Re: Android Thread: Phones / Apps / Mods Quote:
Originally Posted by S_U_N @noopster: Read this today, else I would have suggested Stellar Photo Recovery
I have tried Recuva and several other tools on an Xperia Ray where photos went missing after an accidental delete all operation. In that case, the phone was used quite a bit before recovery was attempted.
Stellar was the only one which got everything back.
Good phone in a small size with an awesome camera (typical of Sony).
But the phone gets hot (not warm) due to the slim size. That's even without data enabled.
What's your experience so far? |
Thats true, it does seem to get warmer than other phones. That seems to be happening more when playing games or HD vids. I wonder if it will affect its life, esp. for people who use it a lot of these purposes.
Well, as for my experience, as mentioned earlier, texting on stock keypad is madness. With Swiftkey, its livable. For browsing too, the screen feels a tad small despite the resolution, as even though very small text is quite sharp, its not comfortable to read such small text, and you will end up using pinch-to-zoom all the time, and hence scrolling more. Note that since resolution is same as say Neo V (3.7") on the smaller (3.3") screen, technically, the same amount of info should be displayed on the screen. Problem is just that its a tad too small to read comfortably. As for games, they get more difficult to control on the small screen, so its not the best experience. However the phone plays everything without lag, including flash heavy pages and flash vids in webpages. HD vids are very nice to watch on the near-retina display and here you'll probably just forget about the screen size. Battery back up seems above average for an Android (I'm still on GB). Touch response leaves a bit to be desired though. It seems to not register touches often. Wonder if that thats a software issue (I have reason to suspect that). The phone just screams for a slightly larger screen... at least 3.5", if not 3'7". If it had that, I'd call it the best option at its price. Quote:
Originally Posted by chevelle I am sure there are many other better alternatives but we were handicapped by just the Samsung name. I haven't followed recent mid-budget phone attack in India so i am unaware of what's going on. But since its done and dusted, i am looking at bigger picture some 6 months down the lane.
BTW, do enlighten me what other good options are there in rs. 12500 range. i am sure many of my friends and relatives would be searching for one in this range. I can guide them accordingly. thanks |
Around that range, ie. a bit above and below it, you could consider the Xperia Neo V, Xperia Ray, HTC Desire S, Moto Defy plus (worst cam in its range), LG Optimus Net, Optimus Hub, HTC Explorer. Each have their strong and weak points, but all offer better value for your money than Samsung's offerings. Couple new offerings are also out from SE and LG and maybe others too... not taken a look at those yet. And its not like Samsung's phones are any more reliable or durable than these options. Despite this Samsung is able to overprice its poor under-specced handsets at least in India. Brand perception, I guess.
Last edited by Raccoon : 8th May 2012 at 15:48.
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