If you arent able to buy an Apple iPhone for 270 (or $399 in the US), dont be frustrated. China has invented for you a new phone that is 99% clone to original iPhone, named hiphone 4. It exceeds the limitation of iPhone both in price and feature. You can get it for only $55-200.
It has various models with side sliding design. It includes finger touch screen, Wi-Fi, Switch sensor, dual 2MP camera etc. Manufactures supply 2 batteries with each phone and its standby time is 200 to 250 hours which is really amazing. Its talking time is 3 to 5 hours. The only limitation is that it lacks in some major features and software to original iPhone.
The cost effective Hiphone is GSM phone which includes various languages such as English, Spanish, French, Italian, Germany, Malaysian, Portuguese, Indonesian, Slovak, Dutch, Vietnamese, Czech, Turkish, Persian, Arabic, Greek, simplified Chinese and traditional Chinese. You can buy a HiPhone from internet as many websites give special discount and offer free shipping.