Need Opinions !!

[har]

Guys please reply quickly !!
I need to buy a phone within a week.

BUDGET-Rs 7500 max

Here are my requirements :-

1.need the battery to last atleast 2 days(powercuts are frequent and I don’t want to wake up one morning with phone battery dead and no electricity)

2.need good music playback-I use my phone mainly for hearing music and good music playback would be nice.

3.need games-just want some java games to work. Guess sony’s are the best for this as they can install java files of any size.

4.touchscreen-Not really a necessity. Would like one but would be completely okay with a non-touch phone.

5.reliability-need good signal reception(bsnl signal is weak in my town) and MUST NOT CRASH AND FREEZE OFTEN !!

6.Dont use the internet at all on my phone-there are no Wi-Fi hotspots and my dad does not allow me to buy costly data plans.

OPTIONS:-

1.Sony Ericsson Cedar-good phone with all the basics covered. My past two phones have been sony’s and they had bad signal reception. But I need good receptionBut only 4500 Rs and seems nice.

2.Samsung wave 525-very cheap but its essentially a feature phone so I guess its not for me.

3.Nokia C5-seems to fit my bill perfectly and has Symbian 60 but there has
been a loooooots of complaints regarding crashes and unstability. Dunno if that has been corrected. I need my phone to be crash free.

4.Nokia X3-02 –like the concept but I don’t know how well it performs in real life.

5.LG Optimus Me-liked everything about it but heard Androids have a battery life of only 1 day and that’s a real bummer 

6.Any other suggestions ??

So guys please help me to choose the best. I don’t like how qwerty phones look. And my past two sonys were absolutely crash proof(yep not one crash)

Help Help Help !!

[noob]

My past two phones have been sony’s and they had bad signal reception.

I dont agree

[har]

Please guys any suggestions ?

@talktoanil -I dont know if its the phones problem or the bad BSNL network but I have heard that Sony's have bad reception.

[sujoyp]

I have used 4 SE phones in last 8 years ...its not true that it have signal problem

[desiibond]

My wife's using C5. She says that the battery backup is superb. she gets 2-3 days on normal to heavy use. But initially, we had lot of issues with the phone like frequent reboots etc (much better now). X3-02 is okay but S40 on that phone is a big big letdown!

[KDroid]

Have a look on Samsung Monte S5620 & Sony Ericsson Yendo W150i...

[Neo]

how about nokia 5233.
At around Rs.5500.,its not at all bad.
A little slow ....but after flashing it with some custom ROMS its quite good.

[har]

The Cedar is available for Rs 3400 at letsbuy with 2GB memory card.
Is it a good buy ?

And though the 5233 seems good, I dont want to root the phone as there is a chance that it will brick and I dont think my dad will be too happy with that

@kunal.d-the monte is a feature phone so its out of my list. And the yendo is too slow for my liking. T


hanks for the suggestions.

[Sam]

even without flashing any custom firmware 523* is very much usable. you can't ask a lot for that much money.

monte have good specs but bad OS.

[Scientia Wiz]

Nokia 5230 and 5233 are really good smartphones !

[sujoyp]

5233 is good in some ways -

good screen
good VGA Video recording..
ok kindof camera
music is good with good headphones

[har]

I have a budget of upto 7500 so I am also considering budget Android phones.

The C5 was my choice but I dropped it after seeing extremely bad user reviews.

[KDroid]

Don't consider budget Android phones... not recommend!

If you want to go for an Android phone, stretch your budget to 10k & get LG O1

Otherwise, keep away from sub-10k Android phones.

[comp@ddict]

Buy 5233 from letsbuy for 5.1k

Best user experience for that price(after flashing CFW, amazing!)

[desiibond]

5233 for 5.1k is terrific price. go for it.

[har]

I didnt know that the 5233 went for such a low price. I guess I will buy it. But I have a budget of 7.5k. Any phone out there which is better than the 5233 within that range ?

And I am also entering college this year studying computer science. Will a android phone help me ?

[AndroidFan]

Originally Posted by har

I didnt know that the 5233 went for such a low price. I guess I will buy it. But I have a budget of 7.5k. Any phone out there which is better than the 5233 within that range ?

And I am also entering college this year studying computer science. Will a android phone help me ?

Android won't help you. What you need is a laptop...

[Scientia Wiz]

More than 5233 I recommend you to buy 5230 because it also supports 3G networking !

[AndroidFan]

Originally Posted by Scientia Wiz

More than 5233 I recommend you to buy 5230 because it also supports 3G networking !

LMAO! Don't you know how much 3G costs? If you are really planning to use 3G on your phone, you might as well buy a decent phone which has webkit browser and good resolution capacitive screen. Atleast you will get your money's worth while using 3G...

[Scientia Wiz]

I myself is using 3G on my Nokia 5230 !

[Sam]

not now but at least next yr 3G price may come down to somewhat affordable level. so 5230 makes sense.

[Neo]

And though the 5233 seems good, I dont want to root the phone as there is a chance that it will brick and I dont think my dad will be too happy with that

firstly it cannot dead by rooting.
and even if you don't root it it would be good,cuz you'll mainly use it for music.
but its amazing after rooting.
i suggest you to go for it.
if you need 3G then 5230 else 5233.

And though the 5233 seems good, I dont want to root the phone as there is a chance that it will brick and I dont think my dad will be too happy with that

firstly it cannot dead by rooting.
and even if you don't root it it would be good,cuz you'll mainly use it for music.
but its amazing after rooting.
i suggest you to go for it.
if you need 3G then 5230 else 5233.

[har]

So I just bought my new phone….its a Samsung Galaxy POP YAY !!
Got it for Rs 8300. I got a 2GB memory card, a nice set of the in ear type headphone, a 2GB SD card, USB cable, charger and the other stuff.
I know that you guys may be calling me an idiot for not purchasing the LG OP1 but it was not readily available and costed Rs 10000 here. I was already stretching my budget a lot. And just loved the POP. Android is just awesome. UI is very responsive and snappy and the screen is very nice(didn’t feel the bad resolution at all). I went to purchase the nokia 5233 but the phone was very thick and symbian was just laggy(and it costed Rs 6000).
And my mom who hates cellphones went gaga over my POP and spend 3 hrs with it and is very very happy(shows the great Android UI). So overall very happy !!
Are there reasonable applications for 320*240 resolution ??

Thanks for all your suggestions !!

[ssb1551]

Congrats!!!for your new phone...but resolution of POP is 240×320, you sure?? I thought it was 320×480!!

[Scientia Wiz]

Ya its also good choice of Phone !

[ssb1551]

K..just checked..you were right!! Its 240×320!! Man Samsung could have used atleast 320×480 like HTC.

[har]

Nope its 320*240 but you can get it at Rs 8000 only.
And its gonna get android 2.3

Originally Posted by Scientia Wiz

Ya its also good choice of Phone !

Thanks

Originally Posted by ssb1551

K..just checked..you were right!! Its 240×320!! Man Samsung could have used atleast 320×480 like HTC.

HTC wildfire is also 320*240 and costs rs 10500

LG O1 is the best but I couldnt afford it.

[atulhost]

Originally Posted by kunal.d

If you want to go for an Android phone, stretch your budget to 10k & get LG O1

He already mentioned "BUDGET-Rs 7500 max", so I don't think there is any possibility.

[atulhost]

Congrats for the purchase, I also prefer Samsung products over nokia. Also please try to update the thread with its performance review.

[har]

Yep I will do a review in 2 days.
And will update on the performance of my phone every week.