Need best Android phone below 13000 INR

Hello Guys my cousin is planning to get his first android phone so need your expert advice. Yesterday he was at Alpha to get Samsung Galaxy ACE but I convinced him to wait till Sunday.

Budget : Strictly under 13k INR

He won't go in for Rooting, Custom Roms & other mods...

Requirements:
Android 4 ICS minimum + JB promised or 2.3GB but assurance to get official ICS upgrade atleast.[I think Galaxy ACE won't get ICS ]
Good Music, GPU & Processor,
Decent Screen size but pocketable & Quality.

I found out 3 models of Sony ericsson but afraid of the services now as its merged with sony.
1. SE Xperia Mini which was @ 9500 at alpha 20days back
2. SE Xperia Mini Pro
3. SE Live with Walkman

Need your suggestions on these & also suggest any other fones which will suit his requirements & budget.

Thnks in Adv.

Live with Walkman is the only choice as Mini is a bit too small but most likely will not receive 4.1 update.

Live with Walkman. Mini is good too. Mini pro if your friend wants a keyboard.

Ace hasn't even got ICS, has it?

no ace won't get official ics update and i feel ace+ also won't get (i may be wrong here). Hardly any update and +4k price not justifiable.

@sam
read lots of issues in live with walkman after ics update. Is this solved?

Guys any other good alternative in 13k?
Tfs.

sandynator said:
@sam
read lots of issues in live with walkman after ics update. Is this solved?

i think the seeded version was Android 4.0.3 and it caused all sort of problem. Android 4.0.4 was suppose to solve it but yet to be announced. Maybe after the 2012 Xperia lineup receives ICS, 2011's Xperia lineup will get the fixed ICS.

Defy+

N

Defy+ solid phone, and if ur willing to root it, u can go a lot further with it

T

wait for Sony Xperia Miro ...will come with android 4.0 and highly likely to get Jellybean update too

and no Xperia 2011 phone will get jellybean update so u may not like to go for live if u want jellybean

nithun said:
Defy+ solid phone, and if ur willing to root it, u can go a lot further with it

He won't go for rooting & moding so want some stable official ICS version.

techlover said:
wait for Sony Xperia Miro ...will come with android 4.0 and highly likely to get Jellybean update too

and no Xperia 2011 phone will get jellybean update so u may not like to go for live if u want jellybean

this was my first suggestion to him when he said about ACE to me but he do not have patience & wants to get the fone by sunday..

Anyone know release date of miro?

ICS in sub-13k phones? Not possible. May be he has to wait a little more.

+1 to sony miro

my friend has got xperia U for 13.6k (just slightly more than your budget), few days back there was superdeal in Homeshop 18 they were selling Xperia U for low price i think that was the best deal.so just keep an eye you might get some good deal from various website which keeps coming and going
i think 13.6k for xperia u is sweet and that phone sell for nearly 15-15.5k in market.
at present cheapest deal is from adexmart which sell it for 15k.
so if you get cheap deal for xperia u around 13-14k go for it.

Only 4 GB inbuilt memory and no memory card slot.

T

sandynator said:
Anyone know release date of miro?

Expected around end of August

xperia Live with walkman...
mini pro if u need keyboard
AFAIK xperia miro will run ics but not sure of its JB update and project butter
Xperia Mini Pro will get CM9/CM10 too(FYI)

T

rahulpv102 said:
xperia Live with walkman...
mini pro if u need keyboard
AFAIK xperia miro will run ics but not sure of its JB update and project butter
Xperia Mini Pro will get CM9/CM10 too(FYI)

most probably it will receive the JB update ....even Live and all xperia 2011 got ICS update

pulkit_aga said:
my friend has got xperia U for 13.6k (just slightly more than your budget), few days back there was superdeal in Homeshop 18 they were selling Xperia U for low price i think that was the best deal.so just keep an eye you might get some good deal from various website which keeps coming and going
i think 13.6k for xperia u is sweet and that phone sell for nearly 16-16.5k in market.
at present cheapest deal is from adexmart which sell it for 15k.
so if you get cheap deal for xperia u around 13-14k go for it.

that's gr8 news but he is going to get it tomorrow itself. xperia U retails for 15750 in mumbai.

OP can find Xperia U for around 15.5k in local market, else Live with Walkman is a great choice indeed.

I will recommend xperia live with walkman ..I am very positive that it will receive jellybean(no official statements).. and stock ICS will be very heavy for it.. best would be to install cyanogenmod 9(ICS) and then don't touch any rom.. as that rom will be faster then stock and will smooth lot of things.. Final cyanogenmod 9 will be soon out, Latest is RC2

techlover said:
Expected around end of August

what I know it was supposed to be in end of July or early August as per official statements

+1 to LWW for 12.5k.
Or Xperia U for 15k

thank you guys...
Purchase decision postponed. Waiting for release of xperia miro.

T

there may be a further delay in Xperia Miro

Sony Xperia Miro UK release date pegged for August? | News | TechRadar

papul1993 said:
Only 4 GB inbuilt memory and no memory card slot.

What a poor thought of Sony, In this era 16GB memory is must for smartphones and they didn't put memory slot in few of their phones.

sandynator said:
thank you guys...
Purchase decision postponed. Waiting for release of xperia miro.

Xperia Miro will launch in the 10-13k price range, making it pretty awesome!

I think you should have a look at Sony Xperia Pro/Neo V. At ebay less than 13k for both. Plus they have official ICS and CM10 Jelly Bean support too.