10k-12k smartphone buying advice 2014

hello I need to buy my first smartphone so plese help me with it.
I will be buying the phone at the end of the month January 2014
prefered specs
budget : 10k-12k
OS : Android and Windows
Ram : 1gb or greater
Inbuilt storage : 4gb or greater
camera : 8mp or greater
edge,3g,wifi,wifi hotspot
good screen
screen size : 4.5 or greater
purpose : camera,internet,moderate gaming,video recording,movies etc..
brands : any

other specs : hd video recording,good resolution.
thanks in advance.
the mobiles i have been seeing : xolo 800, micromax a110 canvas 2,xolo1000s,motorola moto g (8gb).

Moto g is good.

Wait for moto g

but moto g costs around 15-16k right.
and also no expandable memory.
heard that only 5gb out of 8gb can be used.
how about xolo phones are they reliable ??? and is the camera good in xolo 1000

+1 for Moto G 8 GB.

so its moto g then.

K

Okay guys , what will be the pricing structure of MOTO G ??

sidspark said:
but moto g costs around 15-16k right.
and also no expandable memory.
heard that only 5gb out of 8gb can be used.
how about xolo phones are they reliable ??? and is the camera good in xolo 1000

You can use USB OTG for increasing memory.

kalam_gohab said:
Okay guys , what will be the pricing structure of MOTO G ??

launch price should be ~15k for 8GB dual sim. 16.5-17k for 16GB. single sim will be noticeably cheaper but i have a feeling we'll only get dual sim.

@op Moto G is definitely out of your budget. In your budget options are limited. I am a xolo q800 user (white version). It's a very good phone by my standards. No lag, good camera performance and no way looks cheap. You can also look at xolo q700. It is IMO slightly better than xolo q800 coz of better battery, ogs screen and OTG support BUT comes with an Inferior camera.

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^^ Hows Xolo 800's battery performance ??

a2mn2002 said:
^^ Hows Xolo 800's battery performance ??

It's good. I can't tell you how the battery performs on 2g coz from day 1 It's on 3g. With both sim ON (3g+2g), I get around 7 hours while continuously surfing on 3g. You must know that 3g is the biggest power sucker. Sometimes when I use only single sim in 2g mode for a brief period, I wonder how NOT so quickly my phone's battery drains.

You won't be able to live with just 8GB(actually 5GB) storage in phone............ Also Moto G would be costlier
So better get Sony M dual or something from Indian manufacturers like XOLO Q900 (they have good quality products nowadays but if u r very unlucky u may have to deal with their bad A.S.S.)
Sony Xperia M Dual vs XOLO Q900 vs XOLO Q1000 vs Micromax Canvas Magnus A117: Compare Mobiles: Flipkart.com

anupam_pb said:
You won't be able to live with just 8GB(actually 5GB) storage in phone............ Also Moto G would be costlier
So better get Sony M dual or something from Indian manufacturers like XOLO Q900 (they have good quality products nowadays but if u r very unlucky u may have to deal with their bad A.S.S.)
Sony Xperia M Dual vs XOLO Q900 vs XOLO Q1000 vs Micromax Canvas Magnus A117: Compare Mobiles: Flipkart.com

Moto G has usb OTG support where you can connect your pendrive and storage issue can be fixed in that way.

^^ even 8K devices like Xolo Q700 has OTG support.

Yeah! How good it would look - a pendrive always hanging from the phone. 5gb is toooo low. It's a joke not to have extra storage support.

sksundram said:
Yeah! How good it would look - a pendrive always hanging from the phone. 5gb is toooo low. It's a joke not to have extra storage support.

Exactly !!!
I've seen my friend using his Xperia U(which he gave to his mother & upgraded to Optimus G AT&T)
That's why USB OTG is not a solution to limited storage. 16GB(13GB actually) makes more sense & most people can live with it, you just need clean up of unnecessary apps n files from time to time

anupam_pb said:
Exactly !!!
I've seen my friend using his Xperia U(which he gave to his mother & upgraded to Optimus G AT&T)
That's why USB OTG is not a solution to limited storage. 16GB(13GB actually) makes more sense & most people can live with it, you just need clean up of unnecessary apps n files from time to time[/QUOTE]

Cleaning up the cache also helps. I had almost 30 MB cache stored in Galaxy Y.

Luffy said:
Cleaning up the cache also helps. I had almost 30 MB cache stored in Galaxy Y.

Ya, my phone had 200MB cache once, mostly due to chrome

Luffy said:
Cleaning up the cache also helps. I had almost 30 MB cache stored in Galaxy Y.

anupam_pb said:
Ya, my phone had 200MB cache once, mostly due to chrome

But cache makes phone faster too

Even if we remove it it'll generate automatically

So it may not help to increase free space

ankush28 said:
But cache makes phone faster too
Even if we remove it it'll generate automatically
So it may not help to increase free space

I don't clean cache, because of Maps....... Now they have removed feature to save map offline, which is obviously not a good thing

I don't find OTG a solution to low memory space. I won't put a usb attached to my phone inside my pocket to listen music.

+1 to Xolo fones.. My friend has an X700 and its quite good for its price range..
Xperia M can be an option too

Why everybody is saying Moto G but it is around 18k and the Op wants between 10-12k right. What is so special about Moto G besides there is no service centers in India. I say go for Xperia M or M Dual @ 11k or 12.5k which is best for even lag free gaming and good battery support. Never for cheap remade chinese ****.

^ I guess you have never even seen a Xperia M in real life lol. It fails to play 1080p videos even in MX player with HW decode, overheats like a boiler, and offers strictly average battery life ( not to mention the poor screen, crippled memory, and camera), and then there are Sony's so called official bugfixes which always introduce new bugs

Moto G has none of these perils

Even Xperia L is much better VFM than this.

bavusani said:
Why everybody is saying Moto G but it is around 18k and the Op wants between 10-12k right. What is so special about Moto G besides there is no service centers in India. I say go for Xperia M or M Dual @ 11k or 12.5k which is best for even lag free gaming and good battery support. Never for cheap remade chinese ****.

Lol at bold part

>Moto G single sim will be ~13k
>They will provide A.S.S. too -.-(where is the smily for " -_- " :lol:

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I dont think OP will care for 1k extra when performence difference is HUGE

Wait till moto g officially launch...

Instead look for a 2nd hand GS3 or something like that.. much VFM.. than moto G..

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anupam_pb said:
they have good quality products nowadays but if u r very unlucky u may have to deal with their bad A.S.S.

+1

I am using Xolo Q700. I am quite satisfied so far for VFM. My friend has bought Xolo Q700i last week. Even he is satisfied with it.

How about Xolo Q700i ??

Which is better xolo q700i or xolo q800 x edition ??

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XoloQ800 X edition is better due to Mediatek MT6589 chipset.

Minion said:
XoloQ800 X edition is better due to Mediatek MT6589 chipset.

Any other suggestions within Inr12k ??

Karbon Titanium S5 Plus

kaz said:
Karbon Titanium S5 Plus

What about the hardware of S5 is it reliable ??

Same as other competitors but after sales service is poor..... My friend had some software related issues in his Karbon phone and it didn't boot. He gave it to service center at Jamshedpur, Jh. and they said "We need 56days, its going to Delhi as we cannot get to the problem". I guess flashing the stock rom would have done. So, if you buying any of these local brands be ready to face their terrible A.S.S.

^^Is that 56 or 5-6 days

56

and he is yet to get it

Get a xolo device
Xolo q800 x-edition
Or
Xolo q900
Or if u spend more then get a canvas magnus a117

Wait For Gionee M2..its going to be launched later this month

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kaz said:
Karbon Titanium S5 Plus

It is having signal loss problem.

sushovan said:
Wait For Gionee M2..its going to be launched later this month

What about Gionee's ASS bad as like that of itz other competitors ???
what about hardware reliability ??

A friend of mine bought a Gionee P2 and after one week vibration stopped working properly..sometime it worked and some time didn't but after few more days its working fine now

Meanwhile when he was at an authorised service center they asked for 2days time to check for problem but because he didnt have a spare phone he couldnt give it to them.. I was with him and the service center was atmost 8x6 foot in size

And for A.S.S. you can't expect any quick response from them... Even for minor problems these companies take too much time to repair the phone..

kaz said:
A friend of mine bought a Gionee P2 and after one week vibration stopped working properly..sometime it worked and some time didn't but after few more days its working fine now Meanwhile when he was at an authorised service center they asked for 2days time to check for problem but because he didnt have a spare phone he couldnt give it to them.. I was with him and the service center was atmost 8x6 foot in size

And for A.S.S. you can't expect any quick response from them... Even for minor problems these companies take too much time to repair the phone..

Thank you that was helpfull

Now I am really concerned about A.S.S
So Any Good Options from Micromax or Sony ???
or any other brand (Win 8 os is ok but i prefer Android) which has good A.S.S with a decent cam ???

Good A.S.S with decent cam= Lumia 720 .

If like Android most go for
Micromax Canvas 2 Plus A110Q
1GB RAM + 8MP Camera.

I am using Micromax A77.

Micromax have
A.S.S. in every city .
Besides this You can get it repaired from open market
with all spares available in a quarter or so
after launch of new arrivals.

Go for Nokia 525 if want trouble free performance with good A.S.S.
But not much repair options in open market without spares availability.

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satinder said:
If like Android most go for
Micromax Canvas 2 Plus A110Q
1GB RAM + 8MP Camera.

I am using Micromax A77.

Micromax have
A.S.S. in every city .
Besides this You can get it repaired from open market
with all spares available in a quarter or so
after launch of new arrivals.

Go for Nokia 525 if want trouble free performance with good A.S.S.
But not much repair options in open market without spares availability.

How about Micromax canvas2.2 a114 and Micromax Canvas magnus a117 ??
which is better taking into consideration the price ??

sidspark said:
How about Micromax canvas2.2 a114 and Micromax Canvas magnus a117 ??
which is better taking into consideration the price ??

A117
1.5ghz that's not in other phones
M-sd and otg!!
Best in 14k range
Also 12mp cam
Choose Canvas Magnus by closed eyes
Also miui v5, lewa v5 and other roms available