Mobile within Rs 15000

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1. Budget?
<rs 15000

2. Display type and size?
No preference.

3. Form Factor? bar, slider, flip?
Slate, I guess

4. Preferred choice of brand?
No. Not Motorola

5. Preferred input method (QWERTY, touchscreen, numpad, touch-n-type).
Touch

6. What camera option you want? Please specify need for flash, autofocus, front facing
camera. -
Should have a flash. Higher Mbps doesn't mean it's a good camera. Should have a decent camera.

7. Preferred operating system? (Android, Symbian, iOS, Windows Phone etc).
Android. How good is Bada?

8. Preferred connectivity options (3G, Wifi etc)Please specify clearly.
3G and Wifi

9. Preferred applications (Flash, Swype, GPS, etc)?
No preference.

10. Primary use of handset (multimedia, camera, mails, internet, gaming etc)?
Should be able to use simple apllications like Talking tom etc. , listeningsongs and may be watching some videos.Mainly for Internet and Documnet viewing(/editing), I haven't come across many who do that on phone.

11. Any specific mobile phones in consideration?
No

12. Any other info that you want to share
As i siad earlier ,I haven't come across many who do Documnet viewing(/editing on phone.How good(or bad) is the expreience of documnet viewing in Phone?

Grab Sony Live with Walkman!

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Omnia W

Also consider Neo V.. It has gr8 display,camera,music quality,TV out, Andriod 4.0 will be coming in a month or 2..
The issue i feel with Neo V is it heats alot while watching Full HD content or while some CPU intense apps..
Battery backup is around 1.5 days

similar heating issue with omnia w too...and takes 6-7 hrs to charge full...drains off battery in full day at normal usage

If you can go slightly above 15k then go with SE Neo V or choose SE Live with Walkman or Moto Defy+.....

Omnia W 's super AMOLED screen is superb...but there r still lot of restrictions in WP7.5

As suggested by others.
Strictly under budget : If you want android then live with Walkman. Else get Omnia W, Great phone, great display, great everything. Live with Walkman 's small screen will suck.

Slightly above your budget : Neo V. Get it only if you want android, else Omnia W is better.

^^ and IMO android should be preferred

WP is a better OS than android. Android only gets good with ICS. Even high end phones like sgs2 hangs something. I haven't seen any hang in even mid segment WP. So I will suggest the Op to go for a WP.

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aniketana said:
1. Budget?
<rs 15000

2. Display type and size?
No preference.

3. Form Factor? bar, slider, flip?
Slate, I guess

4. Preferred choice of brand?
No. Not Motorola

5. Preferred input method (QWERTY, touchscreen, numpad, touch-n-type).
Touch

6. What camera option you want? Please specify need for flash, autofocus, front facing
camera. -
Should have a flash. Higher Mbps doesn't mean it's a good camera. Should have a decent camera.

7. Preferred operating system? (Android, Symbian, iOS, Windows Phone etc).
Android. How good is Bada?

8. Preferred connectivity options (3G, Wifi etc)Please specify clearly.
3G and Wifi

9. Preferred applications (Flash, Swype, GPS, etc)?
No preference.

10. Primary use of handset (multimedia, camera, mails, internet, gaming etc)?
Should be able to use simple apllications like Talking tom etc. , listeningsongs and may be watching some videos.Mainly for Internet and Documnet viewing(/editing), I haven't come across many who do that on phone.

11. Any specific mobile phones in consideration?
No

12. Any other info that you want to share
As i siad earlier ,I haven't come across many who do Documnet viewing(/editing on phone.How good(or bad) is the expreience of documnet viewing in Phone?

You have pretty easy task here... :wink:

Smartphone Which satisfies all the specifications that you've mentioned above is
SONY ERICSSION XPERIA MINI PRO..
Cute lookin..Powerful...and covers all the areas above..
Its under 15000 in Flipkart...and Can be upgraded to ICS 4.0 in coming months...I think its the Best fit for you...

Neo said:
WP is a better OS than android. Android only gets good with ICS. Even high end phones like sgs2 hangs something. I haven't seen any hang in even mid segment WP. So I will suggest the Op to go for a WP.

WP is a gr8 OS but i think this is not the ryt tym to invest in WP IMO... it has limited app store, too much dependency on Zune, problem in bluetooth transfer..

and Neo will soon have an ICS update in a month or two..

There are numerous of thready where the same thing have been discussed, so I suggest you to please make use of the search button which is there on the top of the page before creating a new thread

Apart from that,here is the answer to your query:
If you can extend your budget then get Neo V for 16-17k
Or simply get Live With Walkman for 13-13.5k
And if you want simple and nice UI with less apps and games then get Omnia W
Also if you can wait for sometime then there are new phones which are gonna come up hopefully by the end of April and the prices of the current phones will also decrease then

Omnia W will get the next WP update...and marketplace is allright...u can find all required applications and games there...no issues in that

I didnt consider NeoV coz SonyEricsson is over ...and sony is comming up with its own lineup...donno whats the future of SE phones

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GO with Neo v by extend your budget.

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aroraanant said:
There are numerous of thready where the same thing have been discussed, so I suggest you to please make use of the search button which is there on the top of the page before creating a new thread

Apart from that,here is the answer to your query:
If you can extend your budget then get Neo V for 16-17k
Or simply get Live With Walkman for 13-13.5k
And if you want simple and nice UI with less apps and games then get Omnia W
Also if you can wait for sometime then there are new phones which are gonna come up hopefully by the end of April and the prices of the current phones will also decrease then

does Live with Walkman have lot competition at 13K price range like Wildfire S, Galaxy Ace, Optimus Hub etc.

Wildfire S and other phones can't be compared to Live With Walkman, Live With Walkman is far better, it has 1GHz processor and very good specs and the display is also pretty good while the other phone lacks the same

defy plus....my friend just got it, VFM phone

What about Lumia 710. It has almost same features as the Omnia W.

Windows phones are good..only con IMO is too much dependency on Zune and also IIRC doesn't support Java!!!

Omnia w. You get ms office with WP.

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aroraanant said:
Wildfire S and other phones can't be compared to Live With Walkman, Live With Walkman is far better, it has 1GHz processor and very good specs and the display is also pretty good while the other phone lacks the same

my quibbling is about the size of the display. Its display size & resolution is same as 8K phone like HTC Explorer. I am not sure how it has better display than Wildfire S & other Phones, are you talking about Bravia Engine?

good news BTW, Rediff.com is selling Walkman @ 11.5K.
Buy Sony Ericsson Live With Walkman

Getting 1 Ghz ARM V7, 5 MP 720P at that price is attractive. But how much difference in performance in Cortex-A and ARM11.

Omnia w. You get ms office with WP.

Android office app is simple. Does WP office app have more features?

ajaymailed said:
my quibbling is about the size of the display. Its display size & resolution is same as 8K phone like HTC Explorer. I am not sure how it has better display than Wildfire S & other Phones, are you talking about Bravia Engine?

good news BTW, Rediff.com is selling Walkman @ 11.5K.
Buy Sony Ericsson Live With Walkman

Getting 1 Ghz ARM V7, 5 MP 720P at that price is attractive. But how much difference in performance in Cortex-A and ARM11.

Obviously the size of the display of both the phones is same, and for your knowledge I would like to tell you LWW doesn't have a Bravia Engine, though technically the resolution of both phones is also same but the screen of LWW is little better than Explorer, and also LWW has already got the ICS update or will soon get it.
LWW has got a better processor and better camera and also a front facing camera for skype and video chat.
Explorer is an amazing phone at a cost of just 8k
And the one selling at Rediff is with dealer warranty, no manufacturer warranty, you can get the same and that too may be @ a lower price also at ebay.
The difference will be there, I suggest you to visit a local store and experience/check the same.

ajaymailed said:
Android office app is simple. Does WP office app have more features?

WP office fulfills my needs. i have not used android office so i cannot comment. but wp office is really good

^^^^
Both are good but WP Office is lil better

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Thanks all for your time and replies.

Still not decided either to go for Windows phone or Android.
From all your replies what I understood:
Office suite and bigger screen- advantage Windows
Good camera (SE LWW), lots of 'free' application - advantage Android.

Will wait for new Sony releases before taking final call.

aroraanant said:
There are numerous of thready where the same thing have been discussed, so I suggest you to please make use of the search button which is there on the top of the page before creating a new thread

Sorry I read most of the threads before creaing one. I wanted buying advice from Office use perspective.

also remember 1 more thing...u can not simply copy word ,ppt, pdf in the windows mobile to view it...u have either sent to mail and download it on mobile or u have to use skydive online storage system to store data and retrive from it..

This is a big minus point i can say...u can although create office documents on the mobile

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Thanks Sujoy.

You meant to say the documents can't be transferred to computer directly.

hm.. that's a big minus point.

Is that true sujay???
I had a windows 6.1 HTC phone but this was not there.
And now when windows has come with the upgraded version,there are a lot of cons..

Yes its true..We can neither copy documents to the mobile nor transfer it from mobile...we have to access it from emails or ms SkyDrive...its easy to do that way but it would be lot easier of we could directly transfer it to mobile

ajaymailed said:
good news BTW, Rediff.com is selling Walkman @ 11.5K.
Buy Sony Ericsson Live With Walkman

"1 year vendor warranty" :shock:

(check bottom of the page "warranty" section)

stay away from it! :twisted:

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The phone I was using started giving too many problems. So bought the phone form SUlekha.com for rs 13093. Booked on 14th and got it delivered today with the bill ( 4 days)

and a free head set. :thumbs:

Intial impression - Tough to open back panel (not sophisticated ),good sound quality, and impressive camera.

Thank you guys, thanks for your infomed suggestions . :thumbs: