Budget Phone @ 3K - Requirements included :D

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Hey,
I want to buy a cell-phone since my current phone got bricked.

Requirements are :
Budget : 3K since i'll be buying a new phone later.

a)Good call quality (personal experiences would be good to know)
b)Dual-SIM
c)Good Battery Life (at least 1.5 days - 4hrs of calling+3hrs of music+50sms X 2 SIMs)
d)Reliable Service (after sales in Mumbai)
e)SD Card Support (upto 16GB)
f)Music - playlists,decent quality speaker/vibration (for ringtones/vibration-mode in crowded trains)
e)WiFi -> gr8 if it's available,not expected.
f)WhatsApp preferred too,FB not reqd.

Don't know if I'm expecting too much @ this price.
But if there are better phones for an extra 500-1K,kindly suggest them as well.

Also should i consider other brands like MMX,Samsung,etc...no clue about their quality for this range of phones.

Current Options :
Nokia 108,130,215,225 (got mixed reviews for each model,so it's confusing)

Also considering Gionee L800 as suggested by a member.

Can purchase both online/offline.

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........BUMP any Advice Yo!....................

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You could check out the old galaxy star out in the stores

my friend bought like 3months ago in shimla

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For 3.2k

sorry it was galaxy neo y duos or something with 2.3 gingerbread running

Check Lava Iris Win1, Huawei Honor Bee for 4-4.5k
Don't buy laggy samdung phones.

K

I agree with Saiyangoku
if you want something absolutely reliable and vfm-
Nokia Lumia 530 Dual Sim Price in India - Buy Nokia Lumia 530 Dual Sim White 4 Online - Nokia : Flipkart.com
Lumia 530 Dual sim is awesome!!
I bought 6 of these 2 months ago for our business employees,very very reliable,smooth,sturdy and its shocking that it can run so much for the price

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Iris Win1 is also good (like Goku suggested)
*www.flipkart.com/lava-iris-win1/p/itmefwzhdwwkfb2g?pid=MOBEFWZJR5SGP3QW&ref=L%3A5393980539427373691&srno=p_1&query=iris+win1&otracker=from-search

even though its a rebranded indian phone,its actually pretty well built and even offers Lumia 530 Ds a run for its money

Priced at 4k exactly

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gamefreak4770k said:
You could check out the old galaxy star out in the stores

my friend bought like 3months ago in shimla

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For 3.2k

sorry it was galaxy neo y duos or something with 2.3 gingerbread running

not worth it ,deadly laggy phones and its probably even better to use the landline no kidding
my friend had it

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It's 3k guys

gamefreak4770k said:
It's 3k guys

OP said budget extendible by 1k if better options exist.

spice dream uno for 3999 on flipkart, not bad at all, see if you get some cashback offer also

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or spend 499 more and get honor bee for 4499 with better spec

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gamefreak4770k said:
It's 3k guys

Landline or feature phone is still better even for basic operations
the phones you mentioned are ultra slow

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Skyh3ck said:
spice dream uno for 3999 on flipkart, not bad at all, see if you get some cashback offer also

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or spend 499 more and get honor bee for 4499 with better spec

not worth it
display,UI,usability is poor
Lumia,Iris Win1 are way smoother and better
^^Talking about Uno

Huawei Bee is decent

iris win 1 is not available anymore, i sent many emails to lava for this, but its been discountinued to favour sale of other mobiles from microsoft and nokia

@Phenomenal - i started using uno 2 days back finally (was bought about a week or more back). won't certainly say its poor in UI, display, useability, handling, and such; its very fluid & smooth (stock-android & with 'google now' launcher), non-laggy, user-friendly and display is good too for the price; call-quality is clear and loud; battery-life is very good as well (lasted about 2 days for me on with wifi kept ON, but no dual-sims and calling/sms, before i decided to charge it). albeit haven't used it to watch videos as that was not the purpose of buying it, so didn't bother with it. although ofcourse this was my impression on using it all alone on itself, without comparison to any phones either in the same price-segment or beyond it. but just because of the dubious service the Indian companies 'offer' (though read spice did replace phones for some on issues) and you are concerned about it, then you may forfeit it. but even just as a back-up phone it will be very good. since you are at Mumbai, we could meet up somewhere sometime if you want to check the phone.

honor bee could also be a good option. and for windows check what kkn13 has suggested.

@Skyh3ck - so you decided on any phone? :mrgreen:

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+1 for spice dream uno.

GhorMaanas said:
@Phenomenal - i started using uno 2 days back finally (was bought about a week or more back). won't certainly say its poor in UI, display, useability, handling, and such; its very fluid & smooth (stock-android & with 'google now' launcher), non-laggy, user-friendly and display is good too for the price; call-quality is clear and loud; battery-life is very good as well (lasted about 2 days for me on with wifi kept ON, but no dual-sims and calling/sms, before i decided to charge it). albeit haven't used it to watch videos as that was not the purpose of buying it, so didn't bother with it. although ofcourse this was my impression on using it all alone on itself, without comparison to any phones either in the same price-segment or beyond it. but just because of the dubious service the Indian companies 'offer' (though read spice did replace phones for some on issues) and you are concerned about it, then you may forfeit it. but even just as a back-up phone it will be very good. since you are at Mumbai, we could meet up somewhere sometime if you want to check the phone.

honor bee could also be a good option. and for windows check what kkn13 has suggested.

@Skyh3ck - so you decided on any phone?

not yet, i think many new phones are coming with good specs at below 5k category, 1gb and 8gb is going to be basic things in mobile in few months

Skyh3ck said:
not yet, i think many new phones are coming with good specs at below 5k category, 1gb and 8gb is going to be basic things in mobile in few months

alright. though you could've bought an android one or windows device for less than 5k; i recently started using the former and finding it to be really good at that price.

i think i will either buy Lava Iris win 1 or ZTE Blade Qlux 4G, phones are getting cheper day by day

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Skyh3ck said:
i think i will either buy Lava Iris win 1 or ZTE Blade Qlux 4G, phones are getting cheper day by day

Iris win1 is a better phone imho
Honor Bee is pretty ok too

yes iris win 1 is perfect for that price, but i wish for a android phone

Karbonn Titanum Wind W4 is a good option for 3k.

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Skyh3ck said:
yes iris win 1 is perfect for that price, but i wish for a android phone

Honor Bee is easily the best android in that range
id still go for the windows phone because of better performance etc

honor bee will have some serious competition from ZTE Blade Qlux 4G, it has better sepc with 4g, also more phones will come below 5k with 4g and almost same spec, honor bee could have provided a 64 bit mediatek processor with at least 2000 mah battery, it would have been better than, but they will surely get some competition now,

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Skyh3ck said:
honor bee will have some serious competition from ZTE Blade Qlux 4G, it has better sepc with 4g, also more phones will come below 5k with 4g and almost same spec, honor bee could have provided a 64 bit mediatek processor with at least 2000 mah battery, it would have been better than, but they will surely get some competition now,

true I just realized the cpu in Honor Bee is some weird unheard one
@OP DONT get Honor Bee,cpu is not a regular one
heck even a Mediatek phone is better
I suggest windows phone instead

ok so now price of Dazen 1 slashed and its now available for 59999, waiting for more company to reduce price

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Amazon.in: Qlux: Electronics
^^ Not bad , even if its a mediatek cpu
certainly beats the Honor Bee by miles

still nowhere close enough to beat the Lumia or Moto E 1st gen in terms of quality, after sales and speed

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Skyh3ck said:
ok so now price of Dazen 1 slashed and its now available for 59999, waiting for more company to reduce price

wtf thats insane specs for the price !! but to compete with Yu,itll certainly get a price drop
especially since Yu phones are rebranded Coolpad phones themselves and because of MMX,Yu will have better ASS than Coolpad(which is saying alot)

wait and watch, the next big thing is sub 5k category for phones, as a big population in india are lowever middle class who wants good specs at low prices, so a perfect ground for Chinese companies, as well as indian companies, who would have thought that we could get an 4g in 5000

Skyh3ck said:
wait and watch, the next big thing is sub 5k category for phones, as a big population in india are lowever middle class who wants good specs at low prices, so a perfect ground for Chinese companies, as well as indian companies, who would have thought that we could get an 4g in 5000

+1 Lac to this buddy

Well said... :clap2:

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Skyh3ck said:
wait and watch, the next big thing is sub 5k category for phones, as a big population in india are lowever middle class who wants good specs at low prices, so a perfect ground for Chinese companies, as well as indian companies, who would have thought that we could get an 4g in 5000

very true Microsoft started the 4G for 5k trend with the Lumia 638
I wouldnt say the chinese phones are great,they arent bad either given the low pricing and decent specs but its surely risky
the best advantage of these brands is that they force the "bigger" companies to lower pricing and thats good for us consumers