ALPHA17 Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 (edited) Any suggestions? I'm totally blank on dual-sim phones. SAMSUNG Galaxy S Grand Dous. Nothing apart from this one I know, or maybe the SAMSUNG Galaxy S Duos. Local price maybe more appealing. If he wants some cheapers options, suggest him to go through the Micromax and Karbonn catalogues, although after sales and developer support would be minimum for these. Edited June 2, 2013 by ALPHA17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Boss Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 Got Xperia Z for sister. Not really impressed with the phone. Screen is meh, there is slight lag while launching a new app. The removal of all those slots to charge, attach headphone etc is irritating. Charging cable given by Sony is smallest EVER. And phone is finger print magnet. Got it for 37k with one Sony headphone (it is an awesome headphone ) , a bluetooth headset, flip cover and screen guards. She is happy so whatever. Now played around with HTC One and Galaxy S4. HTC One looks gorgeous, but there was slight lag even in the menu. Screen was better than Xperia Z. Galaxy S4's screen was the best by far, but there was Galaxy Grand just beside it and it looked way too similar. Also menu wise, Xperia Z's OS is very slick and is intuitive. Samsung needs to learn a lot when it comes to designing a slick interface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boltonfan Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 (edited) Went to Croma yesterday and they said that they'd have the white nexus 4 in stock by today. Buttt they're selling it at the MRP... Edited June 2, 2013 by boltonfan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boltonfan Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 Going to buy a phone. Will be using it for very basic stuff, mostly music and internet browsing...Have narrowed it down to four phones : Xperia Sp - Speaker, camera and display very average, otherwise a very good phone Nexus 4 - Awesome display. Camera not as good as the S3, couldn't test the speaker as there wasn't any media. Phone overheated in the 5 mins I demoed it. More importantly, kinda outta my budget (23k) S3 - Loved the phone but hate samsung plastic :| Everything is awesome except the battery life. HTC One - Have no clue about this. My brother suggested this, have been reading mixed reviews about the phone and horror after sales service of HTC. Also, specs aren't the deciding factor for me. UI and hardware durability is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALPHA17 Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 (edited) Going to buy a phone. Will be using it for very basic stuff, mostly music and internet browsing...Have narrowed it down to four phones : Xperia Sp - Speaker, camera and display very average, otherwise a very good phone Nexus 4 - Awesome display. Camera not as good as the S3, couldn't test the speaker as there wasn't any media. Phone overheated in the 5 mins I demoed it. More importantly, kinda outta my budget (23k) S3 - Loved the phone but hate samsung plastic :| Everything is awesome except the battery life. HTC One - Have no clue about this. My brother suggested this, have been reading mixed reviews about the phone and horror after sales service of HTC. How is SONY XPERIA SP in your budget if the Nexus4 is out of it? How come you dislike the SONY's display, it is at par with other screens, save for the viewing angle issue that really has not bothered anyone I know off (and myself), unless you plan to screen movies on it. Speakers too are not bad, just lower volume output, this =/= poor speakers. The hTC One is way overboard your budget, close too ~40000/- and very hard to source currently, no idea about hTC after-sales. I think the SONY XPERIA L is the best bet for your needs (dunno your budget) or if you can live with the plastic build the SAMSUNG Galaxy S III which again overshoots your budget. Edited June 2, 2013 by ALPHA17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sackboy Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 New Nexus 4 white on ebay after 6.8% coupon costed 23900/- with one year LG India warranty. http://www.ebay.in/itm/Google-LG-Nexus-4-LG-E960-16GB-BRAND-NEW-1-Year-LG-India-warranty-/271215802813?pt=IN_Mobile_Phones&hash=item3f25b8b9bd&_uhb=1#ht_7618wt_802 Sent from my Nexus 4 Coupon code please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtheK Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 Went to buy the Nexus 4 for my bro and then he looked at HTC one and well next is anyone guess Selling for 38,950 in bangalore with some stupid handset free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 Bought Note 2. Let's root this, baby! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtheK Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 Bought Note 2. Let's root this, baby! Congrats mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 Congrats mate Thanks, bro. It wasn't an easy choice to make. Then I did the best thing : took my wife to a mobile store and showed her the options : S4, One, XZ, Note 2. I get bonus points for taking her choice into consideration . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solitaire Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 ^^ iinm.. the options atm are the chinese phones. Not too many known branded stuff floating about. SAMSUNG Galaxy S Grand Dous. Nothing apart from this one I know, or maybe the SAMSUNG Galaxy S Duos. Local price maybe more appealing. If he wants some cheapers options, suggest him to go through the Micromax and Karbonn catalogues, although after sales and developer support would be minimum for these. Thanks, yes it looks like those 2 Samsung options are the only branded ones on the table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtheK Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 also Univercell is giving 5% cash back so if anyone wants to buy Nexus 4 and don't want to wait, go on and pick it for 24,690 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 And, rooted. Back to normalcy as I put it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Boss Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 Well this Sony Android OS skin is POS. Hanging every time I go to Volumes in Settings or Battery Usage in Power Management. Any Xperia Z users can try that and let me know if it works fine please? Also it has stopped playing any kind of sound now Even the custom ROMs I tried on S2 were more stable than this :doh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shantz Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 Well this Sony Android OS skin is POS. Hanging every time I go to Volumes in Settings or Battery Usage in Power Management. Any Xperia Z users can try that and let me know if it works fine please? Also it has stopped playing any kind of sound now Even the custom ROMs I tried on S2 were more stable than this :doh:It could be a hw issue. Not saying it definitely is, but could be. Can you post a logcat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixthsense Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 Coupon code please. It might be tied to my account, anyway here it is : 3E1QI8EOMK Sent from my Nexus 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtheK Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 Well this Sony Android OS skin is POS. Hanging every time I go to Volumes in Settings or Battery Usage in Power Management. Any Xperia Z users can try that and let me know if it works fine please? Also it has stopped playing any kind of sound now Even the custom ROMs I tried on S2 were more stable than this :doh: Works absolutely fine here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wolfy among us Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 Well this Sony Android OS skin is POS. Hanging every time I go to Volumes in Settings or Battery Usage in Power Management. Any Xperia Z users can try that and let me know if it works fine please? Also it has stopped playing any kind of sound now Even the custom ROMs I tried on S2 were more stable than this :doh: Never happened to me too. Are you on 434 or 253 firmware? You could try updating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixthsense Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 Went to buy the Nexus 4 for my bro and then he looked at HTC one and well next is anyone guess Selling for 38,950 in bangalore with some stupid handset free. So he got it? Sent from my Nexus 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtheK Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 So he got it? Sent from my Nexus 4 Ya.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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