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Price & Suggestion for Android

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techfreak Original post #1
Jun 19, 2011 at 12:41 PM
Is HTC wildfire S available for 12k ?. Does it have issue relating to battery ? and also is it's after sales support good enough ?
Letsbuy , ebay & other retail sites are quoting it at 14K.
PS : I didn't like the UI of LG 01 at all :(
Budget : till 15 K max
guru_urug
Jun 19, 2011 at 1:36 PM
Get the HTC desire online (not sure if the offer is still on...... AndroidFan?)
else get the Moto DEFY. Stay away from galaxy ace, Defy and desire are far superior.
O1 is best android phone for upto 13k budget
thetechfreak
Jun 19, 2011 at 1:40 PM
I wont suggest a Motorolla Android phone as the boot loader is locked and so you wont be able to install a Custom ROM
guru_urug
Jun 19, 2011 at 1:46 PM
Thts not true for defy, Its got tremendous support on xda. Its already got android 2.3.4 roms including a cm7 one
Defy Android Development - xda-developers
aroraanant
Jun 19, 2011 at 1:50 PM
It costs around 13-13.5k.
HTC's after sales support is quite good though you won't need it as there are very less chances that a HTC handset will have a problem(specially in 1yr).
And battery back up is fine.
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Jun 19, 2011 at 3:00 PM
1) HTC desire is above my budget . In one of the post I saw Sam mentioning the price of HTC wildfire S to be 12k.
Thread link : LINK

2) Does HTC has issues with battery and after sales service .
Yesterday I had gone to Mobile store , they told me they no longer stock HTC models because of the same. I got similar response from other retail outlets.

3) I didn't like LG 01 UI . Touch screen response is bit sluggish.

4) Given a choice between wildfire S , Defy & Ace , which one should I go for ?. If there is any good models for a budget 0f 15K , please let me know about the same.

EDIT :
Thanks for the replies guys :)
One last question
Given a choice between wildfire S , Defy & Ace , which one should I go for ?. If there is any good models for a budget 0f 15K , please let me know about the same
AndroidFan
Jun 19, 2011 at 3:21 PM
Get the HTC desire online (not sure if the offer is still on...... AndroidFan?)
else get the Moto DEFY. Stay away from galaxy ace, Defy and desire are far superior.
O1 is best android phone for upto 13k budget

When I tried to add HTC Desire to cart, it said "Out of Stock"... maybe it will come back in a few days on Saholic.com

1) HTC desire is above my budget . In one of the post I saw Sam mentioning the price of HTC wildfire S to be 12k.
Thread link : LINK

2) Does HTC has issues with battery and after sales service .
Yesterday I had gone to Mobile store , they told me they no longer stock HTC models because of the same. I got similar response from other retail outlets.

3) I didn't like LG 01 UI . Touch screen response is bit sluggish.

4) Given a choice between wildfire S , Defy & Ace , which one should I go for ?. If there is any good models for a budget 0f 15K , please let me know about the same.

EDIT :
Thanks for the replies guys :)
One last question

1. Wildfire S is slightly expensive right now (14k)... Give it a few months and the price will come down...

2. Old HTC mobiles had poor batteries. But the problem has been solved in newer models.

3. You can always change the launcher. There are plenty of options... Go Launcher Ex, Launcher Pro, ADW Launcher, Modaco Gingerbread launcher (I use it), Xperia Arc launcher, etc and tons of themes to chose from...

4. Among those three phones, I would choose Motorola Defy (comes around 14.5k after discount RCOMLB1 on Letsbuy)

Another option is the new Spice Mi-410. -- Spice Mi-410 | Spice Mobile Phones | Saholic.com

a) 4.1 inch
b) WVGA (800x480) resolution
c) 5 MP camera with flash + front-facing camera
d) Stock Android 2.2
e) 512 MB RAM, 2 GB ROM
f) 1400 mAh battery

Comes to RS 13300 after discount (SAHOLIC1500)
T
Jun 19, 2011 at 4:42 PM
Thanks for your reply :) AndroidFan

Defy recently got an Froyo update (2.2) , so if I order it from online retail outlets which ver of android ver will I get ?.

Also I hope it has good after sales support.


EDIT:
Does defy suffer from Any speaker related issue.
*www.supportforums.motorola.com/thread/41152?start=0&tstart=0
T
Jun 20, 2011 at 5:50 PM
Edit : Need to check if the issue is related to earphone component not being waterproof
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techfreak #10
Jul 5, 2011 at 8:09 PM
Got myself defy :)
Thanks for the help guys
AndroidFan
Jul 5, 2011 at 8:55 PM
^^ Excellent... :)
ssb1551
ssb1551 #12
Jul 5, 2011 at 9:14 PM
congrats techfreak!! Where dija buy it from & for how much??
coderunknown
Jul 5, 2011 at 10:49 PM
@techfreak, nice purchase. how much you paid?
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techfreak #14
Jul 6, 2011 at 8:23 PM
@ ssb1551 & SAM
I got it for 14.5k from Reliance and got a bluetooth head set with it. The retail price is around 19K. I got a discount as one of my uncle is regional sales manager in Reliance digital.

@AndroidFan
Thanks . I might require help from you in the future as I am a first time android user :).
Gollum
Gollum #15
Jul 7, 2011 at 9:36 AM
congrats tech freak
S
Jul 7, 2011 at 9:32 PM
lol bro you didn't get any discount, retail price is 14.5 k only. Don't check rate written on mobile, even my LG Optimus had 15k price tag.
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techfreak #17
Jul 8, 2011 at 11:15 AM
lol bro you didn't get any discount, retail price is 14.5 k only. Don't check rate written on mobile, even my LG Optimus had 15k price tag.
Price mentioned on the box is 19K . U won't get defy from reliance or croma for 14.5k . In case u do get it pl let me know.
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a2mn2002 #18
Jul 8, 2011 at 1:44 PM
Does HTC salsa launched in india ?
Does it has GPU ?
desiibond
desiibond #19
Jul 8, 2011 at 2:55 PM
Does HTC salsa launched in india ?
Does it has GPU ?

It's a useless phone. (redesigned Legend and overpriced). costs around 20k right now.

here's the comparison between Salsa and Nexus S: HTC Salsa vs. Samsung Google Nexus S - GSMArena.com which is available for less price.