Videocon IMO would need to brand itself harder to be a cellphone player. Nothing wrong with manufacturing phones, but the only problem is that no on expects you to pull out a Videocon from your pocket. That aside, the V1675 is a well priced blackberry clone (at least in design). Videocon has somehow managed to deliver a QWERTY, Dual SIM smartphone with an optical trackpad for Rs 5500. While you will find many local china pieces at better price, mind you this one comes with a brand name like Vodafone with it. So is the V1675 really cool?
Well not really. Had Videocon thought a little about innovating and creating a real product instead of just copying Blackberry design, UI (icons etc) and attach to that a Nokia charging slot; I would have appreciated this product lot more. Yes the phone works with a Nokia charger and while you would say that its good for compatibility, its actually no better than a silly Chinese counterfeits who bundle in a Nokia charging pin (why not a MicroUSB that’s the industry standard?). Seems like the innovation and real product creation in mobile field is left to new entrants like Notion Ink only.
Coming back to the V1675
from Videocon the phone features Dual SIM, Physical QWERTY, Bluetooth AD2P, 2MP camera with flash, front camera and upto 2GB expandable memory. The phone claims to be integrated with Yahoo, Facebook, MSN and Twitter but these aren't really apps but optimized web interfaces (note: I couldn't connect my GPRS in this, so no mobile internet tested). And the best part: This isn't a 3G phone, so the front camera isn't gonna do any video calling.
Apart from that the QWERTY isn't great either. Better than the Samsung Corby TXT for sure, but when I compare it to my E63, it is nowhere in competition. The typing on the V1675 keyboard is slow and somewhat noisy. Perhaps this is due to the way the keys are cut out, see a comparison below:
The built quality is good but the plastic doesn't feel A grade but expecting anything better at this price would be a crime. Camera or media isn't anything particularly to speak about, its average. I didn't even feel like putting the effort to upload a sample image from the phone to show ya 
. The optical trackball is my first experience here and it takes a little while to get used to, thats a nice attraction for this device.
In short, if you are looking for a expensive looking Dual SIM phone, your choice can well be the Videocon V1675. Remember: this ain't a smartphone!
UPDATE:
WHY THE HELL DID I TAKE ALL THE EFFORT TO REVIEW THIS THING?
This isn’t a Videocon trying to copy Blackberry design, its just another Chinese phone with Videocon label on it. Just brought to my notice by a friend this thing runs a OS that is the same as a E71 knockoff that he has. See the images below (the phone on the right is not a E71 but a fake Chinese model).
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