| We have seen it at some point or the other, | | | | of the mobile phone considerably, instead of a big |
| companies coming out with cheap cell phones and | | | | screen which can support a bigger resolution, a |
| capturing the market completely, making other | | | | common sized display will again bring down the |
| mobile manufacturers come out with their own | | | | costs of the mobile - and so on and so forth. Of |
| line of economic phone models. If you have ever | | | | course, this is not always a good idea, because in |
| wondered why a particular mobile is worth $1000 | | | | the end the user might end up with a plastic |
| and another is available within $200, and the | | | | camera button, or a camera USB cover that is |
| answer is not obvious, read on to find out what | | | | prone to fall out at any moment, etc. Another |
| exactly makes a cell phone cheap. | | | | way to clamp down on the cost of the phone is |
| They have fewer features | | | | to use a rubber keypad instead of a metal one, |
| This is the most important penny pincher when it | | | | etc. |
| comes to mobile phones. A cheap phone will not | | | | The Technology Used is Old: |
| have the bells and whistles like a WLAN, EDGE, | | | | Mobiles are electronic devices that work on |
| 3G, or a dual camera or even a camera, for | | | | technology. The common technology used is |
| example. No doubt that these features are quite | | | | Symbian, Java, and other Operating Systems like |
| important for some, but many people can just do | | | | Windows Mobile or the Android. The more current |
| without these features in their mobile phones - | | | | and strong the technology, the more is the cost |
| the perfect market for cheap mobiles. The | | | | of the mobile phone. Only the technologically |
| stripping down of these features brings down the | | | | adept, who make optimum use of their mobile |
| costs of the cell phone to a drastic level. | | | | phones would feel the difference, whether they |
| The Materials Used are Not Expensive: | | | | are using a Symbian phone or a Windows Mobile |
| This is something that is very rarely done, but is | | | | Therefore, many cell phone manufacturers use |
| another way in which a mobile manufacturer can | | | | older technology like Symbian or Java to bring |
| cut down the costs of manufacturing the mobile | | | | down the costs of the phone. |
| phone. Like for example, instead of a full metal | | | | These are the top three reasons that cell phones |
| body, using a plastic body will bring down the cost | | | | are available for cheap. |