The Complete Smartphone Buyer's Guide

[jatin_arora]

Re: Mobile Buying Guide: November 2012

can anybody tell about new devices from samsung having 3.5" to 4" screen and ICS(android 4)

 

[thetechfreak]

can anybody tell about new devices from samsung having 3.5" to 4" screen and ICS(android 4)

What's your budget? These screen sizes demand a high budget.

 

[jatin_arora]

Re: Mobile Buying Guide: November 2012

What's your budget? These screen sizes demand a high budget.

around 10k can be stretched upto 12K max

 

[theserpent]

Re: Mobile Buying Guide: November 2012

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This shows Galaxy s3 as 46K nice day light robbery, with discount it will come up to the same street price

 

[coderunknown]

Re: Mobile Buying Guide: November 2012

46k MRP i guess. is it 32GB?

 

[jatinrai199]

Re: Mobile Buying Guide: November 2012

great work buddy ..... was very helpful
can you tell me """1 GHz Qualcomm Scorpion or 1 GHz Cortex-A5, Dual Core """ which is better ? and how much differences in performances ..
wat bout adreno and mali ?

 

[aroraanant]

Re: Mobile Buying Guide: November 2012

can anybody tell about new devices from samsung having 3.5" to 4" screen and ICS(android 4)

Samsung mid range phones are not good, want something cheap and good then get Desire V.

 

[thetechfreak]

Re: Mobile Buying Guide: November 2012

great work buddy ..... was very helpful
can you tell me """1 GHz Qualcomm Scorpion or 1 GHz Cortex-A5, Dual Core """ which is better ? and how much differences in performances ..
wat bout adreno and mali ?

In normal everyday uses, difference is too miniscule to we worth saying. Its better if we recommend you a whole phone rather than a phone only for the processor.

 

[coderunknown]

Re: Mobile Buying Guide: November 2012

great work buddy ..... was very helpful
can you tell me """1 GHz Qualcomm Scorpion or 1 GHz Cortex-A5, Dual Core """ which is better ? and how much differences in performances ..
wat bout adreno and mali ?

Scorpion > Cortex A5. A5 is a weak processor and packs an equally weak GPU. Same story in dualcore variant.

 

[Shibadip]

Re: Mobile Buying Guide: November 2012

great work buddy ..... was very helpful
can you tell me """1 GHz Qualcomm Scorpion or 1 GHz Cortex-A5, Dual Core """ which is better ? and how much differences in performances ..
wat bout adreno and mali ?

Buddy, I think U r asking about the Cortex A5 dual core for Karbonn A9+. But as @Sam said, it's a weak processor, and have a equally weak GPU. In that case I will suggest u to go for Karbonn A18. It has a good processor and a good GPU as well.

Scorpion > Cortex A5. A5 is a weak processor and packs an equally weak GPU. Same story in dualcore variant.

Am back, buddy, and still am on the verge of buying a phone.
I u may remember, I had my eye On Lenovo phones which were unveiled a few days ago.. and now the price hav also been declared.
Out of that lot, I am very impressed by Lenovo P700 - Full phone specifications which has been priced at 12500/- only..

Now please help me out about how good the under-mentioned processor and GPU is??

SoC MTK 6577 ARMv7 (Cortex-A9), 1 GHz dual-core
GPU PowerVR SGX 531

Hope u will include the Lenovo phones, on ur Dec buying guide.

 

[rishi_hell]

Re: Mobile Buying Guide: November 2012

hey can u tell me whats memory in sony xperia u .as i love that phone need detailed memory specifications

 

[Zangetsu]

Re: Mobile Buying Guide: November 2012

hey can u tell me whats memory in sony xperia u .as i love that phone need detailed memory specifications

no memory card slot 8GB internal memory

more info here Sony Xperia U - Full phone specifications

 

[coderunknown]

Re: Mobile Buying Guide: November 2012

SoC MTK 6577 ARMv7 (Cortex-A9), 1 GHz dual-core
GPU PowerVR SGX 531

same Soc as Lava XOLO A700, Micromax A110, Micromax A90S & Spice Mi 500. Even the internal memory and ram is same but with smaller display.

Hope u will include the Lenovo phones, on ur Dec buying guide.

once a few more online shop start selling/preorder. currently only available at indiaplaza. and it is not a monthly guide, when new mobiles (with price) appear, i add them. new month bring in changes in format.

hey can u tell me whats memory in sony xperia u .as i love that phone need detailed memory specifications

4+2GB. 4GB accessible to user. 2GB for apps. rest ~1.5GB or so is taken up by system + cache.

 

[Shibadip]

Re: Mobile Buying Guide: November 2012

hey can u tell me whats memory in sony xperia u .as i love that phone need detailed memory specifications

total Memory 8GB (internal, and no external card Slot)
Out of that 4GB is for files, and 2GB is for Apps. Other 2GB is non usable, and is utilized by the OS, and other stuffs.

same Soc as Lava XOLO A700, Micromax A110, Micromax A90S & Spice Mi 500. Even the internal memory and ram is same but with smaller display.

Ok, But it has a 2500 mah Battery.. and tells that it has Talktime of 22 hours, and Standby time of 13 days..
Now, I am certainly not expecting it to last that longer, But it will certainly hold up longer than others.

What Do u suggest??, Ahould I go with this phone??

and it is not a monthly guide, when new mobiles (with price) appear, i add them. new month bring in changes in format.

That's great man.. Surely takes great effort, and deserves a lot Of appreciation!! Kudos to u!!

 

[coderunknown]

Re: Mobile Buying Guide: November 2012

Ok, But it has a 2500 mah Battery.. and tells that it has Talktime of 22 hours, and Standby time of 13 days..
Now, I am certainly not expecting it to last that longer, But it will certainly hold up longer than others.

What Do u suggest??, Ahould I go with this phone??

Lets wait for it to get review by PhoneArena or Gogi. Build quality mayn't be that much better but if paying more means better service, that will be worth it.

That's great man.. Surely takes great effort, and deserves a lot Of appreciation!! Kudos to u!!

thanks

 

[NoasArcAngel]

Re: Mobile Buying Guide: November 2012

Scorpion > Cortex A5. A5 is a weak processor and packs an equally weak GPU. Same story in dualcore variant.

iphone 4s used the same processor.

Sam bro you are doing a great job really.

Buddy, I think U r asking about the Cortex A5 dual core for Karbonn A9+. But as @Sam said, it's a weak processor, and have a equally weak GPU. In that case I will suggest u to go for Karbonn A18. It has a good processor and a good GPU as well.

Am back, buddy, and still am on the verge of buying a phone.
I u may remember, I had my eye On Lenovo phones which were unveiled a few days ago.. and now the price hav also been declared.
Out of that lot, I am very impressed by Lenovo P700 - Full phone specifications which has been priced at 12500/- only..

Now please help me out about how good the under-mentioned processor and GPU is??

SoC MTK 6577 ARMv7 (Cortex-A9), 1 GHz dual-core
GPU PowerVR SGX 531

Hope u will include the Lenovo phones, on ur Dec buying guide.

even i am stuck.... was thinking bout lenovo . or samsung...

this also makes an interesting read :*www.anandtech.com/show/4215/apple-ipad-2-benchmarked-dualcore-cortex-a9-powervr-sgx-543mp2/2 [ for cpu only ]

 

[Hrishi]

Re: Mobile Buying Guide: November 2012

Isn't the power vr sgx 531 gpu too weak and old ??? Mmx recent phablet still uses that.

 

[coderunknown]

Re: Mobile Buying Guide: November 2012

Isn't the power vr sgx 531 gpu too weak and old ??? Mmx recent phablet still uses that.

531 is old and weak but the resolution has more or less stayed the same on mobiles.
531 ultra = 531 overclocked so they named it so.

iphone 4s used the same processor.

NO. Apple Ax is apple's naming scheme and is not related to ARM naming scheme as there is no ARM Cortex A6. Apple A5 is based on ARM Cortex A9.

Sam bro you are doing a great job really.

even i am stuck.... was thinking bout lenovo . or samsung...

samsung still use the ancient ARM11 cores and not Cortex A5. Not only will this make a lot of apps incompatible, DEVs are having hard time making camera & video work on new Android.

 

[Shibadip]

Re: Mobile Buying Guide: November 2012

531 is old and weak but the resolution has more or less stayed the same on mobiles.

Can u please explain more of the above statement..
also, one of my friend was asking me about the "nm" score of the MTK 6577 ARMv7 (Cortex-A9), 1 GHz dual-core processor, and I couldn't reply him with it.. Can u help me out here..

 

[coderunknown]

Re: Mobile Buying Guide: November 2012

SGX531 should perform more or less like Adreno 205 (Qualcomm Scorpion). Maybe slightly better but that depends. Now most mobiles packing the Adreno 205 (Sony Xperia V, L, Ray, Arc, etc) boost the same FWVGA (480X854) resolution as A110. And considering those mobiles still cost 15k+ you are getting more graphics power for lesser price. And if Adreno 205 can handle FWVGA resolution just fine, so can SGX531. Had A110 pack HD display then 531 most likely will fail and cause slowdown.

also, one of my friend was asking me about the "nm" score of the MTK 6577 ARMv7 (Cortex-A9), 1 GHz dual-core processor, and I couldn't reply him with it.. Can u help me out here..

Chipset	Processing Core	NO of Cores	Instruction Set	Manufacturing Node
MediaTek MT6577	ARM Cortex A9	2	ARM v7	65nm

65nm. And it is not a score, it is the manufacturing process. Size of the smallest transistor used in making the processor. smaller process (32nm, 28nm) will require less power to operate and can hit higher frequency (Samsung's Exynos 4 is quad core yet require less power and run at 1.5Ghz+ on all 4 cores) but need a huge funding in designing SoC with such small transistor.