The highpoint of Samsung's SGH-i450 is its dual slider, like Nokia N95. With audio from Bang & Olufsen's ICE power technology, the speaker provides surprising clarity to the music.

The i450 brings alive the pulsating experience of 3D surround sound. Since the phone runs on Symbian S60, it means that plenty of third party applications are available.

Second, it has a 2-megapixel camera and a VGA camera in front for video conferencing. Internal memory tops out at 60 MB, which isn't much, but the phone will accept microSDHC cards in capacities upto 4GB.

The phone connects to headphones and PCs using Bluetooth and USB of the 2.0 variety, including A2DP for stereo Bluetooth headsets. The SHG-i450 is priced at Rs 15,000.