This week we saw two new iPhone competitors hitting the market. The much awaited Nokia 5800 and the LG KP500 aka Cookie. “While the iPhone has its own charm”, there are some advantages these handsets have over the iPhone. The major being the pricing! While the iPhone is priced in India (with network lock) for Rs 30000, both the 5800 Xpressmusic and the LG Cokie are priced below Rs 20000. In fact, the LG cookie is one of the cheapest touchscreens at Rs 13000. Moreover, both the 5800 and the Cookie are fully unlocked and available to use with any operator.The competition for the iPhone is getting stronger, but no one clearly beats it. All these are trying to sell a value for money concept, while the iPhone is pure class!
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LG Cookie Review Vs iPhone
Update: Both LG Cookie and the Nokia 5800 have done extremely well. Though none of these beats the iPhone 3G in sales yet, Nokia 5800 looks very promising with 2.8 million units sold. While LG Cookie has sold 2million. Nokia 5800 looks strong to touch 12 million in sales by 2009 end if followed up with exhaustive promotions.
LG targets sale 0f 10million Cookie aka KP500 handsets and it has also increased its availability to 60 countries from 40 before.