Good mobile under 25K.

[karthikn_jay]

Please suggest a good mobile for my friend.

1. Budget?
Preferably around 22k. Can extend upto ~25k

2. Display type and size?
Type : Any,
Size : 5.0in and above.

3. Dual sim?
Ok but not mandatory

4. Preferred choice of brand?
Xiomi, Sony, HTC, Apple

5. What camera option you want (flash, front facing camera)?
Primary 8MP and above. Primary usage for photos and videos. Should have good clarity without much noise.
Secondary atleast 2MP and above for video chatting.

6. Preferred operating system? (Android, iOS, Windows Phone, etc).
Android or iOS

7. Preferred connectivity options (3G, 4G ready).
3g. 4g also ok. Must have wifi hotspot

8. Primary use of handset (multimedia, camera, internet, gaming etc)?
Daily usage will be with camera, internet and wifi, music and movies.

9. Any specific mobile phones in consideration?
Personally liked below models, pls comment ur thoughts
Xiomi Mi4
Google Nexus 5 (32GB)
HTC Desire 820 and 816
Sony Xperia Z3 Compact

10. Any other info that you want to share
Mobile will be used mainly for photos, music and movies. Should have better LCD viewing and battery usage.

 

[SaiyanGoku]

Get Oneplus One (64 GB) for 22k.

Mi4 is overpriced, Nexus 5 has lesser internal storage, Desire 816 is overpriced
Desire 820 is good though.

 

[karthikn_jay]

Get Oneplus One (64 GB) for 22k.

Mi4 is overpriced, Nexus 5 has lesser internal storage, Desire 816 is overpriced
Desire 820 is good though.

Thanks for the suggestion. We were still browsing and will compare OnePlus One also. Have many confusion on HTC Desire 820, is HTC desire 820 and 820S are different?

 

[SaiyanGoku]

Thanks for the suggestion. We were still browsing and will compare OnePlus One also. Have many confusion on HTC Desire 820, is HTC desire 820 and 820S are different?

Oneplus One is the best phone under 30k currently IMO.
820 has 64 bit Snapdragon 615 while 820s has 64 bit Mediatek 6752 and priced higher than 820. I feel they should've launched it in the 15-20k price range.

 

[karthikn_jay]

Thanks again for the info. My friend has decided to go for Mi4 despite pricey(he's a previous user of Mi3). As for OnePlus One, he's not very much comfortable with Cyanogen.

 

[$hadow]

But cm is still the most flexible version of android. But yeah Mi4 is still a good choice.

 

[SaiyanGoku]

Thanks again for the info. My friend has decided to go for Mi4 despite pricey(he's a previous user of Mi3). As for OnePlus One, he's not very much comfortable with Cyanogen.

Once you get used to the smoothness of AOSP based custom roms, all other roms seem laggy and sluggish. MIUI is bloated.

 

[karthikn_jay]

Once you get used to the smoothness of AOSP based custom roms, all other roms seem laggy and sluggish. MIUI is bloated.

Hmm yeah. I did tried convincing him about the speediness of Cyanogen. I'm a android developer too and know it's greatness. I will install (Cyanogen or other custom mods) on my sony mobile once the warranty is over.

 

[omega44-xt]

1 doubt, why is Z3 Compact in your consideration when you need a 5" + phone ?? And how are you getting it at 25k ?

Oneplus one is good, if you are fine with its size
Mi4 is okay but don't go with 16GB version, you will need more storage in the future

 

[karthikn_jay]

1 doubt, why is Z3 Compact in your consideration when you need a 5" + phone ?? And how are you getting it at 25k ?

Oneplus one is good, if you are fine with its size
Mi4 is okay but don't go with 16GB version, you will need more storage in the future

The mobile is for my friend and I've mentioned in my previous post that he has chosen MI4. Thanks for the suggestion though.

 

[$hadow]

Good choice never than less.