Best Android for 10K

1. Budget? : 10 -12K
2. Display type and size? 5 - 5.5 inch
3. Dual sim? Yes
4. Preferred choice of brand? Leading
5. What camera option you want (flash, front facing camera)? Both
6. Preferred operating system? (Android, iOS, Windows Phone, etc). Android
7. Preferred connectivity options (3G, 4G ready). 4G
8. Primary use of handset (multimedia, camera, internet, gaming etc)? Camera, Video, Photographs
9. Any specific mobile phones in consideration? Lenovo K3 Note
10. Any other info that you want to share :

My primary focus is camera. 13 MP rear camera if possible. Better images under indoor conditions, colour purity are my main concerns. Of course, a good display ( HD at the least ), 5 MP front camera ( wide angle ), decent processor ( Quad Core ) can do it for me.

Lenovo K3 Note (for display) or ASUS Zenfone 2 Laser (for battery life). Both have similar cameras with Laser having a laser assisted AF cam, which will focus faster & more accurately

Also fill the questionnaire

Done. How is the Zenfone Laser Camera in room conditions ( artificial light ) ? My mind is stuck between K3 Note and ASUS Zenfone 2 Laser.

Good, there are no detailed reviews of it(ZF2 Laser) but for comparison, check this
Photo Compare Tool - GSMArena.com

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wait for some time.i will post pics(& small video samples if connection allows) of ZF2 laser in room conditions later in the day.

edit:here are the pics,taken with & without flash inside a room with 60w bulb as light source.pc screen is 32" led tv.in images with flash you can see darker shadows & glare on screen at top.

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I bought this phone after doing a lot of research & some good help from members [MENTION=32490]krishnandu.sarkar[/MENTION] & [MENTION=88006]sam[/MENTION] as my main usage is also camera.as far as indoor conditions are concerned i don't think one can get a better camera than ZF2 laser though you may want to change some settings(asus has lots of them).for now i have turned off the flash & can still record good quality video of movie songs playing on HD DTH channels in night with light off.

Thanks guys. [MENTION=126812]whitestar_999[/MENTION] , didn't know you are GMod now. Congrats.

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Thanks & do post here whatever phone you decide to buy.

Sure.

What happened to Xiaomi Note 4G ? Flipkart says out of stock.

meetdilip said:
Sure.

What happened to Xiaomi Note 4G ? Flipkart says out of stock.

I have it . It's a great phone if you can adjust to the aggressive app closing done by the miui OS .
BTW , now it's miui 7 on my redmi note 4g and 1s but still on KitKat (4.4.4).

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^Kitkat is much better OS than lollipop,lollipop has some serious bugs and google didn't do anything about it.Today i downgraded from lollipop 5.1.1 to kitkat for this reason.

Minion said:
^Kitkat is much better OS than lollipop,lollipop has some serious bugs and google didn't do anything about it.Today i downgraded from lollipop 5.1.1 to kitkat for this reason.

Which phone??

My phone is running great (I got LP factory installed though )

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anupam_pb said:
Which phone??

My phone is running great (I got LP factory installed though )

Moto E.All lollipop versions have mobile radio active bugs which drains battery by running modem in high power mode even if apps don't need mobile internet this bug reduces my battery backup to half.
It is a ASOP bug so it must be present on your phone I think you use wifi for internet not 2G/3G that is why you are not aware of this bug.

How is on7 ?

meetdilip said:
How is on7 ?

Underpowered

Low end Exynos processor and 1.5 GB of RAM

Also, not sure how good, or bad Samsung UI is. It looks good built wise.

Minion said:
Moto E.All lollipop versions have mobile radio active bugs which drains battery by running modem in high power mode even if apps don't need mobile internet this bug reduces my battery backup to half.
It is a ASOP bug so it must be present on your phone I think you use wifi for internet not 2G/3G that is why you are not aware of this bug.

I use both... I just never used it in KK.... But as far as my old N4 is concerned, I didn't observe much of an impact (I was using some custom ROM )

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meetdilip said:
How is on7 ?

Samsung is trying really hard to launch good budget devices & as a Samsung phone, it is good

On7 has S410 + 1.5GB RAM. The lite version of Touchwiz works smooth in my friend's Grand Prime which has 1GB RAM, so 1.5GB should be sufficient. Multitasking will take a hit. (Still stock android would be a bit more fast)

What I really have a doubt on is the screen quality. My dad's Honor 4X has a great screen (good colour reproduction & brightness). Samsung used a TFT one, so for cost cutting screen quality won't be good.

If you are ok with Chinese phones, don't buy On7

Check MMX Canvas 5 too.

Even though many people here will suggest other small brands over MMX, I think only Lenovo, Huawei & Xiaomi can stand on similar level as MMX. After sales service of all these aren't as good as Samsung, Sony, LG, etc but still better than Meizu, Intex, Xolo, etc

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anupam_pb said:
I use both... I just never used it in KK.... But as far as my old N4 is concerned, I didn't observe much of an impact (I was using some custom ROM )

Now I am on CM11 M12 with shockgenmod kernel i am getting 8hrs of SOT and no more battery drain by mobile radio that too with 40mins of Clash of clan game play.

Minion said:
Now I am on CM11 M12 with shockgenmod kernel i am getting 8hrs of SOT and no more battery drain by mobile radio that too with 40mins of Clash of clan game play.

8 hr SOT is great, I get just 6... My phone gives great SOT if I'm watching videos (720p), based on my projections, 10hrs on 75% brightness

I got played CoC for 3hrs continuously a few days back n my battery dropped from 95 to 50%

6.0 fixed most of the bugs.

M

Waiting for 6.0 will take around 2 more months to come for my device.

K

anything above 4.4.4 is extremely poor to perform or deliver decent battery life

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whitestar_999 said:
wait for some time.i will post pics(& small video samples if connection allows) of ZF2 laser in room conditions later in the day.

edit:here are the pics,taken with & without flash inside a room with 60w bulb as light source.pc screen is 32" led tv.in images with flash you can see darker shadows & glare on screen at top.

Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet
Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet
Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet
Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet
Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet
*imgur.com/jo6f45J
*imgur.com/vSZSrUy
*imgur.com/vdzEfkP

I bought this phone after doing a lot of research & some good help from members [MENTION=32490]krishnandu.sarkar[/MENTION] & [MENTION=88006]sam[/MENTION] as my main usage is also camera.as far as indoor conditions are concerned i don't think one can get a better camera than ZF2 laser though you may want to change some settings(asus has lots of them).for now i have turned off the flash & can still record good quality video of movie songs playing on HD DTH channels in night with light off.

Hi..
Can you please help me out by testing a feature in ZF2 laser? I intend to buy this fon but have a major doubt which i want to get cleared. A year ago, I had Asus Zenfone 5 which had the feature of automatic call recording. But, it had a major flaw. It used to record the calls in the phone memory. Now, Suppose, i am copying the recordings of date 20th October to the memory card on 5th november, so those recordings of 20th October would automatically get changed to 5th November (the date when you copy to memory card).. I simply couldn't understand the issue. Contacted the company also, they replied - we don't have any solution to this.. Weird waa the system as well as reply..
So, now I wish to know whether ZF2 also has inbuilt automatic call recording feature? If it has, then does it have the same problem of automatic name change as per the date you are copying on? (as mentioned above).
Request you to pls clear my these 2 doubts..

You may not find this reply appropriate as per the thread or section but I just thought that my queries are related to the mobile being discussed in this thread, so i should put up the queries here only..

Thanks!

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It has automatic call recording(for all nos. as well as custom list).i don't have a sd card but when connected to pc via usb i can copy paste the recorded call files just fine.

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whitestar_999 said:
It has automatic call recording(for all nos. as well as custom list).i don't have a sd card but when connected to pc via usb i can copy paste the recorded call files just fine.

Thanks a lot for the reply!
Can you please tell me one more thing that is there any setting to change the default saving location of the recorded calls? I mean is there an option to directly save the recordings in the memory card?

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in the sound recorder settings there is an option of location of recordings(it only shows internal storage for me as there is no sd card).i am guessing if there is a sd card then location can be set to that & any call recording will be saved there(assuming call recording feature uses this same sound recorder tool).