Best Smartphone @ 30K!! Its URGENT. PLZ HELP!!

Anish9218

Journeyman
1. Budget?
A. Max 30k

2. Display type and size?
A. Above 3.5' will do.

3. Form Factor? bar, slider, flip?
A. Bar, (maybe slider but wont be doing much texting)

4. Preferred choice of brand?
A. Samsung, Sony, (HTC if theyre good, because I have seen the lower end phones like Wildfire and Wildfire S hang like hell!!)

5. Preferred input method (QWERTY, touchscreen, numpad, touch-n-type)
A. Touchscreen

6. What camera option you want? Please specify need for flash, autofocus, front facing camera.
A. Need Flash, Autofocus and Front Facing Camera for video calling in future.

7. Preferred operating system? (Android, Symbian, iOS, Windows Phone etc).
A. Android only.

8. Preferred connectivity options (3G, Wifi etc)Please specify clearly.
A. All of them. (NFC if possible too)

9. Preferred applications (Flash, Skype, GPS, etc)?
A. All of them considering the budget.

10. Primary use of handset (multimedia, camera, mails, internet, gaming etc)?
A. Multimedia, Camera, Internet and maybe gaming.

11. Any specific mobile phones in consideration?
A. Samsung SII but dont know if it will get the ICS update or no.

12. Any other info that you want to share
A. I can wait for 15-20 days maximum if any other good phone is going to be launched. I thought of Samsung Exhilerate but no idea if it is going top be launched in India or no.. Im trying my best to get a phone that will get ICS update.
 

aroraanant

Explorer
If you wanna buy a phone now then the best options are:
HTC Sensation XE
Samsung Note
If you can wait then hopefully in a month or so new phones will be launched as MWC is going on and many phones have been already announced.So the price of the phones currently available will also decrease.But no new phones are gonna launch before April.
 

desiJATT

Away from Forums, Again!
well @aroraanant's suggestion is pretty good, MWC is going on, if you want a relatively new phone, with more features, then you should wait, if its that urgent, you can go for HTC Sensation XE, its a monster at its price range, beating Samsung Galaxy SII with a large margin. Samsung Note is also a good choice, if you can manage it's relatively large screen. Best of Luck!
 

desiJATT

Away from Forums, Again!
Try
Htc sensation
Note has a big screen,it might not fit in your correctly.

Well, HTC Sensation, and Sensation XE are almost identical, they differ only with respect to the Beats by Dr.Dre audio system used in XE, and XE is priced around 3-4K higher than the latter one. So it's OP's choice if he wants normal Sensation or XE

P.S Both have same screen size, same cameras, and both will get ICS update.
 
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Anish9218

Journeyman
Can u please tell me why HTC Sensation or XE beats Samsung galaxy SII by a huge margin?
I have this conception that HTC phones hang a lot after seeing its lower end products namely Wildfire and Wildfire S.
No, I wont be going for Note because I cant handle such a huge screen so it just comes down to Samsung Galaxy SII and Sensation/Sensation XE.
 

theserpent

Firecracker to the moon
^^ As far as i know,Sensation XE has a much better pixel desity.
Just go thru this.
Samsung Galaxy S2 vs. HTC Sensation XE - Know Your Mobile India
 

aroraanant

Explorer
Well, HTC Sensation, and Sensation XE are almost identical, they differ only with respect to the Beats by Dr.Dre audio system used in XE, and XE is priced around 3-4K higher than the latter one. So it's OP's choice if he wants normal Sensation or XE

P.S Both have same screen size, same cameras, and both will get ICS update.

There are some more differences apart from Beats Audio only,
Sensation XE has a better processor, better battery so better battery backup, more internal memory(4GB vs 1GB) and hopefully XE will get more as well as fast updates as compared to the Sensation.

Can u please tell me why HTC Sensation or XE beats Samsung galaxy SII by a huge margin?
I have this conception that HTC phones hang a lot after seeing its lower end products namely Wildfire and Wildfire S.
No, I wont be going for Note because I cant handle such a huge screen so it just comes down to Samsung Galaxy SII and Sensation/Sensation XE.

I am using Incredible S,bought it as soon as it was launched and till date I haven't got any problem like hanging or anything else
Even a couple of my friends own wildfire S and they also haven't got any problem,I don't know how (or should say why) you experienced that.
 

desiJATT

Away from Forums, Again!
There are some more differences apart from Beats Audio only,
Sensation XE has a better processor, better battery so better battery backup, more internal memory(4GB vs 1GB) and hopefully XE will get more as well as fast updates as compared to the Sensation.



I am using Incredible S,bought it as soon as it was launched and till date I haven't got any problem like hanging or anything else
Even a couple of my friends own wildfire S and they also haven't got any problem,I don't know how (or should say why) you experienced that.

Well, totally overlooked some of the differences, thanks for correcting, but one thing, the processor is same Snapdragon MSM8260, and GPU is Adreno 220 on both, its just overclocked to 1.5 GHz in XE, and yes there is higher capacity battery, but doesn't do any miracles, and memory, yes inbuilt memory is high and SD is 16GB with XE and 8GB with sensation, so overall, its not a big jump from the sensation platform.

But still, not overlooking the fact that XE is just priced 3K more than the latter, i would suggest the OP to go for XE, ofcourse he will get higher bragging rights :D
 
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