Dual SIM Android, budget uncertain

Sorry for the confusing title.

I recently bought the Xperia Z Ultra, I didn't mean to use it as a phone, I use my alternate CUG SIM withit , I had Nokia 108 for calling, on my old primary SIM. But unfortunately Nokia 108 has limited SMS capacity, and I'm losing track of important SMSs. Also, Gmail and stuff.

Anyway, I decided that it'd be better to get a Dual SIM phone so that I may use both SIM s. But since I already spent a considerable amount on Z Ultra recently, I am thinking of going for a cheap phone now.

My first choice is Micromax Yu Yureka. I never thought I'd buy Micromax, I'm a long term user kind of guy, micromax is plagued with hardware issues. But Yureka deal seems too good to miss out.

Or should I stretch my budget for something like HTC Desire 826 Dual? Hows Xperia C3, anyone has first hand experience of it?

Edit for questionnaire.
1. Budget?

Preferably around 10-12k.
Wouldn't mind spending 20-25k is something as VFM as OnePlus One crops up.

2. Display type and size?

5" or above. But

3. Dual Sim?

Must be Dual SIM

4. Preferred choice of brand?

I really like Sony, but I am looking for a low budget phone unless something really good is available.

5. What camera option you want (flash, front facing camera)?

Decent camera would be nice, not a priority in any way though.

6. Preferred operating system? (Android, iOS, Windows Phone, etc).

Android only.

7. Preferred connectivity options (3G, 4G ready).

4G not needed.

8. Primary use of handset (multimedia, camera, internet, gaming etc)?

Browsing net,Watching HD Movies, gaming.. unlikely.

9. Any specific mobile ?

Micromax Yu Yureka

10. Any other info that you want to share

Please also give a reason for your suggestion.

Yureka is good enough. Desire 820/826 seems good too but higher priced. If you want, you can check out Moto G (2014), though it is underpowered as far as the price is concerned. Won't recommend Xperia C3 as its way overpriced.

GO for either moto g 2014 or Yureka. Check out the review yourself though yureka has a upper hand in hardware department.

I didn't even mention Moto G 2014 because.. I really didnt like it's looks. Sole reason. If those specs came in HTC 616, I'd have considered.

K

why not consider the Lumia 730 as well
its dual sim,has great battery life and camera and youll have a change with windows phone instead of lugging around 2 androids
its approx the same price as Moto G2 and specs are similar except for the superior camera in 730
if you dont want a superior camera and want to spend as little as possible,Lumia 535 is also worth considering

T

S4 for 18k

the.one said:
S4 for 18k

S4 isn't DUAL SIM, besides Oneplus One>>> S4

K

samsung isnt worth it at all,might as well get OPO or even Mi4 or something instead

T

SaiyanGoku said:
S4 isn't DUAL SIM, besides Oneplus One>>> S4

Isn't dual sim is rite. Btw is one plus dual sim??

>>> is also rite. It's much bigger than s4.

I'm not sure of the service of those xiaomis & one plus.

If u need dual SIM, I'd suggest Lenovo A6000(to save money, if you want) or Yureka

the.one said:
Isn't dual sim is rite. Btw is one plus dual sim??

>>> is also rite. It's much bigger than s4.

I'm not sure of the service of those xiaomis & one plus.

I meant if somebody has a budget of 20-22k for a single sim phone, he should get Oneplus One instead of samdung s4.
>>> means its much better than S4, I didn't intend >>> to mean bigger.

Atleast they have VFM devices unlike samdung, so the A.S.S. is allowed to take a hit.

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SaiyanGoku said:
I meant if somebody has a budget of 20-22k for a single sim phone, he should get Oneplus One instead of samdung s4.
>>> means its much better than S4, I didn't intend >>> to mean bigger.

Atleast they have VFM devices unlike samdung, so the A.S.S. is allowed to take a hit.

U dint intend, but it is >>> bigger.

And how is it VFM when u say its A.S.S is bad and u still have to pay 22k vs 18k for S4.

How can u also say its much better than S4?
S4 has inferior chipset vs no A.S.S for that 1+2=3. Its upto the buyer to decide whats more important.

Also heard u need invitation from president of some country to buy that.

the.one said:
U dint intend, but it is >>> bigger.

And how is it VFM when u say its A.S.S is bad and u still have to pay 22k vs 18k for S4.

How can u also say its much better than S4?
S4 has inferior chipset vs no A.S.S for that 1+2=3. Its upto the buyer to decide whats more important.

Also heard u need invitation from president of some country to buy that.

There is a list of service centres on Oneplus' website, not saying A.S.S is non-existent. The company just started selling phones in India 2-3 months back. Nobody should expect them to put up service centres in each and every city. Oneplus One has better SoC, more ram, better camera, more storage, much much much better stock rom (CM11). Even the 16 GB version with no microsd card slot is VFM compared to S4.

Invites are available quite easily. No president needs to be bothered.

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SaiyanGoku said:
There is a list of service centres on Oneplus' website, not saying A.S.S is non-existent. The company just started selling phones in India 2-3 months back. Nobody should expect them to put up service centres in each and every city. Oneplus One has better SoC, more ram, better camera, more storage, much much much better stock rom (CM11). Even the 16 GB version with no microsd card slot is VFM compared to S4.

Invites are available quite easily. No president needs to be bothered.

Better camera? Sure??

It may be better for a person looking for hardcore gaming device.

S4 should still be worth looking at, as a compact package for average users.

the.one said:
Better camera? Sure??

It may be better for a person looking for hardcore gaming device.

S4 should still be worth looking at, as a compact package for average users.

Average user who isn't into hardcore gaming should buy Moto G (2014), Redmi 1s, Lenovo A6000, Zenphone 5 or Yu Yureka instead. There is no need to spend anything over 13k for that person and that too for samdung.

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SaiyanGoku said:
Average user who isn't into hardcore gaming should buy Moto G (2014), Redmi 1s, Lenovo A6000, Zenphone 5 or Yu Yureka instead. There is no need to spend anything over 13k for that person and that too for samdung.

But that extra over 13k is justified when u can get a better display, cam, chipset, ram, battery and after-sales with S4.

Ur motu g and 1+1 free don't offer that. In short ur calling names like Samdung in no way proves ur point. Stop talkin like a kid.

Again back to where we started. -_-

Yureka @9k is better and more VFM than S4 @18k. S4 will not get anything after lollipop which will have crapwiz on top officially.
SD615 of Yureka, being 64 bit, will benefit from lollipop. Plus the stock rom is much better than that on S4. As far as A.S.S. is concerned, they have promised door-to-door service. Camera is best under 15k androids.

K

the.one said:
U dint intend, but it is >>> bigger.

And how is it VFM when u say its A.S.S is bad and u still have to pay 22k vs 18k for S4.

How can u also say its much better than S4?
S4 has inferior chipset vs no A.S.S for that 1+2=3. Its upto the buyer to decide whats more important.

Also heard u need invitation from president of some country to buy that.

samsung's spread out service centres in India are still worthless
i agree with [MENTION=145143]SaiyanGoku[/MENTION]
the staff are rude and try cheating you most of the times to pay up under warranty etc
One Plus One also has better quality components and build than samsung
also repairing a samsung phone often means scratches on the device and a big bill

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the.one said:
But that extra over 13k is justified when u can get a better display, cam, chipset, ram, battery and after-sales with S4.

Ur motu g and 1+1 free don't offer that. In short ur calling names like Samdung in no way proves ur point. Stop talkin like a kid.

samsung display,camera are majorly oversaturated and have unnatural colours
chipset and cpu-exynos is really a PITA ,snapdragon on One Plus One is much better

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kkn13 said:
samsung's spread out service centres in India are still worthless
i agree with [MENTION=145143]SaiyanGoku[/MENTION]
the staff are rude and try cheating you most of the times to pay up under warranty etc
One Plus One also has better quality components and build than samsung
also repairing a samsung phone often means scratches on the device and a big bill

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samsung display,camera are majorly oversaturated and have unnatural colours
chipset and cpu-exynos is really a PITA ,snapdragon on One Plus One is much better

The things u say here about ur service center experiences maybe one-off. Some executive at ur city may have behaved rude, can't be generalized into saying bad everywhere.

The oversaturated & unnatural thing is also merely subjective, lots of reviewers claim the same display to be excellent, some may say otherwise. (Display settings should be tweakable to fix that, unsure).

Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo available for 12.5k

Display
4.80-inch
Processor
1.2GHz
Front Camera
1.9-megapixel
Resolution
720x1280 pixels
RAM
1.5GB
OS
Android 4.3
Storage
16GB
Rear Camera
8-megapixel
Battery capacity
2100mAh

But didn't consider it, old model, Samesung design.. hardware looks decent though.

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SaiyanGoku said:
Again back to where we started. -_-

Yureka @9k is better and more VFM than S4 @18k. S4 will not get anything after lollipop which will have crapwiz on top officially.
SD615 of Yureka, being 64 bit, will benefit from lollipop. Plus the stock rom is much better than that on S4. As far as A.S.S. is concerned, they have promised door-to-door service. Camera is best under 15k androids.

I was comparing the S4 with other phones at that price, currently. A zenfone 2 etc should be better, but thats in the future.

There can always be other phablets/tablets be way better. But for a person who has lots of large devices already & is seeking a good compact no-nonsense daily phone, I suggested the S4.

I cant deny OnePlus & Yureka to be better, but they belong to the phablet category(though it may just be a very fine line between phone & phablet).

It may not get further updates than Lollipop should be fine(for 1-2 yr usage), as many of 2013/14 devices won't other than Nexus & Moto.

mitraark said:
Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo available for 12.5k

Display
4.80-inch
Processor
1.2GHz
Front Camera
1.9-megapixel
Resolution
720x1280 pixels
RAM
1.5GB
OS
Android 4.3
Storage
16GB
Rear Camera
8-megapixel
Battery capacity
2100mAh

But didn't consider it, old model, Samesung design.. hardware looks decent though.

You can consider this overpriced phone with same crap design but not Moto G??

SaiyanGoku said:
You can consider this overpriced phone with same crap design but not Moto G??

I said I didn't consider it. Anyway I'm fixed on buying the Yureka this Thursday. Hoping to get it, tried to buy one last month for friend but failed to add to cart then.

mitraark said:
I said I didn't consider it. Anyway I'm fixed on buying the Yureka this Thursday. Hoping to get it, tried to buy one last month for friend but failed to add to cart then.

I didn't read the last line. My bad.

mitraark said:
I said I didn't consider it. Anyway I'm fixed on buying the Yureka this Thursday. Hoping to get it, tried to buy one last month for friend but failed to add to cart then.

Yureka is a good option provided you can get one.

K

the.one said:
The things u say here about ur service center experiences maybe one-off. Some executive at ur city may have behaved rude, can't be generalized into saying bad everywhere.

The oversaturated & unnatural thing is also merely subjective, lots of reviewers claim the same display to be excellent, some may say otherwise. (Display settings should be tweakable to fix that, unsure).

not really everyone I know,in various cities across india have had similiar experiences
reviewers arent always experts,some of them barely use the phone
tweaking the display wont help much..
ive tried alot with my Note 2 but ended up selling it because of the numerous issues it had
also its not one-off exeriences,ive had the same experience with multiple centres and different products

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mitraark said:
Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo available for 12.5k

Display
4.80-inch
Processor
1.2GHz
Front Camera
1.9-megapixel
Resolution
720x1280 pixels
RAM
1.5GB
OS
Android 4.3
Storage
16GB
Rear Camera
8-megapixel
Battery capacity
2100mAh

But didn't consider it, old model, Samesung design.. hardware looks decent though.

whats wrong with Moto G2 then?its the same price and much better
hardware isnt that great with samsung at all

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$hadow said:
Yureka is a good option provided you can get one.

quite agree,at that price range and specs,its worth the risk
even im tempted to get one plus one or Yureka as a backup phone(have loads of backup phones though so i might not be able to convince my parents again

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[MENTION=184724]kkn13[/MENTION] convincing the parents is certainly the most difficult task. Now I am looking forward for a new flagship and my parents are like you got a tree which gives you money or what.

Successfully bought the Micromax Yureka yesterday, delivery by 16 March.

K

mitraark said:
Successfully bought the Micromax Yureka yesterday, delivery by 16 March.

congrats do post a review

Congo man. Do post a review if possible.

I'm really not that sort of a user who'd be able to post a review, I'm at this point in life where I care just about having a phone with Gmail and Facebook and Whatsapp, no games, no benchmarks, stress tests....

And the Micromax Yu seems to be a really great phone for such users. I really don't like any UI other than Plain vanilla Android, and the Yu has customization options for themes which enable me to set up the UI as I like, keep it simple, like I have, or make extravagant personalization.

Phone is snappy, although the keenest of eyes in me notice the slightest of lag in rare occasions while opening Chrome or swiping too fast .

Still , a lot of the phone left to be explored. Maybe install a few games just to test the device.

Planning to buy a 64 GB Class 10 card , Yu will support those right?

If it support 64 gb then it will surely support that card.

S

YU Yureka only supports a maximum of 32 GB memory card.

L

Three phones seems best for you. androidone, yu yureka, moto g. The cheapest is androidone. it will satisfy all your needs and won't disappoint you. but if you want more in less price, go blindly for yureka. becoz it has octacore 1.7 ghz processor. HD display, 13Mp camera, front - 2mp, etc etc.
just go for yu yureka that is better. (mind you it runs on cyanogen OS 11)

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L

yureka is good. go for it

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LeoTechLion said:
yureka is good. go for it

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[MENTION=307669]LeoTechLion[/MENTION], don't spam.

K

LeoTechLion said:
Three phones seems best for you. androidone, yu yureka, moto g. The cheapest is androidone. it will satisfy all your needs and won't disappoint you. but if you want more in less price, go blindly for yureka. becoz it has octacore 1.7 ghz processor. HD display, 13Mp camera, front - 2mp, etc etc.
just go for yu yureka that is better. (mind you it runs on cyanogen OS 11)

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android one??? no,its not worth it at all....
and now its going OT