please suggest something

M

1. Budget?
around 10K
2. Display type and size?
atleast HVGA
3. Form Factor? bar, slider, flip?
not a problem
4. Preferred choice of brand?
any.
5. Preferred input method (QWERTY, touchscreen, numpad, touch-n-type).
any
6. What camera option you want? Please specify need for flash, autofocus, front facing camera.
any for regular snaps

7. Preferred operating system? (Android, Symbian, iOS, Windows Phone etc).
Android
8. Preferred connectivity options (3G, Wifi etc)Please specify clearly.
wifi
10. Primary use of handset (multimedia, camera, mails, internet, gaming etc)?
internet and gaming
11. Any specific mobile phones in consideration?
none

12. Any other info that you want to share
Sometimes ago decided for xcd35 but it went out of market. This will be my first smartphone. Another thing phone should be developer friendly ( installing custom roms etc.). Build quality should be good because I am expecting it last atleast 2-3 years.

Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini. it'll cost 2k more but has nice cam. but screen is small and has good developers support.

HTC Explorer for 7.8k

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Sam said:
Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini. it'll cost 2k more but has nice cam. but screen is small and has good developers support.

In some other posts you have said it has heating problems. Is it not much of a problem ?

wait for some time.. prices are dropping fast, htc explorer received more than 2k price cut in 1.5 month... other phones will also get price cut...

pramudit said:
wait for some time.. prices are dropping fast, htc explorer received more than 2k price cut in 1.5 month... other phones will also get price cut...

out of curiosity bro.. can u tell me abt approx price cut for these models:

- motorola defy+
- SE xperia neo
- SE live with walkman
- SE Xperia Ray

and approx but nearly exact prices for these models

:
- SE Xperia U
- SE Xperia P

- HTC One S

Thankx,
sky770

M

pramudit said:
wait for some time.. prices are dropping fast, htc explorer received more than 2k price cut in 1.5 month... other phones will also get price cut...

How long shoulld I have to wait ?

miltus_31 said:
How long shoulld I have to wait ?

Xperia NXTs will be releasing this month end on 23rd (hopefully they should release it here in India

on time)

So by 1st may onwards its partay time (uhm.. not for me

i need a phone badly..way too badly :cry:

i'll hang on till 24th april ...waiting...then I am game

)

sky770 said:
out of curiosity bro.. can u tell me abt approx price cut for these models:

- motorola defy+
- SE xperia neo
- SE live with walkman
- SE Xperia Ray

and approx but nearly exact prices for these models:
- SE Xperia U
- SE Xperia P

- HTC One S

Thankx,
sky770

defy+ - down to 15k from 16.8k
neo- down to 15.5k from 17k( received price cut early march)
live- new model so dont expect more then 1k
ray- dont know

miltus_31 said:
How long shoulld I have to wait ?

wait till april end, then you would have more options to choose from at lesser price...

M

Is there any chance of defy mini being released in april ?

Xperia U will cost around 17K. too much for me.
Acoording to a leaked sony lineup a phone codename tapioca will have price around 10K but it will be released in june.

Though it is not official.

will depend on moto, defy mini should be launched latest by may...

any new phone will take minimum 1month after its official announcement to be easily available in market...

M

Ok , I think the best option is to wait now or get htc explorer.
Thanks everyone.

What about original defy ?
What are its problems ?

original Defy is way too old. Even if its hardware is better than most 12k mobiles, i doubt anyone still sell it.

you may wait but it'll take time for mobile with good internals & Defy kind of screen appears at 10-12k. i see more Explorer type mobile entering the market (LG Optimus L3). So if you want to wait, you may have to a few months at least.

^^^
It has been discontinued by the company as its successor i.e. defy+ is there now

take my advice:

go for these ~10k below:

- HTC explorer (HTCs got its name..no need to prove it but its just the camera which is not autofocus)

- LG Optimus One (ask Sam abt it

; IMO its a damn fine phone; total XDA developer support; ICS is rollin on this babe

)

or

if u can wait then just hang on ..

M

I don't have much faith in lg, because my current phone is lg kp110.
I am using it for 4 years and already 5 times the software got corrupted(god knows how) and I had to update the software from service center. 250 rs for each update.

As for hanging on, I am ready to wait till june if the current one does not say I am dead.

miltus_31 said:
I don't have much faith in lg, because my current phone is lg kp110.
I am using it for 4 years and already 5 times the software got corrupted(god knows how) and I had to update the software from service center. 250 rs for each update.

As for hanging on, I am ready to wait till june if the current one does not say I am dead.

companies and their products change with time.. so can't complain

+ LG Optimus One is actually old but still now its one of the sought after mobiles.. if u dont trust this.. then you should probably ask Sam (our guru MOD here

) + go chkout the "LG Optimus One thread" in forum / XDA community forums.

good luck~

I'm urgently in need of a phone..gonna go for HTC Explorer. Read enough about it to decide. Probably would order it on Flipkart by the evening.
My only doubt is do I get a headset in the package? (Serious budget constraints!!<=9k) If yes, how is the quality?
anyone?

Don't order it from flipkart, on other online it is available for 8k or less.
And headset is not included in the package.

M

Optimus One is also out of stock in online sites.

miltus_31 said:
In some other posts you have said it has heating problems. Is it not much of a problem ?

missed this post totally. yes it heats up quite a bit. shouldn't harm the phone but in my friends case, the two side touch buttons started acting weird. an update fixed it by lowering the sensitivity but that will also impact the ease of use.

miltus_31 said:
Optimus One is also out of stock in online sites.

forget Optimus One. camera is not good. if you want a camera mobile, buy Xperia Mini. Also avoid motorola. the entry level mobiles have 5Mp camera but quality is low. expect the same for they yet to be released Defy Mini. Your last option is Galaxy Ace. if you can find it for 11-12k, grab it. its video capture capability is a big fail but pictures are ok and mobile is built well.

M

I think it's better to wait.