The Complete Smartphone Buyer's Guide

[coderunknown]

re: Mobile Reference Guide: July 2012

but it may lack a GPU. doesn't mention of any GPU being in the package. better deal if found at ~5k

 

[Skyh3ck]

re: Mobile Reference Guide: July 2012

Thanks for reply. will check if it is available for 5k or below

 

[aditya113]

Re: Mobile buyers guide

FROM 15-20K:

Things to look for under this budget:

• 1Ghz processor
• HD video recording
• 3.5-4" display

Android Smartphone:

Mobile | Operating System | Weight | Display | Resolution | Protection | Camera | Video | Videocall Camera | Processor | GPU | Ram | Internal Memory Sony Xperia U | Android 2.3 | 110g | 3.5" LED-backlit LCD | 480X854 | Scratch-resistant glass | 5 + LED | 720p | YES | STE NovaThor U8500 1Ghz dual core | ARM Mali 400 | 512MB | 4GB
Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V | Android 4.0 | 126g | 3.7" LED-backlit LCD | 480X854 | Scratch-resistant glass | 5 + LED | 720p | YES | Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon 1Ghz | Adreno 205 | 512MB | 320MB
Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray | Android 4.0 | 100g | 3.3" LED-backlit LCD | 480X854 | Scratch-resistant glass | 8 + LED | 720p | YES | Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon 1Ghz | Adreno 205 | 512MB | 300MB
Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro | Android 4.0 | 142g | 3.7" LED-backlit LCD | 480X854 | Scratch-resistant glass | 8 + LED | 720p | YES | Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon 1Ghz | Adreno 205 | 512MB | 320MB
Sony Xperia Sola | Android 2.3 | 107g | 3.7" LED-backlit LCD | 480X854 | Scratch-resistant glass | 5 + LED | 720p | NO | STE NovaThor U8500 1Ghz dual core | ARM Mali 400 | 512MB | 5GB
Motorola DEFY XT | Android 2.3 | 115g | 3.7" | 480X854 | Gorilla Glass | 5 + LED | 480p | YES | Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227A 1Ghz | Adreno 200 | 512MB | 1GB
LG Optimus Sol | Android 2.3 | 110g | 3.8" Ultra AMOLED | 480X800 | Gorilla Glass | 5 | 720p | VGA | Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon 1Ghz | Adreno 205 | 512MB | 1GB
LG Optimus L7 P705 | Android 4.0 | 122g | 4.3" IPS LCD | 480X800 | Gorilla Glass | 5 + LED | 480p | YES | Qualcomm MSM7227A Snapdragon S1 1Ghz | Adreno 200 | 512MB | 2.4GB
HTC One V | Android 4.0 | 115g | 3.7" | 480X800 | NA | 5 + LED | 720p | NO | Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8255 1Ghz | Adreno 205 | 512MB | 4GB
Samsung Galaxy S Plus | Android 2.3 | 119g | 4" Super AMOLED | 480X800 | Gorilla Glass | 5 | 720p | YES | Qualcomm MSM8255T Snapdragon 1.4Ghz | Adreno 205 | 512MB | 8GB
Huawei Honor | Android 4.0 | 140g | 4" | 480X854 | NA | 8 + LED | 720p | YES | Qualcomm MSM8255T Snapdragon 1.4Ghz | Adreno 205 | 512MB | 1GB

NON-Android Smartphone:

Mobile | Operating System | Weight | Display | Resolution | Touchscreen/QWERTY | Camera | Video | Videocall Camera | Processor | GPU | Ram HTC Radar | Windows Phone 7.5 | 137g | 3.8" S-LCD | 480X800 | Touchscreen | 5 + LED | 720p | YES | Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon 1Ghz | Adreno 205 | 512MB
Nokia E6 | Symbian Belle OS | 133g | 2.5" | 640X480 | Touchscreen + QWERTY | 8 + LED | 720p | YES | ARM11 680Mhz | Broadcom BCM2763 | 256MB
Nokia 701 | Symbian Belle OS | 131g | 3.5" LED-backlit IPS | 360X640 | Touchscreen | 8 + LED | 720p | YES | ARM11 1Ghz | Broadcom BCM2763 | 512MB
BlackBerry Curve 9360 | BlackBerry OS 7.0 | 99g | 2.4" | 480X360 | QWERTY | 5 + LED | 480p | NO | Marvell PXA940 800Mhz | NA | 512MB
BlackBerry Curve 9380 | BlackBerry OS 7.0 | 98g | 3.2" | 360X480 | Touchscreen | 5 + LED | 480p | NO | Marvell PXA930 806Mhz | NA | 512MB
BlackBerry Torch 9860 | BlackBerry OS 7.0 | 135g | 3.7" | 480X800 | Touchscreen | 5 | 720p | NO | Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8255T 1.2Ghz | Adreno 205 | 768MB

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FROM 20-25K:

Things to look for under this budget:

• Dual Core processor
• 4” or bigger screen
• Android 2.3/WP7.5
• 1080p video recording

Android Smartphone:

Mobile | Operating System | Weight | Display | Resolution | Camera | Video | Videocall Camera | Processor | GPU | Ram | Internal Memory HTC Sensation | Android 2.3 | 148g | 4.3" S-LCD | 540X960 | 8 + LED | 1080p | YES | Qualcomm MSM8260 Snapdragon Dual Core 1.2Ghz | Adreno 220 | 768MB | 1GB
Sony Xperia P | Android 2.3 | 120g | 4" LED-backlit LCD | 540X960 | 8 + LED | 1080p | YES | STE NovaThor U8500 1Ghz dual core | ARM Mali 400 | 1GB | 13GB
Motorola Atrix 2 | Android 2.3 | 147g | 4.3" | 540 x 960 | 8 + LED | 1080p | YES | TI OMAP 4430 1Ghz dual core | PowerVR SGX540 | 1GB | 4.5GB

NON-Android Smartphone:

Mobile | Operating System | Weight | Display | Resolution | Touchscreen/QWERTY | Camera | Video | Videocall Camera | Processor | GPU | Ram Nokia Lumia 800 | Windows Phone 7.5 | 142g | 3.7" AMOLED | 480X800 | Touchscreen | 8 + LED | 720p | NO | Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon 1.4Ghz | Adreno 205 | 512MB
BlackBerry Bold 9790 | BlackBerry OS 7.0 | 107g | 2.4" | 480X360 | Touchscreen + QWERTY | 5 + LED | 480p | NO | Marvell PXA930 1Ghz | NA | 768MB

hello sam ! pls help me choose an android phone. my priorities include a good camera,fast browsing,plenty of space for apps and games.my budget is 10-15k but i can pitch in moe if i get all d features i want.pls help

 

[Zangetsu]

re: Mobile Reference Guide: July 2012

Sam: the HTC One V has screen protection or not..coz they show it as NA in most of the sites?

 

[coderunknown]

re: Mobile Reference Guide: July 2012

According to HTC it has some protection. According to most sites, no. But pdadb again lists as having gorilla glass. not sure so skipped it.

 

[aroraanant]

Re: Mobile buyers guide

hello sam ! pls help me choose an android phone. my priorities include a good camera,fast browsing,plenty of space for apps and games.my budget is 10-15k but i can pitch in moe if i get all d features i want.pls help

You can get Desire S for16k, if you can find one somewhere online coz you won't get that in local market.
Or can have a look at the following:
HTC Rhyme
HTC One V
Neo V

 

[Saaby]

Re: Mobile Reference Guide: July 2012

Help me which one should i buy? which is better among sony xperia s and htc one x? im confused... i want the best (not any hypes or sgs3 or iphone).
i see the hardware of htc one x is better than xperia s. what about the music quality, camera and battery capacity?

 

[Arnab boss]

Re: Mobile Reference Guide: July 2012

guys has samsung discontinued the galaxy y pro duos model..!! i went to buy it @ mobile store the guy told me it has been discontd and only galaxy y duos is available reason is not selling well due to small screen..!!!

i need a qwerty and touch with dual sim with 3g and other multimedia stuffs within 10k..!!!
any other options..!!

 

[coderunknown]

maybe yes. Galaxy Chat will replace it.

 

[coderunknown]

re: Mobile Buying Guide: September 2012

thread renamed to The 1-STOP Mobile Buying Guide: August 2012

UPDATE:
added a lot of extra stuff to each section
SOC guide
best buy mobiles

 

[daksh]

re: Mobile Buying Guide: September 2012

Amazing, truly amazing work

 

[damien66]

re: Mobile Buying Guide: September 2012

I am curious, why have the Spice Mi-425 & Karbonn A9 not been mentioned in the 5000-10000 segment. They seem pretty good choices for that price-point.

 

[coderunknown]

re: Mobile Buying Guide: September 2012

rule no.1

Any mobile that is rebranded and sold through a local brand is excluded even if the same is manufactured by International company.

if i include karbon and spice i'll have to include micromax, lava, iball, etc. So simply excluding any and all local brands.

 

[cacklebolt]

re: Mobile Buying Guide: September 2012

correction sam...
samsung wave y resolution is 240x400(odd)

sorry sam..my wrong..wave does hv 320x480 res.

 

[coderunknown]

re: Mobile Buying Guide: September 2012

VB update caused tables to be disabled. guides won't be available till i fix them.

 

[choudang]

re: Mobile Buying Guide: September 2012

xperia updated to ICS 4.0.

 

[Richie Rich]

re: Mobile Buying Guide: September 2012

Is there any news of upcoming phones in the budget of under 25k.

 

[coderunknown]

re: Mobile Buying Guide: September 2012

price cut on Xperia S & One S. Also there is LG Optimus L9 but highly underpowered hardware. no idea of additional launches from Samsung, Sony or HTC.

 

[Richie Rich]

re: Mobile Buying Guide: September 2012

when we can expect price cut of One S and Xperia S.

 

[coderunknown]

re: Mobile Buying Guide: September 2012

One S already received a massive 5k pricecut and now both cost 27-28k. Xperia S may get a further pricecut if Ion's price come close to 32k. Current selling for 36k or so.