Suggestion needed for a Smartphone (Budget ~25k)

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Hi All..

I am planning to buy a new phone..
My Budget is somewhere around 25k..

What would be the best option for me to go with?

I would like to have an Android based phone with good features, good large screen, decent sound quality, decent battery life..

I did some search and found out these:
1. HTC Desire HD (heard this has too bad battery life.. is it really that bad??)
2. HTC Desire
3. Samsung Galaxy S (plastic light casing & HTC sense looks better than touchwiz 3.0 to me)
4. HTC Evo 4g (is this available in India? would this work with Indian CDMA service providers?)
5. Samsung Nexus S (Seems even this is not officially released in India.. right?)

Which would be the best to go for?

I suppose the apple iPhone 4 is out of my budget scope..
How is iPhone 4 compared to the above phones?

Would appreciate your inputs and suggestions on this...

Thanks...

i am not sure if its possible or a good option according to others, but get HTC Desire + a higher rated battery (total will be 25-26k) as you clearly mentioned about descent battery life. or if you want battery to be good & ready to have any descent mobile, forget Android & get Nokia N8 or Nokia N900.

I really like google nexus s but htc desire is also very good.

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nokia N900 has resistive touchscreen
but
N8 is the best VFM phone ever launch

Our you can wait for nokia n9 which may have meego.

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Thanks for the advices..

But i am looking at Android based phones at the moment..
And maybe i am willing to compromise for bit of battery life for features...

vav said:
nokia N900 has resistive touchscreen
but
camera
N8 is the best VFM ^ phone ever launch

N900 have a good keyboard so no problem if it relies on resistive, capacitive or no touchscreen.

utkarsh009 said:
Our you can wait for nokia n9 which may have meego.

3-4 moths for rumors or leaked photos to surface. another 3-4 months to get it announced & than 2-3 moths to get it launched & add 2 month more to get it launched here & avl freely = 2012.

as you mentioned iphone 4 is out of your budget, why not go for :

- LG optimus one 12k
- iPod 4g 32 gb 15k

Both will cost you around 26-27k depending upon the discount and you can enjoy Android and iOS.

Get Desire. Battery issue is common for most android devices. But what Desire offers you is great display, superb UI and more importantly, one hell of support from modding community. just go and get it. if you need more help, check with sriharsha_maddineni and amitabhishek.

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The Classic Desire you mean? or the Desire HD?

nah. not HD. HD has pathetic LCD display and puny battery. stay away from it.

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Get a htc desire for just around 23k. For now it's best vfm at this price. Consider it seriously

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ok..

and what about the dual core processor based phones that are gonna be out..
The LG Optimus x2, Motorola Atrix... etc

How long would it take for them to come to Indian market?
But the new phones would be launched at high costs i guess and might take few more months for the prices to come down...

is it worth waiting for them?

^^ nobody can that. it may take 2-3 months to 6 months. so, get whats offering best value as of now. you got the cash, the mobile is ready, get it. no point waiting. you wait for Atrix, Samsung Galaxy S2 will get released. this will never end.

The Nokia N8 is a flagship phone with premium feel, and still, with Symbian^3, it feels like the pinnacle of Nokia that were, a peak hardware effort, before the Finnish company morphs into something yet unknown. Nokia wanted to make the highest end device to run a tried and true mobile OS that millions of users are accustomed to for years. In that respect, it is an evolutionary phone, despite some best-in-class features.

The Samsung Galaxy S, on the other hand, represents the top effort of a novel path that Samsung undertook with Android, having the fastest graphics chipset in a phone, and an enormous 4” Super AMOLED screen. Nokia N8 is like the brilliant film of a beloved movie star at the zenith of their hectic carrier, while the Galaxy S is the straight-As grad student, ready to change the world.

u wud better go through this link stated below without taking firm decisions. In my point of view u wud better go for the android option of samsung than nokia because the samsung galaxy s beats the nokia n8 in every aspect except in camera quality. And of of course u r not buying a phone for camera only. So take ur decisions mindfully after going through this.

Face Off Nokia N8 Vs Samsung Galaxy S | SmartPhone Envy

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desiibond said:
nah. not HD. HD has pathetic LCD display and puny battery. stay away from it.

hmm.. even i heard bad reviews on Desire HD's battery life.. how bad is it compared to Desire?
and i read there are 2 versions of Desire too.. one with S-LCD display (like in HD) and other with AMOLED.. and currently in market its S-LCD...
How do i identify if its AMOLED or S-LCD version?

@somulesnar
thanks for the link.. was real good comparison between N8 & Galaxy S..
i feel Galaxy S is better off the two after reading that...

guys how is Galaxy S compared to Desire and Desire HD?
any inputs on this?

dhanraj said:
hmm.. even i heard bad reviews on Desire HD's battery life.. how bad is it compared to Desire?
and i read there are 2 versions of Desire too.. one with S-LCD display (like in HD) and other with AMOLED.. and currently in market its S-LCD...
How do i identify if its AMOLED or S-LCD version?

@somulesnar
thanks for the link.. was real good comparison between N8 & Galaxy S..
i feel Galaxy S is better off the two after reading that...

guys how is Galaxy S compared to Desire and Desire HD?
any inputs on this?

Galaxy S is better specs wise and usage wise but Samsung not ready to move away from RFS and keeping the UI laggy is bit disappointing. You can fix it by applying mods though. Desire is from HTC and HTC is ahead of Samsung in releasing updates for the phone.

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The HTC Desire's desciption on flipkart site says its equipped with S-LCD screen..

is there any price difference between the 'HTC Desire with Amoled screen' & 'HTC Desire with S-LCD screen'?
and which is better?

Symbian ^3 is loosing grounds to android as time passes. Guess nokia wil soon join the android bandwagon.

I will vouch for HTC android based phones anyday. But don't understand why desire hd is not that desirable. Anybody want to throw some light on this? desiibond??

Nexus S with latest OS 2.3 and with 1500mAh battery should be a good option,

Available in eBay,price around 32K (above ur budget,but worth getting it)

Only drawback in Nexus S is there is No memory card slot,we have rely on 16GB internal memory.

Yeah that one is gingerbread and should perform better than existing froyo.

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But what about warranty of products bought from ebay?

is Nexus S available in Indian Market?

vickybat said:
Symbian ^3 is loosing grounds to android as time passes. Guess nokia wil soon join the android bandwagon.

I will vouch for HTC android based phones anyday. But don't understand why desire hd is not that desirable. Anybody want to throw some light on this? desiibond??

battery life. HTC Evo 4G with a 1500mAh battery had very poor battery life. HTC was so dumb that they used a smaller 1230mAh battery for D:HD and it shows. And given how much some Android apps kill battery life, you always need to be extra bit careful as to which app you are going to install. what you do is get Desire HD and then get this: [HLI-DesireSL] Buy Mugen Power Extended Battery for For HTC Desire / HTC Bravo / HTC A8181 / HTC Epic / T-Mobile HTC Desire / Vodafone HTC Desire 1600mAh

dhan_shh said:
Nexus S with latest OS 2.3 and with 1500mAh battery should be a good option,

Available in eBay,price around 32K (above ur budget,but worth getting it)

Only drawback in Nexus S is there is No memory card slot,we have rely on 16GB internal memory.

OVERPRICED.

vickybat said:
Symbian ^3 is loosing grounds to android as time passes. Guess nokia wil soon join the android bandwagon.

i doubt they'll. for entry level, Symbian rocks (no BADA) & for the upper section, it'll be Meamo & "maybe" Win Mobile 7.

vickybat said:
I will vouch for HTC android based phones anyday*.

* till your pocket allows.

Edit: Meego. as Meamo is EOL i suppose. also if H/W requirements are low & if it can get into sub15k, Android may have a hard time.

Sam.Shab said:
N900 have a good keyboard so no problem if it relies on resistive, capacitive or no touchscreen.

3-4 moths for rumors or leaked photos to surface. another 3-4 months to get it announced & than 2-3 moths to get it launched & add 2 month more to get it launched here & avl freely = 2012.

Nah! The N9 might (a big "might") be launched in the WMC next month, if you believe the reports (& rumors). But no guarantee whether it will shift with meego or s^3.

Nokia is taking too long in developing their OS. Therefore it would be too soon to claim that it would throw out Android from the mid-range. When Meego would be just an infant, Android would be leaps & bounds ahead.

@OP
Go for Desire @23K,

S-LCD vs AMOLED?? Both have their own postives

Spot the difference: HTC Desire's SLCD versus AMOLED -- Engadget
If the package is imported after OCT-10, then most probably it should be the one with S-LCD.

No extra battery needed for normal use IMO, coz most of them are cheap chinese alternatives, its hard to find genuine ones and even those are rated high but in reality operation levels are much lesser than stock battery. BatteryBoss *batteryboss.org/Calls Out False Capacity Claims! In short, Stick to Stock battery, use custom ROM's to improve battery life

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The amount of ROM's available for Desire will make sure that you won't get bored of it that soon, you have plethora of options to play with

For those worried about warranty over ebay deals, well...... Depends on seller and I myself bought from eBay, with 1yr HTC India warranty, so no issues. Don't fall for deals with dealer warranty, look for HTC warranty.

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Hi Dhanraj & other members,

I have joined this wonderful forum today and this is my first post. Sorry for it being a bit long….I hope I am forgiven. :smile:

Even I am looking for an Andriod based smart phone however still have struck with the various options and unable to zero upon any particular model.

My requirements and budget are pretty much similar to you.

Frankly, speaking I was waiting for Motorola Droid 2 to be launched in India for last couple of months but it seems Motorola have decided to keep Indian markets as the dumping ground of the old models only. The lead time taken by Motorola to launch mobiles in other markets after launching the same in US is huge and it a deal breakers for many.

Thanks to HTC for launching HTC Desire Z & Desire HD in India. Kudos to HTC for at least launching models on global platform at the same time. :clap2:

Coming back to the various options, though Desire Z & Desire HD both are pretty much capable phones but their battery is sure a let down.

Desire HD score over Desire Z on below parameters:

Screen Size (4.3” Vs 3.7”)
CPU Speed(1 GHz Vs 800 MHz)
RAM(786 MB Vs 512 MB)
External Memory Card ( 8 GB included in package)
Camera ( 8 MP Vs 5 MP)
Dolby® Mobile and SRS virtual surround sound

However Desire Z has an upper hand over Desire HD on the below parameters:

Cheaper( around INR 1154)
Battery Capacity (1300 mAh Vs 1230 mAh)
Slideout Query Keyboard

I really wish Desire HD would have come with some more batter power :cry:

I did a small comparo between Desire HD, Desire Z, Droid 2 , Nexus S and Galaxy I9000 and the winner ( in my opinion) is in this order : Nexus S> Galaxy I9000> Droid 2 > Desire HD > Desire Z but again Nexus S and Droid 2 is still not launched.

I would really follow this post as it might end up helping me too.

Regards,
Aks

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Hi Aks... Welcome to the forum..

seems HTC Desire is the winner so far...

are there any HTC Desire HD users on the forum?
can you provide your inputs on the HD's battery life based on your usage..

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Hi dhanraj & AKS,
I'm also stuck on the same thing, u can check in my post too...but the comments that i got from the other forum members is that wait for another 3-4 months or go for Desire HD.

By what time will u guys be buying the handset coz i'm gonna buy in another 2 weeks from now and i'm still stuck on that million dollar question....which handset to go for...??

Regarding Desire Z...it is having a serious hinge problem...check the below link.
HTC Desire Z review -- Engadget Mobile

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i am willing to wait for a month or so i guess..

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@ ladoo1985,

Welcome to the bandwagon of confused buyer.

I think my time horizon can be 1 month(max).

@ All,

While googling i came across with a piece of news that Motorola is going to launch Defy tomorrow in the Indian markets however I am not sure of the authenticity of this information.

@ Dhanraj,

Why not Samsung Galaxy I9000 ?

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Waiting for a month will change nothing. Just get a desire or sgs. Ask for comparison between these ones

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aks_npti said:
@ ladoo1985,

Welcome to the bandwagon of confused buyer.

I think my time horizon can be 1 month(max).

@ All,

While googling i came across with a piece of news that Motorola is going to launch Defy tomorrow in the Indian markets however I am not sure of the authenticity of this information.

@ Dhanraj,

Why not Samsung Galaxy I9000 ?

Below are just my views based on the response from forums & googling, i may be incorrect.. please correct me if i am wrong..

Cons of SGS:
1. The Samsung Galaxy S (I9000) uses the RFS file system which makes the phone bit laggy as per reviews but there are some patches to fix this i guess..
2. The SGS has TouchWiz 3.0 which doesnt seems as appealing to me (just my view) as the HTC Sense UI on the HTC counter products.
3. Somehow the plasticy built on SGS doesnt seem that good as that on HTC Desire and Desire HD.
4. I hear HTC released updates for their phones at a better and faster frequency than Samsung..

Pros of SGS:
1. SGS has a 4" AMOLED display which i hear is far better than the screen on HTC Desire and Desire HD.
2. SGS has a better graphic engine than HTC Desire.. (atleast on paper.. no idea if it actually performs..). Reviews says otherwise though when benchmarked.. maybe the current games are not optimized enough to utilize it efficiently..
3. SGS has better battery life than HTC Desire..

You guys may add more points to it..

well.. so its a bit confusing on which one to go for..

Also i needed to know if the AMOLED based HTC Desires are available in market..
whats the price difference between HTC Desire with AMOLED screen & S-LCD Screen?

Wont the HTC Desire HD survive atleast a days use? (a few hours of surfing, some texting, abt a hour of calling.. and some multimedia...)

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dhanraj said:
Below are just my views based on the response from forums & googling, i may be incorrect.. please correct me if i am wrong..

Cons of SGS:
1. The Samsung Galaxy S (I9000) uses the RFS file system which makes the phone bit laggy as per reviews but there are some patches to fix this i guess..
2. The SGS has TouchWiz 3.0 which doesnt seems as appealing to me (just my view) as the HTC Sense UI on the HTC counter products.
3. Somehow the plasticy built on SGS doesnt seem that good as that on HTC Desire and Desire HD.
4. I hear HTC released updates for their phones at a better and faster frequency than Samsung..

Pros of SGS:
1. SGS has a 4" AMOLED display which i hear is far better than the screen on HTC Desire and Desire HD.
2. SGS has a better graphic engine than HTC Desire.. (atleast on paper.. no idea if it actually performs..). Reviews says otherwise though when benchmarked.. maybe the current games are not optimized enough to utilize it efficiently..
3. SGS has better battery life than HTC Desire..

You guys may add more points to it..

well.. so its a bit confusing on which one to go for..

Also i needed to know if the AMOLED based HTC Desires are available in market..
whats the price difference between HTC Desire with AMOLED screen & S-LCD Screen?

Wont the HTC Desire HD survive atleast a days use? (a few hours of surfing, some texting, abt a hour of calling.. and some multimedia...)

To add few more points to Galaxy:

Lighter in weight
More Internal Memory( 16 GB) compared to 1.5 GB on internal memory in Desire Z and Desire HD
Front camera...not available in Desire Z and Desire HD

Regarding scenario in next 1 month and onwards:

Samsung Nexus S might be launched but again it have same plastic casing body which might doest not look good to many, however i am willing to ignore that. Only concern to me is the pricing of Nexus S , as per Infibeam it is 24,000 INR but on comparision with Samsung Galaxy which is not as superior as Nexus is still priced at 27K+ .

One more phone that seems pretty interesting to me is LG Optimus 2X but again it is atleast 3 months far and moreover it will be priced 30k+.

I dont think that HTC HD battery will not last even for a day but I am not sure. Any users please confirm ?

dhanraj said:
Cons of SGS:
1. The Samsung Galaxy S (I9000) uses the RFS file system which makes the phone bit laggy as per reviews but there are some patches to fix this i guess..
2. The SGS has TouchWiz 3.0 which doesnt seems as appealing to me (just my view) as the HTC Sense UI on the HTC counter products.
3. Somehow the plasticy built on SGS doesnt seem that good as that on HTC Desire and Desire HD.
4. I hear HTC released updates for their phones at a better and faster frequency than Samsung..

2. make Smasung mobiles look more like java phones. stock android looks are way ahead of it.
4. true. even the lowest android from HTC, Wildfire got Froyo update but Samsung rolling SGS Froyo update in many counties now. no news about the Galaxy duo of 3 & 5.

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i read.. Nexus S & Motorola Defy is due to launch in India soon..

How is Samsung Defy? is it comparable to the likes of HTC Desire Or SGS?

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I think nexus s is going to be pricer than galaxy s. If it is priced equally, then surely it's a better choice than sgs, coz it doesn't have gps issues and lagginess of sgs. And second it has vanilla android, far better than crappy touchwiz

NO. Defy is still running Eclair. so stay away from it until you want a mobile that can survive a good everyday beating.

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the rumored price of 24k for Nexus S seems good..

How is Nexus S compared to Desire?

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vishurocks said:
I think nexus s is going to be pricer than galaxy s. If it is priced equally, then surely it's a better choice than sgs, coz it doesn't have gps issues and lagginess of sgs. And second it has vanilla android, far better than crappy touchwiz

I thinks SGS will now be coming with S-LCD as there is already a shortage of SGS in India due to SAMOLED [As Flipkart & Adexmart both are showing "Out of Stock"] and likely they'll be reducing the price of SGS to may be 21-23k and launching Nexus S within a price bracket of 24-26k.

And As we all know SGS-2 is also going to launch in another 3-4 months...so there is a win win situation for samsung with either of the handsets being sold....the profit is going to SAMSUNG only.

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dhanraj said:
the rumored price of 24k for Nexus S seems good..

How is Nexus S compared to Desire?

If this rumored price happened to be correct or even if Nexus S launched around 25k then i am sure it will sell like hot cakes. One of them will be in my hand.....

As per ebay we can order the Nexus S but currently the price is hovering around 33k+

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dreatica said:
as you mentioned iphone 4 is out of your budget, why not go for :

- LG optimus one 12k
- iPod 4g 32 gb 15k

Both will cost you around 26-27k depending upon the discount and you can enjoy Android and iOS.

the iPod 4g has all the features of iPhone 4 except for the phone features?

aks_npti said:
If this rumored price happened to be correct or even if Nexus S launched around 25k then i am sure it will sell like hot cakes. One of them will be in my hand.....

As per ebay we can order the Nexus S but currently the price is hovering around 33k+

hope with its launch HTC phone prices too comes down..

dhanraj said:
the iPod 4g has all the features of iPhone 4 except for the phone features?

hope with its launch HTC phone prices too comes down..

*www.hardwareinsight.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/ipod-touch-vs-iphone.png

except gps, calling, video calling, 5mp camera.

if you wanna compare the picture quality :
iPod Touch 4G VS iPhone 4 | Using Apple

Initially, I settled for Galaxy S but the battery backup kills me most of the time. I was in same ship like yours, but finally settled for optimus one and ipod 4g but my badluck getting nexus s this week so will be selling Optimus one soon. :-x

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Bad news guys...SGS has been discontinued as i went to 3-4 local resellers last night and nobody was having SGS....!!

And a good News...LG is holding a press conference may be today or tomo [As told to me by the Reseller]....and they might be releasing some more Android handsets...so lets hope its 2x on the way to India.

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ladoo1985 said:
Bad news guys...SGS has been discontinued as i went to 3-4 local resellers last night and nobody was having SGS....!!

And a good News...LG is holding a press conference may be today or tomo [As told to me by the Reseller]....and they might be releasing some more Android handsets...so lets hope its 2x on the way to India.

I would have really loved if LG would be launching its dual core Tegra 2 smartphone Optimus 2X now but it will take some more time to hit the Indian markets.

LG announced that they are launching Optimus 2X in Korea ( native country) in February via SK telecom . The color offered is White. It was looking gorgeous in the pics atleast.

It will be heading towards Europe afterwards in March. So we have to wait till April it seems. :sad:

As far as SGS going off the block might eventually end up as a good news for new mobile buyers. Samsung(Google) Nexus S might be coming soon !!!!!! So Samsung might not want a product cannibalization. The other option Samsung might have to reduce the price of SGS by tune of 5-6 k to accomodate the approx 25k pricing of Nexus S but this might end up hurting sentiments of more thant 1 Million buyers of SGS.

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Motorola Defy is available here for 18.5k..
Seems decent for its price..

Any Defy users here on the forum?

Desire still seems to be better option at 22k...

@aks_npti:

Rule no. 1 about new devices:

Do not try to be the first in line. let the device stabilize, let the end-user opinion come out. Then get it.

Is Xperia X10 worth 22.5k....??

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^^^ no, even sony ericsson has abandoned it

NainO said:
^^^ no, even sony ericsson has abandoned it

But i liked the screen size...but then the touch didn't feel smooth enough as compared to Desire

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^^^ yup screen size is great but screen isn't. Try watching video on it, it sucks.

abhidev said:
But i liked the screen size...but then the touch didn't feel smooth enough as compared to Desire

if you can wait, wait for their new devices. or get Desire or Desire Z

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abhidev said:
Is Xperia X10 worth 22.5k....??

Xperia X10 has performance issues... also it doesnt has multitouch support on its pre installed OS..
there might be some updates or newer Roms which might take care of the mutitouch thing..
not very sure about this...

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Nexus s with s-lcd and even pricies than sgs. No from me. Nexus s should be less pricier than sgs coz of s-lcd screen, no gorilla glass and microsd slot(though 16gb internal storage is enough)

dhanraj said:
Xperia X10 has performance issues... also it doesnt has multitouch support on its pre installed OS..
there might be some updates or newer Roms which might take care of the mutitouch thing..
not very sure about this...

This one has now a new update...which has some performance tweaks and also will add multi touch support....but still it will be on eclair....not good

Samsung is gonna launch SGS variant....with all the same features as SGS except it will hv an LCD screen,16gb internal memory(nice!!!!) and a larger battery of 1650mAh (cool!!!!!)....anybody knows how much will be the cost....

dhanraj said:
Motorola Defy is available here for 18.5k..
Seems decent for its price..

Any Defy users here on the forum?

Desire still seems to be better option at 22k...

I think better than Defy...Samsung Ace and Gio will be better choice....

abhidev said:
This one has now a new update...which has some performance tweaks and also will add multi touch support....but still it will be on eclair....not good

Samsung is gonna launch SGS variant....with all the same features as SGS except it will hv an LCD screen,16gb internal memory(nice!!!!) and a larger battery of 1650mAh (cool!!!!!)....anybody knows how much will be the cost....

expect cost to be same (as SGS2 is coming).

abhidev said:
I think better than Defy...Samsung Ace and Gio will be better choice....

Gio is a 3.2" with a fast processor & Ace a bigger screen with low res & with a proper camera.

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dreatica said:
as you mentioned iphone 4 is out of your budget, why not go for :

- LG optimus one 12k
- iPod 4g 32 gb 15k

Both will cost you around 26-27k depending upon the discount and you can enjoy Android and iOS.

Guys from where can i get a ipod touch 4g 8gb at a decent price in Mumbai?

I tried looking at few stores... they quoted ipod touch 4g 8gb for abt 14 to 15k.. is it the correct price?

infibeam is quoting it at somewhere around 12k..

can you guys suggest a good store in Mumbai?

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Guys what are your views on Dell Venue & Venue pro?

should i be waiting bit more for newer phones from HTC and SE's to launch in India?

dhanraj said:
Guys from where can i get a ipod touch 4g 8gb at a decent price in Mumbai?

I tried looking at few stores... they quoted ipod touch 4g 8gb for abt 14 to 15k.. is it the correct price?

infibeam is quoting it at somewhere around 12k..

can you guys suggest a good store in Mumbai?

yeah. around 14k is okay price but I don't think it's a good idea to go for 8GB as it gets filled real fast. Get 32GB atleast. price diff shouldn't be much. order online and you will get it for some 16k I think.

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dhanraj said:
Guys what are your views on Dell Venue & Venue pro?

should i be waiting bit more for newer phones from HTC and SE's to launch in India?

Venue is an awesome device and is one of the best droids. It's price is kind of heavy right now. Venue Pro is WP7 device and I would give it a pass.

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desiibond said:
Venue is an awesome device and is one of the best droids. It's price is kind of heavy right now. Venue Pro is WP7 device and I would give it a pass.

Is it better than HTC Desire?

I think i could get it for abt 25k.. would that be a good deal?

if for 25k, its a really good deal. but then SE Neo too should come within 25k but with Timescape (UI) & Gingerbread. but slightly smaller screen.

look here.

If SGS II launches for 28K in india, its a lot more waiting for its launch to get it, rather than getting dell venue or SE neo for 25 K!!!
I heard that HTC usually launches mobiles almost at the same time globally. So, does that mean that the Desire S launch in india is quite soon???

dhanraj said:
Is it better than HTC Desire?

I think i could get it for abt 25k.. would that be a good deal?

if you can get Dell Venue for 25k (which is highly unlikely), look no further.

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hehe.. seems the wait thing is gonna go forever if i keep waiting for newer models..

confused

SGS II, Desire S, etc etc......

For now i have shortlisted these..
1. HTC Desire
2. Dell Venue
3. HTC Desire HD

Was planning to buy something by end of this month.. now wondering if i should wait more or buy one right away.. :-s

I would pick Venue among those three. Desire is kind of old and HD has very poor battery life and okayish display.

btw, look for Galaxy SL which is coming out for 20k-22k. it's SGS with S-LCD display, slightly less ram (478MB) but more user memory (16gig) and bigger battery (1650mAh)

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Right now galaxy sl @19k seems to be best vfm for u. But now not many days are left getting those new phones

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Which new phones u mean?

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Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is very good with a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 processor and also has Mediascape, for all your music, photos and videos. Samsung Galaxy S has a 4 inch Superb Amoled screen and is great for HD video. Motorola's Milestone was the first one and still has many takers. But the best is indeed the Desire HD is one of the largest Android phones - go for it even at the cost of battery.

maxtor said:
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is very good with a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 processor and also has Mediascape, for all your music, photos and videos.

suggesting X10? :flu-surprised3:

maxtor said:
Motorola's Milestone was the first one and still has many takers.

Milestone is old. its H/W is old & its software is old. for Op's budget, he can get better mobiles with QWERTY.

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Which QWERTY ones would u suggest?

dhanraj said:
Which QWERTY ones would u suggest?

i think desire Z is better qwerty slider if you can get used to it's average quality hinge design. or wait for SE Xperia Pro

Galaxy SL is no good than Galaxy S......its has less RAM and less ROM...also it will shipping with 4gb internal memory in India i guess....

u can try Dell Streak,a 5.0 screen,hybrid b/w tablet and phone,froyo nd has a good user support in terms of modding OR HTC HD2 (yes the windows mobile) coz can boot 4 mobile operating system [Win mobile(stock OS),Android (fully functional),Windows Phone 7(almost complt.),Meego(early stages)] and two operating system UBUNTU and win 95 (not practial but fun nd show off).superb community support and infinite customization options.

andro said:
u can try Dell Streak,a 5.0 screen,hybrid b/w tablet and phone,froyo nd has a good user support in terms of modding OR HTC HD2 (yes the windows mobile) coz can boot 4 mobile operating system [Win mobile(stock OS),Android (fully functional),Windows Phone 7(almost complt.),Meego(early stages)] and two operating system UBUNTU and win 95 (not practial but fun nd show off).superb community support and infinite customization options.

U mean can have dual boot....Android and WP7???

^^Non-default OSes won't work properly. Plus, if you don't have any idea of installing custom firmwares, it is not recommended to do so.

^^ easiest way to brick the mobile/table.

Okay, so the SE Xperia Neo & Arc are out for preorders now. But prices are steep. Hence I would recommend the OP to wait for the prices to come down.

abhidev said:
U mean can have dual boot....Android and WP7???

Yes,you have a dual boot but its not like choosing OS on start-up rather you have to install the whole OS again over the installed OS.

@pauldmps:The stock OS pre-loaded arent best either.Its generally considered to have a custom firmware to extract the maximum out of device.An example-Nokia N900 and HTC Touch Pro 2 have FM radios HW but they were not enabled by default its after modding they are enabled and work flawlessly.

@Sam.Shab:Even processors can be fried due to improper overclocking.The thing is simple,read and understand the instructions before attempting anything and the process is not a very big task once you understand and follow it correctly.

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Guys... HTC Incredible S is available on Flipkart on preorder for Rs. 26,999

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What are your views on this?

^^ My view is "Incredible job HTC". Wait till it is out of pre-orders. In that way, it should cost a little less. Also wait for some reviews since HTC phones are known to have poor battery life. Still a great phone considering that it will receive the Gingerbread update soon!

Now where is the Wildfire S, HTC ?

Try the One Plus Nord CE perhaps? Or the Oppo Reno4

Don't bump old posts. Locking this thread.