Smartphone at range 25000-29000

1. Budget? 25000-29000
2. Display type and size? 5"
3. Dual sim? optional
4. Preferred choice of brand?
5. What camera option you want (flash, front facing camera)?
6. Preferred operating system? (Android, iOS, Windows Phone, etc). Android
7. Preferred connectivity options (3G, 4G ready).
8. Primary use of handset (multimedia, camera, internet, gaming etc)? everything
9. Any specific mobile phones in consideration? Nexus5, Moto X, LG G2, Htc one mini 2, Htc desire 816
10. Any other info that you want to share

This is for my cousin. Please help me select one from the above listed smartphones or suggest me one.

Go for the G2...

K

Nexus 5

M

Get Moto X.

powerhoney said:
Go for the G2...

kalam_gohab said:
Nexus 5

Minion said:
Get Moto X.

Three different opinions. I personally like all these opinions. But please help me converge into one.

R

get lg G2

a great all rounder phone.. better than nexus 5

strike out moto x completely..

nexus 5 great 2nd choice .. updates will be super fast and rom community
but camera , battery backup is much better in g2 ..

the difference will be in price and internal storage

at the price of 16gb lg g2 you can get 32 gb nexus 5

remember both does not have micro sd so if storage is more imp than camera , backup get nexus 5 else Lg g2

K

G2 or nexus 5

I

nexus 5 will get updates quicker and both share same specs. if u want for global handsets which support cdma + gsm on same slot then u can go for imported g2 from sprint or verizon

+1 to nexus 5.

You have to decide for yourself according to your needs.

Nexus 5 : If you want updated hardware (for gaming and all), instant updates and 5" screen (size, not quality), by compromising on build quality, feebly speaker, an average camera and just okayish call quality. It's the fastest device out there.

Moto X : If you want a phone nearly of perfect size, great ergonomics, excellent call quality, lovely speaker, nice battery life and decent enough performance, by compromising on very average camera, outdated hardware (extensive gaming won't be a pleasurable experience) and not enough speed to match Nexus 5.

LG G2: No idea, has a somewhat nice display, and a better camera than the above two. But build quality is like Nexus 5.

hTC Desire 816 : No comments on a phone meant for humongous hands.

hTC One Mini 2 : No one knows the balance, 4.5" is too small, and especially at that physical size!

If I were you I would pick between Moto X or Galaxy S4 GPE.

R

whatthefrak said:
outdated hardware (extensive gaming won't be a pleasurable experience) and not enough speed to match Nexus 5.

just a correction default gaming setup wise

Moto X >> Nexus 5

in gaming

rish said:
just a correction default gaming setup wise

Moto X >> Nexus 5

in gaming

Really? Well I never play games on mobile phones, but I played and finished the Riptide on X, and it did stutter at some levels! Also even Flappy Bird seems to lag a bit! So I don't know. Doesn't Nexus 5 has significantly better hardware? I mean it doesn't matter to me, but still asking...

+1 to LG G2

R

whatthefrak said:
Really? Well I never play games on mobile phones, but I played and finished the Riptide on X, and it did stutter at some levels! Also even Flappy Bird seems to lag a bit! So I don't know. Doesn't Nexus 5 has significantly better hardware? I mean it doesn't matter to me, but still asking...

flappy bird stuttering ? that means something not right up there..

sure nexus 5 has better hardware but it has to drive the 1080p resolution as well

adreno 320 on 720p performs better than 330 on 1080p not by much though

cpu wise its a whole different story though... nexus 5 all the way

rish said:
flappy bird stuttering ? that means something not right up there..

sure nexus 5 has better hardware but it has to drive the 1080p resolution as well

adreno 320 on 720p performs better than 330 on 1080p not by much though

cpu wise its a whole different story though... nexus 5 all the way

Well yeah I am thinking the same! Maybe it's a different APK than the one I used on my S4, but not sure, doesn't seem to be the case. It never stuttered on the S4, but there is slight on the X! It's a stupid game graphically, it should not stutter with any hardware. Whatever...!

R

whatthefrak said:
Well yeah I am thinking the same! Maybe it's a different APK than the one I used on my S4, but not sure, doesn't seem to be the case. It never stuttered on the S4, but there is slight on the X! It's a stupid game graphically, it should not stutter with any hardware. Whatever...!

my highest score was 84 pipes then i deleted it as it was starting to become addictive

and it never stuttered on my 2.5 years old Htc explorer .. games like riptide gp 2, temple run 2 don't even stutter on entry level phones like moto e ..

try playing asphalt 8 or something and check if that stutters as well ..

rish said:
my highest score was 84 pipes then i deleted it as it was starting to become addictive and it never stuttered on my 2.5 years old Htc explorer .. games like riptide gp 2, temple run 2 don't even stutter on entry level phones like moto e ..

try playing asphalt 8 or something and check if that stutters as well ..

All right mate, will try Asphalt 8. Do you have the apk of that Flappy Bird? I mean the one you played? No micro stuttering on hTC Explorer? Hmm, I am even more confused now!

I know it's addictive dude, extremely, that's why I keep playing it, just scored 305 today, and now I will try for more. It also helps to increase your patience, I find it good

R

whatthefrak said:
All right mate, will try Asphalt 8. Do you have the apk of that Flappy Bird? I mean the one you played? No micro stuttering on hTC Explorer? Hmm, I am even more confused now!

I know it's addictive dude, extremely, that's why I keep playing it, just scored 305 today, and now I will try for more. It also helps to increase your patience, I find it good

305 that's a great score .. !! i played it long back though so sorry don't have it now ..

watch this
Flappy Bird: The best score 1007 - YouTube

and now just try not playing it for a week !! i bet you can't now after watching the video :lol:

btw how's your vibration in Moto X satisfied more than S4 and one ?

+1 to G2.

rish said:
305 that's a great score .. !! i played it long back though so sorry don't have it now ..

watch this
Flappy Bird: The best score 1007 - YouTube

and now just try not playing it for a week !! i bet you can't now after watching the video

btw how's your vibration in Moto X satisfied more than S4 and one ?

Holy crap, that guy is just, well...... Nah, I am addicted, but only in my free time.

I am happy with the vibration, definitely better than S4, but am I satisfied? No! It's still not as strong as I would like. However this happened because of some western idiots it seems. They kept mentioning about the super intense vibration and the problem of it, and Moto must have reduced the value (with the Nexus 5 app it shows as 70, where it should be 100) with latest KitKat updates. How on earth some idiots put the phone on a wooden or glass desk to test vibration God knows! It's a matter of feel, not hear. Even the most weak vibrating device will do that buzzzzz on a flat desk!!

Anyway, we are going off topic, so let's end this here.

M

whatthefrak said:
Really? Well I never play games on mobile phones, but I played and finished the Riptide on X, and it did stutter at some levels! Also even Flappy Bird seems to lag a bit! So I don't know. Doesn't Nexus 5 has significantly better hardware? I mean it doesn't matter to me, but still asking...

That can be due to lack of software optimisation in games.

K

Moto X is all rounder in 20k range while Nexus is all rounder in 26-30k range!
Consider S4 only if you get SNAPDRAGON version and not crappy Exynos version!

4.4 is ULTRA-OPTIMISED for all Moto devices!
You can't think what levels these Moto has reached to optimise the software which Google couldn't do on their Nexus series!

In short OP there are two ways to think!
1. Personal Experience -
Either you are comfortable with either of two!
Their software experience,ergonomics and design etc.
2.Or you go according to specifications!

Now you should decide which option you have to choose and which phone to buy?

K

[MENTION=255169]whatthefrak[/MENTION]
I have played Asphalt 8 on Moto E and XCOM on Moto X!
I never faced a lag!

Even after 1 and 1/2 month my Dad never mentioned even a single problem!
He normally keeps all apps open(New to OS na)
Wifi 24x7x365 on!
Mails messaging etc!

At the end of the day he has 10-25% battery!

Overall the best sub 5" phone

Get LG G2

It's better than other phones you listed in all respects.

Avoid N5, as battery life is average , same applies for camera too. G2, S4 have better camera & battery life. Also both should get the next android update (which also will be last one for N5, considering Google's 18 month policy)

Leave S4 too & get LG G2

Moto X doesn't stand a chance aganist G2, why compare.
The two HTC ones........... Even Moto X is better than those (except for SD card slot)

Still know I thought that Nexus 5 is best of them all, but after the replies from you guys I think LG G2, Galaxy S4 and Moto X are much better.

Nexus 5 is said to be avoded bcoz of low battery backup which I am unsure of. But yes battery is still a problem for many. G2 is said so because nexus 5 is based on the same platform but g2 us better coz of camera and other optimization done by lg where as nexus line up is what google intend the android to be.

varghesekiran said:
Still know I thought that Nexus 5 is best of them all, but after the replies from you guys I think LG G2, Galaxy S4 and Moto X are much better.

Exactly, but G2 is still better than S4 n X

+1 for LG G2 !! Its basically a Nexus 5 with better battery backup & better camera ( minus the vanilla android ).

Personal preference is great but I don't see why one would get the G2 over S4 i9505! A single point please?

R

whatthefrak said:
Personal preference is great but I don't see why one would get the G2 over S4 i9505! A single point please?

performance + battery life ,

no micro sd is a weak point though

Samsung Galaxy S4 vs. LG G2: Neighbor squabble - GSMArena.com

rish said:
performance + battery life ,

no micro sd is a weak point though

Samsung Galaxy S4 vs. LG G2: Neighbor squabble - GSMArena.com

Hmm, great, had no idea an old phone like that has SD 800, WOW. Kudos LG. No wonder they have moved up to third largest manufacturer. Still, that phone has typically cheap build quality, well whatever.

whatthefrak said:
Personal preference is great but I don't see why one would get the G2 over S4 i9505! A single point please?

another ones would be warranty and no touchwiz

K

whatthefrak said:
Personal preference is great but I don't see why one would get the G2 over S4 i9505! A single point please?

Exynos vs Snapdragon !
What more????

rish said:
performance + battery life ,

no micro sd is a weak point though

Samsung Galaxy S4 vs. LG G2: Neighbor squabble - GSMArena.com

I9505 has S600 over S800 of G2........ So G2 has better performance

S4 has advantage of having SD card slot & AMOLED display, which is a personal preference only..... I love its vivid colours

32 GB is more than enough for everyone.
And for me even 8gb us fine. I stream every thing right from music to videos where as mobile are not for gaming. And along that the game I play is stick cricket be it any phone :-D

Hi guys,

I need to stick on to either Moto X or Nexus 5, since these are the only phone which may provide future OS updates.

In that case Nexus 5 I suppose, I mean if you think about future updates. Moto X is my all time favourite anyway. You have completely opted out the S4 GPE?

whatthefrak said:
In that case Nexus 5 I suppose, I mean if you think about future updates. Moto X is my all time favourite anyway. You have completely opted out the S4 GPE?

Yes, Not interested in Samsung TouchWiz UI and same boring models. My only concern is that does it will be a loss if I choose Nexus 5 over Moto X.

R

varghesekiran said:
Yes, Not interested in Samsung TouchWiz UI and same boring models. My only concern is that does it will be a loss if I choose Nexus 5 over Moto X.

your question is not really appropriate

Moto X is 22k now
and nexus 5 is 27k

so 5k difference .. you can save 5k and get moto X or get nexus 5 and enjoy the better hardware and software..

after Xiaomi Mi3 launch and moto X+1, moto x will hit 20k

if you ignore the price then Nexus 5 is a little weak in camera, build quality and telephony than Moto x but it is so much better in other departments plus the Rom community and Much better CPU/GPU , after sale service really doesn't give a chance to Moto X leaving price aside

i would suggest get Lg g2 as camera , display, is much better on G2 than both moto x and Nexus 5..

you can't go wrong with neither Moto X nor Nexus 5 as they are at different prices

Acc. to Google's 18 month update policy, Android L should be last update of N5. It seems N4 won't get Android L officially.............. Only time will tell !!

The Xiaomi Mi3 is releasing next week in India. So shall I wait and get the reviews of that one before buying Moto X or Nexus 5 ?

M

varghesekiran said:
Yes, Not interested in Samsung TouchWiz UI and same boring models. My only concern is that does it will be a loss if I choose Nexus 5 over Moto X.

Main problem with Nexus 5 is poor battery and camera is not good and It will get last update as Android L.While Moto X will get updates as motorola is good at providing updates even though Moto X has two less CPU cores than Nexus 5 it does not really matters in real world It can do everything nexus 5 can do and it cost less.

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Xiaomi Mi3 does have great hardware no doubt but nobody can tell about its after sales service.

varghesekiran said:
Yes, Not interested in Samsung TouchWiz UI and same boring models. My only concern is that does it will be a loss if I choose Nexus 5 over Moto X.

GPE means Google Play Edition! How did you even think I would suggest a device running TouchWiz!

R

varghesekiran said:
The Xiaomi Mi3 is releasing next week in India. So shall I wait and get the reviews of that one before buying Moto X or Nexus 5 ?

no need to wait for a review

Xiaomi Mi3 Review: Game Changer

you will be saving 50 % of your budget

rish said:
no need to wait for a review

Xiaomi Mi3 Review: Game Changer

you will be saving 50 % of your budget

Then I will wait till July 15 to make a decision

Guys..,it's comfirmed. I am gonna buy Xiaomi Mi3 on July 22. Thanks for your suggestions and advice.

Congratulations dude.