New Phone for Sis. · DIGIT-ARC

K

Hi guys!
My sister has bricked her Xperia Z and she's on a hunt for new phone-

1. Budget?
35000/-

2. Display type and size?
5-6"

3. Dual sim?
No

4. Preferred choice of brand?
HTC,Moto,Nexus

5. What camera option you want (flash, front facing camera)?
Everything!no compromise in picture quality!
Being an Arch student she uses her phone camera lot!

6. Preferred operating system? (Android, iOS, Windows Phone, etc).
She's inclined towards Android only!

7. Preferred connectivity options (3G, 4G ready).
All features 3G,4G

8. Primary use of handset (multimedia, camera, internet, gaming etc)?
A bit of gaming,Social Networking,Photography,Browsing,Autodesk softwares.

9. Any specific mobile phones in consideration?
Well she was in love with HTC E8 but I convinced her to wait for next Nexus due this 15th October

10. Any other info that you want to share.
Phone will be used for next 2-3 years.
I tried to convince for for next Moto but she declined!
Has very bad experience with Samsung and LG so she would avoid that!
She liked the OPO but again availability issues!

Phone should have a humungous battery life!

Any suggestions guys?
Please help!

Your choice of phone brand is Nexus, Moto and HTC.
Plus, she don't like LG.

You do know that Nexus 5 is manufactured by LG? Also, Nexus 5 and Moto series phone like Moto X is bad in camera department.

Now in terms of pure Camera quality in phones, your only option seems to be Nokia 1020. Read the review here about this conclusion: Camera shootout: Six enter, only one leaves - page 8 - GSMArena.com But if you must have to go with Android, nothing beats LG G3, thanks to its laser focus feature.

Don't expect any great thing from Nexus 6 since it is to be based on Moto X 2nd gen, especially when it comes to camera. Still it would be interesting and worthy to wait as 15th Oct is near.

Go for LG G2/G Pro 2/G3/Moto X (2014) or wait for Nexus 6

IMO as an OEM, LG>>>HTC

btw, which LG phone did she had a bad experience with?

You can also "consider" Samsung Galaxy K Zoom. Its samsung I know, but seems it's a combination of Android phone and Digital Camera. It have Optical Zoom! Which phone have Optical zoom, lol!
Samsung Galaxy K Zoom (Charcoal Black): Buy Samsung Galaxy K Zoom (Charcoal Black) Online at Low Price in India - Amazon.in

Read review here: Samsung Galaxy K Zoom camera | 2 | Expert Reviews

K

SaiyanGoku said:
Go for LG G2/G Pro 2/G3/Moto X (2014) or wait for Nexus 6

IMO as an OEM, LG>>>HTC

btw, which LG phone did she had a bad experience with?

LG Optimus G!
Delicate phone
Due to lil pressure accidentally screen broke!
It didn't fell!

It was in her purse and she accidentally kept some weight on it!
₹7k damages!

Can you explain why LG>>HTC???
Crap UI and weak optimisation.
Only excels in hardware department!

The fact

Vyom said:
You can also "consider" Samsung Galaxy K Zoom. Its samsung I know, but seems it's a combination of Android phone and Digital Camera. It have Optical Zoom! Which phone have Optical zoom, lol!
Samsung Galaxy K Zoom (Charcoal Black): Buy Samsung Galaxy K Zoom (Charcoal Black) Online at Low Price in India - Amazon.in

Read review here: Samsung Galaxy K Zoom camera | 2 | Expert Reviews

That protruding camera and Samsung!
I asked her about S5@13k!

She won't truss Samsung!

kunalgujarathi said:
LG Optimus G!
Delicate phone
Due to lil pressure accidentally screen broke!
It didn't fell!

It was in her purse and she accidentally kept some weight on it!
₹7k damages!

Can you explain why LG>>HTC???
Crap UI and weak optimisation.
Only excels in hardware department!

The fact

That protruding camera and Samsung!
I asked her about S5@13k!

She won't truss Samsung!

7k is ok for it

LG's ui isn't crap :lol:

I was on stock JB 4.1.2 for a month got 2 days of battery life, ~5 hours screen on time, felt better and smoother than the stock kitkat of a friend's S4 :lol:

and then switched to CM11 just for kitkat. has good dev support as well.

Sony and HTC will charge like 50-60% the price of phone for screen repairs only

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SaiyanGoku said:
7k is ok for it

LG's ui isn't crap
I was on stock JB 4.1.2 for a month got 2 days of battery life, ~5 hours screen on time, felt better and smoother than the stock kitkat of a friend's S4
and then switched to CM11 just for kitkat. has good dev support as well.

Sony and HTC will charge like 50-60% the price of phone for screen repairs only

YeS! sony is worst !

LG,Motorola even lenevo is better in after sales!

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kunalgujarathi said:
Hi guys!
My sister has bricked her Xperia Z and she's on a hunt for new phone-

she too bricked sony! well sony is a brick(with display) maker

As per ur need I think buy LG G3 or nexus 6 (as saiyangoku mentioned) or wait for 64bit chip phones -_-

K

dont get galaxy zoom its a poor handset taped to a mediocre point and shoot
get LG G2,G3,Moto X or nexus 6
nexus 5 is not worth considering because of lack of sd card and since your budget is high the G2 makes more sense than a nexus 5
since she wants a good camera why not consider windows phone,its a mature os now and has the best cameras only xperia and G3 come close
btw LG>>>>HTC,oppo,sony

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SaiyanGoku said:
Sony and HTC will charge like 50-60% the price of phone for screen repairs only

It is same with other company too.

Get Z2 and enjoy

^^ Are you sure Z2 won't face the issue of self cracking screen?
My nightmare experience with Sony Xperia Z1 Compact - Self cracking screen

K

Minion said:
It is same with other company too.

not really because most sonys and htcs display is attached to some of the buttons or the bezel etc which makes it pricier because a major portion of the phone has to be changed
i had the same problem with my old Lumia 720,they were asking 6k for repairs because the digitizer and gorilla glass were part of one thing itself,there are aftermarket solutions which allow you to just change the glass or just the digitizer but they dont always work out fine

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Vyom said:
^^ Are you sure Z2 won't face the issue of self cracking screen?
My nightmare experience with Sony Xperia Z1 Compact - Self cracking screen

*www.google.co.in/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&rlz=2C1CHMO_enIN0537IN0537&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=z2%20self%20cracking%20screen

i think it will imho its safer to get some other phone

even PS Vita has the self cracking display issue
sony has gone down because of this

Vyom said:
^^ Are you sure Z2 won't face the issue of self cracking screen?
My nightmare experience with Sony Xperia Z1 Compact - Self cracking screen

That issue exist in the phones during the first lot ie 6 to 8 weeks after launch production devices but was fixed at a later stage. The only issue that really exist is overheating during 4k recording.

[MENTION=266361]kunalgujarathi[/MENTION] Your sister did what bricked?? Is she s geek???

Anyway colleague was using E8 it is a good even for a plastic build it feels premium

K

amjath said:
[MENTION=266361]kunalgujarathi[/MENTION] Your sister did what bricked?? Is she s geek???

Anyway colleague was using E8 it is a good even for a plastic build it feels premium

Actually It was been replaced by Sony twice due to grainy camera issue!
Whatever it is the phone has worn out!

K

Now since the new Nexus has launched;What do you guys think?

$500 Nexus or $700 LG G3

Well, very early to say. Since Camera quality needs to be tested first.

kunalgujarathi said:
Now since the new Nexus has launched;What do you guys think?

$500 Nexus or $700 LG G3

Nexus 6 of course. Remember the device dimension is bigger than iphone 6 plus and note 4

K

Vyom said:
Well, very early to say. Since Camera quality needs to be tested first.

Of course !

I just hope that Camera is on par!

kunalgujarathi said:
Of course !

I just hope that Camera is on par!

Alleged Nexus 6 camera samples leak - GSMArena Blog

amjath said:
Alleged Nexus 6 camera samples leak - GSMArena Blog

Looks ok but not great

$hadow said:
Looks ok but not great

Images are grainy, some work on software end needs to be done

amjath said:
Images are grainy, some work on software end needs to be done

But still i don't think it would be gong to yeild great results

I would prefer G3 over N6

K

anupam_pb said:
I would prefer G3 over N6

Battery issues of G3

K

Camera - - g3
Battery and goodness of Google - - - nexus 6

K

lack of sd card is a major minus for the nexus 6
its even scarier because if the phone ever gets spoiled(rare but possible for various reasons),you cant recover data from the dead phone whereas with an sd card,you just need to remove it and put it in another device to read

The presence of sd card can be scary too. If the phone gets stolen, the thief has access to all your content. Without it, atleast your phone is password protected ( Granted u have screen lock )and u can initiate remote wipe to delete everything.

K

kkn13 said:
lack of sd card is a major minus for the nexus 6
its even scarier because if the phone ever gets spoiled(rare but possible for various reasons),you cant recover data from the dead phone whereas with an sd card,you just need to remove it and put it in another device to read

srkmish said:
The presence of sd card can be scary too. If the phone gets stolen, the thief has access to all your content. Without it, atleast your phone is password protected ( Granted u have screen lock )and u can initiate remote wipe to delete everything.

5.1?is coming with a kill switch!

anupam_pb said:
I would prefer G3 over N6

kunalgujarathi said:
Battery issues of G3

Get G2 any day over G3.. I have one & it's rocking in battery + cam...

K

Update...
Today I took her to show Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro.
Pretty decent phone.
A very better phone than E8 though.

Her Reactions:
E8 looks so nice...blah..blah..
Lenovo..irks..tu hi lena...
These girls never understand their requirements are prima facie and not the look!

I tld her to wait for Nexus 6!

G3 is nice but z2 is also lying in this price range.