Originally Posted by extreme_torque (Post 3154744)

OK so this is how it works. Samsung is giving dealers 7 thousand rupees off on the price. The rest three thousand comes from the phone that you are going to exchange. If the phone dealer thinks your phone is worth 3k's used, he will take it else he won't. My friend owns a mobile shop and this information comes from him.

Originally Posted by akshaymahajan (Post 3155262)

The phone is available without exchange for 27xxx online. So the complicated exchange offer just doesnt make sense. Here are the details I found on some site

Originally Posted by amansanc (Post 3155235)

I loved the looks of Nokia Lumia 520 but don't know how good is the phone. I even saw the Blackberry 9220 but just didn't seem to like it. Any help regarding this matter would be highly appreciated.

Originally Posted by arup.misra (Post 3158364)

My wife is using the Lumia 520. Very capable phone. Standard social apps all available at windows market place. Havent tried any of the games. Phone is good no apps lags despite the lower 512MB RAM. Decent battery life. Will last you through a day and a half easily with 3G / Wifi, calling, music and occasional maps. Maps are a good feature it worls without the need for internet.

Hope this helps

Originally Posted by shankar.balan (Post 2814529)

Quick Query to the Gurus here!

For me a phone has to be good at the following:
1. Calls
2. SMS
3. WhatsApp etc
4. An excellent point and shoot Camera is a necessity for me
5. Email (for personal and office) - but some small time lag here is perfectly fine -I will never buy a BB because I hate them as a concept.
6. A few apps here and there - news etc for example
7. Sat Nav capability with constant map updates and turn by turn voice guidance

I find that my one and a half year old Nokia N8 does all these jobs admirably. When supported by a 3.5 to 4G network as I discovered recently on a trip abroad, it works amazingly well compared to my India 2G network.

Given all of the above, do you think it makes sense for me to consider buying the brand new Nokia 808 which operates on Symbian Belle despite the fact that Nokia has come out with Windows Lumia phones and there are other excellent technologies like the iPhone etc available?

Originally Posted by inder_s1 (Post 2815936)

You want a replacement for point and shoot ? If you read the blogs , 808 is being compared to High end DSLRs like Canon MKIII which costs $4300 with lens.

Originally Posted by Oxy (Post 3161748)

I have the exact same usage pattern. I did try Android, found it alright, not really great. Battery drain on my current droid is a serious issue.

And I too am a recent Apple convert (IPad Mini). Now that my mother in law needs a new phone, I am planning to pass my current droid to her and buy a new phone for myself.

Does the Nokia 808 make sense even now? How has your experience been? Would really appreciate a feedback.

Originally Posted by gopinathann (Post 3156409)

Yes, the HD2 is still doing good for me except some touch screen issues and randomly gets restarted, have been using for 4 years, build quality is still great. I can use this as a test device to try different ROMs or give it to my kid for playing games. As per your advice we can get the Note 2 without exchange.

Yesterday I got an update that they are going to stop Note 2, probably the Note 3 is coming so they want to clear the inventory.

Originally Posted by gopinathann (Post 3164956)

Got the Note 2 today which is the last day for the offer. Went to Poorvika and exchanged my HTC HD2 (installed WP7 2 days back as it was originally windows). They verified it and accepted and got the cash back of 10K, and used the HDFC card for 6 months EMI without interest. There was no piece available in any of the store and waited for 1 hour to get it from other stores at last, couldn't get white and left with grey.