Need Mobile in the range of 15-20K

[Charan]

Hello guys, My brother need a mobile within the range of 15-20K ( max 22 with a bluetooth handsfree). I am interested in WM 6.1 Pro mobiles, but other good phones in this range will do. It should be very friendly for business purpose. He doesnt listen any songs, but he occasionally takes snaps and records videos. He currently has Motorola L9.

The phone should have the following.
1. Excellent voice clarity (Very Important)
2. WIFI (Very Important)
3. Large touch screen
4. Should be slim ( N-Series phones are bulky )
4. GPS
5. Should be able to read Word/Excel files in case of non WM phones.
6. Huge phone book memory.

Also recommend bluetooth hands free within the budget.

And last request.. NO SAMSUNG PHONES.. He hates them.

[Tamoghno]

E71 . Dont have touchscreen though.

Faster than every windows mobile out there. And one of the slimest business phone.

If winmo is must then htc touch

[krates]

look no further go and buy E71

[dreamcatcher]

G900. Has everything you crave for.

[azzu]

yes G900 is good fone but has no gps (iam i rite ? ) and not a big tuch screen
and also e71 is excellent fone but no touch screen ,

[shashank4u]

e71 and P1i are your best bet

[dreamcatcher]

Well G900 is extremely slim and the touchscreen is not bad.Check it out somewhere.It does not have a GPS chip but it tracks your presence using your cell EMEI, which it transmits to the sattelite and then receives your position within a range of 100 metres.

[desiibond]

1) Wait for Xperia

or

I would recommend these:

HTC P3300. Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 PocketPC phone with touchscreen, Wi-Fi and EDGE support, an integrated GPS receiver, microSD, 2mp cam. should cost around 17k-18k

Sony Ericsson P1i. 16k-17k (no push email functionality)

Sony Ericsson G900 20k superb 12hr talktime


When it comes to corporate use, nothing beats Windows mobile. loads of 3rd party apps.

[Pathik]

E71

[dreamcatcher]

Btw, if he is into snapping pics then bunk the E71 and get him the G900/n82. Coz the E71 takes pathetic pics.For everything else.E71.

[krazzy]

If he can live without GPS then G900.
If he can live without touchscreen then E71 or N82.

[nikhilpai]

Originally Posted by krazzy

If he can live without touchscreen then E71 or N82.

Or N95 classic

[hellgate]

its not recommended to go 4 the N95 Classic when u can get a much better device with more advanced capabilites in that price.

[Charan]

Thanks a lot for the reply guys.

pi1 drops out cause it has only 802.11b I operate my wifi with 802.11g.

G900 & E71 has excellent features, With take a look in a Mobile Store.


@desiibond: When is xperia releasing ? I have to get the mobile before 20th next month. P3300 is a WM 5.0 Mobile.. I need WM 6.1 Pro.

Please give me some more options to choose from.

EDIT: I can streatch the buying date till 19th or 20th of september.. is there any upcomming new models within this date?

[dreamcatcher]

XPERIA will be out of your budget anyway. How about the Touch Diamond??A bit on the higher side tho.

[nish_higher]

Diamond is little slow
get E71
X1 would cost above 30k

[Charan]

hmmm.. I can add a additional 5 K to the budget only if the mobile is really worth for the money.... if the touch diamond is slow .. then its out of the question.
xperia is out from my list. will not be pocket friendly..
Also my brother doesnt give respect to his mobile phone.. it has to be sturdy also

[dreamcatcher]

Touch diamond is slow?? :O

Anways.Wont comment as I havent used it.If you value a touchscreen then G900 it is.

[nish_higher]

^ i have used it for 2 days..it has 192 mb ram but only around 40% is available and that too when that 3D func is off.imo this phone is slower than my P527 when it comes to multitasking..

[Tamoghno]

Seems like you're care for speed. E71 is fastest corporate oriented smartphone in that range.

And yes , touch diamond , though faster than most winmo ,is still slow . Also there are serious issue with battery life .

[nish_higher]

yup E71 is fast and good
also touch diamond is locked with Airtel

[nikhilpai]

Originally Posted by hellgate

its not recommended to go 4 the N95 Classic when u can get a much better device with more advanced capabilites in that price.

If someone doesn't need the Xenon flash buts need a larger screen with a better keypad, N95 classic can still be considered. Plus now its price has dropped by 2k

[Charan]

ok E71 is on the cards .. now new requirements .. should have touch screen..

Im now ok to go with samsung phones too..

[infra_red_dude]

G900, P1i, HTC 3300 are what I recommend. With HTC you get your WinMo 6.1 pro too.

[shashank4u]

802.11b is enough for mobile, also UIQ 4.0 could release any time soon and P1i will get a free update.

still i find E71 the best but it doesn't have touch support.

[Charan]

^^ you sure P1i will get UIQ 4.0? can I get the link from where you read it?

[Charan]

Update. I have decided to take a look at Asus P750 I had used this phone before for an hr or so .. and I liked it. this phone is under my budget.

[vish786]

@charan, thats a nice one with all goodies.

from are you getting that cell

[Charan]

Im going straight to Main Asus dealer in Bangalore . he quoted Rs. 20,250 +/- For P750. In Sangeetha its Rs.21799/-

[Charan]

I have bought the ASUS P750 Win Mo 6.1 Phone for Rs.20250 /- Including all taxes. I bought it from primary ASUS dealer in bangalore. Unfortunately I have not opened the box cause its a birthday gift for my brother so cant give the review right now.(or do R&D myself ) .

The dealer gave me a standby phone for sometime to explore before I bought it. Features are really good and I got more than I asked for.

Wifi: 802.11 b/g
3G: HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps ( Future proof )
TFT touchscreen, 65K colors ( No problem with 65K )
Business Card Recognition
Pocket Office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF viewer

GPS receiver
Location Courier - GPS Related , this sends GPS locations as a SMS to any predefined number from time to time and that can be used to track the exact position of the mobile in another mobile. Google maps can use this data and plot point it in maps , he demonstrated this by tracking his friends phone .. really cool feature to have. This was the one feature which impressed me a lot

Travel log(or something with that name) - This application can store the location's of you travel path as and when you move from one place to another and then plot it back on the map

Free Maps for abt 35+ cities in India.

Free 1GB MicroDS Card ( The maps are installed in it)

The phone which I was checking out even had a bloody remote desktop
I dont know if it was pre-installed or not.

My dealer said that the pack includes a phone holder for the car and also a free Car charger , only thing missing is a extra battery .

Please bear with me for the full review of the phone, it aint gonna happen atleast till 2 weeks. Yes I bought it 2 weeks in advance

EDIT: Please recomend me a BlueTooth headset . It should be very slim and less than 2K.
my dealer said not to use a bluetooth headset cause he was getting pain in his ears after long use . And any one throw some light on this?