1. Budget - Not very specific. 10-15k seems like a good deal. Please suggest based on my needs. Dont mind spending extra. But I'm concerned I might lose it since I'm a light user and most often I dont have the phone on my person.
2. Display type and size - dont care.
3. Form Factor - dont care
4. Preferred choice of brand - dont care
5. Preferred input method - okay with touch and qwerty
6. What camera option you want - flash and autofocus. Dont need front cam. wont use the phone for video calls.
7. Preferred operating system? iOS/Android.
8. Preferred connectivity options (3G, Wifi etc) Bluetooth, 3G, Wifi
9. Preferred applications - GPS, facebook, gmail, wikipedia
10. Primary use of handset (multimedia, camera, mails, internet, gaming etc) - navigation, calls, messages, camera.
11. Any specific mobile phones in consideration - Samsung Galaxy Ace
12. Any other info that you want to share
- Want good battery backup
- Fast response on the screen is a must. Laggyness / jerky movements are unacceptable
- Dont have a good digicam/camcorder, so good camera is preferred
- Dont care about modding or 3rd party firmware or jail breaking or whatever. I'm a light user and I want things to work out of the box.
- I'm really a very light user. Sometimes it takes days for me to figure out that my phone has switched off because the battery is drained.
Issues with galaxy Ace.
- Poor video recording.
- Hear rumors over the internet that battery life is poor.
- Doesn't play divX / xVid out of the box. Adding one app is not a big deal though.
- No Flash support.
Thank you.
Check these:
1. HTC Wildfire S
2. Nokia C7
3. LG Optimus One
My recommendations based on OPs query...
1. HTC Wildfire S
It is a good phone out of the box, but battery performance could be average. If you don't want to tinker with your phone, you must get an HTC...
2. Samsung Galaxy Ace
Good 5 MP Camera but very poor QVGA (320x240) video recording. Good built quality, light weight. Looks like an iPhone kirf. Personally, I don't like it...
3. LG Optimus One
Average built quality, decent performance, average 3 MP camera but good video recording (VGA). I own this phone... Its become better after using custom ROMs... Atleast twice as fast as it was originally...
A bit of change in requirements. I will be buying a camera. So very good video recording isn't so much of a necessity.
1. HTC Wildfire S
a) How is battery life ? Particularly in comparison to galaxy ace.
b) How is the screen response ? Its clocked at 600Mhz which concerns me. Does it produce lags in the UI or in games ?
2. Nokia C7
-Based on an older Symbian and is a bit costly ( 18k ). Not too inclined towards Symbian.
3. LG optimus one.
- Speed ( and UI ? ) issues out of the box. And 3 MP camera is a tad too low. I'll opt out of this.
How is motorola Defy ?
I like that it has a long battery life and is rugged.
Right now, I'm considering Moto Defy, Samsung Ace and HTC WildFire S.
What do you guys say ?
Oh, and I have sweaty hands. Will I have trouble handling a touchscreen ? Will a gorilla screen be better for me ? This would point me towards defy.
@thetechfreak,
Why would I want to install a custom ROM ? Android 2.2 official update is available for Defy.
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Point taken about HTC Wildfire S battery performance. Reviews confirm it.
But it sports a 600MHz processor. So its rather sluggish and games aren't smooth.
HTC Wildfire S review from TechRadar UK's expert reviews of Mobile phones
HTC Wildfire S Mobile Phone review - Performance and Interface - Trusted Reviews
How does Galaxy Ace compare to this ? It sports the same processor but at 800MHz.
Defy is good but can be laggy at times. Either go with Ace or SGS L. Will cost you more but a really fast processor
does defy lag more than ace ?
C7 is worth the price paid. If you are okay with the Symbian applications, which are actually pretty good and serve every purpose.
C7 - Excellent hardware and construction. But the UI is really not worth it. Its too cluttered and feels really cheap. Avoid this.
Wave II - Even better hardware. But very buggy UI. Also avoid this.
Galaxy Ace - Good device. Low resolution display. Very bad battery life.
Defy - Own this. Excellent device for the price. Very high res display and very compact, strong body. Decent battery life.
Galaxy SL - Excellent device for the price. High res big display in a big thin shell. Moderate battery life.
Wildfire S - Havent used it, but Wildfire seriously feels slow once u use Defy/Galaxy SL. Only thing going for it is the HTC sense. Avoid it.
Between Defy and Ace, blindly pick Defy. Much better processor at same stock speed, much better built, comparatively much higher pixel density, better screen, slightly bigger screen in same or smaller body. Lags, never faced a lag while using any app or game.(Lags come when the annoying vodaphone pop ups come out of nowhere, and the frequency just seems to keep on increasing. Really frustating!!! Will raise a request to get them removed next week.) There was a slight lag while scrolling through menu on stock eclair, its become a lot smoother wit the froyo update.
Between Defy and SL, depends on your exp on both devices. SL menu screen is smoother than Defy, camera is better, but lacks flash. Has a bigger better display, slightly less pixel density, but hardly matters. SL has the same proc as Defy, at a slightly higher clock speed. The touch, while very responsive, sometimes mistakes flicks for taps, which can be my style error, but i faced it. I didnt like the huge thin body of the phone, but its a personal taste.
I've skipped HTC Wildfire S. I guess I should skip Ace too.
Why is the Ace so popular ? Spec-wise its horrible compared to Defy. Ace is priced at 14k while Defy is at 16k. The vast difference in spec seems to make the extra 2k more than worth it. There must be a reason why Ace is so often recommended but not Defy.
So few people seem to have motorola phones. How is the service ? Am I missing something about motorola phones in general and Defy in particular ? It looks like a steal with no competition around its price point and yet its not often recommended.
Galaxy SL costs 19k while Defy costs 16k. Is the extra price justified ? For my needs, I felt 16k was getting a bit high. But 19k seems stretching it to the breaking point.
+1 for defy .planning to take it soon .
my only concern for defy is its high radiation . dont know abt SL
I was about to buy Samsung Galaxy S I9000 but that thread on HTC Desire came up.
Is it a better buy @ 16.5k from flipkart ?
can anyone tell me if wildfire and wildfire s has got flash support or not
can anyone tell me if wildfire and wildfire s has got flash support or not and which are the other phones that have flash in them
Thanks for all the suggestions.
Looking at the battery issues with Desire, I bought Samsung Galaxy S.
Admittedly, the SAMOLED really attracted me when I tried out these phones at Univercell. Also the S is way more responsive than ace and LG O1 and the screen is markedly superior. I found that the phone lags a bit for about 5 seconds after booting while its scanning for media. But its fine after it settles. Is this the lag issue that so many people are ranting about ? I really cant complain. Even my PC takes about 10 secs to settle down after logging into windows.
And no need for itunes to load media from the PC ! iPod really bugs me with iTunes. This combined with the cost made me stay away from iPhone.
I have only one complaint about SGS. The GPS seems week to me. It does fine out doors taking about 20 secs to lock. But has a hard time locking in doors. Anything I can do about this ?
Thanks.
Is the Gingerbeard Official update out ?
Too bad I didn't know about the GPS. If I had known, I would've bought a different one. Its decent enough for me to manage though.
The Download ( Vol down + Home + power ) and Recover ( Vol up .. ) modes are available in my phone. So is it safe to root it ?
updated to gingerbeard via Kies. Something's not right. I've connected the USB cable and the battery is charging, yet the power reading is going down and not up. I cant connect to my google account although maps and internet works fine.
GPS performance seems the same.
Is there a better gingerbeard or custom ROM or can i go back to froyo ?
@ sagargv - Congrtas on the new purchase buddy!! How much dija shell out for it??
Did the reset but no go.
Flashed to 2.3.3 JV9 ( from JV6 ) and this corrected the battery drain issue. Still couldn't access gmail. Flashed back to 2.2 and its fine now. I guess I'll have to wait for a newer release or use custom ROM.
I found flashing with Odin to be more reliable. Kies bricked ( phone != PC ) my phone twice before getting it right.
The CM7 mod doesn't seem to have anything special for GPS. Right now, I'm focusing on improving that a bit since its one of the key reasons I bought a smart phone in the first place. Any GPS fixing tips would be of great help.
Thanks.
Registered for Airtel Data plan ( 98 bucks for 2GB ).
Flashed 2.3.3 JV9. It didn't allow me to sign in to google via WiFi but had no issues signing me in with mobile network. But after the first sign-in, it has no trouble resigning in with WiFi. Weird.
GPS seems a bit better. But hardly functions in doors and takes 30 secs out doors. Anything I can do to improve it ?
This guy seems to have some elaborate fix that works well.
SGS, glgps, jupiter.xml, and you (how we can control the GPS behavior better) - xda-developers
How do I "install" the zip file he has attached in the first post ?
There's this fix "taken" from Nexus S which i think has a decent chance of working.
xda-developers - View Single Post - [MOD][ODEX/DEODEXED][JVB/JVK/JVH/JVO/JVP][+SOURCE FILES] Tiny GB Modifications by $
How do "install" this ?
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I think i'll have to give up GPS on SGS.
My mom wants to buy a phone for 6-7k.
- Decent camera ( 3MP is enough, 5 MP preferred ). Dont care about video recording.
- Good battery life
- Good call quality
- Dont care about touchscreen / android.
It looks like i'll have to swap phones for atleast a while. My needs
- Very good GPS with compass and google maps. SatNav is welcome but not absolutely needed.
- Decent music player with earphones.
I'm eyeing the nokia C5. Any other recommendations ?
If someone has the C5, please give a review of the GPS.
And C5 has ovi maps. How is that ? Can I install google maps ?
C5 lacks compass. How is samsung galaxy 3 ?
enjoy stock ROM for now. once you root & install custom roms its hard to go back.
