HTC Desire 816 or NEXUS 5

Hello everybody, I am thinking about buying a smartphone next month. I don’t want to spend too much money. So, my budget is around 25000 rs. I am thinking about buying either nexus 5 or htc desire 816. Initially I was thinking about buying lg g2 but I believe it is out of my budget. So what do u guys think about these two mobiles? And please feel free to suggest any mobile around that budget. It would be really nice if the mobile has following things,

1. Good look (important)

2. Display quality should be good (very important) and display size needs to be between (4.8-5.5 inch)
3. Raw processing power and ram (semi important)
4. Battery performance (it should last at least 1 day with 2/3 hrs of web browsing)
4. Good audio quality (important)
5. Rear camera quality (I don’t care)

6. Front camera quality (I don’t care)

7. UI and dev support (I don’t care)

So, friends please give me some suggestions. It’ll be appreciated.

K

NightRider said:
Hello everybody, I am thinking about buying a smartphone next month. I don’t want to spend too much money. So, my budget is around 25000 rs. I am thinking about buying either nexus 5 or htc desire 816. Initially I was thinking about buying lg g2 but I believe it is out of my budget. So what do u guys think about these two mobiles? And please feel free to suggest any mobile around that budget. It would be really nice if the mobile has following things,

1. Good look (important)
2. Display quality should be good (very important) and display size needs to be between (4.8-5.5 inch)
3. Raw processing power and ram (semi important)
4. Battery performance (it should last at least 1 day with 2/3 hrs of web browsing)
4. Good audio quality (important)
5. Rear camera quality (I don’t care)
6. Front camera quality (I don’t care)
7. UI and dev support (I don’t care)

So, friends please give me some suggestions. It’ll be appreciated.

Nexus 5 any day of the year,i have one as well ,fits your needs perfectly
only thing is lack of sd card is a slight put off but the quality and premium feel is totally worth it

I don't think you will be able to pull 1 day with Nexus 5 but still I would surely recommend it any one over any other phone in that price bracket.

K

$hadow said:
I don't think you will be able to pull 1 day with Nexus 5 but still I would surely recommend it any one over any other phone in that price bracket.

battery life is exactly one day! sometimes a bit less (very rare)

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NightRider said:
Hello everybody, I am thinking about buying a smartphone next month. I don’t want to spend too much money. So, my budget is around 25000 rs. I am thinking about buying either nexus 5 or htc desire 816. Initially I was thinking about buying lg g2 but I believe it is out of my budget. So what do u guys think about these two mobiles? And please feel free to suggest any mobile around that budget. It would be really nice if the mobile has following things,

1. Good look (important)
2. Display quality should be good (very important) and display size needs to be between (4.8-5.5 inch)
3. Raw processing power and ram (semi important)
4. Battery performance (it should last at least 1 day with 2/3 hrs of web browsing)
4. Good audio quality (important)
5. Rear camera quality (I don’t care)
6. Front camera quality (I don’t care)
7. UI and dev support (I don’t care)

So, friends please give me some suggestions. It’ll be appreciated.

Moto X.

Get the Nexus 5.

kkn13 said:
Nexus 5 any day of the year,i have one as well ,fits your needs perfectly
only thing is lack of sd card is a slight put off but the quality and premium feel is totally worth it

Thanks dude. I’ve heard there r some revised version of nexus 5 Is available at the market. Is there any way to identify the revised one? Will it be a deal breaker if I don’t get the revised one.

$hadow said:
I don't think you will be able to pull 1 day with Nexus 5 but still I would surely recommend it any one over any other phone in that price bracket.

Thanks. So, battery life is not that good in nexus 5. What about s3 neo, is it a good phone?

kkn13 said:
battery life is exactly one day! sometimes a bit less (very rare)

Thanks for the input. I m planning to keep it for at least for 1.5/2 years. Will the battery life deteriorate even more in the future?

Stay away from s3 neo.. Definitely not in the same league as nexus 5

B

buy nexus 5...

K

NightRider said:
Thanks dude. I’ve heard there r some revised version of nexus 5 Is available at the market. Is there any way to identify the revised one? Will it be a deal breaker if I don’t get the revised one.

Thanks. So, battery life is not that good in nexus 5. What about s3 neo, is it a good phone?

Thanks for the input. I m planning to keep it for at least for 1.5/2 years. Will the battery life deteriorate even more in the future?

stay away from $amsung S3 neo etc
nexus 5 is a good phone,battery life is great for an android and the nexus 5 is very well built etc and should last long

to check for revised model-
A way to check if you have a "revised" Nexus 5? - Android Forums

chances are anyway that you will get the revised model only,very few shipments of the 1st nexus 5 model were made and when nexus 5 came to india,the revised model was already there in the market

Get Moto X 1st gen. OG Moto X is still much better than desire 816. Nexus 5 is also good choice if you are okay with mediocre battery

K

nexus 5 battery life is same as moto x

kkn13 said:
battery life is exactly one day! sometimes a bit less (very rare)

Never for me. Well may be since I am a power user usually I unplug my phone at around 7 AM and after unplugging it's wifi is always on. My usage is like this about 2 to 3 hours of texting, 30 mins or so on youtube and about 45 mins browsing and by 7 PM it's battery is around 10% daily. So I use my s3 for the remaining time

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NightRider said:
Thanks dude. I’ve heard there r some revised version of nexus 5 Is available at the market. Is there any way to identify the revised one? Will it be a deal breaker if I don’t get the revised one.

Thanks. So, battery life is not that good in nexus 5. What about s3 neo, is it a good phone?

Thanks for the input. I m planning to keep it for at least for 1.5/2 years. Will the battery life deteriorate even more in the future?

Forget about any sammy phone in this range. Buy N5 and enjoy for another 2 years or so.

+1 to Nexus 5. don't buy samdung.

Thanks everybody. Yes, I’ve already discarded s3 neo from my buying list

. Although while I was watching some review of desire 816 I’ve found out that desire 820 is a nice phone too but the problem is as u already know it has low resolution for a 5.5 incher and it will not be available in the market till November. But u know octa core (snapdragon 615) and 64 bit processor does sound kinda nice.

Anyway, I’ve already waited long enough. Hopefully I will buy a nexus 5 1/2 weeks later.

K

$hadow said:
Never for me. Well may be since I am a power user usually I unplug my phone at around 7 AM and after unplugging it's wifi is always on. My usage is like this about 2 to 3 hours of texting, 30 mins or so on youtube and about 45 mins browsing and by 7 PM it's battery is around 10% daily. So I use my s3 for the remaining time

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Forget about any sammy phone in this range. Buy N5 and enjoy for another 2 years or so.

ohh might be because of usage etc,i use it as my 2nd phone, my main phone is a lumia 720 and sometimes my Z10
though my parents usually borrow the nexus 5 if they forget to charge their phones sometimes and it lasts them a day with whatsapp,camera and calls etc
luckily theres always powerbanks

kkn13 said:
ohh might be because of usage etc,i use it as my 2nd phone, my main phone is a lumia 720 and sometimes my Z10
though my parents usually borrow the nexus 5 if they forget to charge their phones sometimes and it lasts them a day with whatsapp,camera and calls etc
luckily theres always powerbanks

Nah I rarely use power bank and now that my M8 is on the way I won't be using my s3 any more. Now I can crazily flas custom roms on my N5 :-D

K

$hadow said:
Nah I rarely use power bank and now that my M8 is on the way I won't be using my s3 any more. Now I can crazily flas custom roms on my N5

i know that feel bro!! similiar situation here

kkn13 said:
i know that feel bro!! similiar situation here

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Go for the Nexus 5 eyes closed.
Alternatively u may also look at the Moto X 2nd Gen as well.....

If u are prepared to wait or can get it from USA.... Go for the One Plus One...

Hi everybody. I hope all of u r doing great in ur personal life.

Today I’ve bought my nexus 5. Currently it is running on 4.4.4 and it already has received few minor updates. As expected, so far the phone is running quite flawlessly. Again thanks to everybody for helping me in taking the correct decision.

Now the thing is that I haven’t bought anything extra other than the phone so my next phase of purchase will involve following things and it will be really appreciated if u can give me some suggestion on this aspect

1. Screen protector. (Currently I’m using the stock one with nexus 5 written on top of it. It looks really ridicules

)
2. Phone case (Thinking about buying a spigen flip cover but please feel free to suggest anyone)
3. Headphone ( my budget is around .8k-1k)

Cheers
NightRide

K

NightRider said:
Hi everybody. I hope all of u r doing great in ur personal life.

Today I’ve bought my nexus 5. Currently it is running on 4.4.4 and it already has received few minor updates. As expected, so far the phone is running quite flawlessly. Again thanks to everybody for helping me in taking the correct decision.

Now the thing is that I haven’t bought anything extra other than the phone so my next phase of purchase will involve following things and it will be really appreciated if u can give me some suggestion on this aspect

1. Screen protector. (Currently I’m using the stock one with nexus 5 written on top of it. It looks really ridicules )
2. Phone case (Thinking about buying a spigen flip cover but please feel free to suggest anyone)
3. Headphone ( my budget is around .8k-1k)

Cheers
NightRide

2.capdase or amzer any day of the year
3.senheisser or skullcandy hands down

NightRider said:
Hi everybody. I hope all of u r doing great in ur personal life.

Today I’ve bought my nexus 5. Currently it is running on 4.4.4 and it already has received few minor updates. As expected, so far the phone is running quite flawlessly. Again thanks to everybody for helping me in taking the correct decision.

Now the thing is that I haven’t bought anything extra other than the phone so my next phase of purchase will involve following things and it will be really appreciated if u can give me some suggestion on this aspect

1. Screen protector. (Currently I’m using the stock one with nexus 5 written on top of it. It looks really ridicules )
2. Phone case (Thinking about buying a spigen flip cover but please feel free to suggest anyone)
3. Headphone ( my budget is around .8k-1k)

Cheers
NightRide

buy Cowon EM1 or Xiaomi Piston

kkn13 said:
2.capdase or amzer any day of the year
3.senheisser or skullcandy hands down

Thanks.

SaiyanGoku said:
buy Cowon EM1 or Xiaomi Piston

Thanks buddy.

J

1. Good look (important)

- HTC Desire no doubt
2. Display quality should be good (very important) and display size needs to be between (4.8-5.5 inch) - NExus 5 anyday over desire 816
3. Raw processing power and ram (semi important) - Nexus 5
4. Battery performance (it should last at least 1 day with 2/3 hrs of web browsing) - both are sh!t
4. Good audio quality (important) - HTC Desire
5. Rear camera quality (I don’t care)

- Nexus 5
6. Front camera quality (I don’t care)

- Nexus 5
7. UI and dev support (I don’t care) - Nexus 5

Nexus 5 wins