Hunt For a New Cell Phone Begins! (Bought Samsung Galaxy Y)


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My hunt for a new cell phone purchase has begun and with so many gadget freaks out here, I cannot think of a better place to ask this than our forum itself. My budget is strictly limited to Rs.8,000 – Rs.10,000. The requirements includes voice clarity, decent camera and occasional internet surfing. I’m not too familiar with this market and still searching around. Not in a hurry either. Let the suggestions start flowing!

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Re: Hunt For a New Cell Phone Begins!

Currently, best is to take some Android phone. I think within 10K, some Samsung phone will come.
 
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Re: Hunt For a New Cell Phone Begins!

yes look at Galaxy 3. i think it fits under the budget. Mastersquall has this phone. He can give his views. can you extend the budget a bit more like by a few thousand?
 
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Re: Hunt For a New Cell Phone Begins!

Thanks, I'm still contemplating. Keep the views coming.

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  • QWERTY messenger bar
  • Quad-band GSM/EDGE
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  • 2.36" 256K-color QVGA display of excellent sunlight legibility
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  • Non-hot-swappable microSD card under the battery
  • Camera doesn’t have autofocus
  • Poor video recording
  • Low-res screen isn’t very good for browsing
  • No native Twitter and MySpace clients
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  • Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support
  • Tri-band 3G with 10.2 Mbps HSDPA and 2 Mbps HSUPA support
  • 3.2" 16M-color TFT LCD resistive touchscreen of 640 x 360 pixel resolution
  • 5 megapixel fixed-focus camera and VGA video @ 15fps recording; geotagging
  • Symbian S60 OS
  • 600 MHz ARM 11 CPU and 128 MB RAM
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g; UPnP
  • GPS receiver with A-GPS support and free lifetime voice-guided navigation; free city guides and traffic information
  • Digital compass
  • 40MB on-board storage, microSD expandable up to 16GB; 2GB card included
  • Built-in accelerometer
  • Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
  • Stereo FM Radio with RDS
  • microUSB port (charging)
  • Flash and Java support in the web browser
  • Stereo Bluetooth 2.0
  • Very good audio quality
  • Voice commands
Main disadvantages


  • Symbian S60 hasn’t aged well
  • Relatively limited 3rd party software availability
  • Screen has poor viewing angles and behaves badly in the sun
  • The camera is a fixed-focus unit with no flash, shutter key or lens protection
  • No office document editing (without a paid upgrade); No PDF viewer
  • No proximity and ambient light sensors
  • No DivX or XviD video support out of the box
  • No video-call camera
  • No smart dialing
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  • 2.46" 65K-color TFT landscape display of QVGA resolution
  • Comfortable four-row full QWERTY keyboard
  • Quad-band GSM support, Wi-Fi connectivity
  • 2 megapixel camera with fixed focus
  • 512MHz CPU
  • BlackBerry OS v4.6 with responsive trackpad navigation
  • Hot-swappable microSD card slot (up to 16GB)
  • 3.5 mm audio jack
  • Decent audio quality
  • Nice web browser
  • Office document editor
  • Smart dialing
  • Dedicated music keys
  • DivX and XviD video support
Main disadvantages


  • Many features are unusable without a BlackBerry Internet Service account (plan)
  • BlackBerry OS offers basic text-only submenus
  • Mediocre camera performance and features
  • No FM radio
  • No 3G support
  • No TV-out functionality
  • Music keys are stiff and unresponsive
  • No built-in GPS receiver
  • Back panel is a fingerprint magnet
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  • 2.8" 256K-color TFT capacitive touchscreen of QVGA (240 x 320 pixels) resolution
  • Full four-row QWERTY keyboard
  • ARMv6 800MHz CPU, 270MB RAM, 180MB of user-available storage
  • Android 2.2.2 (Froyo) with TouchWiz 3.0 UI
  • Quad-band GSM and dual-band 3G support
  • 7.2 Mbps HSDPA
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 b, g, n with hotspot functionality
  • GPS with A-GPS connectivity; digital compass
  • 3.15 MP autofocus camera
  • QVGA video recording @30fps
  • microUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v3.0
  • microSD slot (up to 32GB, 2GB in box)
  • Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
  • Accelerometer and proximity sensor
  • Document viewer out of the box, paid editing
  • Stereo FM radio with RDS
  • Light and compact
  • Smart dialing
Main disadvantages


  • The QVGA screen looks bad and limits the choice of apps
  • Portrait homescreen ported to landscape takes some time getting used to
  • QVGA-only video recording
  • No shutter key
  • No Adobe Flash support in the browser
  • No secondary video-call camera
  • No ambient light sensor
  • No dedicated video player app
  • No multi-touch
  • Android 2.2 Froyo, instead of latest Android 2.3 Gingerbread
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Key features


  • Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support
  • 3G with 7.2 Mbps HSDPA
  • Android OS v2.1 (Éclair) with Sense UI
  • 3.2" capacitive touchscreen of QVGA resolution
  • Multi-touch support
  • Qualcomm MSM 7225 528 MHz CPU, 384 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
  • 5 megapixel auto-focus camera with LED flash and touch focus
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g and GPS receiver
  • Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
  • Turn-to-mute, lift-to-tone-down
  • Proximity sensor
  • Smart dialing
  • Standard miniUSB port for charging and data
  • Bluetooth with A2DP, file transfers
  • microSD card slot, a 2GB card in the box
  • Standard 3.5mm audio jack
  • Social network integration: Facebook, Twitter and Flickr through Friend Stream
  • Flash-enabled browser
  • Direct access to the official Android repository
  • Stereo FM radio with RDS
Main disadvantages


  • Poor screen image quality, QVGA doesn’t do Android OS and the display size justice
  • No video-call camera or videocalling whatsoever
  • CIF@15fps video recording (352 x 288 pixels) is below par
  • No voice dialing
  • No DivX or XviD video support out of the box
  • No TV-out port
 
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Re: Hunt For a New Cell Phone Begins!

Do you want a touchscreen or a qwerty?

And as for a touchscreen, what is the bare minimum screen size you want?
 
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Re: Hunt For a New Cell Phone Begins!

Go for Galaxy3. Its really good for internet usage. The only disadvantage is that the camera doesnt have flash [frustration].
 
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Re: Hunt For a New Cell Phone Begins!

The Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 is worth checking out. It comes with the Android 1.6 but can be upgraded to the 2.1 version.

The Android OS should take care of most of your needs and the camera on the Sony Ericsson phones are pretty decent ones.

Keep us posted [thinking]
 
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Re: Hunt For a New Cell Phone Begins!

A bit unfamiliar with, but I recently found out Sony Ericsson Equinox (TM 717) priced at around 2,400/-
Just google it and I hope you'll like it.
 
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Re: Hunt For a New Cell Phone Begins!

I did check Equinox but I'm thinking to avoid flap and touch-screen type phones. Haven't researched much though. How's entry level BlackBerry?

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