Reliance IndiaMobile Intorduces Two Camera Phones

[Arun 795]

DAKC (Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City), Navi Mumbai. December 30, 2003

Continuing to offer a plethora of handset choices to Reliance IndiaMobile customers, Reliance Infocomm has launched two CDMA 2000 1x colour camera phones - GTRAN GCP 4020 from GTRAN Wireless Inc of the US and Samsung SCH A603 from Samsung Electronics of South Korea.

Both the phones continue with Reliance IndiaMobile's tradition of offering multimedia rich and data capable phones. They can be used as a modem to connect laptops and other computing devices to Internet. They are also Java enabled and can be used to access R World suite of data applications on Reliance IndiaMobile network.

The GTRAN GCP 4020 is also the first mobile phone in India to work with RUIM card (equivalent to a SIM card in GSM phones) in India. RUIM card stores all subscription related information, phone book and stores SMS messages.

GTRAN GCP 4020

The GTRAN GCP 4020 phone with external attachable camera is priced attractively at Rs 14,001, while the phone without the option of camera is priced at Rs 12,001. GTRAN GCP 4020 is initially launched at Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad and is available at the Reliance IndiaMobile outlets and Reliance WebWorlds there.

Some of the other features GTRAN GCP 4020 include:

- Photo Album with memory to save a maximum of 50 pictures including those downloaded via PC sync

- Internal Phonebook that can store 300 entries with 5 numbers per

entry plus company name, addresses, email id, etc per entry

- PC Synch that synchronise the Phone Book, Scheduler, Messages, Ring tones, Wallpapers, and Photo Album with your PC

- High quality display with 65536 colour UFB CSTN LCD, displaying up to 9 lines of text, 4 line Monochrome Sub LCD to view incoming calls without having to open the phone

- Lightweight at just 88 gms.

- Long battery life: 140 min talk time and 120 hours stand-by time

Samsung SCH A603

The feature rich Samsung SCH A603 is one of the most advanced camera phones in the market and is priced very attractively for Reliance IndiaMobile customers at Rs 21,900. The 120 gms, compact, Samsung SCH A603 is a colour phone with rotating lens and screen folder for convenient camera use. With 260K TFT colour LCD and display of up to ten lines of text, it offers an exciting display screen to the user. It supports both English and Hindi user interface and text input.

The Samsung SCH A603 is launched initially in Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad.

Some of the unique features of Samsung SCH A603 include:

- 300k pixel embedded camera with flash. The phone comes with an installed digital camera equipped with advanced functions, including a digital 2X ZOOM. The camera has the ability to rotate 180 degrees.

- Screen Folder Rotation. Every SCH-A603 is outfitted with the innovative folder design that provides the user with limitless options in a shooting environment that makes the best of the rotating folder design.

- The SCH-A603's 40-poly melody chip produces a high advancement in sound. It allows the user to create unique personal sounds.

- 260K TFT LCD display. The resolution of the 260K TFT LCD phone offers images of excellent clarity.

- Other features include Phone book with photographic caller ID, voice functions like voice dial, voice memo and answering machine and a Planner loaded with Scheduler, To-Do list, calculator, alarm and World Clock and 46(including 6 downloadable) polyphony ring tones and PC

sync facility

[Chirag 5]

Does anybody have any idea of the tariff plan or upfront payment for the new Camera handset of Samsung or GTRAN? No where in the website are these details given!

Like for a regular Colour Handset A563 we pay some Rs. 300 in addition to the tariff plan every month and an upfront payment of Rs. 5000/- So similarly wht are the plans for A603?

[niket 0]

No installment scheam only upfront payment. and u have old phone and u want same phone number on new camera phone this also not possible they said that "they told they have no migration plans now for camera phone. (i.e change old handset with new camera phone) so u have to wait."

[Chirag 5]

Upfront payment of? and how much to pay in installments every month along with the plan charges?

[JAX 1]

Upfront payment = u pay the full cost of the phone when u get the phone. There is no installment.

[digishpatel 0]

what will be the prices for getting these phones and which are the schemes which will be applicable for this? Would there be more financing charges etc on this?

[sanguine 0]

hi,currently iam using samsung black and white model and i need to upgradt to Gtran camera model and i wish to pay the full amount.how can this be done?i have asking this to the reliance customer care for months but no fruotful reply.

[Chirag 5]

i dont think there are yet any migration plans for changing over to these Camera models. Wht possibly u cud do is ask them that if they could switch ur no. frm ur present b/w handset to the new camera handset. But in this case, u also might jus end up keeping the old b/w handset with urself. Or else, ask them if its alright, if someone wants to buy over the old handset from u and Rel could give that old mobile a new no. or something...

What are the tariff plans for these Camera Phones? Any financing charges on them for a period of time??

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