Best phone around 25K

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1. Budget? - Around 25K more or less

2. Display type and size? - Crisp and clear. not more than 5". should fit in my jeans.

3. Form Factor? bar, slider, flip?- Bar

4. Preferred choice of brand? - All are welcome. Though have a soft corner for nokia.

5. Preferred input method (QWERTY, touchscreen, numpad, touch-n-type). - Touch (no good qwerty phones currently avaliable )

6. What camera option you want? Please specify need for flash, autofocus, front facing camera. - Flash, Autofocus(optional), Front Cam

7. Preferred operating system? (Android, Symbian, iOS, Windows Phone etc). - preferably Android or windows.

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

9. Preferred applications (Flash, Swype, GPS, etc)? Nothing in particular. Video conferencing and emails are important.

10. Primary use of handset (multimedia, camera, mails, internet, gaming etc)? Multi-purpose but mainly calls, emails, contact storage, video conferencing.

11. Any specific mobile phones in consideration? - Sony xperia xr, lenovo vibe x, nokia lumia 925, samsung s4 mini or the one you may suggest.

12. Any other info that you want to share - I owned an nokia e6 and am having a very long contact list of around 5000 numbers. This phone has conked out completely and taken my contact with it. I have these contacts in VCF format and hence would want a phone that would be able to import the VCF file into it. I need a phone that has large contact storage with multiple fields like email, alternate nos etc. It should be sturdy and strong as I keep dropping it sometimes. It should have a good torch light. Good rear and front camera for video calling. Decent 3g speed. Dual sim is preferable.

My nokia e6 which I love as it has so many features can it be repaired satisfactorily. If no kindly list the phones that I should go for.

Xperia ZR.

Xperia ZR would be my pick among the lot..
Go for lumia 925 if you wanna experience windows & want a lovely screen with great camera.

P.S : saw vibe X last night at a shop..Seriously sexy design !!!

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LG G2 hands down ...

Jayanth.M.P said:
LG G2 hands down ...

in which universe do u get a LG G2 @ around 25k ?? :/ :O

I came from E6 to ZR. I have the following experience to share:

1. Ear piece volume and the volume of provided ear phones in ZR is crap. The volume itself is too low and to add insult to injury the quality is crap too. E6 is simply in an orbit of its own.

2. The availability of applications is exact opposite. There are SO many for ZR. But you will soon get frustrated because of limited internal memory (4.7 GB) and inability to make use of external SD card as moving applications is not allowed.

3. If you are not a heavy user you will find the battery life to be reasonably similar.

From the fact that you are willing to continue with E6, I understand that telephony is more important than applications for you. If that is the case ZR may not be for you. Stick with E6.

ZL have 16 GB internal if it helps

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Xperia ZR or Lenovo Vibe X

Have to wait for review of Vibe X though.

or Wait for LG G2 mini...... :mrgreen:

At 25k, I would personally prefer ZR .........

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Get the Lumia 925...Brilliant camera and it would support your contact transfer. and the cloud integration is just amazing!

sling-shot said:
I came from E6 to ZR. I have the following experience to share:

1. Ear piece volume and the volume of provided ear phones in ZR is crap. The volume itself is too low and to add insult to injury the quality is crap too. E6 is simply in an orbit of its own.

2. The availability of applications is exact opposite. There are SO many for ZR. But you will soon get frustrated because of limited internal memory (4.7 GB) and inability to make use of external SD card as moving applications is not allowed.

3. If you are not a heavy user you will find the battery life to be reasonably similar.

From the fact that you are willing to continue with E6, I understand that telephony is more important than applications for you. If that is the case ZR may not be for you. Stick with E6.

Seriously??? Ear piece volume low?? I have to lower the volume when calling someone to around 50% as it gets too loud when it is on full. But I guess this differs from person to person.

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DO NOT BUY ANY PHONE RIGHT NOW
New phones are going to be announced on 24 feb.. You can Buy the successor Of Xperia SP it will have a snapdragon 800..Please don't rush just

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sling-shot said:

I came from E6 to ZR. I have the following experience to share:

1. Ear piece volume and the volume of provided ear phones in ZR is crap. The volume itself is too low and to add insult to injury the quality is crap too. E6 is simply in an orbit of its own.

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This problem Is with every Sony Xperia That came out after 2012..from xperia tipo to xperia Z1 ...the volume is not crap it has been restricted/capped to confirm with some stupid european law..

you can bypass that limit search xda .. and it will sound awesome..

I increased my N4's speaker sound......

rish said:
DO NOT BUY ANY PHONE RIGHT NOW
New phones are going to be announced on 24 feb.. You can Buy the successor Of Xperia SP it will have a snapdragon 800..Please don't rush just

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This problem Is with every Sony Xperia That came out after 2012..from xperia tipo to xperia Z1 ...the volume is not crap it has been restricted/capped to confirm with some stupid european law..

you can bypass that limit search xda .. and it will sound awesome..

What's the need? It's audible loud and besides increasing it too much may result in ear damage.

seamon said:
What's the need? It's audible loud and besides increasing it too much may result in ear damage.

I seriously doubt Nokia a Finnish company will not follow European regulations. And it is not ear damage inducing loud in E6.

And there is the lack of clarity in sound too. Just compare E6 and ZR. You will know.

I have mentioned this because OP had an E6 and was suggested ZR. The same thing I did.

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Further KitKat for ZR is only under investigation and it may probably be the last update for it too.

Definitely waiting for the new announcements seems logical.

but I dont understand ...whats soo bad in ZL over ZR ...just that waterproof thing ....they are exactly same dimension

ZL have confirmed kitkat
ZL have 16 GB internal
very loud loudspeaker
very nice patterned back for grip

sling-shot said:
I seriously doubt Nokia a Finnish company will not follow European regulations. And it is not ear damage inducing loud in E6.

And there is the lack of clarity in sound too. Just compare E6 and ZR. You will know.

I have mentioned this because OP had an E6 and was suggested ZR. The same thing I did.
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Further KitKat for ZR is only under investigation and it may probably be the last update for it too.

Definitely waiting for the new announcements seems logical.

I had a Nokia x6 before this and this is definately louder.

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sujoyp said:
but I dont understand ...whats soo bad in ZL over ZR ...just that waterproof thing ....they are exactly same dimension

ZL have confirmed kitkat
ZL have 16 GB internal
very loud loudspeaker
very nice patterned back for grip

Zl is bigger and prone to screen cracking issue.

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You should stick to Nokia offering if telephony is what you need and if you already loved your E6 (or else there are many Android alternatives as well)

rish said:
New phones are going to be announced on 24 feb.. You can Buy the successor Of Xperia SP it will have a snapdragon 800..Please don't rush just[/SIZE]

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you can bypass that limit search xda .. and it will sound awesome..

I doubt XSP will get S800 instead it might be an S600 or maybe an entry level S800 (that's a great jump imo)

I didn't know that XDA already has a fix for that

seamon said:
I had a Nokia x6 before this and this is definately louder.

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ZL is bigger and prone to screen cracking issue.

Dimensions -

ZL = 131.6 x 69.3 x 9.8 mm (5.18 x 2.73 x 0.39 in)

ZR = 131.3 x 67.3 x 10.5 mm (5.17 x 2.65 x 0.41 in)

same height, ZL is 2mm wide and ZR is 1 mm thick ....thats same size almost

and where is cracking issue...please give source

Xperia z glass back cracked on it's own?! - Support forum

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more prominent with Z but read it somewhere that it is same with ZL but more people have bought the Z.

seamon said:
Xperia z glass back cracked on it's own?! - Support forum

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more prominent with Z but read it somewhere that it is same with ZL but more people have bought the Z.

Zl dont have glass back...

RohanM said:
Zl dont have glass back...

Screen not back.
If you open the link, there are many people complaining about fragile screen and there are even pictures.

soo you mean if Z have the defect its obvious ZL have the same issue ....thats soo wrong

@seamon neither ZL is bigger then ZR nor I have heard about any screen cracking issue in ZL

ZL is perfectly good handset...the only issue people may face is screen viewing angle ...and no other issue ...its specs are better then ZR

sujoyp said:
soo you mean if Z have the defect its obvious ZL have the same issue ....thats soo wrong

@seamon neither ZL is bigger then ZR nor I have heard about any screen cracking issue in ZL

ZL is perfectly good handset...the only issue people may face is screen viewing angle ...and no other issue ...its specs are better then ZR

I read somewhere that the screen cracking issue is present in ZL too but can't find it now. If one is careful then he need not heed this.
Specs are almost same except bigger screen, 1920x1080, better front camera and IR controller at the cost of water resistance.

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It's wiser to wait for newer models which are just around the corner.

seamon said:
Specs are almost same except bigger screen, 1920x1080, better front camera and IR controller at the cost of water resistance.

yaah those and
ZL have confirmed kitkat not ZR
ZL have 16 GB internal ZR have 8GB

sujoyp said:
yaah those and
ZL have confirmed kitkat not ZR
ZL have 16 GB internal ZR have 8GB

yea I missed that, ik it sucks even SP has confirmed kitkat. Anyways the xda devs will probably make a custom Kitkat based on official one. I already tried the Beanstalk 4.4.2 version.

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seamon said:
What's the need? It's audible loud and besides increasing it too much may result in ear damage.

the volume levels are very bad bro.. in a quite environment it might be ok but if you are in traffic or outside in noisy places like metros,buses you won't be able to hear your song at all .. especially if your earphones does not have good noise cancellation..

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Esoteric Eric said:
You should stick to Nokia offering if telephony is what you need and if you already loved your E6 (or else there are many Android alternatives as well)

I doubt XSP will get S800 instead it might be an S600 or maybe an entry level S800 (that's a great jump imo)

I didn't know that XDA already has a fix for that

Randomuser Says that it will have a snapdragon 800..

also it sounds right because there is no new snapdragon 600 cpu .. all have been discontinued so possibility of snapdragon 600 is next to nil..

qualcomm didn't announce any new snapdragon 600, generally chips are announced 3-4 months before it is seen in mobiles, so as to let OEM know that they have a new product..

there is only a 0.1 % chance that snapdragon might announce new snapdragon 600 parts at MWC but i don't see it happening.. they can simply price snapdragon 800 a little cheaper

yes XDA has a fix , there are 2 types of general fixes 1 which requires editing build file.., second through an app like unlock volume + .. some devices work with 1st some with 2nd

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beside the viewing angle problem Xperia Zl is the best till now u can get in 25k bracket i.e for around 23.5-24.5k. In comparison to ZR u will get 5 inch 1080p in same form factor + micro sd slot. And IR blaster which zr lacks(it became the deal breaker for me)

When I bought it, it was at 28k. I was trying for ZL but couldn't fit it in budget(cost was 32k). My "true" planned budget was 15k :lol:

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Puneet247 said:
beside the viewing angle problem Xperia Zl is the best till now u can get in 25k bracket i.e for around 23.5-24.5k. In comparison to ZR u will get 5 inch 1080p in same form factor + micro sd slot. And IR blaster which zr lacks(it became the deal breaker for me)

ZR has MicroSD slot.

Zr battery life > zl battery life.

@OP you can get optimus G E975 from snapdeal @ 24k. Much better.

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rish said:
there is only a 0.1 % chance that snapdragon might announce new snapdragon 600 parts at MWC but i don't see it happening.. they can simply price snapdragon 800 a little cheaper

S800 deserves a wait in that case, especially if XSP gets an upgrade like that. Under 20k it was the best budget gamer device imo

RohanM said:
@OP you can get optimus G E975 from snapdeal @ 24k. Much better.

How is the blue colour though ? I've never spotted one in a review. Only blacks and whites. Never knew just a difference in colour would amount to differences in cost. (for example a black ZR costs more than its white cousin)

Esoteric Eric said:
S800 deserves a wait in that case, especially if XSP gets an upgrade like that. Under 20k it was the best budget gamer device imo

How is the blue colour though ? I've never spotted one in a review. Only blacks and whites. Never knew just a difference in colour would amount to differences in cost. (for example a black ZR costs more than its white cousin)

It costs the same in a store.

Esoteric Eric said:
How is the blue colour though ? I've never spotted one in a review. Only blacks and whites. Never knew just a difference in colour would amount to differences in cost. (for example a black ZR costs more than its white cousin)

well I also never seen any blue color... but that really does not matter mate...

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Esoteric Eric said:
S800 deserves a wait in that case, especially if XSP gets an upgrade like that. Under 20k it was the best budget gamer device imo

if it gets S800 it won't be priced at less than 25k .. the original xperia Sp also launched at 27k ..( i also forgot about it initially )