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Want an android phone around 17K

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parul Original post #1
Feb 11, 2012 at 3:08 PM
1. Budget? Upto 17K

2. Display type and size?
Touchscreen, 3.5 inch or greater

3. Form Factor? bar, slider, flip? Bar

4. Preferred choice of brand?
No Chinese or Indian Brands Please.

5. Preferred input method (QWERTY, touchscreen, numpad, touch-n-type). Touchscreen

6. What camera option you want? Please specify need for flash, autofocus, front facing camera.
LED Flash, front cam. Autofocus will be bonus

7. Preferred operating system? (Android, Symbian, iOS, Windows Phone etc).
Android Only.

8. Preferred connectivity options (3G, Wifi etc)Please specify clearly.
3G must

9. Preferred applications (Flash, Swype, GPS, etc)?
a-GPS, flash etc

10. Primary use of handset (multimedia, camera, mails, internet, gaming etc)?
Browsing with li'l bit of gaming..music.

P.S. Budget can go up by 1-2K.
Please suggest me a good android worth the money as this will be my first android..

Many thanks :)
sainath
sainath #3
Feb 11, 2012 at 8:30 PM
Yup, Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo V best in ur budget.
acidCow
acidCow #4
Feb 11, 2012 at 8:36 PM
Yea neo v is the best. I use it.:D
A
Feb 11, 2012 at 8:38 PM
Get the motorola defy+ as there is dev support, neo v got no cyanogen mod :(
thetechfreak
Feb 11, 2012 at 8:41 PM
Seriously. There are many threads where people have same requirements and we recommended the Neo V

These are those-
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/buying-advice/151798-want-android-phone-around-17k.html
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/buying-ad...ne-under-rs-15-000-want-your-suggestions.html
acidCow
acidCow #9
Feb 11, 2012 at 9:11 PM
only 350Mb internal memory don't bother you much??? How is the battery backup

Nop doesnt bother me yet. Some apps can be transferred to sd card though. And I keep only those apps that I use.

Battery backup is extremely bad. Needs charging everyday on heavy usage (i keep playing games, music and browsing). The latest firmware 4.0.2.A.0.62 eats up battery. Dont update if u buy. Also phone comes full of bloatwares. 0.62 isnt rootable. So I suggest you buy neo v. Keep 0.42, root it , remove bloatwares and you are tood to go. I made the mistake of updating and so am a little troubled. But its still usable.
coderunknown
Feb 11, 2012 at 9:15 PM
^^ why not downgrade it manually using Sony Ericsson flash tool?
acidCow
acidCow #11
Feb 11, 2012 at 9:34 PM
It can be done, but I dont really want to that hard work. You see my dad will freak out if he knows :p he thinks these are distractions. If I just root it he wont know. :D
I've already downloaded the firmware and flash tool, but something scares me .
coderunknown
Feb 11, 2012 at 9:59 PM
downgrading firmware involves risk. use it till you can then downgrade. but do it before warranty runs out. END OF OFFTOPIC !!!
vetdrchandan
Feb 11, 2012 at 10:42 PM
I will also love to root previously it was optimus one. I will definitely root my phone
vetdrchandan
Feb 12, 2012 at 12:31 PM
I am more inclined towards Defy+
Vensanga
Vensanga #16
Feb 12, 2012 at 2:01 PM
Yes Defy+ seems to be a better choice....gorilla glass,scratch resistance and the built seems better...its quite difficult to choice from Defy+ and Neo V so i suggest go to a shop and compare the two phone in your palm and get which ever suits you more....
R
Ravi. #17
Feb 12, 2012 at 3:55 PM
I think Samsung galaxy Sl is best in this range.
vetdrchandan
Feb 12, 2012 at 8:29 PM
Galaxy SL is also good but I didn't like it. one of my friend has SL
Zangetsu
Zangetsu #19
Feb 13, 2012 at 10:27 AM
@parul: I suggest Neo V
Soumik
Soumik #20
Feb 13, 2012 at 8:42 PM
Neo V or Defy+. Check other threads for comparisons between them.
Dont got for Galaxy SL or Optimus Black. :)
vetdrchandan
Feb 13, 2012 at 9:18 PM
Today I saw dummy of Neo V at a mobile shop and it looks pretty good. Now its very tough for me to choose between Defy+ and Neo V.
Soumik
Soumik #22
Feb 14, 2012 at 12:18 PM
Check out differences between the models... and what u will loose if you dont get any of those models. If that list is not of much importance to you.. get that one.
eg. For Defy+, You will loose front cam and better screen quality. And for Neo V u will loose a rugged built and comparatively very large internal memory. There are many others.
vetdrchandan
Feb 14, 2012 at 2:12 PM
Check out differences between the models... and what u will loose if you dont get any of those models. If that list is not of much importance to you.. get that one.
eg. For Defy+, You will loose front cam and better screen quality. And for Neo V u will loose a rugged built and comparatively very large internal memory. There are many others.

Yeah by buying Neo V I will loose 2Gb internal memory and the ruggedness, Now i am thinking to compromise these two feature
aroraanant
Feb 14, 2012 at 6:07 PM
Go for Neo V