There is a probability that Apple would have gotten away with this if they had done this in India considering the ancient laws we have protecting the consumer. But in America, I believe you have a possibility of making $1 Million if a company does such a thing as Apple has done. Check it out. A customer who had bought a 4GB iPhone for $499 has sued Apple for $1 Million.

We, in India, need a system in place to atleast to help keep the consumers aware of their rights.

I, for one, am pretty miffed with Nokia for announcing that the price of its latest phone Nokia N72 is Rs. 9399/-. I paid Rs. 9696/- for it! :( Let me look up my consumer rights booklet immediately and keep my resignation ready.

Thinking in the background: $1 million means Rs. 4 crores. 1 Mercedes Benz (Rs. 60 Lakhs), 1 flat and 1 farmhouse in Mysore (Rs. 40 Lakhs)… anyone wants a loan?! :D

My primary reason of buying this phone was that. I just needed a device to make and answer phone calls and listen to FM Radio while driving (You get to watch movies if you do this). It was the need to be connected that drew me to it. Infact my first preference was a plain vanilla 6610 – the one without the camera. But by the time I could buy it, Nokia had stopped production of that one. And by the way, I am one of those who buys only Nokia mobile phones, Sony Walkmans and Apple iPods. So 6610i it would be.

It gave me excellent company. Like all Nokia phones, I found 6610i to have a very long battery life and extremely user-friendly. One of the main reasons why I always buy Nokia phones is that it is very intuitive to use. I had a Sony Ericsson phone for a brief while in between and it was hell to go through the menu of the phone. Though I must say its display and sound quality were much better than a Nokia phone in its category, it was not the easiest to navigate through. And the number of times the phone hung, countless. So, Nokia. Period.

Today I have the same fascination for the Nokia N-Series. And I can afford the N-72 alone in that series. Everything else seems fairly out of reach. But my requirements out of a phone have not changed. I still only make and answer phone calls. Even listening to FM Radio is out. I might as well go for a 1100 (if its still in production that is), but the strange fascination for N-Series is something I am unable to get over especially since I am able to afford it. God knows what i will do with the 2 MP camera, GPRS, etc.

After UniverCell we went to another multi-brand mobile showroom. The exchange price for my 6610i went up to Rs. 1500/-. And today we went to another showroom, this guy said Rs. 1750/-. Now this huge variation has left me wondering what these guys do with the second hand phones that they buy or is it just that beauty of this phone lies in the eye of the beholder?