Need a phone for around 20-22K. Max 23K

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Hey guys,i'm new to this forum.
K so I'm planning to buying a new phone(starting of next month) and im really confused.
I Was originally planning to buy nokia e7 but its a bit expensive and also everyone is telling me to buy an android phone.

I was thinking e7 cos i Have used only nokia phones(n73,n95,n86) in my life so im used to symbian and now i am really confused cos every1 suggests android.
Shud i switch to android??
My fren suggested htc incredible s (23K)from flipkart and said that its a good phone. what are the disadvantages of this phone?
And wat about nokia e7?? (i really love the CBD screen and QWERTY)

My priorities are-
Music Quality(i have a HD448 and 558 and a headphone amp,music quality shud be atleast equivalent to my N series phones or better :smile:

).This is where im confused abt HTC...Is the sound output(through the 3.5mm) any good? :!:

Reliability(d phone shud last for more than 2 years).Again,is htc reliable?? :!:

The phone shud also be good looking

And the nokia e7,will the price drop to around 23k in the next month?
im really confused.

Betwn I dont want any samsung,lg or motorola phones.Ty.

I'd recommend you HTC Incredible S as well. Overall it is pretty "incredible". You may also like the Sense UI over Symbian's. It is ICS ready as well, so it will get the update pretty soon.

Again, android/symbian, the choice is yours. Symbian is pretty much dead, but it's still the most used phone in the Indian market.

The newer versions of Symbian are good, but it's pretty much getting close to android (not that it is bad). Why not then go for android at the first place?

If you can, then use Android for a while. I should say atleast 2weeks. You will get a know how of whats new and what is missing from the symbian.

Android is in many ways better than Symbian but it is not always going to be a smooth transition.

Android is slick and a definite improvement over the Symbian though.

Go for Android,its much better than that crappy symbian.
Incredible S is a gr8 phone,I haven't found disadvantage or any bad thing in it

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Thanks guys

Guess its time i mov on from symbian and try android

K den,is this incredible s the best android phone for my budget? Or are there better choices than this? (under my budget :!:

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And,can any1 tell mi the quality of the sound output from the 3.5mm jack?(im nt interested in the loudspeaker). I really want 2 knw about this.. Cheers.

As music is a priority,stay away from htc.Even a 2k nokia is better in the music department.
As a matter of fact,except for galaxy s,nexus s and couple of SE phones,all android phones(specially from htc)is junk as music players.
You are better off with a SE android.
I myself will never buy another htc in near future.

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From SE,I only like the Arc and that is out of my budget :sad:

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@red dragon-I see you have the ie8 and galaxy s2....K so how would u describe the htc sound??(through the 3.5mm)...I mean comparing too your S2...If for you s2 is 10/10 how much will you give the HTC?

And is htc reliable? Cos i have never seen any1 using this brand and have never seen an htc phone...I dont want this phone to give up on me after say 1 year...PLis advice ...

S1 9.5/10,S2 is probably 6/10,htc desire/dhd 4.5/10.

The Arc costs around 26k. Should come a little lower as it will be phased out. keep a lookout. It is a very potent phone especially with such a budding developer community, not to mention the God awesome looks

Only that its a pity a single core costs so much

Sony Ericsson Xperia ARC - adexmart @ Rs.23790 with COD

What do you say for this?

or check this out
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/bazaar/148067-go-sony-ericsson-xperia-play-177-uk.html

if you feel like goin the windows way - htc radar [flipkart.com]

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4.5?...ZZzz. Damn,that is really sad...Not buying Htc den..Thanks for the info though..

And Arc still out of budget...Guess i got to buy a nokia again after all

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Will wait till first week of November too see if price of Se arc drops otherwise nokia.....Thanks..

The Arc is already 23790. Next it might go out of stock

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One last suggestion guys...
I have finalised on the Arc :smile:

and now I cant choose which colour too choose...AFAIK there are only two colours,midnight blue and silver....

So which colour is better? And is there a black colour?

Can SE arc users advice me on this? Which colour shud I go for?

Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc now just Rs. 23,790. - Sulekha Offers

Arc @ 23790

LG Optimus 2X P990 for just Rs. 23,309. - Sulekha Offers

LG Optimus 2x @ 23390 (ICS update officially announced)

This phone anytime beats the arc in performance. It is one of the 1st dual core mobile to come
Advantages over arc:

Speed/zippy interface (beats it hands down)
ICS (next upgrade of android confirmed)
8GB internal (arc has 320 mb)
More community support
Better graphic processor (better gaming than arc)
Better camera Full HD(1080p) recording in 2x compared to 720p in arc
Gorilla Glass (arc has a scratch resistant glass not a gorilla)
Gyro sensor

Advantages of arc over optimus:
Sony (brand)
Looks.

I am suggesting you to get a Dual crore for 2x is just coz android is some much more fun with it.
Agreed android can run from 600mhz processor too, but the true fun starts with dual core,
Interface becomes buttery smooth, no lag on opening apps, more efficient Multitasking
HD gaming 1080p recording and a little bit of future proofing

I've the silver and it looks pretty good. Check pics below.

The blue one is good too. Colour is your personal preference. Check it at a store.
There's no black. The dark blue looks like black anyways.

The arc has a lot of support too on xda. It's sexy as hell so keep it safe ;-)

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HTC sound is not that bad....Its decent and I would say its good,yes may be it is not as good when compared to some other devices....I would give it 7or7.5 out of 10

Umm why are you pointing to me. I never even mentioned HTC. Never used one, hence will never talk about them.

aroraanant said:
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HTC sound is not that bad....Its decent and I would say its good,yes may be it is not as good when compared to some other devices....I would give it 7or7.5 out of 10

No it is not decent for a 20k phone.

Sarath said:
Umm why are you pointing to me. I never even mentioned HTC. Never used one, hence will never talk about them.

sorry bro...I think I took some time in posting the message and in between you posted something and I didn't refreshed the page

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@ Omi,thanks for the comparison....But i wont be going for the Optimus2x as music quality is of top priority and I dont like LG as a brand for phones(personal preference)....

@ Sarath.....Just checked your silver arc pics.....LOoks Stunning!!..GG...I'll get the silver too

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I'm getting it from letsbuy for 23.9K as the price is 1.2K more in the market...Is it okay buying from letsbuy?

A friend of mine bought Lg Optimus Black. I found the sound quality to be as good as Nokia phones but those bundled Lg IEM s**ks!

Empirial said:
A friend of mine bought Lg Optimus Black. I found the sound quality to be as good as Nokia phones but those bundled Lg IEM s**ks!

Can he update to gingerbread?

Omi said:
Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc now just Rs. 23,790. - Sulekha Offers

Arc @ 23790

LG Optimus 2X P990 for just Rs. 23,309. - Sulekha Offers

LG Optimus 2x @ 23390 (ICS update officially announced)

This phone anytime beats the arc in performance. It is one of the 1st dual core mobile to come
Advantages over arc:

Speed/zippy interface (beats it hands down)
ICS (next upgrade of android confirmed)
8GB internal (arc has 320 mb)
More community support
Better graphic processor (better gaming than arc)
Better camera Full HD(1080p) recording in 2x compared to 720p in arc
Gorilla Glass (arc has a scratch resistant glass not a gorilla)
Gyro sensor

Advantages of arc over optimus:
Sony (brand)
Looks.

I am suggesting you to get a Dual crore for 2x is just coz android is some much more fun with it.
Agreed android can run from 600mhz processor too, but the true fun starts with dual core,
Interface becomes buttery smooth, no lag on opening apps, more efficient Multitasking
HD gaming 1080p recording and a little bit of future proofing

LG update track record is horrible. 2x got 2.3 just this month. Ics confirmed, but going by the trend, it will be quite late .

red dragon said:
As music is a priority,stay away from htc.Even a 2k nokia is better in the music department.
As a matter of fact,except for galaxy s,nexus s and couple of SE phones,all android phones(specially from htc)is junk as music players.
You are better off with a SE android.
I myself will never buy another htc in near future.

I wonder if you have ever used any latest HTC!!!
After having used Desire S for more than a month, I can say that music quality is way better than you made it out to be.
I primarily use my iPod Touch for music. But some times I listen to on HTC. The music quality is as good as iPod. On selecting SRS enhancement it only gets much better.
I am yet to try the Sensation's BEATS audio mod available for desire S.
If I rate iPod quality as 9.5/10 then I will give a healthy 9/10 for my desire S.

And not to forget the Sense music player UI is the best among Androids and cover flow is very smoooth.

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If music is your preference then go for Nexus S or Galaxy S. both phone have the same audio chip.. From my personal experience I have compared the sound from Galaxy S and Iphone 4 plenty of times.. Galaxy S always sounds better than iphone 4..
so if music quality is your main concern look nowhere else..

Ujjwal sorry for being noob there are lots of Samsung Models available. Can you give more details about Galaxy S? Which model is this?

How about Samsung Galaxy S Plus? Currently it is below 21k @ adexmart.

Skud said:
How about Samsung Galaxy S Plus? Currently it is below 21k @ adexmart.

Yes i second that. Performance wise that's the fastest single core phone you can get.

Its gpu is relatively underpowered though. The adreno 205 should have been replaced by a powervr sgx540. Still, its not bad.

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ajayritik said:
Ujjwal sorry for being noob there are lots of Samsung Models available. Can you give more details about Galaxy S? Which model is this?

galaxy S i9000 or nexus S.. they both have exceptional sound quality..

ujjwal321 said:
galaxy S i9000 or nexus S.. they both have exceptional sound quality..

Can you tell me how much would be the price for this model?galaxy S i9000

There are two Samsung Galaxy models available between 15k-20k. Getting confused between both.

Galaxy S i9000 is not available anywhere afaik. May try ebay. There's 2 model available currently: Galaxy S L i9003 & Galaxy S Plus i9001. The former is around 17k and the later is 21-22k. Feature wise i9001 worth the extra money (extra storage, S Amoled screen, better CPU, Android 2.3), but i9003 S L has a better GPU (arguably).

Take your pick. Even I'm confused for over a month now. May be you can help.

I'm getting confused visiting so many stores. I think I saw two models one which said is9003 and the other which said Samsung Galaxy Plus it didnt have any numbers etc like the former.

plus is i9001.

vulpine said:
I wonder if you have ever used any latest HTC!!!
After having used Desire S for more than a month, I can say that music quality is way better than you made it out to be.
I primarily use my iPod Touch for music. But some times I listen to on HTC. The music quality is as good as iPod. On selecting SRS enhancement it only gets much better.
I am yet to try the Sensation's BEATS audio mod available for desire S.
If I rate iPod quality as 9.5/10 then I will give a healthy 9/10 for my desire S.

And not to forget the Sense music player UI is the best among Androids and cover flow is very smoooth.

Buy a decent pair of iems and report back.
In my scale if ipod touch gets 8/10,htc will get 5.5/10.
We are talking about sound quality not the u.i of the player.

Skud said:
but i9003 S L has a better GPU (arguably).

Gsm arena was complaining about it in their i9001 review, so i guess its true.

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kbar1 said:
Gsm arena was complaining about it in their i9001 review, so i guess its true.

SGX 530 is better than adreno 200 .
SGX 530 is inferior to adreno 205.
SGX 540 is better than adreno 205 though.

so adreno 200 << sgx 530 << adreno 205 << sgx 540.

Sgx 530 cannot play some current gen games like gangster games smoothly

With adreno 205 current gen games would not be laggy , SGX 540 is more future proof .

Look for Galaxy S(i9000) or nexus if you want a gaming phone. Otherwise for present games a neo V , Galaxy s plus (i9001) is more than enough.

Galaxy sl (SGX530) not recommended for gaming .

You're right. My bad. Gsm arena was comparing sgx540 on the original galaxy s (i9000) to adreno 205, not sgx530.

I finalised SGSII.
Thanks to all your suggestions

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I am Using Galaxy S 1 and very much happy with the performance but not happy with Music Player .. . Soon Upgrade myself with I Phone 4S... :wink:

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saurigr8 said:
I am Using Galaxy S 1 and very much happy with the performance but not happy with Music Player .. . Soon Upgrade myself with I Phone 4S...

Have u tried voodoo sound hack??
You won't need an iphone if u have tried it..