Best Mobile under Rs10,000

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1. Budget?
Max 10k
2. Display type and size?
Any
3. Form Factor? bar, slider, flip?
Any
4. Preferred choice of brand?
Nokia,Samsung,Sony,Spice,Micromax,LG
5. Preferred input method (QWERTY, touchscreen, numpad, touch-n-type).
Any
6. What camera option you want? Please specify need for flash, autofocus, front facing camera.
Flash,autofocus
7. Preferred operating system? (Android, Symbian, iOS, Windows Phone etc).
Any
8. Preferred connectivity options (3G, Wifi etc)Please specify clearly.
3G,Wifi is must
9. Preferred applications (Flash, Swype, GPS, etc)?
any
10. Primary use of handset (multimedia, camera, mails, internet, gaming etc)?
multimedia,camera,internet

Since you've responded "any" in almost all questions, I assume that you have no idea of smartphones, Android, etc.
You better get the Nokia C5 for Rs. 7500.

P.S: Why did you open 2 threads for this ?

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pauldmps said:
Since you've responded "any" in almost all questions, I assume that you have no idea of smartphones, Android, etc.
You better get the Nokia C5 for Rs. 7500.

P.S: Why did you open 2 threads for this ?

i don't care android,symbian etc.

That thread was posted by mistake,Do you know how to delete?

^^ informed the mods. they'll lock it.

@ OP - deleted your other thread.

BTW, I would suggest you to get this :

Nokia 5530 Xpress Music - it should come under 10k and supports a wide range of apps

Samsung Wave 575: around 9k. Bada OS, 3G, Wi-FI, 3.2mp camera, 3.2" display (this used to be at 12k price point earlier but looks like there was a price cut)
SE Hazel: 10k, UIQ, 3G, Wi-Fi, 5mp camera, 2.6" display (no touch)

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@OP
There is no point in investing 10k on a resistive touch phone in 2011

Other options are : Samsung Monte and Nokia E5.

^^ what's the price of Samsung S5620 Monte ?? any idea ?

which one is better between Samsung Wave 575 & S5620 Monte ?

since lots of people are suggesting the bands that you prefer, I'll suggest to look beyond it.
Check out the ZTE Blade aka DELL XCD 35 aka Orange San Francisco
Its too a great phone @ 9k

Have a look over it.

Dell XCD looks like a good phone
but since its a Chinese re-brand people should be careful about investing on it

I suggest you to get the Nokia X5-01 for 9k

There isn't any harm in Investing in San Fransisco. Don't buy it from India, Import it directly from UK so you'll directly get it from Orange.

funkysourav said:
Dell XCD looks like a good phone
but since its a Chinese re-brand people should be careful about investing on it

not al Chinese mobiles are bad.

himangshu said:
I suggest you to get the Nokia X5-01 for 9k

looks kind of ugly.

@VarDOS

GSMArena lists the price of XCD35 about 280 Euro i.e. 17.5k. Are you sure it is available in India for less than 10k ?

@Sam.Shab:
Yeah it fails in terms of looks.

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pauldmps said:
@VarDOS

GSMArena lists the price of XCD35 about 280 Euro i.e. 17.5k. Are you sure it is available in India for less than 10k ?

In UK you get the Orange version of XCD35 called San Fransisco locked to the Orange network.

VarDOS is mentioning about that, which u might be able to get it shipped here or get from somebody you know from there for abt 9k..

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topgear said:
^^ what's the price of Samsung S5620 Monte ?? any idea ?

which one is better between Samsung Wave 575 & S5620 Monte ?

It's around 8-8.5k (depends on individuals bargaining skill :-D

).
Out of these two 575 is better cuz of - bada (against samsung proprietary OS), 3.2" screen (ag. 3", but thanks to same resolution smaller screen may look better) and resale value (its new in market).

^^ Thanks for the info.

So I think OP should get the Samsung Wave - it will fulfill all of his needs.

^^ Not so fast. Samsung Galaxy Mini is already on pre-order on Flipkart.com for 9k. I'd rather go for it.

dhanraj said:
In UK you get the Orange version of XCD35 called San Fransisco locked to the Orange network.

VarDOS is mentioning about that, which u might be able to get it shipped here or get from somebody you know from there for abt 9k..

Yup, I'm speaking about the Orange version of XCD 35 - its prepay in UK so you get it cheaper and can easily imported to India w/o custom duties and warranty

and also no contract break

pauldmps said:
^^ Not so fast. Samsung Galaxy Mini is already on pre-order on Flipkart.com for 9k. I'd rather go for it.

worth it. provided you have never used a high resolution screen based mobile. or a mobile that used its good screen properly.

Galaxy 5's time is up i suppose. it may well be discontinued already.

pauldmps said:
^^ Not so fast. Samsung Galaxy Mini is already on pre-order on Flipkart.com for 9k. I'd rather go for it.

Holy CoW ! It's Android Phone and I think it will be better than BADA OS phones but the catch is it does not supports Adobe Flash ( though I personally think it's not a big deal and samsung may do something about this later ) and the screen resolution is a bit little for android OS and for that large screen.
Source

BTW, I liked the black one - it's really cool.

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Galaxy mini is galaxy 5 with bigger screen and froyo.
Since any OS will do for OP galaxy mini isn't a good choice.

its actually Galaxy5 + Zoom = Galaxy Mini (or pop). yes, the camera is bumped to 3.2Mp but without a flash, its quality will be more or less the same.

also both mobiles kind of use the same resolution screen: 240X320 & 240X400.

also today played angry birds on friends G5. the graphics was really bad. details level was low & kind of blurred & pixelated.

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^ yeah, 3.2 MP camera with fixed focus and no flash.
BTW isn't the resolution of galaxy mini 240*320?

it is. thats why i told this:

also both mobiles kind of use the same resolution screen: 240X320 & 240X400.

1st one is G Mini & 2nd one is Wave. really curious to know how pics & text will appear (specially websites, not sms) in that low resolution screen. but if you look at the price (~8.5k), its a bearable compromise, maybe.