[Advice] Mobile under 8.5k

1. Budget?
-> 8.5k (MAX)

2. Display type and size?

-> Min 3.7"

3. Form Factor? bar, slider, flip?

-> Bar

4. Preferred choice of brand?

-> Any other than Local

5. Preferred input method (QWERTY, touchscreen, numpad, touch-n-type).

-> Touchscreen
6. What camera option you want? Please specify need for flash, autofocus, front facing camera.

-> 5 MP (AF) w/ a Flash and a FF cam too

7. Preferred operating system? (Android, Symbian, iOS, Windows Phone etc).

-> Android

8. Preferred connectivity options (3G, Wifi etc)Please specify clearly.

-> Wi-fi then 3G

9. Preferred applications (Flash, Swype, GPS, etc)?

-> No Idea

10. Primary use of handset (multimedia, camera, mails, internet, gaming etc)?

-> Multimedia and Gaming

11. Any specific mobile phones in consideration?
-> Pantech Burst P9070

12. Any other info that you want to share

Formalities ^^

Decided to go for Pantech Burst P9070 because of the following: -

Pros

S-Amoled 4" Display
Dual-core 1.5 GHz Scorpion
Adreno 220
CM 10 is being Build
1 GB Memory
16 GB Internal Storage
LTE Supported (Will never use it so it doesn't matter)

Cons

256k colors display
Bad Call quality (Read)
Battery drain (Read)
No Warranty (Doesn't matter)
Once Bricked - Can't revive (J tagging works but don't know about it!)

I'll be buying it from ebay.com via ishop International for 7.3k (with 500/- Discount)
Any better alternative? advice?

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Update

My Timeline :-

Feb 14[SUP]th - [/SUP] Placed Order
March 2[SUP]nd - [/SUP] Product arrived Mumbai
March 2[SUP]nd[/SUP][SUP] - [/SUP]Product Shipped (via Bluedart )
March 7[SUP]th[/SUP] - Bluedart Shipped the product (Delayed occured because my location wasn't servicable bt them )
March 8[SUP]th[/SUP] - My friend in Jaipur got the product

March 9[SUP]th - [/SUP]I'll be Tap-Talking

Got Burst Link to Pics

I think is a nice deal because ironically, we teenagers rarely us a phone as in calling! We just want to enjoy the hardware, Performand and apps. So, I think you should go for it.. Not a bad deal.

You know I'll always support Burst

Bump

pratyush997 said:
Cons

256k colors display <--- hardly matters.

Bad Call quality (Read) <--- no idea.

Battery drain (Read) <--- read HTC DNA or review of LTE packing droids. turning LTE off should more or less solve this problem.

Once Bricked - Can't revive (J tagging works but don't know about it!) <--- don't try to flash/update anything official. easiest way to brick an android mobile is when you try to update or use the official flashing software and they fail halfway. same for Sony, Samsung, Motorola, LG, and all other manufacturers.

answered.

^^ Perfect explanation, go get burst

I don't get it how come Kies etc can brick your device, even my friend told me once

Sam said:
answered.

Perfect one!
Thanks!

pratyush997 said:
Perfect one!
Thanks!

So, what will you do?

tkin said:
So, what will you do?

What do you think!

pratyush997 said:
What do you think!

Say it here LOOOUUUD. When?

tkin said:
Say it here LOOOUUUD. When?

~~ASAP in this week or maybe the next week!~~ After 21st March

(After exams) Will post a Popcorn review

(With CROM on it

- Stock looks ugly)

pratyush997 said:
ASAP in this week or maybe the next week! Will post a Popcorn review (With CROM on it - Stock looks ugly)

Do a mini review of the stock first, useful for those who are not into modding etc.

tkin said:
Do a mini review of the stock first, useful for those who are not into modding etc.

Okay! Currently waiting for green signal from DAD

at Yellow now!

Hey Nice,
But aint that thing available in US ?
What about Customs ?

&
its Android 2.3 ?

pratyush997 said:
Okay! Currently waiting for green signal from DAD at Yellow now!

Good luck.

dharmil007 said:
Hey Nice,
But aint that thing available in US ?
What about Customs ?

&
its Android 2.3 ?

Price includes all, and it has official JB update and oodles of custom roms.

tkin said:
Good luck.

Price includes all, and it has official JB ICS update and oodles of custom roms.

A Bit correction

Thanks BTW

Doesn't matter

waiting for CM 10 now! Devs working slow though (Atleast they are working

good guyz )

AWESOME MAN, if it includes customs.
So what do u think, A116 or BURST ?

dharmil007 said:
AWESOME MAN, if it includes customs.

The IMG was hyper linked to the "7.3 w/ discount" BTW

*i.imgur.com/tTZC2z6.png

So what do u think, A116 or BURST ?

Hindusthan Motors or Honda?

pratyush997 said:
~~ASAP in this week or maybe the next week!~~ After 21st March (After exams) Will post a Popcorn review (With CROM on it - Stock looks ugly)

Updated

Ordered it
for 7.6 k
500/- off scheme expired

Hey guyz i also ordered Pantech Burst.
Thank u pratyush997

'coz of this thread i got to know about this awesome phone.

& i got the discount of Rs. 500
So i got it @ Rs 7.3k

dharmil007 said:
Hey guyz i also ordered Pantech Burst.
Thank u pratyush997

'coz of this thread i got to know about this awesome phone.

& i got the discount of Rs. 500
So i got it @ Rs 7.3k

OMFG
They didn't gave me 500/- discount :shock:

pratyush997 said:

OMFG
They didn't gave me 500/- discount

Click to expand...

u Only told me about discount ?

& u dint got it

^exactly!
They just didn't gave me any discount

HEy did u get the order confirmation from that site, that they purchased your product ??

& hey did u know that ICS update is available for the device ?

dharmil007 said:
HEy did u get the order confirmation from that site, that they purchased your product ??

& hey did u know that ICS update is available for the device ?

Yeah, got a email from 'em
yeah Update is available

Congrats. The best phone to get for anyone that has a sub 10k budget IMO

randomuser111 said:
Congrats. The best phone to get for anyone that has a sub 10k budget IMO

Isn't it sad, not a single well known company will launch a worthwhile sub 10k phone in India? :banghead:

@pratyush..congrats ...hows the phone with respect to call quality, camera and battery backup ?

Wow!! Sweet deal! I found someone selling it on[E] for 9K today and was pooling together some funds to buy it. I missed that sale, thankfully.

randomuser111 said:
Congrats. The best phone to get for anyone that has a sub 10k budget IMO

Thanks

esumitkumar said:
@pratyush..congrats ...hows the phone with respect to call quality, camera and battery backup ?

It ain't with me

| with seller now

Kl@w-24 said:
Wow!! Sweet deal! I found someone selling it on[E] for 9K today and was pooling together some funds to buy it. I missed that sale, thankfully.

LOL