Andorid phone for music and camera

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Dear Digitians,

My wife needs a new phone. Currently She is using Lumia 520 but as she listens to music a lot, the phone is not upto her expectations. Creating playlist is very time consuming and there is not option to edit playlist like add to queue or remove.
I know that 8.1 update is on the way and we should wait. but the fact is that my own phone is 3.5 years old, So I will buy her a new one and I will use her 520 myself.

1. Budget? -------------------------------------------------------------> 16000/-

2. Display type and size?-------------------------------------------------> 5" HD Display

3. Dual sim?-------------------------------------------------------------> No

4. Preferred choice of brand?---------------------------------------------> Moto/Xperia/No Samshit unless they come up with better design.

5. What camera option you want (flash, front facing camera)?-------------> Front/Flash/Autofocus

6. Preferred operating system? (Android, iOS, Windows Phone, etc).--------> Android

7. Preferred connectivity options (3G, 4G ready).--------------------------> 3G will be enough

8. Primary use of handset (multimedia, camera, internet, gaming etc)?------> multimedia, video capture, photo, e-book
(need a 5" screen) internet, But very limited gaming.

9. Any specific mobile phones in consideration? ---------------------------> Considering of course Moto G but she has 6-7 GB of songs and I don't want her to run out of space. So SD card limitation is a deal breaker. OTG is not an option for her. Xperia SP but screen is small (She does not require kitkat). but music quality is great.

10. Any other info that you want to share ---------------------------------> Before you recommend me Acer or Xiaomi Mi3 please note that for a girl, a brand name matters. Acer is popular amoung PC manufacturers but not for phones. How many girls care about Snapdragon or exynos ? Cortex 7 vs A9 ? So she is not comfortable using a "Chinese company" like Xiaomi infront of friends. But I want to make sure that her phone should not lag. I have seen all budget samsung phones lag. So please advice me should I wait for Moto G2 ?

Mi3's audio outshines others in this price range though. Xperia SP would have been the second best but since you need a bigger inch screen and a good one ( SP screen sucks, I use it myself) , the good old Galaxy S3 is the only option. S3 was part of Samsung's heydays (before it became samshit) and it comes with Wolfson Audio Chip :wink:

and S3 is still one of the best multimedia performer under 20K and is a perfect choice for someone who is not into hardcore gaming. also S3 has one of the largest dev base so you can easily get rid of the shitty touchwiz and install custom roms.

You can buy the S3 2GB RAM version at 14K right now if you are okay with imported phones.

increase budget and get Xperia ZR. or decrease budget and get Asus Zenphone 5 (16 GB)

If brand matters, Sony Xperia ZR is your best choice. Loudspeaker volume won't be great due to waterproofing. Camera n battery life are good.

Asus zenfone 5 is also a great choice. Great build quality, nice ui, doesn't lag, 2gb ram, 5" hd display...... Get it n use rest of the money for a good headphone, maybe

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Asus zenfone 5 battery is not up to mark. Intel Atom is not at all battery efficient phone. Any word on Moto G2 or Moto G with LTE SD card in India ?

K

+1 to zenfone 5 and xperia ZR
ZR is ops best bet imho overall
zenfone 5 is also good though

R

I think I will go for PANASONIC ELUGA U. Panasonic Eluga U Android Kitkat 13MP Camera 2GB RAM 16 GB ROM | eBay

Panasonic launches Eluga U smartphone in India for INR 18,990

What you guys think. Looks good on Paper.

Panasonic Eluga U smartphone: First impressions - The Economic Times

snapdragon 400 for 19K? :facepalm:

ZR, Zenphone 5 and Mi3 (SD800, duh) are much more better.

Panasonic is another chinese rebrander ( it doesnt care about its phone business anymore) (Panasonic will continue to sell rebranded smartphones in India as it pulls out of Japan) Its better to buy an imported LG G2 for 20K than Panasonic crap.

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sushovan, SaiyanGoku :goodjob:

for the heads up. Will not buy Pana. Actually I once has a Panasonic GD 68 long time ago beofre the compnay left mobile segment in India.

K

extend and get xperia ZR ,lumia 1320 or Moto G,Moto X
very stylish and vfm with no lag and good battery life

R

1st choice ---- xperia zr
2nd choice----- Lg l90

best choice ---- wait 1 month

K

even z10 and z3 are worth considering if she wants style for that price range
check out the white z10,sexy phone though no play services all else is fine and runs most android apps perfectly

SaiyanGoku said:
snapdragon 400 for 19K?
ZR, Zenphone 5 and Mi3 (SD800, duh) are much more better.

Read the requirements! She just needs good looking phone with good audio and Camera

^ then a red ZR/Zenphone 5 would suite her better

kkn13 said:
even z10 and z3 are worth considering if she wants style for that price range
check out the white z10,sexy phone though no play services all else is fine and runs most android apps perfectly

BB os really sucks when it comes to use experience. Even navigating through phone is horrible :duh2:

Otherwise good display and looks for 15k.

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SaiyanGoku said:
^ then a red Zenphone 5 would suite her better

Yes!!! +1

Dont wait for Moto G. If my sources are correct than Motorola is probably releasing Moto E 2nd version... No Moto G2.

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ankush28 said:
BB os really sucks when it comes to use experience. Even navigating through phone is horrible
Otherwise good display and looks for 15k.

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Yes!!! +1

Dont wait for Moto G. If my sources are correct than Motorola is probably releasing Moto E 2nd version... No Moto G2.

bullsh*t, first off its BB10 not BBOS,BBOS is an os of the past
you are clearly misguided and havent used a recent BB device,they are very different,only BB badge remains

kkn13 said:
bullsh*t, first off its BB10 not BBOS,BBOS is an os of the past
you are clearly misguided and havent used a recent BB device,they are very different,only BB badge remains

By BB OS I meant latest BB operating system BB10 and I've used Z10. One of my family member bought z10.. just because it was available for 16k on amazon and MRP at launch was ~40 :deadbored:

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ankush28 said:
By BB OS I meant latest BB operating system BB10 and I've used Z10. One of my family member bought z10.. just because it was available for 16k on amazon and MRP at launch was ~40

i dont think so given the way you said its interface is bad or whatever,its certainly better than android in this aspect
i happen to own a Z10,Lumia 720 and Nexus 5 so yeah i know what im talking about

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kkn13 said:
i dont think so given the way you said its interface is bad or whatever,its certainly better than android in this aspect
i happen to own a Z10,Lumia 720 and Nexus 5 so yeah i know what im talking about

No guys, No BB for her. Its a dying platform and has a steep learning curve. She does not need BBM. Screen in only 4.2-inch.
I hope Moto G2 will release soon in India.

rdx_halo said:
I hope Moto G2 will release soon in India.

its not announced. only a single photo appeared that too may end up being Moto E2. G got a pricecut. even i am waiting for G2 but surely not going to launch soon. else Motorola would have let Moto G stock slowly run out rather than make even less money per phone by.

K

steep learning curve? dying platform? big misconception
QNX is not at all a dying platform,even apple and microsoft use their technologies in their products such as apples carplay which is actually QNX OS(core of BB10,Like windows and NT kernel) with an ios skin
max to max apple or microsoft will acquire it because of enterprise ,security,QNX and its wide patent range

BB10 is even easier to use than android!! its in no way complicated
coming from android to windows phone ,ios and BB10,android may be more flexible but for regular users,ios,BB10 and WP are more user friendly

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This phone has all my features : Panasonic P61 Rs. 13990

FM Radio
Android v4.4.2 (KitKat) OS
8 MP Primary Camera Dual LED Flash 1920x1080 Video Recording
2 MP Secondary Camera
Expandable Storage Capacity of 32 GB
Dual SIM (GSM + GSM)
Wi-Fi Enabled
6-inch HD Touchscreen
Battery : Li-Ion, 2800 mAh
1 GB RAM,
1.3 GHz Quad Core Processor MediaTek MT6582 (quadcore Cortex A7 @ 1.3Ghz + Mali-400 MP2) Heavy Gaming in not priority. But Temple Run/ Asphalt 8, Real Football will need to run. UI should not lag.
Light Sensor, Accelerometer, Proximity Sensor
Strong and sleek metal body

What do you think guys ? Anyone has experience with Panasonic models in this forum?

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^^ If you are okay with that then why not Xiaomi Mi3 :facepalm:

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As I said before, brand Name bro ! brand name ! As I wrote my opening post first, this phone is not for me, For my better half. If I'm going to buy a phone for myself I "may" consider Xiaomi Mi3.
Please get over the Xiaomi Mi3 fever. Think beyond Xiaomi. Spec is not everything.

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rdx_halo said:
Expandable Storage Capacity of 32 GB

^This

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rdx_halo said:
This phone has all my features : Panasonic P61 Rs. 13990

FM Radio
Android v4.4.2 (KitKat) OS
8 MP Primary Camera Dual LED Flash 1920x1080 Video Recording
2 MP Secondary Camera
Expandable Storage Capacity of 32 GB
Dual SIM (GSM + GSM)
Wi-Fi Enabled
6-inch HD Touchscreen
Battery : Li-Ion, 2800 mAh
1 GB RAM,
1.3 GHz Quad Core Processor MediaTek MT6582 (quadcore Cortex A7 @ 1.3Ghz + Mali-400 MP2) Heavy Gaming in not priority. But Temple Run/ Asphalt 8, Real Football will need to run. UI should not lag.
Light Sensor, Accelerometer, Proximity Sensor
Strong and sleek metal body

What do you think guys ? Anyone has experience with Panasonic models in this forum?

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ankush is right even xiaomi is better
panasonic phones are rebrands of chinese phones and are really bad for that price
especially since it has a mediatek chipset which is always laggy and incompatible with most apps,roms etc
i made the mistake of buying not one but two mediatek devices only to learn snapdragon cpus and even exynos and nvidia to an extent are better
its not even about specs and brand name, this phone will let you down
stick to asus,moto,nokia or even BB much better phones in this range and none of them will lag or have bad ASS or build plus all 4 make great and stylish phones for affordabe rates and decent ASS

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Esoteric Eric said:
^This

all the other phones mentioned in this thread have sd card slots except the xiaomis and the motos

Exactly Panasonic is no where near to Xiaomi in smartphones(In general)

Just because she knows Panasonic its not a BRANDED brand :lol:

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But, Panasonic itself is not much hopeful of their mobile venture in India. According to Zauba.com they have imported only 8471 units of this set !

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I've never come across anybody using a Panasonic till date. I wouldn't recommend anything coming from them.

Now, as to wait or not to wait depends on how long are you willing to wait. If any estimates are to go by, Moto G2 will make you wait till early 2015 or if you're lucky, they might surprise you this coming Christmas (you can Google all this)

BTW, someone suggested an S3 but problem is, it isn't selling for under 16k. So, as of now you have the following choices.

Xperia ZR (which I doubt sells in your budget)
Moto G (is 16GB not enough ?)
LG L90 (has everything except a usable camera)

kkn13 said:
all the other phones mentioned in this thread have sd card slots except the xiaomis and the motos

That was for the post#24 but before I could hit the submit button, OP posted in between

Asus Zenphone 5 will suit her purpose IMO.

May I Suggest Huawei Honor 3C White Dual SIM Quad Core 2GB RAM 8MP Flipcover | eBay ??

But then Xiaomi Mi3 is worth every penny...

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rdx_halo said:
As I said before, brand Name bro ! brand name ! As I wrote my opening post first, this phone is not for me, For my better half. If I'm going to buy a phone for myself I "may" consider Xiaomi Mi3.
Please get over the Xiaomi Mi3 fever. Think beyond Xiaomi. Spec is not everything.

Then give her a Samsung Grand 2 She will be happy with Samsung tag and large screen.

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I know women only go for brand to flaunt it with friends

.Specification doesn't matter to them Samsung is best option for you. :-D

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sandynator said:
Asus Zenphone 5 will suit her purpose IMO.

May I Suggest Huawei Honor 3C White Dual SIM Quad Core 2GB RAM 8MP Flipcover | eBay ??

But then Xiaomi Mi3 is worth every penny...

Yes Asus is better than Moto G but its battery is subpar and Intel Atom is not at all power efficient. Samsung Grand is good but I'm horribly bored by Samsung design. So probably go for Moto G.
Canalys: Motorola tops Nokia phone shipments in India in Q2 - GSMArena.com news

But lets see if Windows 8.1 update roll out in Aug.

BTW, are these genuine shells for Moto G > Original Motorola Moto G Shell Back Panel Door Cover Skin Case W Scratchguard | eBay

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Esoteric Eric said:
I've never come across anybody using a Panasonic till date. I wouldn't recommend anything coming from them.

Now, as to wait or not to wait depends on how long are you willing to wait. If any estimates are to go by, Moto G2 will make you wait till early 2015 or if you're lucky, they might surprise you this coming Christmas (you can Google all this)

BTW, someone suggested an S3 but problem is, it isn't selling for under 16k. So, as of now you have the following choices.

Xperia ZR (which I doubt sells in your budget)
Moto G (is 16GB not enough ?)
LG L90 (has everything except a usable camera)

That was for the post#24 but before I could hit the submit button, OP posted in between

Yep i think OP should wait for better phones or get the ZR(or wait for a price drop)

rdx_halo said:
BTW, are these genuine shells for Moto G > Original Motorola Moto G Shell Back Panel Door Cover Skin Case W Scratchguard | eBay

probably, but why not buy from flipkart itself? 420rs was price of backpanel last time when I saw.

rdx_halo said:
BTW, are these genuine shells for Moto G > Original Motorola Moto G Shell Back Panel Door Cover Skin Case W Scratchguard | eBay

50% off on backcover if you buy one with Moto G (combo offer from flipkart). so you get a original backcover for only Rs.310 instead of 620. buy a quality screen guard like Gadgetshield.