Android Smartphone Under 27k

1. Budget? = 25,000-27,000 INR
2. Display type and size? = above 4.5"
3. Form Factor? bar, slider, flip? = Bar
4. Preferred choice of brand? = Samsung, Google, HTC
5. Preferred input method (QWERTY, touchscreen, numpad, touch-n-type). = Capacitive touchscreen
6. What camera option you want? Please specify need for flash, autofocus, front facing camera. = 8 megapixel with autofocus
7. Preferred operating system? (Android, Symbian, iOS, Windows Phone etc). = Android Jelly Bean
8. Preferred connectivity options (3G, Wifi etc)Please specify clearly. = 3G HSPA, wifi, bluetooth 4.0
9. Preferred applications (Flash, Swype, GPS, etc)? = All major android apps.
10. Primary use of handset (multimedia, camera, mails, internet, gaming etc)? = Texting, email, camera, music, browsing etc
11. Any specific mobile phones in consideration? = Galaxy SIII 16GB, HTC One X 32GB and Google Nexus 4 16GB
12. Any other info that you want to share =
I was basically waiting for Google Nexus 4 phone to get launched officially from 3 months. But it looks like it not going to come in India. I am not interested in buying imported phones from the grey market. Recently Samsung Galaxy SIII 16GB phone's price dropped to 28,900 INR and it is available for 26,900 with samsung india warranty on ebay.in valentine's day offer code. Please help me to decide I desperately need a smartphone this month.

trust me on this one. Warranty is a must when it comes to smartphones. Even if the phone has some broken part due to accidental fall, you should be in a position to have it fixed without sending it overseas. This is the reason why I keep saying NO for Nexus 4 as the phone is too brittle (thanks to stupid glass back).

HTC One X is a good phone but from what I know, it has poor battery life and S3 has much bigger dev interest. My suggestion to you is to either get S3 16GB or wait for new phones to come out.

desiibond said:
trust me on this one. Warranty is a must when it comes to smartphones. Even if the phone has some broken part due to accidental fall, you should be in a position to have it fixed without sending it overseas. This is the reason why I keep saying NO for Nexus 4 as the phone is too brittle (thanks to stupid glass back).

HTC One X is a good phone but from what I know, it has poor battery life and S3 has much bigger dev interest. My suggestion to you is to either get S3 16GB or wait for new phones to come out.

How poor is the battery of HTC One X?? for me it should last a day, mostly i use whatsapp, music and few other apps. If I'm spending that much my preference is the user experience should be excellent and responsive. I'm not some software engineer who keep in touch with these developing source, putting custom ROM etc

Galaxy SIII is the most rewarded and reputable phone till now. Do you know any upcoming phone better than this?

Professor X said:
How poor is the battery of HTC One X?? for me it should last a day, mostly i use whatsapp, music and few other apps. If I'm spending that much my preference is the user experience should be excellent and responsive. I'm not some software engineer who keep in touch with these developing source, putting custom ROM etc

Galaxy SIII is the most rewarded and reputable phone till now. Do you know any upcoming phone better than this?

yes. LG Optimus G seems to be mega superb. One X should last for a day at the max. If you are getting S3 with warranty and One X without warranty for same price, I would close my eyes and get S3. Warranty + expandable memory + removable battery are major +ves.

Btw, given your requirement, you can actually give Lumia 820 a try. buttersmooth UI and wont slow down after months of usage. Decent app catalogue. WP is perfect for those who doenst want to play around and want to use it the way it is.

desiibond said:
yes. LG Optimus G seems to be mega superb. One X should last for a day at the max. If you are getting S3 with warranty and One X without warranty for same price, I would close my eyes and get S3. Warranty + expandable memory + removable battery are major +ves.

Btw, given your requirement, you can actually give Lumia 820 a try. buttersmooth UI and wont slow down after months of usage. Decent app catalogue. WP is perfect for those who doenst want to play around and want to use it the way it is.

LG Optimus G is not available in India. I don't think it will be priced in this range as it's going to be LG's flagship.
Not interested in lumia 820 it is a nice phone but overpriced, lacks major apps, average display of 800x480 resolution and has poor battery (1650 mAh). Any idea of upcoming phones in this range? I need an android phone.

Two from Sony. Huashan and Dogo (codenames)

Huashan

4.6 inch 720p HD Optincontrast
MSM8960 dual krait 1.7ghz + Adreno 330 GPU
1 GB RAM
8mp Exmor RS camera

Around 25

Dogo

4.6 inch 720p HD Opticontrast
APQ8064 1.5ghz quad krait
1 GB RAM
13 MP cam
IP 58 water resistant upto more than 1 meter
Metal body

Around 29.

Dogo should launch April, and Huashan april end or early May.

^^ I prefer Dogo. Awesome config and sure competitor for SIII, it looks like.

Wouldn't that be the time when Optimus G and probably GS4 will be coming to the markets and who knows, Nexus 4 too might hit Indian shores. @OP, as you are not interested in L820, I think S3 is good option for you. Do check LG Optimus 4X HD which is now selling for some 24-25k (-ves being slow udpates, phone is still on ICS, very very less ROM development, locked bootloader, not so good looks). This phone was first choice before I hit XDA and found that this phone has no ROM development and so I went ahead with S3. The white version is good and it has a damn good IPS display.

@desiibond
S3 sure is good but not worth getting as this point of time. When the MWC at near future and Samsung is in price cut, we may get good products this year.

@OP
if you ask me, wait for new Xperia/LG lineups or get Nexus 4. Get a case to protect the phone and enjoy the vanilla android experience.

If you are so much worried about warranty, then get S3.

furious_gamer said:
@desiibond
S3 sure is good but not worth getting as this point of time. When the MWC at near future and Samsung is in price cut, we may get good products this year.

@OP
if you ask me, wait for new Xperia/LG lineups or get Nexus 4. Get a case to protect the phone and enjoy the vanilla android experience.

If you are so much worried about warranty, then get S3.

Given the h/w I doubt if S3 will ever fall below 25k. Once S4 is out, s3 will be phased out or keep existing stock in market till it is cleared (similar to how S2 is). The reason why I suggested S3 is because:
1. Pretty good battery for a phone this big
2. Very stable, no issues reported w.r.t build or components.
3. already on JB
4. In case the OP wants to try something in the future, there is huge set of ROMs, documentation floating on the web. Hell, I install CM10.1 without sweating the very first week and enjoying the super smooth project butter experience.
5. Huge list of accessories for S3. Thanks to immense popularity, you can find lot of accessories for S3.

I have seen many with broken Nexus 4/7 and all they can to do is send the device back to USA and get it fixed. Am not saying that N4 will definitely break. Am saying that the probability is high and that combined with lack of memory expansion ........

The other good option is to go with Xperia devices. X:SL has already proven to be a pretty good phone. The upcoming Xpeira phones look yummy but I always pick a device that is proven instead of being an early adopter for a device that is new to the maket.

furious_gamer said:
@desiibond
S3 sure is good but not worth getting as this point of time. When the MWC at near future and Samsung is in price cut, we may get good products this year.

@OP
if you ask me, wait for new Xperia/LG lineups or get Nexus 4. Get a case to protect the phone and enjoy the vanilla android experience.

If you are so much worried about warranty, then get S3.

Samsung already dropped the price and I don't expect more in next 3-4 months. I think upcoming Galaxy SIV will be priced minimum 35k.
Not interested in LG and Sony phones. Thanks you.

Well then it is in OP's hands to decide.

Still i would go with X:SL which looks damn good compared to big-plastic toy S3.

desiibond said:
Given the h/w I doubt if S3 will ever fall below 25k. Once S4 is out, s3 will be phased out or keep existing stock in market till it is cleared (similar to how S2 is). The reason why I suggested S3 is because:
1. Pretty good battery for a phone this big
2. Very stable, no issues reported w.r.t build or components.
3. already on JB
4. In case the OP wants to try something in the future, there is huge set of ROMs, documentation floating on the web. Hell, I install CM10.1 without sweating the very first week and enjoying the super smooth project butter experience.
5. Huge list of accessories for S3. Thanks to immense popularity, you can find lot of accessories for S3.

I have seen many with broken Nexus 4/7 and all they can to do is send the device back to USA and get it fixed. Am not saying that N4 will definitely break. Am saying that the probability is high and that combined with lack of memory expansion ........

The other good option is to go with Xperia devices. X:SL has already proven to be a pretty good phone. The upcoming Xpeira phones look yummy but I always pick a device that is proven instead of being an early adopter for a device that is new to the maket.

How much I should wait for Nexus 4? It's my first choice because it gets android updates first. Xperia SL is not in the league because of ICS 4.0 and scorpion dual core processor.

furious_gamer said:
Well then it is in OP's hands to decide.

Still i would go with X:SL which looks damn good compared to big-plastic toy S3.

Are you kidding me?

What's wrong with plastic? Xperia SL is also a plastic phone.

looks wise SL is better than S3. Still wait for newer lineups and see if something is worth. Otherwise go with S3.

I used Xperia S of my friend. It is quite bulky and uncomfortable to grip due to sharp edges. Responsiveness of bottom buttons is annoying. It is in the same class of your big-plastic toys. Both software and hardware wise I don't think it is in the league of quad core jelly bean 4.1 phones in the market.

Professor X said:
How much I should wait for Nexus 4? It's my first choice because it gets android updates first. Xperia SL is not in the league because of ICS 4.0 and scorpion dual core processor.

Are you kidding me?
What's wrong with plastic? Xperia SL is also a plastic phone.

Ejjactly. There is nothing wrong in being plasticky. There are hardly cases where people reported previous and current 'plasticky' galaxy s phones had severe damage on fall. Compare that to nexus 4 and iPhone 4/4s with sexy looks but very very very brittle body. I hate metal body as they cannot shield heat from reaching palm like plastick or polycarbonate shell does and moreover, the metal bodies interfere with signal to/from antennae. Right now, the only thing better than plastic (overall) is polycarbonate and those phones are seriously overpriced.

Nexus 4 may take forever to reach India. LG is planning to floor the global markets with new L series and Optimus G series so I doubt if they will launch Nexus in India and ruin their market (as the majority of profits for nexus devices goes to Google).

If you want to take a gamble, go with Nexus 4 but do make sure that you use it with a case or bumper from the very first minute. The phone is slippery and one fall on hard floor is enough! If you can use the device with absolute care, you will be the happiest person on earth (krait, 2GB ram, nexus, vanilla android). But if you have butter fingers and drop your phone every now and then, go for something that can take the fall again and again and something that can be serviced 'IN INDIA'. If you want to play it safe, get GS3 and shove a 32gig UHS-1 class microSD card in it.

@furious_gamer : lets keep the 'looks' department away. Even if you consider looks, why did you buy LG L9 which looks like a rectangular box instead of Xperia Sola or P that look hot! (I know the answer, no need to explain)

PS: I banged my head to the wall for a week, consider many options and finally went for gs3 two weeks ago.

desiibond said:
@furious_gamer : lets keep the 'looks' department away. Even if you consider looks, why did you buy LG L9 which looks like a rectangular box instead of Xperia Sola or P that look hot! (I know the answer, no need to explain)

PS: I banged my head to the wall for a week, consider many options and finally went for gs3 two weeks ago.

haha different people, different choice. Mostly girls like her prefer beauty over performance.

T

furious_gamer said:
looks wise SL is better than S3. Still wait for newer lineups and see if something is worth. Otherwise go with S3.

Looks are subjective to the eyes of the buyer.
I would never go for a 2012 Xperia, tis got lights glowing all around.

^

Chill dude. You can't take lights and some people can't take ugly cheap plastic.

the.one said:
Looks are subjective to the eyes of the buyer.
I would never go for a 2012 Xperia, tis got lights glowing all around.

Yea, design wise most the phones struggles. Nokia Lumia's, HTC 8X and One X are the best looking phones I know and rest others are so so.

@OP. this is one major aspect (apart from non-expandable storage and poor battery) that made me ditch plan to get One X : Multitasking is a joke on the One X! - xda-developers
This is not a bug but a tweak that HTC purposefully did to improve battery life : HTC says it purposefully made multitasking broken on the One X

desiibond said:
@OP. this is one major aspect (apart from non-expandable storage and poor battery) that made me ditch plan to get One X : Multitasking is a joke on the One X! - xda-developers
This is not a bug but a tweak that HTC purposefully did to improve battery life : HTC says it purposefully made multitasking broken on the One X

I left One X. Now I have to finalise between GS III and Nexus 4. I think I should take risk of not getting imported Nexus 4 without warranty because it a very future proof phone with 2GB RAM. Hardly any phone face any problem in a year.

SGS III eyes closed, don't get Nexus 4, no warranty, if it borks, down goes your 26k.

Professor X said:
I left One X. Now I have to finalise between GS III and Nexus 4. I think I should take risk of not getting imported Nexus 4 without warranty because it a very future proof phone with 2GB RAM. Hardly any phone face any problem in a year.

okay. yes, no 'real' issues reported for Nexus 4. Like I said, as long as you keep the phone very very safe, you will be happy.

Professor X said:
haha different people, different choice. Mostly girls like her prefer beauty over performance.

It's him not her

tkin said:
SGS III eyes closed, don't get Nexus 4, no warranty, if it borks, down goes your 26k.

But how would I able to get upcoming Android 5.0 on GSIII. I don't know how to put custom ROM. By the way Google Nexus 4 is costing me approx 23k. (i.e. 395$ + shipping and custom duties)

furious_gamer said:
I am a dude.

Sorry dude. I thought you are a girl.

desiibond said:
okay. yes, no 'real' issues reported for Nexus 4. Like I said, as long as you keep the phone very very safe, you will be happy.

I know it is made of some delicate glass but I keep my things safe in my hand. There is no kid in my home and I will keep always on a silicon cover.

^^ Then go for N4. Best thing and you will never regret.

furious_gamer said:
^^ Then go for N4. Best thing and you will never regret.

How is the music and camera quality of it? Have you used it?

^^ nope. Camera is not very excellent to say but it is okay (Read this)

Music is good, after all it is all about fiddling with EQ.

furious_gamer said:
^^ nope. Camera is not very excellent to say but it is okay (Read this)

Music is good, after all it is all about fiddling with EQ.

Do you anyone in this forum who is using Nexus 4? I want to talk to him.

Professor X said:
But how would I able to get upcoming Android 5.0 on GSIII. I don't know how to put custom ROM. By

nobody knows. everyone learn by reading instructions & playing with custom roms.

Professor X said:
But how would I able to get upcoming Android 5.0 on GSIII. I don't know how to put custom ROM. By the way Google Nexus 4 is costing me approx 23k. (i.e. 395$ + shipping and custom duties)

Sorry dude. I thought you are a girl.

I know it is made of some delicate glass but I keep my things safe in my hand. There is no kid in my home and I will keep always on a silicon cover.

The glass could still break with rapid change in temperature

tkin said:
The glass could still break with rapid change in temperature

Uh-Oh! what if I take and leave with phone from a chilled AC room and go outside in 40 degrees summer? I am so confused now.

Sam said:
nobody knows. everyone learn by reading instructions & playing with custom roms.

What if I done something wrong? The phone will be bricked. :shock:

^

lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :mrgreen:

Professor X said:
Uh-Oh! what if I take and leave with phone from a chilled AC room and got outside in 40 degrees summer? I am so confused now.

What if I done something wrong? The phone will be bricked.

There was report, a guy was talking on it, the back got heated up from his palm and the internal heat, he then placed it one a glass table(ac was running), bam, instacrack back glass, so be careful

And yes, if you brick it, its dead and you have to get it fix via samsung service center, but I am sure SGS III will get KLP, even SGS II got JB4.2

tkin said:
There was report, a guy was talking on it, the back got heated up from his palm and the internal heat, he then placed it one a glass table(ac was running), bam, instacrack back glass, so be careful

And yes, if you brick it, its dead and you have to get it fix via samsung service center, but I am sure SGS III will get KLP, even SGS II got JB4.2

Why Google why? The phone can be made of toy like plastic.
KLP you mean key lime pie 5.0? But users have to wait like 6-8 months for it. Galaxy SIV will come with 4.2.

Just few hours ago Android update 4.2.2 starts rolling out on Nexus devices.

Professor X said:
Why Google why? The phone can be made of toy like plastic.
KLP you mean key lime pie 5.0? But users have to wait like 6-8 months for it. Galaxy SIV will come with 4.2.

True, but what's wrong with people's attitude I HAVE TO GET LATEST ANDROID OR BUST, I am even happy with ICS as the phone does not cause any inconvenience(like crashes etc which was ample in gingerbread), JB4.2 is mature enough, just use it till KLP gets released.

tkin said:
True, but what's wrong with people's attitude I HAVE TO GET LATEST ANDROID OR BUST, I am even happy with ICS as the phone does not cause any inconvenience(like crashes etc which was ample in gingerbread), JB4.2 is mature enough, just use it till KLP gets released.

Hmm. But Galaxy SIII comes with JB 4.1 not 4.2.x
Getting latest android is quite useful as it is the most updated hence more features and improved quality experience made by google.

This is the list of top 5 smartphones by stuff magazine.
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Professor X said:
Uh-Oh! what if I take and leave with phone from a chilled AC room and go outside in 40 degrees summer? I am so confused now.

What if I done something wrong? The phone will be bricked.

that shouldn't break it. rapid change is more like keep the phone in freezer for few minutes and then toss it into oven. Like I said earlier, do NOT use the phone without protective case. That always always helps. If you order Nexus 4, get the nexus 4 protection case (full body). Ignore if it makes the phone look ugly. An ugly case is better than a broken phone.

Installing a ROM is very very easy. if you brick it, take it to service centre and get it fixed. If the phone is out of warranty and you brick it, use it as paper weight and buy new phone. With Nexus 4, you don't have to think about any other ROM as you will be the first one getting the updates.

Professor X said:
Hmm. But Galaxy SIII comes with JB 4.1 not 4.2.x
Getting latest android is quite useful as it is the most updated hence more features and improved quality experience made by google.

This is the list of top 5 smartphones by stuff magazine.

Who is that moron that said 'slickest android experience, bar none'. That is absolutely not true. I installed CM10.1 as I felt that touchwiz was slow (as I was used to super slick Windows Phone).

Professor X said:
What if I done something wrong? The phone will be bricked.

bricking an android mobile is not that easy. most of the time it is a soft brick (gets stuck at android icon or midway) can easily be revived. In case you are performing an official software update & the cable gets pulled, chances are your mobile is gone. this is hard brick.

T

Getting a GS3 under warranty is better than a N4 without warranty imo

Sam said:
bricking an android mobile is not that easy. most of the time it is a soft brick (gets stuck at android icon or midway) can easily be revived. In case you are performing an official software update & the cable gets pulled, chances are your mobile is gone. this is hard brick.

Hello sam thanks for this information. What do you think? What should I pick? Galaxy SIII 16GB for 26.9k or imported Nexus 4 16GB for 23k.
Let assume upcoming android KLM 5.0 hits on mid may on the nexus devices. How much time Samsung will take to bring it to Galaxy S III?
If I put custom ROM cyanogenmod on Galaxy S III, will it automatically update to new version or I have to update manually?

Professor X said:
Hello sam thanks for this information. What do you think? What should I pick? Galaxy SIII 16GB for 26.9k or imported Nexus 4 16GB for 23k.
Let assume upcoming android KLM 5.0 hits on mid may on the nexus devices. How much time Samsung will take to bring it to Galaxy S III?
If I put custom ROM cyanogenmod on Galaxy S III, will it automatically update to new version or I have to update manually?

1. I can take a month or few months or a year or year and a half. It depends on how major KLP is and how much Sammy can screw the UI
2. No. CM devs should develop the ROM for GSIII and only then you can install the KLP based CM ROM. This too takes time. It is better to use a nearly or completely stable ROM than install heavily buggy early ROMs. When the new ROM is ready, you have to update manually.

desiibond said:
1. I can take a month or few months or a year or year and a half. It depends on how major KLP is and how much Sammy can screw the UI
2. No. CM devs should develop the ROM for GSIII and only then you can install the KLP based CM ROM. This too takes time. It is better to use a nearly or completely stable ROM than install heavily buggy early ROMs. When the new ROM is ready, you have to update manually.

Thanks desiibond, you helped me a lot. You give genuine advice. I appreciate that.

Professor X said:
Hello sam thanks for this information. What do you think? What should I pick? Galaxy SIII 16GB for 26.9k or imported Nexus 4 16GB for 23k.

S3 definitely. Complete peace of mind. And moreover N4 has limited memory. i guess 16GB will have around 10-11GB usable memory.

Professor X said:
Let assume upcoming android KLM 5.0 hits on mid may on the nexus devices. How much time Samsung will take to bring it to Galaxy S III?

S3 may miss out on Android 5.0. It has recently received Android 4.1 & Android 4.2 update is pending.

Professor X said:
If I put custom ROM cyanogenmod on Galaxy S III, will it automatically update to new version or I have to update manually?

there is no "one" custom rom. devs make custom rom, port it, mod it, etc. And of course there are like Auto update stuff in custom rom too but flashing a custom rom takes at most a few minutes.

I steal this from some forums check this might help you some.

Used it for 3 weeks before **** happened.
Battery: worse than S3. Undoubtedly. But the 10W adapter that Google provides means fast charging.
Music Player: Google Music is Ok, but I used Vanilla Music Player (it supported FLAC, is free and I don't need equalizers). I used Seinheiser CX-180 headphones and the music quality was ok. (My last good phone was an XpressMusic, and I think it had better audio quality, but with a different set of headphones).
Camera: Ok, not as good as the S3's. The HDR mode takes longer than S3's but better colours than S3's (and for some odd reason the HDR mode resulted in two pics for each shot for the S3).

kapilove77 said:
I steal this from some forums check this might help you some.

Used it for 3 weeks before **** happened.
Battery: worse than S3. Undoubtedly. But the 10W adapter that Google provides means fast charging.
Music Player: Google Music is Ok, but I used Vanilla Music Player (it supported FLAC, is free and I don't need equalizers). I used Seinheiser CX-180 headphones and the music quality was ok. (My last good phone was an XpressMusic, and I think it had better audio quality, but with a different set of headphones).
Camera: Ok, not as good as the S3's. The HDR mode takes longer than S3's but better colours than S3's (and for some odd reason the HDR mode resulted in two pics for each shot for the S3).

LOL I already read that quote man. It's on XDA forum. :razz:

Sam said:
S3 definitely. Complete peace of mind. And moreover N4 has limited memory. i guess 16GB will have around 10-11GB usable memory.

S3 may miss out on Android 5.0. It has recently received Android 4.1 & Android 4.2 update is pending.

there is no "one" custom rom. devs make custom rom, port it, mod it, etc. And of course there are like Auto update stuff in custom rom too but flashing a custom rom takes at most a few minutes.

Thanks for your information sam. But how can you say KLP will not come to GS III? I mean previous GS II came with GB 2.3 received the ICS 4.0 and now JB 4.1 update.

Android 4.2 is itself the same jelly bean with some more features.

What is the current exect version of GS III in india? Is 4.1.2 hit here?

A

Professor X said:
What is the current exect version of GS III in india? Is 4.1.2 hit here?

Yes, official 4.1.2 update has been rolled out a month back

achyutaghosh said:
Yes, official 4.1.2 update has been rolled out a month back

If I buy a phone will, it gets automatic OTA update to 4.1.2 or I have to update it manually?

A

Professor X said:
If I buy a phone will it get automatic OTA update to 4.1.2 or I have to update it manually?

when you buy, just go to settings>about device>software update- click on it, and you should be able to download OTA. Even Kies will be able to update

Professor X said:
If I buy a phone will, it gets automatic OTA update to 4.1.2 or I have to update it manually?

When I got my gs3, once I connected to wifi, I got notification to upgrade OS and that was 4.1.2 (was huge btw so do not start the upgrade on mobile data connection). The whole update was done OTA. I initiated the udpate, dozed off and when I woke up in the morning, it was done.

Professor X said:
Thanks for your information sam. But how can you say KLP will not come to GS III? I mean previous GS II came with GB 2.3 received the ICS 4.0 and now JB 4.1 update.

Android 4.2 is itself the same jelly bean with some more features.

S3 may eventually taste KLP but it'll take like a year. Why? By the time KLP is announced, we'll have S4 making S3 legacy device. So Samsung will bring KLP to S4 first then S3, if at all.

Sam said:
S3 may eventually taste KLP but it'll take like a year. Why? By the time KLP is announced, we'll have S4 making S3 legacy device. So Samsung will bring KLP to S4 first then S3, if at all.

More confused now.

Professor X said:
More confused now.

thats why we have custom rom. go for S3.

Professor X said:
More confused now.

Either get a nexus 4 or use GS3, wait for custom ROMs and take the leap.

HTC One X Plus is available for Rs 31K on HS18 Super Savers right now. A good option.

Rohan_B said:
HTC One X Plus is available for Rs 31K on HS18 Super Savers right now. A good option.

Thank you rohan but it is out of my budget. I can hardly arrange 27k as my previous budget was 23k for imported Nexus 4.

Sam said:
thats why we have custom rom. go for S3.

Are there any changes come out in battery and camera performance after putting CyanogenMod ROM?

Professor X said:
Thank you rohan but it is out of my budget. I can hardly arrange 27k as my previous budget was 23k for imported Nexus 4.

Are there any changes come out in battery and camera performance after putting CyanogenMod ROM?

right now, for me CM10.1 is 1000x better than stock ROM w.r.t performance and battery life.

I am using Nexus 4 16GB from three months. It is totally awesome. :mrgreen:

Now u can get N4 with warranty for 26k.

It is good news for the new buyers. I am using my Nexus 4 16GB from 3 months. It works totally fine. Best thing on which I spend money ever.

galaxy s3 or lumia 820.