Samsung's ultra cheap Guru100 comes to India

by Chris Ziegler, posted Feb 24th 2008 at 10:26PM

Alongside the C140, Samsung's Guru100 candybar now occupies very rarified air in the mobile world, being able to claim the lucrative sub-Rs.2000 (about $49.90) market at retail in India. The simple candybar still manages to pack a handful of modern features like MP3 ringtones, a 128 x 128 color display, speakerphone, Java support, and MMS messaging, along with something decidedly un-modern: a whopping 9 hours of talk time. As hard as it might be to comprehend, we'd wager an S60 phone from Samsung has a better chance of coming to the US than this gem does (snap!) so we might suggesting booking a flight out to Mumbai if you're really feeling this one -- which, really, defeats the low price anyway.

[Via Cellpassion]

Filed under: Handsets, Samsung, GSM

Tags: candybar, guru100, india, samsung

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chuck @ Feb 25th 2008 11:26AM

Sheesh, Samsung has become such a joke. They need to stop ripping everyone else off. All of their phones are basically modified Nokias/ Motorolas/ Sony Ericssons.

This model in particular looks almost exactly like the Nokia 2610.

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Mog @ Feb 25th 2008 7:06PM

How different can a basic candybar phone with a small screen look, though?

In any case, I love the wallpaper on that phone.

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