One of my friend's K550i is not working anymore. The service center staff said the PCB has burned & it will cost Rs 4k to repair. She asked me whether to spend 4k in repairing K550i or buy a new phone?
She can get the phone repaired today, but if she has to buy a new phone it will be in May only, till then she will use some temporary phone.
She is a not a heavy phone user & K550i has been serving her needs pretty well. She doesn't install applications (I was the one who told he about how to use Notes function of phone
), & she doesn't need many features too. She uses the phone as a phone more then a camera/Music player. She takes picstures one in a while, like in malls or home among friends, she listen to music one the phone once in a while & uses HPM-75 for talking more then listening to music.
This is why I am myself unable to say her to buy a new phone, cos I know she won't be needing a new one much.
I looked at SE G502, its a good phone for 7.8k but considering the feature comparision with K550i for 4k, I wasn't able to justify buying it instead of repairing K550i.
I looked at the currently available models. She has only used SE so far so she is familiar with its menu structure etc. Nokia will be new & complex for her. SE is simple to use for non-Geeks. I didn't like any Nokia phone within 10k for her as they r all complex for her (she isn't that geeky U see)
So, I need to bounce some ideas & discuss this. Should she get her K550i repaired for 4k or buy a new phone in 2 months with a budget of 10k?
if she should buy a new phone? then which one among SE or Nokia? The priority is
1) Looks matter, it has to be sleek
2) No Samsung or Motorola, there Desktop counterpart software support is bad.
3) Easy to use & easier to type on, she is an SMS junkie. She is habitual to the keypad type of K550i with thin buttons so she has no problem
4) Atleast 2MP Autofocus camera
She can get the phone repaired today, but if she has to buy a new phone it will be in May only, till then she will use some temporary phone.
She is a not a heavy phone user & K550i has been serving her needs pretty well. She doesn't install applications (I was the one who told he about how to use Notes function of phone
), & she doesn't need many features too. She uses the phone as a phone more then a camera/Music player. She takes picstures one in a while, like in malls or home among friends, she listen to music one the phone once in a while & uses HPM-75 for talking more then listening to music.This is why I am myself unable to say her to buy a new phone, cos I know she won't be needing a new one much.
I looked at SE G502, its a good phone for 7.8k but considering the feature comparision with K550i for 4k, I wasn't able to justify buying it instead of repairing K550i.
I looked at the currently available models. She has only used SE so far so she is familiar with its menu structure etc. Nokia will be new & complex for her. SE is simple to use for non-Geeks. I didn't like any Nokia phone within 10k for her as they r all complex for her (she isn't that geeky U see)
So, I need to bounce some ideas & discuss this. Should she get her K550i repaired for 4k or buy a new phone in 2 months with a budget of 10k?
if she should buy a new phone? then which one among SE or Nokia? The priority is
1) Looks matter, it has to be sleek
2) No Samsung or Motorola, there Desktop counterpart software support is bad.
3) Easy to use & easier to type on, she is an SMS junkie. She is habitual to the keypad type of K550i with thin buttons so she has no problem
4) Atleast 2MP Autofocus camera
