Best Nokia Mobile below 8k..

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Hey guys i wanna gift Nokia mobile for 8k to my gf who is die hard Nokia fangirl...My budget is modest 8k.Her requirements r decent audio quality,cam n good typing keypad as we r lot into texting!!

plz reply asap i m going to buy on sunday.
Regards,
Mandar.

Nokia X2 at 4800/- will make it I think..

M

thanks for reply....btw how is 5530?

No not X2. It has a dreadful keypad.

Best Nokia model in this price-range is Nokia C5. Or else if you want QWERTY, then Nokia C3. 5530 is also good buy but I will recommend the C5 out of all the three.

M

whats d price of 5530 ??

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thanks bro for reply..bt c5 is boring design wise na?wll go for 5530...she would love d touch xperience....

@mandar5: Nokia 5530 or Nokia C3

The touch experience wont be an "awesome" one because of the resistive touchscreen. Anyways whichever you buy, it won't be disappointing.

Post the price here after you've bought it.

for doing lots of texting you must go for QWERTY keypads

avoid resistive touchscreen- after a couple of months they are the dumps. at least the ones in Corby

C3 would not be a bad buy IMO

Saw Ideos being advertised at Tata Indicom y'day for 8.6K ish - if touchscreen you want to buy her, you could take a look at that too - but avoid getting her a resistive touchscreen, unless you plant to dump her by the time the screen goes bad

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avoid the X2 like the plague - horrible keypads

a 5MP camera inside a horrible body - total mismatch

also had memory issues [or camera issues - don't recollect] in November - check the Nokia forum

slugger said:
for doing lots of texting you must go for QWERTY keypads

avoid resistive touchscreen- after a couple of months they are the dumps. at least the ones in Corby

C3 would not be a bad buy IMO

Corby is pathetic in touch ,Nokia touch phones r way better

M

@Slugger...even i doubt credibility of resistive touchscreen buddy...i once hinted her about se phones as she is much into music..but she said she is more comfy wid nokias only

..btw which bug free SE phone u would suggest in that range?ican stretch my budget to 9k..n yes i forgot it should be solid built...

mandar5 said:
n yes i forgot it should be solid built...

but be cautious it wud hit ur head hard if she throws @u....
go for Nokia buddy if she likes nokia very much.

M

hows c3-Touch and Type?

5530 is junk. not at all worth. If you can just slightly increase budget, check C5-03. Arun (nokiasaga.com) tried it out and said that is very fast. also check these:

5230
c3
e5 (selling for 10k at univercell now and is one heck of a phone)

don't go for:

c5
5250
5530

desiibond said:
If you can just slightly increase budget, check C5-03. Arun (nokiasaga.com) tried it out and said that is very fast.
don't go for: c5

R C5-03 & C5 different?

M

I was thinking about of e52...is it still available??I heard its lil expensive but have to stretch a lil more....

@desiibond

Why not C5? My friend is using that phone & I must say it is pretty decent phone & well built. It has got great reviews everywhere.

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Forget e52. Nokia e5 is a lot better @ 10k. Nokia x5 is also @ 9k with qwerty and girlish design, can't say if it has any issue. Check these two x5 and e5. C5-03 has a resistive touchscreen(not bearable at such price)

yes C5-03 is a great looker i must say
but if your wifey can wait a few months you might even be able to gift her a Windows Powered Nokia at the same price

V

@funkysourav
windows phone 7 powered nokia device @10k is still many months away bcoz wp7 has minimum requirements higher than the specs of n8. So 10k for such hardware is still many months away

@Vishu
Nokia and M$ are already in the process of developing a "Lite" version of WP7 which is likely to be released 3 months from now
read this in a Digit news

^^ Yes Nokia has announced WP7 to "cheaper" devices. But how much "cheaper" or "when" is not known right now.

15k, maybe. cause it'll need license which doesn't comes for free (Android is better than Windows & still free :grin:

)

PS: anyone know what is the licensing cost of MS P7?

e5,no nonsense phone with a good keypad and great battery.

M

Heyy guys took my gf yesterday for mobile hunting had decided to go for C5-03 but Samsung POP caught her attention n i got it for her...it cost 8.5k +250 for 4gb+250 for scratch guard so total 9k...she is pretty happy with it...but being 1st time android n touchscreen user she is facing lil difficulties n also she is complaining of bad batttery...for which we may visit the store again...but overall its gr8 2.2 android on budget....

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bcoz of her office i dnt get to meet her everyday..but she is taking a day off on wednesday n thats d day when i lay my hands on it n let u know how it is...thanks guys for recommendations....
Regards,
Mandar.

mandar5 said:
Heyy guys took my gf yesterday for mobile hunting had decided to go for C5-03 but Samsung POP caught her attention n i got it for her...it cost 8.5k +250 for 4gb+250 for scratch guard so total 9k...she is pretty happy with it...but being 1st time android n touchscreen user she is facing lil difficulties n also she is complaining of bad batttery...for which we may visit the store again...but overall its gr8 2.2 android on budget....

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bcoz of her office i dnt get to meet her everyday..but she is taking a day off on wednesday n thats d day when i lay my hands on it n let u know how it is...thanks guys for recommendations....
Regards,
Mandar.

congrats...finally an Android for ur GF.....

finally a Nokia fangirl going for an Android.

Nokia guys....pls read this and try to adopt android too.....it would be a gr8 combo!!!!

M

Thanks guys...is it true android is power hungry os?

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Btw guys can u guys suggest website to get android apps.??thanks..

mandar5 said:
Thanks guys...is it true android is power hungry os?

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Btw guys can u guys suggest website to get android apps.??thanks..

it will suck up the power if you there are unwanted apps left running....

You can dl apps from here
*market.android.com