Nokia X6-16GB vs Samsung Wave vs Nokia C6 vs Nokia X6-8GB

[amohit]

Hi guys,

Finally my ancient mobile died on me. Hence looking for a new one. Till date, I have been using lower end mobiles with the only objective to make and receive calls.

Now I want to upgrade myself to a smarter phone.

My main requirements
1. Reliability (wont be changing my mobile for atleast 3-4 yrs)
2. Good touch screen (Just for the experience)
3. Music (Want to get rid of my Sandisk player. would want to listen to music while on the move via bluetooth)
4. Camera (wont be my primary camera so quality of photos is not that important)
5. GPS (Though I prefer to use Eicher Road Atlas, just for the heck of it, would like to use GPS as well )
6. Budget 15-17k

Based on these requirements I have shortlisted

Nokia X6
Samsung Wave
Nokia C6

My questions:

1. Should I go for X6-16GB or wait for 8GB model? any idea how much will be the price difference?
2. Wave is good in all respects, except for GPS usability...i mean no ovi maps...and I would not like to have gprs activated!...any other alternatives....can I use satnav maps on this phone?
3. C6..is still not released...could have waited for it...but then read that the price range is going be arnd 20k! Should I wait for it to be released?

Since I have an backup phone..I can wait for a month or two for something more tempting to be released.

Are there any new releases lined up which would be worth waiting for?


Appreciate your responses.


Thanks
Mohit

[sujoyp]

Samsung Wave is just amazing...much better in all respects then C6 or X6..

U can also have a look at SonyEricsson X8 which is to be released soon..

[napster007]

the C6 will cost 14k or less.

[hahahari]

wave for sure. Great features, even better pricing.

[napster007]

^^how much does the wave cost?

[desiibond]

me too vote for wave should cost 17k now.

[pentiumlover]

Samsung has good specs but samsung rarely release updates for there phones .

[amohit]

Thanks guys..for ur responses.

Few questions:
1. What maps can be used with wave?
2. Somewhere I read that to use GPS (not AGPS), with OVI maps (on nokia phones), we would still need gprs connection. Can someone please confirm this?


Thanks,
Mohit

[desiibond]

Originally Posted by amohit

Thanks guys..for ur responses.

Few questions:
1. What maps can be used with wave?
2. Somewhere I read that to use GPS (not AGPS), with OVI maps (on nokia phones), we would still need gprs connection. Can someone please confirm this?


Thanks,
Mohit

Google maps should work on Samsung Wave. (but not sure. last time I checked it was not native app and was not there in bada appstore)
for ovi maps, initially, you need to connect to internet to download india maps and after that you won't need GPRS. Ovi Maps is offline maps client.

[dreamcatcher]

Gmaps comes preinstalled with wave.

[hackerzlab]

wave is great lookiing and slimmer as compare to X6 although its cheaper and has more apps at the moment.

wave's unavailability of indian GPS maps is a real turn off. i dont wanna use GPRS myself.

[csczero]

can i create edit view office files ( word excel ?)

[sujoyp]

Originally Posted by csczero

can i create edit view office files ( word excel ?)

It seems that Wave have a Office viewer only...u cant edit or create...but I am sure Bada OS will get a office editor soon

[csczero]

damn !! it would have been perfect phone if i could edit my sheets

[kalpik]

+1 for wave, also people are trying to port Android on the Wave.. Would be an AWESOME phone then

[shwetanshu]

@kalpik do u know what is the price of wave at the moment in delhi? and what all is bundled with it like memory card (wat size)? i m coming to delhi on 9th for a short visit, os if its cheaper there i will buy it from there only then!

[Gaurav]

The price should be around 17.5K

[desiibond]

Originally Posted by shwetanshu

@kalpik do u know what is the price of wave at the moment in delhi? and what all is bundled with it like memory card (wat size)? i m coming to delhi on 9th for a short visit, os if its cheaper there i will buy it from there only then!

some were saying that there was a price drop for Samsung wave.

memory: comes with 2GB onboard memory and 2GB MicroSD card if I am right.

[hackerzlab]

univercell dot in suggests it as 17.3k

[sakumar79]

@shwetanshu & desiibond - internal memory of wave is 1.5 GB but only 500 MB is available to the user... 2GB MicroSD card is given with wave

Arun

[shwetanshu]

Hmmm.. will be buying it from delhi only. In bangalore nobody is going below 17.3K, but in delhi its less than 17k.. so will buy it on 10th sept only. .... Hopefully i will get its cover too easily.

[hackerzlab]

with very little apps available after selling millions of samsung wave for a good few months now, the bada os seems to have failed. lets hope not though.

bada os doesn't even have a basic automatic call recorder till now!! there's a function to record it manually though.

[mayankgera]

Hi, can we use gps in samsung wave w/o using Gmaps as only 30day trial comes with it.?

also i m getting confused whether i should buy x6 or wave ? could you please guide me

thanks a lot

[csczero]

Originally Posted by hackerzlab

bada os doesn't even have a basic automatic call recorder till now!! there's a function to record it manually though.

Which OS/Phone has automatic call recording function ?

[webwizzy]

Wave is the way to go! My good old friend got a X6 16GB for 16k INR from mobilestore, he went the same day to return it back after looking at my Wave lol. And yes, X6 looks **** before it.

Originally Posted by csczero

Which OS/Phone has automatic call recording function ?

I guess he's talking about doing it via third party app, something like Total Recall for Symbian.

But again, Wave has an inbuilt call recording feature which is just a tap away!

[hackerzlab]

yeah m talking about third apps which sucks for wave at the moment. just surprise as to how long the developers would take to start making apps for bada os.

somehow m beginning to wonder whether samsung is just inflating the number of wave being sold in the market just like the infosys guy inflating the number of employees and blah blah blah to attract people.

m still waiting for basic apps for bada to come like mapmyindia or any offline GPS maps, dictionary, etc.. no other choice available in the market

[webwizzy]

Originally Posted by hackerzlab

yeah m talking about third apps which sucks for wave at the moment. just surprise as to how long the developers would take to start making apps for bada os.

somehow m beginning to wonder whether samsung is just inflating the number of wave being sold in the market just like the infosys guy inflating the number of employees and blah blah blah to attract people.

m still waiting for basic apps for bada to come like mapmyindia or any offline GPS maps, dictionary, etc.. no other choice available in the market

Look over at Wikipedia about bada release.. its been around 40 days now since 1.0.0 released. How can you expect the market to flood with all the apps you need in such a short time period. Give it some time man, its growing!

I'm pretty sure when iOS and Android were introduced years back, they had even lesser apps than what bada store has it now. Applications needs development, and development needs time. Its 1.0.0 fgs!

[sourabh9agrawal]

Originally Posted by pentiumlover

Samsung has good specs but samsung rarely release updates for there phones .

Nokia releases updates because they always needed updates.My vote for wave.

[hackerzlab]

Originally Posted by webwizzy

Look over at Wikipedia about bada release.. its been around 40 days now since 1.0.0 released. How can you expect the market to flood with all the apps you need in such a short time period. Give it some time man, its growing!

I'm pretty sure when iOS and Android were introduced years back, they had even lesser apps than what bada store has it now. Applications needs development, and development needs time. Its 1.0.0 fgs!

40 days old bada???? LMAO..

its been 6 months now since i first saw samsung wave. where r u? planet mars?

[pentiumlover]

Originally Posted by sourabh9agrawal

Nokia releases updates because they always needed updates.My vote for wave.

I guess then you would be against Microsoft releasing regular updates ???

Just have a look at Samsung Omnia Hd , great h/w ruined by pathetic support .
At least nokia added Kinectic scrolling with updates .

PS : this is human nature , you own a samsung and i own a nokia so we are baised respectively . but still your Comment is quite LAME .