Buying high end phone today

Dear friends,
Another one of my parents impulsive decisions is to buy my brother a phone within an hour.

The request is simple and you are welcome to give as many options as you want without sticking to one; can post your own phones or ones you would like to own.

Budget: No budget limitations, can go upto 35k more or less

Crirteria: Paying so much means little compromise, but will add that it is for my brother who is into a LOT of Facebooking and using messenger services. Web browsing next and games too.

Any OS is good. iOS, Android preferably.

No waiting at all. The phone is going to be purchased today, so even if one is releasing next week, it holds absolutely no importance to me.

Awaiting your replies. Thank you.

Currently looking at:
iphone 4 16GB white
SE Xperia Neo
SE Xperia Play

iphone 4 and SGSII are the common option I suppose

If you could wait a bit for 3D...anyways good luck for purchase

Samsung Galaxy S II, priced 31k

Since your budget is 35k, my consultancy fees is 4k. Pay up!

LOL!

SGS II is the best bet for an immediate purchase IMO.

SGS 2 is good inside but on the surface it looks boxy and the UI a cheap knock off of the iphone. This has seriously dented my opinion about it.

However I will look at it one last time before killing the switch on it.

HTC Sensation is also available.

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Apple iPhone 4
else
HTC Sensation

SGS II, go for it, its one sweet phone. Give it a look again.

Either Samsung Galaxy S II

or iPhone 4

REMEMBER: The Galaxy just outspecs the current gen iPhone like the i7 980x will outspec a Core 2 Duo
The Galaxy might ALSO outspec the coming gen iPhone 5 :wink:

thetechfreak said:
REMEMBER: The Galaxy just outspecs the current gen iPhone like the i7 980x will outspec a Core 2 Duo

You are underrating iPhone too much. :neutral:

iPhone 4 , N8 , Samsung Galaxy S II ,

Good high end phones !

thetechfreak said:
The Galaxy just outspecs the current gen iPhone

true.

thetechfreak said:
The Galaxy might ALSO outspec the coming gen iPhone 5

a dual core A5 will loose to current Samsung, TI & Qualcomm SOC clockwise but overall, iphone5 most likely will go neck to neck.

Samsung Galaxy S II, awesum specs adorns this baby!

Galaxy SII is in very short supply as Samsung is diverting all these phones for release in the US. You have to pay a premium these days to get it...

HTC Sensation has awesome hardware and qHD screen resolution... but its screen still does not match up to Galaxy SII's SuperAmoled+ or iPhone4's Retina display...

iPhone 4 has an advantage because it has awesome games. Thats what a high end phone is for... gaming. Android cannot beat iOS platform in that segment any time soon.

AndroidFan said:
Galaxy SII is in very short supply as Samsung is diverting all these phones for release in the US. You have to pay a premium these days to get it...

a friend of mine is buying it for around 27-28k online.... :unsure:

sammy_cool said:
a friend of mine is buying it for around 27-28k online....

It would be very difficult to find it online for less than 30k...

^^Its available for 29k at Univercell. So you can expect SII to be at around 28k at flipkart!!
Here is the link too from Univercell(sorry but I can't seem to open flipkart) :
Buy Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II at univercell.in online,Home delivery across india, Easy EMI,Best buy mobile offers.

@OP
SGS II will beat i4 any day.

S-II......................

ssb1551 said:
^^Its available for 29k at Univercell. So you can expect SII to be at around 28k at flipkart!!
Here is the link too from Univercell(sorry but I can't seem to open flipkart) :
Buy Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II at univercell.in online,Home delivery across india, Easy EMI,Best buy mobile offers.

That price is excluding tax and I think 29,990 is the best price to get this phone right now.

S2!! blindly!

My suggestion is HTC Sensation

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s2 or iphone 4. Now You Can Install iOS 5 Beta in iPhone 4

desiibond said:
That price is excluding tax and I think 29,990 is the best price to get this phone right now.

Oh yeah I forgot to add the VAT!!!

..thanks for pointing it out!!!

The only options are GS II and Sensation. GS II it should be. We are living in 2011, there is no need to have your budget up to Rs.35k which was different in 2006-08 when I purchased even an X1 with 41.5k.

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Samsung Galaxy SII Rs.29,799 on letsbuy.com with ICICILb coupon

i guess its irrelevant now that we are giving Suggestions and price quotes....
he would have already bought it from local store ( just guessing)

Thanks for the response guys. This has helped me compile a list. It is being bought abroad so availability is something I can't say for sure. Sent the list so lets see what comes up.

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If You're Buying From Abroad You Can Buy HTC Thunderbolt or HTC 3D.

My brothers pushing for iphone 4 16GB. The problem is looking for an unlocked one and also rumours of an iphone 5 release in a few months.
Price: 2600*12=31200

I dont usually wait for hardware that is months away, but I seem to find it difficult to make this choice.

What do you guys suggest?

You know, If I had to buy a phone right now (and I have to, next month), I'd buy Galaxy S2. Just because I'm specs-crazy (And I'd love to have that screen). But a few weeks down the line, I'd be using it only for making calls, sending texts, email, and general browsing while on commute. So, specs really don't matter that much.
In that case, I'd like to have an Xperia Arc. Looks stunning, has good camera and audio quality. Its seems a good phone to me. But for a single core phone, it is costly right now. SO if you are not too much into this spec-thing, then you could give it a thought. Because it has the best exterior design as of now, and the phone is a performer.
(I'll be still getting the S2 though.

)

If you can wait then wait for iPhone 5. The iPhone gives a person ultimate bragging rights(even I am not sure why)

Whenever I say to a friend I have a iPod the first reply I get is which brang
I say Apple. He goes like :shock:

aniket.cain said:
You know, If I had to buy a phone right now (and I have to, next month), I'd buy Galaxy S2. Just because I'm specs-crazy (And I'd love to have that screen). But a few weeks down the line, I'd be using it only for making calls, sending texts, email, and general browsing while on commute. So, specs really don't matter that much.
In that case, I'd like to have an Xperia Arc. Looks stunning, has good camera and audio quality. Its seems a good phone to me. But for a single core phone, it is costly right now. SO if you are not too much into this spec-thing, then you could give it a thought. Because it has the best exterior design as of now, and the phone is a performer.
(I'll be still getting the S2 though. )

I already have an xperia arc. Another one is unlikely to make it into the family. My brother needs a phone and he is hell bent on the iphone.

thetechfreak said:
If you can wait then wait for iPhone 5. The iPhone gives a person ultimate bragging rights(even I am not sure why)

Whenever I say to a friend I have a iPod the first reply I get is which brang
I say Apple. He goes like

You are right. I have an xperia arc and I expected flipping it out and garnering eye balls but things aren't so. :lol:

However its slim design is catchy and sexy so it works.

Despite owning this phone I must say almost anything feels inferior to an iphone, because when you pay so much it has to look the part. Whatever you have, the guy next to you flips an iphone out of this pocket and everyone's like :shock:

and inside :hissyfit:

I want that phone.
The SGS2 despite such a powerful hardware feels like having the wrong creater. I just so badly want the Sony Ericsson or apple guys to design the outer shell, just the outer shell of that phone. Its not a good looking phone hence out of consideration.

A white iphone seems to have my brothers fancy

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Sarath You've a very good phone so why're you buying a new phone? Wait For Sometime Might iPhone 5 or something more powerful shows up.

^He is not buying for himself, he is looking one for his brother :razz:

Any other good looking, powerful, good camera phones out there?

My bro is quite avulsive to HTC phones. No amount of convincing helped.

Sarath said:
I already have an xperia arc. Another one is unlikely to make it into the family. My brother needs a phone and he is hell bent on the iphone.

You are right. I have an xperia arc and I expected flipping it out and garnering eye balls but things aren't so.
However its slim design is catchy and sexy so it works.

Despite owning this phone I must say almost anything feels inferior to an iphone, because when you pay so much it has to look the part. Whatever you have, the guy next to you flips an iphone out of this pocket and everyone's like and inside I want that phone.
The SGS2 despite such a powerful hardware feels like having the wrong creater. I just so badly want the Sony Ericsson or apple guys to design the outer shell, just the outer shell of that phone. Its not a good looking phone hence out of consideration.

A white iphone seems to have my brothers fancy

Do you want a phone to impress people? If so buy a chinese knock off, those are the sexiest phones in the market, if you want to use the phone, then its another story.
Iphone4 is cr@p compared to even SGS 1 let alone SGS 2, and also you have to hold it right if you want to make calls(as said by steve jobs).

tkin said:
Iphone4 is cr@p compared to even SGS 1 let alone SGS 2

Considering the requirements, SGS1 shouldn't even be in the picture.

@Sarath : I would recommend iP4 :-D

Considered Xperia play?

xperia play is too bulky and I will get the PS Vita as and when it releases. I would prefer a dedicated gaming device instead.

@tkin, which chinese knockoff? Personally I am waiting for an iphone 5 as the 4 failed to impress me with its design. Also this is for my bro and he doesn't care which is the most powerful phone when both his requirements facebook and games are doing much better in the iOS.

Xperia Play not recommended, reviews say it has a pathetic screen.

iphone 5 as the 4 failed to impress me with its design

I don't think the "front" of iPhone 5 will be as impressive either.