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| ![]() Thad, http://www.flipkart.com/htc-desire-8...BEFQEAUXNYFYRC the old 816 is good enough. You need more RAM first. 1.5 GB > 1 GB esp for sense like ROMs that are rich in feel but consequently heavy. |
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| ![]() How about Sony? I have been fancying Sony Xperia for some time, because of the use-in-the-rain thing. Would the Xperia ZR be a good buy at just under 20K? Or the Z1-Compact at about 30K? Another thing is she doesn't want to go bigger than 4 or 4-point something inches, and she also prefers light-weight. 20K, even, is a lot to spend on a phone, and an awful lot to spend on something that might get dropped down a drain ![]() <corssposted: thanks phamilyman> Latest model is not a requirement, for either of us. Last edited by Thad E Ginathom : 22nd November 2014 at 23:49. |
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Team-BHP Support ![]() ![]() | ![]() I have been using the ZR for almost 2 years. Amazing phone at a very good price. There have been reports about it getting heated, with workloads. I am not an on-line streaming person. Hence cant comment on that. (Though I do notice occasional heating). For personal and official requirements it works perfectly well. And the camera is a gem. |
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Then you have the cheaper 820q @ 20K as an option as well. | |
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| ![]() Thanks ampere and Vid6639. By the way, is Nokia/Lumia ruled out? I certainly wouldn't want a Windows phone, but I'm not Mrs G! 820 v 820Q v 816... |
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Team-BHP Support ![]() ![]() | ![]() Lumia will prove to be more hardy and applications, which sometimes hang up on Android will work flawlessly on Lumia. I do not seem to find any update on MX Player. There was some codev version, but after installing, I don't even see it. |
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![]() This rain stuff is a good to have. Except you shouldnt abuse it. A friend got addicted to taking photos on the beach with his Xperia Z and one day he tried it out in a swimming pool and the damn thing just gave up because the seals had become loose. | ||
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Infractions: 0/2 (8) | ![]() Finally, I have figured out how to get good battery backup with Lollipop on my Nexus 5. My phone lasted a full day and half with 3 hrs of screen on time. Location is set to device only. WiFi scanning is set to OFF Disabled Google Fit app But if you use the camera a lot , make sure that remember location is set to OFF or switch the location mode to Battery saving before using the camera. |
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| ![]() My wife's htc I think Desire) is now 1-3/4 years old and is on Gingerbread. I am sure I will have to upgrade it soon. I will be looking for a mid-range mid size phone. |
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BHPian Join Date: May 2008 Location: Bangalore
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Super smooth phone. Wife was using iPhone 3GS for about 5 years and this was an excellent jump. I am still stuck to Galaxy S2 so its a bit hard to put the Spice phone down for me too. Thanks to both for your reviews on the device. Will be buying another one for my mom soon (and perhaps one more for my cousin). Cheers! P | ||
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Mrs G has a Nokia contact who owes a favour, so discount should be available, but that contact could probably swing an extra discount on other brands too, so it doesn't clinch it. Quote:
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Why not Redmi? Hmmm.... How's the camera? Last edited by Thad E Ginathom : 23rd November 2014 at 15:56. | |||
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Thad, the Redmi 1s has an OK camera, not great. Low light shots are poor.Given that you want a phone with decent camera,you should look at other phones. Last edited by hellmet : 23rd November 2014 at 21:22. | |
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| ![]() Thanks. I think that Mrs G will want to take a lot of indoor, people pics. Has to do fairly decent mid-light, if not low-light, stuff. |
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BHPian Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Gandhidham
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| ![]() Do look at Asus Zenfone 5. Apart from a good phone it's pixel master camera, I had read, had good low light reviews, just the battery issue of one day on average use. |
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Newbie ![]() Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Mumbai
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![]() BTW, me and my friend found a few bugs with the 5.0 ourselves. 1. The 'pin' an app feature sometimes is reluctant to unpin the app. The phone has to be restarted to make it right. 2. While connected to WiFi if you move out of the zone, the mobile data doesn't turn on automatically. We had to put the phone to the air plane mode and back to get this sorted. Again, these issues were faced on one of the handsets. Mine, I have no problems yet. | |
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