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Android phone under 15k

13 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/android-phone-under-15k.178299/

Superayush
Superayush Original post #1
Oct 5, 2013 at 3:53 PM
1. Budget?
Upto 15k
2. Display type and size?
4.0 inch+
3. Form Factor? bar, slider, flip?
Bar
4. Preferred choice of brand?
Known brands
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.
A decent camera and video recording (5mp&+,720p&+)
7. Preferred operating system? (Android, Symbian, iOS, Windows Phone etc).
Android
8. Preferred connectivity options (3G, Wifi etc)Please specify clearly.
Wifi,Bluetooth
9. Preferred applications (Flash, Swype, GPS, etc)?
Officesuite mxplayer poweramp and some gaming apps
10. Primary use of handset (multimedia, camera, mails, internet, gaming etc)?
Listening music ,watching videos ,browsing,playing games(casual to medium) ,calling ,whatapp
11. Any specific mobile phones in consideration?
Sony xperia M,micromax canvas HD
12. Any other info that you want to share
The phone should have smooth interface, good battery life ,max possible internal storage for apps,no major issues(my previous phone's Bluetooth stopped working),
Calling to be hassle free and compatibility with apps I mentioned.
sushovan
sushovan #2
Oct 5, 2013 at 6:28 PM
Look at Gionee elife E3/Lava iris 504q.
Superayush
Superayush #3
Oct 5, 2013 at 9:30 PM
sushovan said:
Look at Gionee elife E3/Lava iris 504q.
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Don't know about lava iris but heard gionee elife has app compatibility issues...is there any chance of xperia c coming under 15k any sonner?
Also how about lenovo p780 has big battery
sushovan
sushovan #4
Oct 5, 2013 at 9:59 PM
Xperia C price is very likely to drop to 18K in coming weeks given its 'cold' reception among users so far, but not below that anytime soon. I would for Xperia L at 16k.(Its Dual core krait CPU beats Mediatek a7 quad cores easily)

Lenovo P780
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Ravi. #5
Oct 5, 2013 at 10:26 PM
Xperia C has low internal memory so L is a better choice.
SaiyanGoku
SaiyanGoku #6
Oct 5, 2013 at 11:30 PM
get Huawei Ascend P1. if you can increase the budget slightly, get Xperia L.
omega44-xt
omega44-xt #7
Oct 6, 2013 at 9:52 AM
Xperia L is the best performance phone in that price segment............. Ascend P1 has better screen & better camera than L (Performance is good, ~ Galaxy S2)
Superayush
Superayush #8
Oct 6, 2013 at 12:32 PM
anupam_pb said:
Xperia L is the best performance phone in that price segment............. Ascend P1 has better screen & better camera than L (Performance is good, ~ Galaxy S2)
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Huawei ascend p1 is still on ics....xperia l is good but how about its battery life?
Also this.....
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ashs1
ashs1 #9
Oct 6, 2013 at 1:45 PM
Battery life of Xperia L is just about average.. IF you are an intense app user, don't go for Xperia L.
In short, Battery lasts just about a day ( atleast for me .. )
Mr.Kickass
Mr.Kickass #10
Oct 6, 2013 at 8:19 PM
Use a battery app like JuiceDefender
shreymittal
shreymittal #12
Oct 7, 2013 at 8:17 PM
Xperia M anyday over these local brands/ w/o any Service centers
Superayush
Superayush #13
Oct 7, 2013 at 8:27 PM
Thank you so much people for your prompt replies...though thing i am concerned about is storage allocated for apps in xperia m...I don't know and want to root phone and direct transfer to external sd card is now prohibited so that mean I will need a phone having good internal sd card storage ..+ a capable chipset to run os and games.....after all this battery life (in particular standby) should be good ....well people what I was thinking is I save up some bucks and wait for nexus 5 which will be vfm
I know India launch for it might be quite late ..but my dad has foreign trips so he can get one for me that's no issue but only gamble would be warranty ..but I believe it would satiate my needs ;)