Phone with a big battery and a good camera within 14k.

1. Budget?
14k. 15k only if its an exceptional deal.

2. Display type and size?
4.5 inch. min. Should be pocketable though.

3. Form Factor? bar, slider, flip?
Bar

4. Preferred choice of brand?
None.

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.
Rear camera should be as good as can be had in the price. Will be my primary camera.

7. Preferred operating system? (Android, Symbian, iOS, Windows Phone etc).
Android.

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

9. Preferred applications (Flash, Swype, GPS, etc)?

10. Primary use of handset (multimedia, camera, mails, internet, gaming etc)?
Light browsing
Taking occasional pictures and videos
Listening to music
24 hour connectivity through gsm and apps such as Skype.

Min 16 GB storage and a long lasting battery is must.
It would be nice if it has water proofing, although I guess that's asking too much at the price.

11. Any specific mobile phones in consideration?
Xperia SP (without warranty). Moto G.

Get Moto G FTW! Read my review if Moto G from link below.

Xperia SP and huawei honor are only good alternatives.

+1 to moto g

MotoG no doubt.

+1 to Moto G

fanboy kahin ke.

I vote for Xperia SP without warranty cause It blows Moto G out of water in every area except display ( cause stupid Sony didn't care about displays in their 2013 lineup) and cause I have one

Chetan1991 said:
fanboy kahin ke.

Haha but moto g's competitors are either lower SPECed or higher priced. I own one so I can definitely say that it performs nearly N4 and has better battery backup than N4.

Xperia sp

So I'm guessing no one has any faith in local "Indian" brands?

Chetan1991 said:
So I'm guessing no one has any faith in local "Indian" brands?

You guessed right.

Chetan1991 said:
So I'm guessing no one has any faith in local "Indian" brands?

Those "Indian" brands are just rebranding phone and running lots of advertising campaign just to fill their pockets. Once they sold phone - tu kaun main kaun! Fck off consumers! Only Indians can do business like this :lol:

ankush28 said:
Those "Indian" brands are just rebranding phone and running lots of advertising campaign just to fill their pockets. Once they sold phone - tu kaun main kaun! Fck off consumers! Only Indians can do business like this

This is true beyond words.

My brother bought a xolo phone saying its an intel brand, it ought to be good. I even explained how intel only had it's name associated with one phone because of the processor and nothing else, they don't have anything else to do with it.. but still he called me an idiot for saying such nonsense and went ahead to buy it. Only 3 months later sent it to the service center and received it back after 2 months.. i was like Lololol

[MENTION=171475]ankush28[/MENTION]

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Me too.

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Would the cost of getting an Xperia SP repaired (without warranty) be very high? Anyone with any experience?

Chetan1991 said:
[MENTION=171475]ankush28[/MENTION]

Me too.

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Would the cost of getting an Xperia SP repaired (without warranty) be very high? Anyone with any experience?

>You should have replied in binary

>Depends upon what you broke and how you broke! E.g. screen with digitizer may cost 6-8k for repair. My friend paid 13k for screen+digitizer replacement on Nexus 5 (I was like :rofl:

).

ankush28 said:
>You should have replied in binary

>Depends upon what you broke and how you broke! E.g. screen with digitizer may cost 6-8k for repair. My friend paid 13k for screen+digitizer replacement on Nexus 5 (I was like ).

A local dealer was asking Rs30,000 for screen replacement of Xperia Z (this was last year when Xperia Z was still fresh). Sucks to be in a remote part of the country.

ankush28 said:
>You should have replied in binary

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Pretty expensive repairs. How much would it be if I bought it with warranty?

bhai, itna confusion kyu hai? (Why so much confused

? )
Get moto g, be tension free :wink:

Weak camera, no expandable storage and average battery.

Chetan1991 said:
Weak camera, no expandable storage and average battery.

1. its average, not weak
2. USB OTG through sandisk dual or meenova
3. One day+ usage in single full charge isn't enough?

(use greenify to hibernate battery su*king apps)

Avg battery? Seriously? Some light users have reported upto 2 days of battery life.
I get one full day of battery- mostly browsing (screen on time of ~10 hours) and thats kickass performance

Gionee M2 @ 10k (4200mah Battery)

ankush28 said:
Avg battery? Seriously? Some light users have reported upto 2 days of battery life.
I get one full day of battery- mostly browsing (screen on time of ~10 hours) and thats kickass performance

screen on time of 10 hours. omg. thats gotta be some kinda record. what are ur settings for battery conservation

srkmish said:
screen on time of 10 hours. omg. thats gotta be some kinda record. what are ur settings for battery conservation

Nothing special I just don't have any apps running in background (like social apps). I use phone only for browsing and chatting, so I can easily squeeze up to 10hr screen on time.
Screenshot of last 4 day's stats - I've charged phone daily ~65-70%View attachment 14450 (didn't got time to charge fully)

Chetan1991 said:
Weak camera, no expandable storage and average battery.

Camera is average for the price (i personally didn't use a better camera phone for under 15k)
Storage is an issue. I deal with it using my laptop.
Battery life is good, better than my N4 atleast (my friend gets 4.5h+ of S.O.T with mixed usage)