Need Qwerty Mobile around 5K

[pmkarun]

Hi All,

I am planning to buy a new mobile within August First week..
My requirements are as follows:-

1. Budget?
5K(Plus or Minus 0.5K)
2. Display type and size?
No Preference
3. Form Factor?
No Preference
4. Preferred choice of brand?
Except Micromax & Karbon
5. Preferred input method (QWERTY, touchscreen, numpad, touch-n-type).
Qwerty Preferred
6. What camera option you want? Please specify need for flash, autofocus, front facing camera.
Should be at-least 2.0MP
7. Preferred operating system?
No Preference
8. Preferred connectivity options (3G, Wifi etc)Please specify clearly.
3G/WiFi Preferred
9. Preferred applications (Flash, Swype, GPS, etc)?
No Preference
10. Primary use of handset (multimedia, camera, mails, internet, gaming etc)?
Mostly making calls, heavy texting, Browsing, Music sometimes
11. Any specific mobile phones in consideration?
Nokia C3(Even it is higher than my budget one eye is on it)
Samsung Corby Plus

Kindly suggest me some other mobiles also....

[Terabyte]

^Go for Nokia C3 although it doesn't have 3G it does have WiFi.
It is difficult to have both WiFi, 3G and QWERTY under 5k

[nims11]

its difficult to get the ur desired features under 5K.
you can get X2-01 for 3.8K.
or you can increase your budget to 7.7K and get E63. it has all features you want and it is a good phone.
i own both X2-01 and E63.

[NainO]

Samsung Ch@t 335 - qwerty phone with WiFi (no 3G)

[pmkarun]

I don't want 3G and Wifi in the same mobile.
Either one of them will do
And When I checked for Samsung Chat 335 flipkart says that "Permenantly Discontinued"

Is there any other mobile having these features????

[desiibond]

Originally Posted by pmkarun

I don't want 3G and Wifi in the same mobile.
Either one of them will do
And When I checked for Samsung Chat 335 flipkart says that "Permenantly Discontinued"

Is there any other mobile having these features????

you may need to go Micromax way for those features. at 2k+, you can get Galaxy Pro and E63, which are pretty good devices.

[pmkarun]

How is Lava B8???? Look good on Paper..

Is lava a trustable brand???? or same way like Micromax& Karbon??????

[desiibond]

Originally Posted by pmkarun

How is Lava B8???? Look good on Paper..

Is lava a trustable brand???? or same way like Micromax& Karbon??????

I think it's worse than MM but honestly, all of these are of same kind. YOu need to have lot of luck.

[ssb1551]

Originally Posted by pmkarun

Is lava a trustable brand???? or same way like Micromax& Karbon??????

Dude are you kidding me??..how can you even think that Lava is a trustworthy brand??Of all these cheap-a$$ companies only Micromax seems to be relatively(being the operative word) better than others!!n when I say "others" it includes all those cheap-a$$ companies you can think of(Karbon,Maxx,Olive,Lemon, Zen & God knows what)...

[aniket.cain]

I'd say increase the budget to 7.5k and get Galaxy Pro from letsbuy. Nothing matches it at this price point. Otherwise you could go for Nokia X2-01 for around 3k. It hasn't got any of those features, but it has very nice keypad and solid build quality. Trust Nokia on making good quality cheap phones.
Gsmarena has given a good review to this one.

[pmkarun]

Just asked about it as One of my friend told that its good
Thats all

How about going for Low price android Mobiles like Spice MI-270????
Is it good???? after applying icicilb code I m getting the mobile for 5.1...

Is it worth????

Confused with Nokia C3 or Spice-MI-270

Which one to buy????

[aniket.cain]

I think lower priced android phones from Micromax etc dont have enough powerful hardware to handle Android properly. Even the HTC Wildfire doesn't seem that fluid. These cheaper Spice phones will become more of a headache soon as you install apps and stuff. C3 might be a better option imho.

[Sam]

@pmkarun, if you are ready to go for local brands but want Android, minimum you should get is Micromax A70. specs are descent & at least spec wise it should be usable. but with the el-cheapo mobiles like Spice M-270/Andro, the screen is small & resisitve, processor is either slow & also ram is too low to make it any usable.

if you can't increase your budget, stick to your QWERTY phone plan & get C3.

[Terabyte]

@karun: Go with C3 and forget budget-Androids!

[ssk_the_gr8]

C3, just go for it