Need suggestions on buying a good cellphone..

Hi Everyone,

I want to buy a mobile phone with good features , functionality , music , GPS etc...
Basically I want a touch screen phone and i have zeroed in on the Nokia 5800 Xpressmusic....
I've read a lot of reviews about this phone but need your suggestions on buying it...my budget is 14K ~ 15K for the phone...
Other phone recommendations are also welcome....

Cheers,
Sid_gamer

5800 is a good phone! But I'd rather buy the Samsung Galaxy Spica for about 11.5k, but that's just me!

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Thats a good phone but i am a Symbian Fan so that's why i am looking at the 5800 Xpressmusic...
Any particular reasons on why you suggested this phone..??

Symbian for touchphones is the worst OS for touchscreen phones.. Android is the fastest growing mobile OS.. Its the next big thing!

Does the Samsung Galaxy Spica have all the features that the Nokia 5800 XM has ??
Moreover how is its music quality ??

Sid_gamer said:
Does the Samsung Galaxy Spica have all the features that the Nokia 5800 XM has ??
Moreover how is its music quality ??

its better u read this review once :smile:

*www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i5700_galaxy_spica-review-465.php

if you really want symbian go for the 5800XM but beware the stylus will last you mostly for three months..
else go for what kalpik suggested!!!!!

ritvij said:
if you really want symbian go for the 5800XM but beware the stylus will last you mostly for three months..
else go for what kalpik suggested!!!!!

stylus??? who use stylus with 5800...do u??

5800 is very good symbian phone ..just that its cam is not upto the mark..and the OS looks dated(boring) now..

galaxy spica is much better than 5800 as it has got capacitive touch screen...look i created similar kinda thread....n m waiting for xperia x10 mini....

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=125325

+1 for galaxy spica.

Dude symbian is outdated..android is in n surely b d
nxt big things..

If u cn xtend ur budget,u cn go for htc hero also..

If u want symbian,thn 5800 is nice..

P.S - touchscreen of 5800 is nt tht good..

And how is the Samsung Galaxy i7500 ??
does anyone know it's price ??

24k................... :))

Itz nt 24k..

Itz 15k...
Read topic official spica thread to gt an idea

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Dude i am asking about the Samsung Galaxy i7500 and not the Samsung Galaxy i5700 Spica...

Dude im also talking abt i7500 n nt i5700..

I5700 . - 12.5K

I7500 - 15K

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It's nice if I get the i7500 at 15K...
Thanks for the update buddy....

+1 for I7500

F

I would definitely go for the Samsung Phones over the Nokia one mentioned in the thread. But thats of course just my opinion.

thing is 5800 is 2yrs old and nokia didnt do anything new for this mid segment..
BTW X6 would have been a great replacement for 5800..but where is it??

X6 has been blasted to oblivion by the vivaz.

dreamcatcher said:
X6 has been blasted to oblivion by the vivaz.

Battle of two equally dumb phones.

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sujoyp said:
thing is 5800 is 2yrs old and nokia didnt do anything new for this mid segment..
BTW X6 would have been a great replacement for 5800..but where is it??

Mid segment??What has nokia done even for it`s so called high segment?n97 was a joke.More over nokia stopped manufacturing e90 to promote the useless n97.Nowadays nokia is synonymous with real low end phones.

H

I think u all are overlooking a couple of extremely good models, 5230 and 5233. First, the resistive touch screen is more practical than capacitive. Moreover, Nokia handsets come with solutions such as Messaging Service (light and saves data charges), Ovi Maps and Navigation, which I believe is a killer app. Trust me, have used navigation a lot of times and found it really helpful...

hwsbh said:
I think u all are overlooking a couple of extremely good models, 5230 and 5233. First, the resistive touch screen is more practical than capacitive. Moreover, Nokia handsets come with solutions such as Messaging Service (light and saves data charges), Ovi Maps and Navigation, which I believe is a killer app. Trust me, have used navigation a lot of times and found it really helpful...

WTF!!!resistive screen more practical than capacitive?and that too on symbian??Mate,the two phones you mentioned are even worse than 5800.If only interface and touch responsiveness are concerned samsung is way ahead with galaxy in this segment.

H

i agree that resistive touch is less responsive, but with capacitive touch, I can't use anything except my fingers...so if I receive a call while having lunch I would rather have resistive. Ideally, I would love capacitive's responsiveness with resistive's utility...
As for 5230 being worse than 5800, i would say that given the price difference, it makes a lot of sense. Galaxy is a good phone but again very pricey. I find 5230 to be the best in that price range...

Listening to all your suggestions guys I think i should go with the Android offering....
Yesterday I checked my friend's 5800 and it was full with lags and even the touch response was worse than i thought..
Moreover the Camera quality was not up to the mark....

just read here *www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i5700_galaxy_spica-review-465p6.php
abt galaxy spica's cam in gsmarena review....I think its also worse

and BTW it only records in cif (352 x 288 ) 15fps where as 5800 records in 640x480 30fps

But the performance of galaxy is better due to its 800mhz processor

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Also the Spica doesn't have a Radio...

hwsbh said:
i agree that resistive touch is less responsive, but with capacitive touch, I can't use anything except my fingers...so if I receive a call while having lunch I would rather have resistive. Ideally, I would love capacitive's responsiveness with resistive's utility...
As for 5230 being worse than 5800, i would say that given the price difference, it makes a lot of sense. Galaxy is a good phone but again very pricey. I find 5230 to be the best in that price range...

Oops,so you are having lunch and got a call,what will you do?touch the resistive screen with a fork or spoon?Dont we have two hands? ;-)

red dragon said:
Oops,so you are having lunch and got a call,what will you do?touch the resistive screen with a fork or spoon?Dont we have two hands?

can we apply scratch gurd type of coating on capacitive screen?...what if my hands r muddy or wet...I would end up making my screen dirty

H

red dragon said:
Oops,so you are having lunch and got a call,what will you do?touch the resistive screen with a fork or spoon?Dont we have two hands?

haha..nice observation ;-)

...but u missed the point that i was making. I think sujoyp has made it clear. Btw, i HAVE used the spoon handle a couple of times :idea:

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Nice One..haha...

If touchscreen isnt all that important, i suggest you check out the SE Elm.Great phone at 10k with all bells and whistles known to mobiles.Excellent cam too. One of the best in the business.

*www.gsmarena.com/sony_ericsson_elm-review-466.php

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It's a good phone and i agree that touchscreens aren't that important but adoption seems difficult in the market coz nowadays if people prepare a budget of 10K then they mostly go with Touchscreen phones....

Why does the I7500 not have a divx plaver

it surely will have apps 2 play divx!!! right?

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and is 128 mb ram good enough?