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Buy Android only if your parents are tech savy. Parents get irritated with less than a day battery life. :)

In case it has to be between the three then my experience with HTC is better than Samsung.

Yes, all android phones are Skype capable.
Get a cheap android phone.
I would advise you to buy one from India.

I have a Spice Android phone which cost me o ly 3900 Rupees. HVGA screen and snappy enough for most apps

Will do just that. Thank you.

Although, Skype claims that their app is compatible with Nokia N81(my spare phone), but it crashes every time I try opening it. Might be worth doing a factory reset or firmware reload before I spend 4k on another.

Why not use a second hand E71 or maybe a friend can give it away- it will have skype video calling also. Voice should work on most, but I would not advise you to buy before research on xda-developers.

partly true - Most run Skype, but the cheap ones don't do video calling. Check up the exact specs but i think Skype video calls don't happen on ARMv6/v7 or such phones. On the chacha, skype crashes on even trying video Even on my Defy, it is erratic. Of course, his need is voice, but what's the harm if it does video too? :)

I've just given my N81 for a firmware reload. Will try an E71 if my N81 doesn't cut it. Thank you.

I use a laptop when I want to video chat. I've never liked the video chat experience on any smart phone.

i am not married to android ! i saw the the lumia 510 today. It has a great screen and a wonderful touch screen but the major con was that it doesnt support bluetooth file transfer. This is one thing my mom would need all the time. Otherwise its a great phone no doubt.

I heard that 7.8 update will have this function? not sure how true. has anyone got more info on this?

Yes, It is HUGE but much better than Note 1, I was of the same opinion on screen size as you until I really started using my Android phone, more screen real estate definitely helps, ofcourse it should be comfortable as a phone too & that's where it fails. The reason why its in consideration is because it would cost just $70 more over the Nexus 4 & S3 costs $30 less & hence the whole confusion. Ofcourse these are contract prices for Note 2 & S3 & oh btw I think I can get an S2 for free which is somewhat tempting too :p

Nah, its on Verizon, I am not on Verizon & have no intention to switch to them.

True, my HTC Glacier sucked in doing Skype calls even with what was a good hardware(1GHz proc, 768 RAM) 2 years back on 2.2, it was post 2.3 & a an app update post that, that it started working somewhat better.

The day i bought my iPhone, i had 3G from the first moment. At home wifi was always available. I never felt the need for bluetooth for file transfer as email and whatsapp do the job perfectly. I only use bluetooth for the headset.
I don't think it is a deal breaker for most , otherwise iPhone & lumia wouldn't be selling.

4 years back i would have said how can one live without bluetooth.

Need some help folks, I'm planning on buying a new phone, have shortlisted the below:-
1) Iphone 5
2) Iphone 4s.
3) Google LG nexus 4.
4) Samsung S3.
5) HTC Windows 8X.

Yes, the iphone 5 is the best, no doubt, but the most expensive as well. So unless it is absolutely required, I would rather not spend that kind of money.
Just to give you a background on my past experiences, I bought one of the first Android phones- A Sony ericsson xperia and had a horrid time. The phone had so many issues, mother board was replaced and the phone was in the service center for 4-5 months out of the 1.5yrs that i owned it. I finally let it go, replacing it with a samung Galaxy ace. The Galaxy ace is not a great phone, but I didnt have options and I figured that I didnt want to spend too much on an android device again considering what I had been thru.
Anyways, things have become better with android 4.0 now and I was thinking of moving to a much better phone. But at the same time I'm also very apprehenisve about the whole experience since Android devices dont seem to be trouble free. I'm not a huge gadget freak, use the phone primarily for personal calls, browsing and some basic apps.{ I carry a BB for official emails and phone calls}.
I was actually quite excited by the reviews of windows 8 devices, but I was wondering if it is the right move considering that every one is on an android or an apple. Windows seems like a big risk.
To me the 4S seems the safest bet, not so expensive, proven, reliable. But at 38.5k, it is just 7k cheaper than the 5.
I read reviews about the nexus 4 and it seems reasonably ok and i think it might be priced around 26-28k in India and seems like a good deal when compared to the 4s or 5.
Need your suggestions.

Get the 4s, thats the safest for you going by the bold bit.

Also, which xperia did yo buy?

my only issue about the 4s is that its priced too close to the 5, thus making the newer 5 a much better deal.

I had the sony ericsson xperia X10 I and it was the worst phone ever!
I swore by sony ericsson phones until then, now not going to touch them ever again.

Anyways, what do you think about the windows 8 phones? HTC has them under 20k. My wife / brother are all on Android / Apple, so do you think windows 8 supports most apps that are available in android / apple? T-BHP App is not available on windows as well, right?

I cannot bring myself to recommend wp, mostly because I don't like nokias.
If you're comfortable, then get the ip5 by all means.

I think you must have kept your x10 stock.
I used the same for 2 years, and only stopped as I moved up to the ion.
No problems ever, whatsoever.

omnia W is a brilliant phone (some 15k few months back).

wait for new wp8 phones (8x etc). i would recommend nokia. far better solid hardware than HTC (my phone took 2 warranty repairs). FWIW-HTC does a crap job of customizing software, as I have seen with the HTC chacha. I expect Nokia to integrate software much better.

I suggest you get Nexus 4. Why? 1) It saves you some money. 2) You say you're a gadget freak, so it's a more of a gadget that iPhone any day (according to me). 3) It'll get Android updates for next 2 years at least. And Nexus will get immense community support in the future. 4) It's, as of this moment, the fastest phone.

I've lost my faith in Apple ever since the great turtleneck-wearing-geek walked past the pearly gates. Horrible, amateurish mistakes in their iOS 6 updates.

Just waiting for the official release of LG Nexus 4.