Top smartphones locked in great prices

Unlike US and UK, the culture of getting "contract phones" in India was not very common, up until now. With more high end smartphones making their way to India, carriers are seen tempting  mobile users with their lucrative contract based deals. These deals extend to low cost calling, free messaging and free night calls. However these contracts nevertheless restrict you to a particular carrier, so if you don't mind sticking with one carrier for a period of 1-2 years, here are some of the popular devices that come locked in great deals.

iPhone 3GS with Airtel & Aircel: Airtel is offering iPhone3GS at Rs. 20,999 with airtel 3G connection. Similarly, Aircel is also offering iPhone 3GS at just Rs. 19,990. You can purchase it on 6 months EMI as well with the first payment of just Rs. 3,333. You also get a monthly discount on your monthly rental. This contract lasts for about 2 years.

MTS Android phones: MTS is offering two Android handsets, Livewire and MTAG 3.1 at Rs. 4999 and Rs. 5499 respectively with a commitment of one year. They are offering different prepaid and postpaid tariff plans as well. 

iPhone 4: Airtel is offering iPhone 4 at Rs. 35,500 for 16GB handset and Rs 41,900 for 32GB handset. Both pre-paid and post paid plans are available for this handset.

Aircel is offering the device with a two year contract with monthly rental of Rs 2, 510 and 2,139 for 32GB and 16GB handset. These handsets are available at Aircel stores. If you are interested in the 16GB, the device is available for Rs. 34,500 while the 32GB is available for 40,900.

Vodafone Blue 555: Vodafone Blue 555 has been manufactured in collaboration with Facebook. It is a Facebook integrated handset, which is equipped with 2.4-inch QVGA TFT 252K colors display. It has a 2-megapixel camera and sport Bluetooth and Opera Mini 5.0. It comes with Vodafone connection only for Rs.4,449

LG Optimus 3D: LG is offering LG Optimus 3D with a 2 year contract with Reliance 3G connection. This super-smartphone doesn’t require any glasses to view 3D images videos. With this bundle offer you can save up to 33,000 with pre-paid as well as post-paid connection.

Price: Rs. 37,000.