Best Mobile Under 30k !!!!!!!

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1. Budget

UNDER 25-30k !!!!!!!!

2. Display type and size?

AMOLED OR TFT / Should Be More Than 4.5".

3. Form Factor? bar, slider, flip?

Bar.

4. Preferred choice of brand?

Sony - Samsung - LG - Micromax.

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.

I am looking out for the best Camera phone under 30k .... plz suggest some good models !!!

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

Android.

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

3G, Wi-Fi.

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

Flash, GPS , Youtube, Whatsapp.

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

Camera, Multimedia, Internet, Gaming.

11. Any specific mobile phones in consideration?

Sony Xperia ZR or ZL, Sony Xperia M2, LG G Pro E988, LG Nexus 5, Samsung Galaxy Grand 2, Gionee Elife E7 ..if ny other plz suggest.

12. Any other info that you want to share

Should have good battery backup, camera and display !!!!

E7 if you don't have any issues with service center
Has 16mp cam and 1080p display with good battery(~3000Mamp i presume)

If u want a performance phone at the cost of average battery life & camera, then get Nexus 5

For a multimedia device, S4 is a better choice..... G Pro is also a good phablet, if you don't have problem with it's size n weight

Xperia Z1 is available @ 33k, you can check it too

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+1 to Nexus 5, once you get a taste of stock anroid you will never go back to laggy shamesung touchwiz.Besides Nexus 5 is one of the very few offering the snapdragon 800 in India(best in class CPU and GPU performance)

Performance, great battery back up, display and not so good camera - Xperia Z1 compact. available for around 31K in ebay.
But 4.3 only.

S4 has indeed got a pretty decent camera and I guess it is also receiving 4.4.2.

arsenalfan001 said:
Performance, great battery back up, display and not so good camera - Xperia Z1 compact. available for around 31K in ebay.
But 4.3 only.

Z1C has good camera....... Same as Z1

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$hadow said:
S4 has indeed got a pretty decent camera and I guess it is also receiving 4.4.2.

My friend already upgraded to 4.4 official

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arsenalfan001 said:
Performance, great battery back up, display and not so good camera - Xperia Z1 compact. available for around 31K in ebay.
But 4.3 only.

Sony has a long way to go in terms of its display panels,they have poor viewing angles and washed out colors.When it comes to screen's

IPS LCD : LG,HTC

SAMOLED: SAMSUNG

I wouldn't recommend any phone from sony until they fix their screens.

@OP : Just extend your budget by a couple of thousand and get the LG G2(beats S4 in every way possible)....declared to be the best anroid phone by many websites

AbhMkh said:
Sony has a long way to go in terms of its display panels,they have poor viewing angles and washed out colors.When it comes to screen's

IPS LCD : LG,HTC

SAMOLED: SAMSUNG

I wouldn't recommend any phone from sony until they fix their screens.

@OP : Just extend your budget by a couple of thousand and get the LG G2(beats S4 in every way possible)....declared to be the best anroid phone by many websites

I am not sure if you have checked the Sony screens personally.
Even I have not, however, going by the reviews, Z1 Compact has a better screen compared to Z1 which was not too bad.
But then, thats only from the reviews and not by comparing the displays personally.

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arsenalfan001 said:
I am not sure if you have checked the Sony screens personally.
Even I have not, however, going by the reviews, Z1 Compact has a better screen compared to Z1 which was not too bad.
But then, thats only from the reviews and not by comparing the displays personally.

I had an HTC One X which got stolen after 3 months of ownership.So around one year back when I started looking for a new phone, I was quite impressed with Sony Xperia Z.But when I went to the showroom to check it out I was instantly put off by the display quality and I ended up buying an LG Optimus G which is my current phone.

The screen of the Xperia Z was no match for either HTC OX or LGOG and I believe it hasn't changed much on the Xperia Z1 or the Ultra(all the reviews are of the same opinion).

And yes, according to the reviews Z1 mini has a better screen but still its no match for what LG and HTC has to offer.

anupam_pb said:
Z1C has good camera....... Same as Z1

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My friend already upgraded to 4.4 official

Than it becomes another plus point for s4

AbhMkh said:
Sony has a long way to go in terms of its display panels,they have poor viewing angles and washed out colors.When it comes to screen's

IPS LCD : LG,HTC

SAMOLED: SAMSUNG

I wouldn't recommend any phone from sony until they fix their screens.

@OP : Just extend your budget by a couple of thousand and get the LG G2(beats S4 in every way possible)....declared to be the best anroid phone by many websites

When I compared my N4, Xperia Z & S4, S4 had best display & my N4 had worst.....
Xperia Z has a good screen.........not comparable to AMOLED of S4 though, but still its good !! Z1 & Z1C are upgraded versions, so they might be even better

G2 is a great phone........... If budget permits, then go for it !!! It costs 34k, i think

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anupam_pb said:
When I compared my N4, Xperia Z & S4, S4 had best display & my N4 had worst.....
Xperia Z has a good screen.........not comparable to AMOLED of S4 though, but still its good !! Z1 & Z1C are upgraded versions, so they might be even better

G2 is a great phone........... If budget permits, then go for it !!! It costs 34k, i think

Dont know about N4 but my Lg optimus G has a better screen than the xperia Z(not counting resolution).

Also amoled is a matter of personal preference, I never liked the oversaturated colors allthough many people do.

Still, it has been a unanimous opinion of many tech websites that HTC and LG have the best screens in business

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AbhMkh said:
Dont know about N4 but my Lg optimus G has a better screen than the xperia Z(not counting resolution).

Also amoled is a matter of personal preference, I never liked the oversaturated colors allthough many people do.

Still, it has been a unanimous opinion of many tech websites that HTC and LG have the best screens in business

Nope dude I have both Xperia Z & OG!
Xperia Z has much much better screen than OG!
LG Phones are very fragile & delicate!
Brother's OG's screen cracked due to pressure & he had to pay 7k to replace new screen!
I have tested both and Xperia Z is much much better than LGOG!

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kunalgujarathi said:
Nope dude I have both Xperia Z & OG!
Xperia Z has much much better screen than OG!
LG Phones are very fragile & delicate!
Brother's OG's screen cracked due to pressure & he had to pay 7k to replace new screen!
I have tested both and Xperia Z is much much better than LGOG!

Here are the review's of both LGOG and Xperia Z from the same tech website

LG Optimus G review (AT&T and Sprint) | The Verge

Sony Xperia Z review | The Verge

LG Optimus G : THE DISPLAY IS SIMPLY GREAT

Sony Xperia Z : THE XPERIA Z IS MORE ATTRACTIVE WITH ITS SCREEN TURNED OFF RATHER THAN ON

LOL

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THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR REPLIES ... cant increase my budget..

i have shorlisted 4 phones ...can u guys tell me which has a better display and camera and battery life ( i wont be playing much games in it. i want to use for clicking quality pictures n watching HD videos ).

1) galaxy s4,
2) z1 compact
3) nexus 5
4) Lenovo k900 (plz vote for the best one )

( and no one liked xperia ZL or Galaxy Grand 2 ?????? )

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Sreekumar14378 said:
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR REPLIES ... cant increase my budget..

i have shorlisted 4 phones ...can u guys tell me which has a better display and camera and battery life ( i wont be playing much games in it. i want to use for clicking quality pictures n watching HD videos ).

1) galaxy s4,
2) z1 compact
3) nexus 5
4) Lenovo k900 (plz vote for the best one )

( and no one liked xperia ZL or Galaxy Grand 2 ?????? )

Nexus 5 my personal favourite!

N5>Z1 Compact>S4>K900

For someone who is looking to watch HD movies, screen size, quality and battery backup playes an important role.
You can remove N5 (according to gsm arena, 6 hrs video playback time) and Z1 compact (as fellow users reported mediocre screen).
From your shortlist, I would sugges you go for Galaxy S4. Nearly 11 hours video playback time (according to gsm arena) and a very good camera as per your requirement.

And along that S4 has got great viewing angles.
Nexus 5 will not be much of a great help in that scenario. I am still able to get more juice out of my s3 in comparison to N5

Sreekumar14378 said:
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR REPLIES ... cant increase my budget..

i have shorlisted 4 phones ...can u guys tell me which has a better display and camera and battery life ( i wont be playing much games in it. i want to use for clicking quality pictures n watching HD videos ).

1) galaxy s4,
2) z1 compact
3) nexus 5
4) Lenovo k900 (plz vote for the best one )

( and no one liked xperia ZL or Galaxy Grand 2 ?????? )

As you have earlier mentioned that you need 4.5" + screen size, so Z1C can be ruled out, but my opinion, for display + camera + battery life

S4=Z1C> ???

Get Z1C, if u want a compact phone.......... S4 is a compact phone for its screen size, so I think you will be comfortable with it !!! Get S4

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Sreekumar14378 said:
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR REPLIES ... cant increase my budget..

i have shorlisted 4 phones ...can u guys tell me which has a better display and camera and battery life ( i wont be playing much games in it. i want to use for clicking quality pictures n watching HD videos ).

1) galaxy s4,
2) z1 compact
3) nexus 5
4) Lenovo k900 (plz vote for the best one )

( and no one liked xperia ZL or Galaxy Grand 2 ?????? )

I would still recommend the Nexus 5 beacuse of the top of the line chip-set(much better than the S4) along-with vanilla anroid

AbhMkh said:
I would still recommend the Nexus 5 beacuse of the top of the line chip-set(much better than the S4) along-with vanilla anroid

Got your point buddy, but do keep OP's requirement in mind.

AbhMkh said:
I would still recommend the Nexus 5 beacuse of the top of the line chip-set(much better than the S4) along-with vanilla anroid

When your requirements are great display, camera & battery life, Nexus 5 is a poor choice.
It is for those who want performance phone.....

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anupam_pb said:
When your requirements are great display, camera & battery life, Nexus 5 is a poor choice.
It is for those who want performance phone.....

Are you saying nexus 5 has a bad screen ? , nexus 5 screen has been adopted from LG G2(which is declared by many websites to have the best screen on a mobile phone).You must be one of those fans of amoled's oversaturated and unrealistic colors.Regarding the battery life I believe google will release a fix for that, and according to gsmarena a new kikat update improves the camera as well.

AbhMkh said:
Are you saying nexus 5 has a bad screen ? , nexus 5 screen has been adopted from LG G2(which is declared by many websites to have the best screen on a mobile phone).You must be one of those fans of amoled's oversaturated and unrealistic colors.Regarding the battery life I believe google will release a fix for that, and according to gsmarena a new kikat update improves the camera as well.

Nexus 5 has one of the best displays, agreed.
However, for battery life, your belief may not be good enough. What we suggest to OP is based on the data we have and not based on our belief, sorry. GS4 has a better battery now, period.
Camera has improved after 4.4.2 update, however, still don't think its on par with GS4 camera.
I am not fan-boy of anything, just trying to suggest what is good for OP here.

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thanks again for your replies guys...i was hoping to raise my budget till next month for Lg g2 16GB (D802) .....do u guys think it till would be better a buy from the above choices??
if my plan wont work ... i guess i would be buying s4 ....!!!

Sreekumar14378 said:
thanks again for your replies guys...i was hoping to raise my budget till next month for Lg g2 16GB (D802) .....do u guys think it till would be better a buy from the above choices??
if my plan wont work ... i guess i would be buying s4 ....!!!

G2 has a good camera, brilliant display and great battery back up.
But 16 GB model will have user accessible memory around 12 GB and there is no micro sd slot to expand. Will it be enough for you?
You have the answer

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arsenalfan001 said:
Nexus 5 has one of the best displays, agreed.
However, for battery life, your belief may not be good enough. What we suggest to OP is based on the data we have and not based on our belief, sorry. GS4 has a better battery now, period.
Camera has improved after 4.4.2 update, however, still don't think its on par with GS4 camera.
I am not fan-boy of anything, just trying to suggest what is good for OP here.

"Based on the data we have", different websites have different opinions(I feel Gsmarena is somehow biased towards samsung)

Anyways, according to this data

Nexus 5 review: the best phone $350 can buy

Samsung Galaxy S 4 with Exynos Octa-core: what's different?

Both S4 Exynos variant and Nexus 5 have about the same battery life. The only area where S4 is better is the Camera.

But wrt to the camera one more thing should be taken into consideration, since the N5 uses a Snapdragon 800, google may enable 4K video recording on it in the near future whereas the same cannot be said for S4

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arsenalfan001 said:
G2 has a good camera, brilliant display and great battery back up.
But 16 GB model will have user accessible memory around 12 GB and there is no micro sd slot to expand. Will it be enough for you?
You have the answer

LG G2 is the best android phone money can buy right now, but you may wanna save a little more and get the 32 GB version.

Sreekumar14378 said:
thanks again for your replies guys...i was hoping to raise my budget till next month for Lg g2 16GB (D802) .....do u guys think it till would be better a buy from the above choices??
if my plan wont work ... i guess i would be buying s4 ....!!!

Good decision

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AbhMkh said:
Are you saying nexus 5 has a bad screen ? , nexus 5 screen has been adopted from LG G2(which is declared by many websites to have the best screen on a mobile phone).You must be one of those fans of amoled's oversaturated and unrealistic colors.Regarding the battery life I believe google will release a fix for that, and according to gsmarena a new kikat update improves the camera as well.

I'm not saying that !!!
When it comes to main 3 requirements of OP, it fails in 2 req.........

According to OP's requirement.

My suggestion - go for LG G 2 if possible else S4.