Suggests for the purchase of a sub 5k phone

bot9011

Broken In
Hello,
Guys I'm in market for a sub-5k smartphone and following are my requirements.

1. Budget? INR5000 max
2. Display type and size? 3 inches at least
3. Form Factor? bar, slider, flip? Bar with touch screen
4. Preferred choice of brand? Samsung or Nokia
5. Preferred input method (QWERTY, touchscreen, numpad, touch-n-type). Touchscreen
6. What camera option you want? Please specify need for flash, autofocus, front facing camera. A decent 2MP- 3MP cam
7. Preferred operating system? (Android, Symbian, iOS, Windows Phone etc). Android or Nokia Asha platform
8. Preferred connectivity options (3G, Wifi etc)Please specify clearly. 3G and WIFI
9. Preferred applications (Flash, Swype, GPS, etc)? -
10. Primary use of handset (multimedia, camera, mails, internet, gaming etc)? Internet, multimedia and clicking pictures, WhatsApp
11. Any specific mobile phones in consideration? Samsung Galaxy Star and Nokia Asha 501
12. Any other info that you want to share:

I want this entry level phone for the basic use such as surfing the internet, clicking photos, WhatsApping and playing music. I would want the phone to be a bit trendy too. I have checked Nokia Asha 501's specs online and it looks like a decent phone which falls within my budget. However, I have heard that it runs on a new software platform and there aren't many apps that are developed for it. And as far as I have heard it doesn't support whatsapp too! So which phone do you think is the best within 5k range which supports all the latest basic apps including WhatsApp?

Thanks,
 
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lywyre

Cyborg Agent
My vote is for 501.
Nokia has released the SDK for Asha platform today. Almost all of Symbian 40 apps should soon be available for the Asha platform. Also note that Whatsapp is only available for single sim versions.

You really think Galaxy Star is trendy?
 
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