How much is too much for a smartphone?
mastercool8695
Cyborg Agent
27 k is perfect,
below that awesome.
thats why Google is Ultimately the Boss.
below that awesome.
thats why Google is Ultimately the Boss.
RohanM
Cyborg Agent
Do u agree on this
Read: Round Table: How much is too much for a smartphone?
35k is the max for a mobile.
randomuser111
Technomancer
Personally I feel 40 is the absolute max 
Ideally should be 30
Ideally should be 30
amjath
Human Spambot
I agree, there was the time when new flagship phones can be bought @ that price
PS: i bought S2 on the opening week for ~27k when the street price was 32k
OP
Zangetsu
I am the master of my Fate.
yes..Nexus 4 is sweetly priced and lauched in india
Personally I feel 40 is the absolute max
Ideally should be 30
40k is also way too much for a phone
personally I can stretch till 23k and 25k max.
when SGS2 was priced @27k I still found it costly to buy
theterminator
Wise Old Owl
well for me, i wouldn't want to 'throw' more than 10k on a machine which people call it "Revolutionary" , "Smart" and similar much over-hyped pseudonyms. This machine is so silly that you won't be able to type 'normally'. You already have a thing called "DESKTOP" which can be the machine for computing. But I guess people have changed the way how they operate a computer. May be they have forgotten how to type . I would invest somewhere around 7-10k on a phone, get a 16-20 MP digicam costing about 3-5k & thats it. The phone should act as a supplement to the traditional computer. That's the way how I look at it & may be the reason why I threw away my Galaxy Tab 2 & purchased a new rig & I am so happy with it. The world is so normal again .
. I would invest somewhere around 7-10k on a phone, get a 16-20 MP digicam costing about 3-5k & thats it. The phone should act as a supplement to the traditional computer. That's the way how I look at it & may be the reason why I threw away my Galaxy Tab 2 & purchased a new rig & I am so happy with it. The world is so normal again .
OP
Zangetsu
I am the master of my Fate.
+1 I agree those who don't care about pricing can throw lumsum cash & buy it
amjath
Human Spambot
well for me, i wouldn't want to 'throw' more than 10k on a machine which people call it "Revolutionary" , "Smart" and similar much over-hyped pseudonyms. This machine is so silly that you won't be able to type 'normally'. You already have a thing called "DESKTOP" which can be the machine for computing. But I guess people have changed the way how they operate a computer. May be they have forgotten how to type
How much time u travel? U carry desktop/laptop while travelling on a bus. A smartphone is supplement to computer in its own ways
theterminator
Wise Old Owl
if you add the kms , i travelled 18,000 kms by train last year
. You live outside home? A smartphone can be supplementary but not an alternative to a PC in my opinion.
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amjath
Human Spambot
if you add the kms , i travelled 18,000 kms by train last year
A smartphone can be supplementary but not an alternative to a PC in my opinion.
I travel 4 hours a day so its a good supplement as u said but at a good price
Kl@w-24
Slideshow Bob
20K is the limit to which I'd go for a cellphone. Anything above that is not value-for-money (few exceptions permitted). Would a phone worth 40K be twice as useful to me as a phone worth 20K? I don't think so. Would it last twice as long on the "cutting edge" of tech? Doubt it. So why should I spend a buttload of money for something that I can't buy without selling a kidney, and which wouldn't even last a whole day if I were to use every shiny feature it boasts of?
Trouble is, some people buy a phone for its price tag and not for the benefits it can bring them. Just yesterday at a showroom I saw a guy in his late thirties (guessing, since he had a wife and a kid) carrying a Z10 and an iPhone 5. That's almost 1 Lakh in gadgets!! Apparently it's a big deal owning the "latest" mobile in town.
Trouble is, some people buy a phone for its price tag and not for the benefits it can bring them. Just yesterday at a showroom I saw a guy in his late thirties (guessing, since he had a wife and a kid) carrying a Z10 and an iPhone 5. That's almost 1 Lakh in gadgets!! Apparently it's a big deal owning the "latest" mobile in town.
theterminator
Wise Old Owl
20K is the limit to which I'd go for a cellphone. Anything above that is not value-for-money (few exceptions permitted). Would a phone worth 40K be twice as useful to me as a phone worth 20K? I don't think so. Would it last twice as long on the "cutting edge" of tech? Doubt it. So why should I spend a buttload of money for something that I can't buy without selling a kidney, and which wouldn't even last a whole day if I were to use every shiny feature it boasts of?
Trouble is, some people buy a phone for its price tag and not for the benefits it can bring them. Just yesterday at a showroom I saw a guy in his late thirties (guessing, since he had a wife and a kid) carrying a Z10 and an iPhone 5. That's almost 1 Lakh in gadgets!! Apparently it's a big deal owning the "latest" mobile in town.
You took the words out of my mouth. People generally don't give a damn about the performance , all they care about is the price which is so sad. And this is the type of people that these companies are targeting. What is the point of buying a tiny device which isn't that much powerful as it is being hyped. This is a pure waste of money.
20k-25k is too much. Sweet price is 10-15k. And what kl@w said.
R2K
In the Zone
Depends on how you are gonna use the device and for how long.
If you change/upgrade your phone every year then spending 35-40k is just a freaking waste of funds.
I think 25k should be the max if you are not planning to use it for more than a year.
But for most people a device like note 2 can completely replace a PC (This may not apply to geeks though)
But spending 30k+ on a cellphone which will get outdated in less than 2 years is stupidity. A laptop within that price can be used for years in terms of software and OS upgrade by shelling out a minimal amount on faster RAM and HDD from time to time.
If you change/upgrade your phone every year then spending 35-40k is just a freaking waste of funds.
I think 25k should be the max if you are not planning to use it for more than a year.
if you add the kms , i travelled 18,000 kms by train last year
A smartphone can be supplementary but not an alternative to a PC in my opinion.
But for most people a device like note 2 can completely replace a PC (This may not apply to geeks though
)But spending 30k+ on a cellphone which will get outdated in less than 2 years is stupidity. A laptop within that price can be used for years in terms of software and OS upgrade by shelling out a minimal amount on faster RAM and HDD from time to time.
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Flash
Lost in speed
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Second that.
Even if we buy a cutting edge phones worth of 40 and above, but an ordinary person won't use those often apart from browsing/music/gaming and occasional navigation.
>20k mobiles may have waterproof, but what good it will be if, you can't take care of your mobile till falling in water?
