A mobile phone can make and receive telephone calls to and from the public telephone network which consists of other mobiles and fixed-line phones all over the world. It does this by linking to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator. In addition to telephony, modern mobile phones also support a wide variety of other services such as text messaging (SMS), MMS, email, Internet access (WAP, GPRS), short-range wireless communications (infrared, Bluetooth), business applications, gaming, multimedia and photography. Mobile phones that offer these more universal computing facilities are referred to as smart phones.
The first hand-held mobile phone was demonstrated by Dr Martin Cooper of Motorola in 1973, using a handset weighing 2 1/2 lbs (about 1 kg). Now, there are many mobile handsets by many different companies like Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Blackberry, LG, HTC, Micromax, Spice, and others. There is a huge competition of better and best mobile phones in the market.
Apart from brand new mobile phones, there is also a huge market of
second hand mobiles phones in India. Many people including students, fresher, and housewives prefer using second hand mobiles in Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and other cities. They are quite cheap and one can avail best quality of mobile phone at very nominal rates. Also many people just use mobiles for making and receiving calls, sending messages only, they do not know many other features of mobiles so they prefer buying a second hand mobile phone.
The price of mobiles depend upon the features of the handset and the company which is providing the phone like there is a processor in the mobiles but the best ones are only Android, Symbian. Also there are other features like camera which varies in pixels. Good handsets have more than 5 mega pixels camera while low price mobile phones have 1 mega pixel camera or sometimes even VGA camera only. Multimedia features also differ as per the mobiles like some phones have best video quality facility while many do not have. MMS facility is provided by only high quality handsets, same with internet surfing. Only expensive phones provide GPRS, EDGE and 3G facilities, some mid range phones have WAP facility.
If you are interested in buying a mobile phone whether new or second hand, you can also try free classified websites apart from the mobile stores. There are websites like www.khojle.in which provides you to post free ads for your requirements and also gives you the information related to price, model, location, colour, features, etc.
You can find out the price of second hand mobiles in Delhi, second hand mobiles in Mumbai etc. Also second hand mobiles in Hyderabad are available in huge amount; you can choose your desired handset at very reasonable prices through some dealers.