded removable Antenna and Speakers apart from an additional Black back cover. Exclusive "Money Back Offers" – Only for new Activations and MNP port-in customers Prepaid Offer------------------------------------------SE W8(3G)--------------------------SE W8(2G) Offer Validity (No. of Months) ---------------------12 Months---------------------------12Months Recharge MRP----------------------------------------Rs. 660------------------------------Rs. 660 Free Talk Time-----------------------------------------Rs. 360------------------------------Rs. 360 Voice Local R2R Usage (secs)------------------36000--------------------------------36000 Voice NLD R2R (secs)---------------------------------0------------------------------------36000 SMS Local & STD SMS (No.s)----------------------3600----------------------------------3600 Data in GB------------------------------------------------0.5-------------------------------------3.6 Mobile TV Pack Value--------------------------------Rs. 250----------------------------------0 Value to Customer in Rs.--------------------------Rs. 1679------------------------------Rs.1539 Discount in Rs----------------------------------------Rs. 1019------------------------------Rs. 879 Discount in 12 Months-----------------------------Rs. 12228----------------------------Rs. 10548 Offer for 3G Circles and 2G Circles in Postpaid and Prepaid: In Postpaid Value of above freebies is Rs. 2649/- for 3G and Rs. 2499/- for 2G (Call rates taken at Rs.0.5 per min, SMS at 10p per SMS, Data at Rs. 349/- for 0.5Gb, Mobile TV pack at Rs. 250/-) · In Prepaid Customer gets value of Rs. 1679/- for 3G and Rs. 1539/- for 2G (Call rates taken at Rs.1p/sec, SMS at 10p per SMS, Data at Rs. 349/- for 0.5Gb for 3G and Rs. 99 for 2G,Mobile TV pack at Rs. 250/-). The customer therefore saves Rs. 1019 and Rs. 879 in 3G and 2G respectively which translates to Rs. 12k and Rs. 10.5k. · Overage will be charged as per 'pay per second' plans i.e., 1p/sec for voice and 'pay as you go' for Data i.e.,10p/10Kb upto 50Mb and 1p/10Kb beyond that. · In prepaid the customer needs to activate SIM (given FOC), do a Rs. 660 e-recharge and make a first call immediately. This sequence of activity has to be maintained. The offer is activated within 48 hours of the first call only if the IMEI belongs to the W8 series. If the recharge is done on any phone other than W8 the customer will get only core balance after 9 days. The whole package looks quite good, especially wen looking from the money back point. An Andriod make walkman with free goodies and backed by really good tariff plans is sure to grasp a handful among the Indians. Source: telecomtalk 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ani_meher 42 Report post Posted July 27, 2011 Phone seems great, except the lack of autofocus. Thanks for sharing! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KanagaDeepan 1,084 Report post Posted July 28, 2011 Phone NOT worth the price (Android 2.1, NO AF, NO Multi-Touch, slow processor, low RAM)... · Overage will be charged as per 'pay per second' plans i.e., 1p/sec for voice and 'pay as yougo' for Data i.e.,10p/10Kb upto 50Mb and 1p/10Kb beyond that. That works out to Rs500 for 50MB 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Karthik R 246 Report post Posted July 28, 2011 With 128 MB memory on board it is highly unlikely that SE release the android froyo update for this device. Screen size is inadequate. The phone seems to lack secondary cam on front to make video call with 3G? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KanagaDeepan 1,084 Report post Posted July 29, 2011 Karthik ji, I think GB is needed for making video calls on 3G... So lack of secondary cam is expected in this eclair phone.... Anyway phone is NOT AT ALL worth the price, even with the Walkman tag, imho... It will be OK if and only if it is priced around 6 to 7k and with froyo.... Else Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
