Re: Truth
by Devdutt Nayak on Feb 02, 2010 06:10 PM
the big thing everyone misses is the REAL exchange rate:
a good coder's salary in the US is about 6000 USD
in that money, he can buy 7-8 of these $800 nokia netbooks.
The decent coder's salary in India is 50,000 INR
Now to buy ONE netbook it costs 40k
to buy 7-8 netbooks it costs 3,00,000 INR monthly salary.
Do you now realise why the hardware import and reselling business makes people rich?
Because Indian coders can afford only ONE instead of the 8 that US coders can afford.
India is 5-8 times more expensive than US if you think in terms of purchases.
All that difference money goes into someone's pockets.
I leave that as an exercise to you to figure out how that 7-to-1 ratio is divided among the richer class in India or abroad.
All those who complain in American that Indians have it easy are oblivious to this fact.
This is also why India lags behind the US in technology adoption
This is also why India will always be forced to do outsourcing and Indian middle class will always be forced to pay huge amounts from their pockets for things that Americans get for cheap.
Re: HTC HD2 is the best smartphone in the market
by common man on Feb 02, 2010 05:38 PM
In the Indian 'official' market you are right, the HD2 is the best. I have found that overall though, the HTC Touch Pro 2 is the best. It is not yet available in India (should be in a couple of months), but is available on the gray market and unlocked version can easily be purchased off eBay UK or US.
Re: Re: HTC HD2 is the best smartphone in the market
by varun singh on Feb 02, 2010 05:57 PM
in a few months xperia x10 will be launched in india n it will be the best smartfon ever both hardware n software specifications suggest that
Re: Re: Re: HTC HD2 is the best smartphone in the market
by Sunil Chandrashekharan on Feb 03, 2010 02:43 AM
Google Nexus is the best available in India. The speed the phone works is amazing and can be bought of google website. Much better than the iphone
