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Best Mobile wanted under 8k

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~Phenom~
~Phenom~ Original post #1
Feb 23, 2007 at 5:52 PM
Hi guys ,
My big bro wanna buy a new mobile .
His budget is 6k which can be extended to 8k if the phone worth it.

The requirements in mobile are:
1.FM
2.mp3 player with good quality sound and good enough memory to store some music.
3.Camera
4.Decent battery backup.
5.It will be better if its a flip phone.
The order of preference of company is :
Nokia>SE>Motorola.

Please guys reply soon. And gimme the best models available .Its the first time my bro has asked for advice to me in technical products . I wanna suggest him the best.
K
krazyfrog #2
Feb 23, 2007 at 6:03 PM
SE Z550i
Aberforth
Feb 23, 2007 at 6:22 PM
Try Motorola SLVR L7. It has expandable memory, mp3 playability, VGA camera, decent battery backup. Check out about FM, I'm not sure about it.
~Phenom~
Feb 23, 2007 at 6:50 PM
^^no radio , suggest more please...
max_demon
Feb 23, 2007 at 7:12 PM
SE k750i from black market :D
w550i
Pathik
Pathik #6
Feb 23, 2007 at 7:16 PM
w550i is it
Tech Geek
Feb 23, 2007 at 7:50 PM
W550i
Not so good camera
but a good phone
dhan_shh
Feb 23, 2007 at 8:39 PM
Nokia 5200---7.6K

SE Z550i-----7.5K

Sam X700-----8.6K

Sam E250-----7.3K

LG C2500-----5.2K

LG C2600-----5.8K

Lg KG200-----6.4K

LG KG300-----8.8K

SE W300i-----8.6K


All the above mobiles have decent Cam,FM,MP3 and regular features,Choice is yours.
Tech Geek
Tech Geek #10
Feb 23, 2007 at 8:40 PM
Nokia 5200
is also good i believe
Pathik
Pathik #11
Feb 23, 2007 at 8:57 PM
w550i > 5200
Tech Geek
Tech Geek #12
Feb 23, 2007 at 9:02 PM
you are right pathiks
here i have compared it
*www.techtree.com/techtree/jsp/list...omparison_result&q=1&compare.x=48&compare.y=9
Pathik
Pathik #13
Feb 23, 2007 at 9:08 PM
hey man congrats... two globes :))
Pathik
Pathik #14
Feb 23, 2007 at 9:08 PM
hey man congrats... two globes:))
Tech Geek
Tech Geek #15
Feb 23, 2007 at 9:10 PM
ya igot it today
~Phenom~
~Phenom~ #16
Feb 23, 2007 at 9:34 PM
I m thinking about SE W550i and SE Z550i. Z550i suits more to his budget but i prefer w550 i.

is there any drawback of z550i over w550i ????
K
krazyfrog #17
Feb 23, 2007 at 9:48 PM
From what i've heard, W550i production has stopped. It wasn't there in alfa showcase too when i last went there. Also even if you find it, it won't come in your budget, cause the last time i checked it cost 9.8k in mumbai. It'll be better if you go for Z550i. Equally good, comes within your budget and also has a memory card slot (which W550i lacks).
Pathik
Pathik #18
Feb 23, 2007 at 9:50 PM
u can get w500i in 7.8k...
well w550i has a more powerful battery than z550i...
w has 256mb shared mem while z has only 20 mb,...
however z has memory expansion which w doesnt...
n z has bt1.0 while w has bt2.0
__________
also acc to me w has better sound quality than z
K
krazyfrog #19
Feb 23, 2007 at 9:53 PM
^^ I would really like to know the place where one can get W550i as 7.8k
Pathik
Pathik #20
Feb 23, 2007 at 10:46 PM
manish market
infra_red_dude
Feb 23, 2007 at 11:49 PM
no buddy z550i has BT 2.0. the only point where w550i scores over z550i is that its 1.3mp cam is better tweaked for clarity and colour production. compare a pic from those two and you can see. other than that i see no reason why z550i shouldn't satisfy you. not used any other phone mentioned so can't comment on them!
Tech.Masti
Feb 24, 2007 at 2:30 AM
Nokia 3230 OR SE Z550i OR Samsung X700
Have all features what you need.... but heard that Z550i battery backup is not good....
S
Stick #23
Feb 24, 2007 at 10:12 AM
Tech.Masti said:
Nokia 3230 OR SE Z550i OR Samsung X700
Have all features what you need.... but heard that Z550i battery backup is not good....

Masti,

Are you OK man, u suggest 3230 when all here know How 3230 is, it's pure headach to owner.

Saty Away and NEVER recommend Nokia 3230 to any one, except your ENEMY:D
Pathik
Pathik #24
Feb 24, 2007 at 11:17 AM
+100 4 w550i
piyush gupta
Feb 26, 2007 at 6:40 PM
W550i just go for it
Tech.Masti
Feb 27, 2007 at 1:20 AM
Stick said:
Masti,

Are you OK man, u suggest 3230 when all here know How 3230 is, it's pure headach to owner.

Saty Away and NEVER recommend Nokia 3230 to any one, except your ENEMY:D

oye, control your language:eek:
@Stick..... i told if he likes Symbian, because under 8k no other symbian is available... :|
shashank4u
Feb 27, 2007 at 1:22 AM
+1 for z550i
Pathik
Pathik #28
Feb 27, 2007 at 3:32 AM
Did the thread starter make any decision finally??
~Phenom~
~Phenom~ #29
Feb 27, 2007 at 5:26 AM
nope , w550i is not available anymore and about z550i , my dealer said its voice quality and battery backup is not very good as compared to w550i, also the memory is too low and u have to spend 1000 extra bucks to get a decent memory card. My bro will still wait few more days/weeks to decide.