Hi,
I've been searching for a smart phone for my girlfriend, used and at a budget of £100. I was thinking the beat value for money would be to go the HTC sensation or the S2 route. Mostly used for browsing and video calling. Any suggestions?
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I would go with the s2 over the sensation.
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Da Kine said:
I would go with the s2 over the sensation.
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Thanks for the reply - how come?
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ive had both mate and the s2 wins hands down nicer screen better battery and is just generally faster, but my htc sensation did come with some beats by dre ear phones and they are awesome
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Hey guys I'm looking to get a new phone I'm trying to pick between the sansation the galaxy s2 and the evo 3d what do you guys think? I like putting on roms as well so please take that into consideration thanks the input
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Hey guys I'm looking to get a new phone I'm trying to pick between the sansation the galaxy s2 and the evo 3d what do you guys think? I like putting on roms as well so please take that into consideration thanks the input
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Do your research, determine what it is YOU want from a phone and make your decision based on that.
Every phone has it's good and bad points.
Asking your question in a Sensation forum is sure to bring a swag of "buy the sensation"
Buy what you want.
The Sensation ticks all the right boxes, so it is great for ME.
Happy purchasing.
A group called revolution.ip has a beta method to unlock the bootloader, so your need to try different ROM's can be satisfied with the Sensation.
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Hello everybody,
I will buying my first android very soon and my budget is of INR 25,000 = 451.811 USD = 358.611 EUR
The prices are to be considered for unlocked devices.
Requirements:-
I would prefer ICS on it. It won't matter wether it comes preloaded or an update would be available afterwards.
It should have a front facing camera as now it is a requirement for me.
If possible suggest dual core smartphones.
The back camera should be minimum of 5 Mega-pixel with flash.
I would also prefer such phones which have developer community support.
It is preferable to have phones of Sony, HTC or Samsung as I don't trust other companies much.
My List:-
Sony Xperia P
I have heard it is a good phone but it's battery life may be shorter & I have also heard that due to the new white pixel techonlogy of Sony battery life is not a big problem as it consumes less power.
HTC Sensation
It is great phone but it was released last year and I have heard so may issues relating to it such as Death grip, unresponsive touch screen, poor battery life, improper viewing angles.
Suggestions are welcome but please see to it that it meets my list of requirements.
Get a Samsung Galaxy S3.
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Shinydude100 said:
Get a Samsung Galaxy S3.
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Mate I have given my budget and in our country it is not available within that range.
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Mate I have given my budget and in our country it is not available within that range.
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Oh, I see. Can you post that amount in U.S. Dollars then? Lol
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Htc one S
You can go in for the HTC one S
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Oh, I see. Can you post that amount in U.S. Dollars then? Lol
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Sorry mate.
Post updated. Actually I use currency converter plugin that caused the problem while posting.
If that's the Indian rupee, $448 can get you a SGS3 if only it were available in India.. there's always buying it somewhere online and having it shipped to your country as an option.
If not, there's the Galaxy Nexus that I would recommend second.
I'd never recommend an HTC, due to in part that sense is nonsense. What's the point of going to a dev community with a sense phone if the #1 motif will be REMOVING Sense? Lol. I'd avoid HTC altogether. The beats by dre sound is a joke, just overpowered bass. Get Samsung, then combine it with voodoo sound.
Don't make the mistake of getting an SGSII though.
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What about the HTC One like was suggested? From everything I've read it looks amazing (great screen, great camera). Then again, idk of that falls into the price range either.
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If that's the Indian rupee, can get you a SGS3 if only it were available in India.. there's always buying it somewhere online and having it shipped to your country as an option.
If not, there's the Galaxy Nexus that I would recommend second.
I'd never recommend an HTC, due to in part that sense is nonsense. What's the point of going to a dev community with a sense phone if the #1 motif will be REMOVING Sense? Lol. I'd avoid HTC altogether. The beats by dre sound is a joke, just overpowered bass. Get Samsung, then combine it with voodoo sound.
Don't make the mistake of getting an SGSII though.
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Yeah, I also thought the same. What do you think about Xperia P as it meets most of my requirements.
Thanks for reply mate. +1
I'd take an Xperia P. sony is the best.
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What about the HTC One like was suggested? From everything I've read it looks amazing (great screen, great camera). Then again, idk of that falls into the price range either.
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You mean One S? In India it's available for above 25K and one V don't have secondary cam which is a requirement for me.
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I'd take an Xperia P. sony is the best.
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But would it have custom ROM's support?
Would you be able to afford the Galaxy Note? I would highly recommend it
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Would you be able to afford the Galaxy Note? I would highly recommend it
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The phone is nice mate but I find it's screen pretty big. A tablet would rather be a better choice then.
How about Sensation XE?
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Get a HTC One X
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The phone is nice mate but I find it's screen pretty big. A tablet would rather be a better choice then.
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The screen is daunting at first but you get used to it really quickly and wonder how you ever used anything smaller XD
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Get HTC one x mate!! Best phone I've ever held in my hand!
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sry dude but samsung galaxy/note series are the best devices with android ICS...
Think about it...
We are waiting for it for a long time. Mods, what are you waiting for?
The s4 ain't even being done don't get hopes high
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Why did you buy a S3 version ? There are a lot of better & cheaper phones out there.
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Why did you buy a S3 version ? There are a lot of better & cheaper phones out there.
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Dropped it raw lol
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Hi folks,
I know this is not the right forum to ask a question like this but I have been using my desire s for the past 1 Year and em feeling a lot intimate with it. recently my screen got cracked and so I plan on getting a new mobile, after a big walk around the forums I found HTC sensation and Galaxy s2 are the ones having a good feedback and also fits my budget. Now em in a duo of which one to select I like htc sense ui a lot but Samsung is well known for its source code release stuff (I'm a flashalcholic). Please suggest me a good mobile my budget is 400 to 450 usd (max 25000 INR)
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Hi folks,
I know this is not the right forum to ask a question like this but I have been using my desire s for the past 1 Year and em feeling a lot intimate with it. recently my screen got cracked and so I plan on getting a new mobile, after a big walk around the forums I found HTC sensation and Galaxy s2 are the ones having a good feedback and also fits my budget. Now em in a duo of which one to select I like htc sense ui a lot but Samsung is well known for its source code release stuff (I'm a flashalcholic). Please suggest me a good mobile my budget is 400 to 450 usd (max 25000 INR)
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If you are a flashaholic would you not be better off going for the Galaxy Nexus?
At this stage you would probably be better off getting a second hand Sensation or SII as long as it is in good condition, would be much cheaper.
s2 will be better then sensation, sensation battry really sucks!! AND my suggestion is XPERIA S!
Don't buy a sensation, buy a Sensation XE. Better battery, 1.5 GHz processor. The ROM's you flash will be the same though.
S2 is a wonderful and fast phone, but I personally don't like is design. It has 1.2 GHz....but I guess it's a little above your budget around 27k I presume..unless you get a nice deal.
Evo 3D and Xperia P are 25k in the market. Both are pretty awesome. Xperia P just looks so elegant though
Best of luck
Although I wanna know...how did you manage to break a gorilla glass display ?!?!
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If you are a flashaholic would you not be better off going for the Galaxy Nexus?
At this stage you would probably be better off getting a second hand Sensation or SII as long as it is in good condition, would be much cheaper.
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Galaxy Nexus isn't available 'officially' in India
But you can easily get one through eBay.
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Kavrocks said:
If you are a flashaholic would you not be better off going for the Galaxy Nexus?
At this stage you would probably be better off getting a second hand Sensation or SII as long as it is in good condition, would be much cheaper.
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I can grab sensation xe and s2 for around 24 k.. But dunno which has a very good dev community
Nexus is very much big for my hand that's why haven't got it into picture.
Since I have been using Desire S for the whole time Build quality and ui of s2 worries me a lot but it's development forums are more than just healthy compared to sensation xe so tooo confused on which one to select
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s2 will be better then sensation, sensation battry really sucks!! AND my suggestion is XPERIA S!
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Thanks for the suggestion dude but em not sure whether Xperia s has a very good dev community
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Don't buy a sensation, buy a Sensation XE. Better battery, 1.5 GHz processor. The ROM's you flash will be the same though.
S2 is a wonderful and fast phone, but I personally don't like is design. It has 1.2 GHz....but I guess it's a little above your budget around 27k I presume..unless you get a nice deal.
Evo 3D and Xperia P are 25k in the market. Both are pretty awesome. Xperia P just looks so elegant though
Best of luck
Although I wanna know...how did you manage to break a gorilla glass display ?!?!
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Galaxy Nexus isn't available 'officially' in India
But you can easily get one through eBay.
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You are also in the same mind set as mine build quality and the ui is the only thing that makes me lean towards sensation xe but htc is having a bad time releasing source codes so em a little bit worried as if after some 2 good years I will loose my help from dev community
I like Xperia P a lot but dunno how for their dev community is????
My colleague did a drop test of my gorilla glass and now em ended with a broken edge
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You are also in the same mind set as mine build quality and the ui is the only thing that makes me lean towards sensation xe but htc is having a bad time releasing source codes so em a little bit worried as if after some 2 good years I will loose my help from dev community
I like Xperia P a lot but dunno how for their dev community is????
My colleague did a drop test of my gorilla glass and now em ended with a broken edge
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Yeah, there is no better UI than Sense. And is just looks so good. If you get XE for 24k then is wonderful !
Although I'd like to point out that HTC of its really slow with updates. I got ICS mid easy through July. On top of that there was some problem in the update and I don't have a working Bluetooth and WiFi. You'll have to go to the service centre and install a 'solution' to get it fixed. This however hasn't happen to all XE's. Only to some unfortunate devices. (For more information on this check my thread about it on my profile...I don't want to troll too much here)
About Xperia P...Sony devices don't have rapid and consistent development as far as I know...my brother had Xperia Arc S and its kinda slow.
About the screen now I know what not to do I punch my wildfire even often :banghead:
Don't mind I'm travelling and I'm bored so I made this long
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Get another desire s, muhahaha
csakthikumar said:
Hi folks,
I know this is not the right forum to ask a question like this but I have been using my desire s for the past 1 Year and em feeling a lot intimate with it. recently my screen got cracked and so I plan on getting a new mobile, after a big walk around the forums I found HTC sensation and Galaxy s2 are the ones having a good feedback and also fits my budget. Now em in a duo of which one to select I like htc sense ui a lot but Samsung is well known for its source code release stuff (I'm a flashalcholic). Please suggest me a good mobile my budget is 400 to 450 usd (max 25000 INR)
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Hey, I had the desire s for just over a year too and I've just got the one S. I recommend it. Takes a while to get used to the super amoled screen but when you get used to it, it's a fantastic device. It's got a great size screen. 4.3 inch is much better than 3.7 and I think 4.8 is a bit too big. It's also the same size screen as the galaxy s2 and it's a super amoled display so you're getting the greatness of the sgs2 screen on an HTC. It's got a fantastic processor as well the snapdragon s4 is incredible powerful. im getting quadrant scores of about 5000 which is higher than the quad core one x! So get the one s and then you're staying within the HTC community. I've picked up the sgs2 and I just don't like the build quality of their phones. It's like they have expensive hardware chucked in plastic! Doesn't make sense to me and touch wiz is horrible, no problem if like you say you are a "flashoholic" I'm not sure if it's in your budget but it can't be too far off considering it's dual core and the s3 model is cheaper I think
He is right, I guess if you can manage getting One S at even 28k buy it blindly...I didn't recommend this because it's above 30k in the market.
Something I learnt is never by a flagship phone if you are after the next flagship phone is announced or out. I got Desire HD in august '11 and sensation was announced in September. One X was announced as soon as I bought my XE. They just ditch the older one and concentrate upgrading the newer.
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superkid said:
Get another desire s, muhahaha
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I would like to but need to consider alot for htc's release of updates.. Without dev community this phone is nothing
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Echo237 said:
He is right, I guess if you can manage getting One S at even 28k buy it blindly...I didn't recommend this because it's above 30k in the market.
Something I learnt is never by a flagship phone if you are after the next flagship phone is announced or out. I got Desire HD in august '11 and sensation was announced in September. One X was announced as soon as I bought my XE. They just ditch the older one and concentrate upgrading the newer.
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I have made up my mind for HTC one s.. Seems I can grab this for 22k.. Any other alternatives!!!!!
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I have made up my mind for HTC one s.. Seems I can grab this for 22k.. Any other alternatives!!!!!
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Don't bother looking !!! Just buy .!!!
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csakthikumar said:
I have made up my mind for HTC one s.. Seems I can grab this for 22k.. Any other alternatives!!!!!
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i think 22k is a very good price
other alternatives are s2 & galaxy nexus
but before you buy it..are you aware that the one S sold in India is different from the international version?
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i think 22k is a very good price
other alternatives are s2 & galaxy nexus
but before you buy it..are you aware that the one S sold in India is different from the international version?
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Em gonna import...
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Still, is it the s3 or s4 version, because with the s3 you would got more or less just a overclocked sensation without sd and removable battery.
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Still, is it the s3 or s4 version, because with the s3 you would got more or less just a overclocked sensation without sd and removable battery.
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Yeah yeah em well aware of it I have asked my friend to check the back of the box before buying
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I'm leaning towards the One S myself!
Hopefully it's mine very soon
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Woah I'm glad i've swayed you towards my device! If you want to know a bit about performance and battery life. Look at the 2 screenshots that i've taken from my device attached to this post the benchmark was taken before I got the 4.0.4 update, now I get scores of around 5000
Hi my brother wants a new phone he has 350. What ia the best Android phone unlocked for that price?
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Try asking for sony prices I think they have mid-range phones that has a good price and a good build quality
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try some china manufactured phones
Chinese phones can be great for what they are if you find a reliable seller, but I wouldn't really recommend them due to lack of development support and often a lack or warranty and help if anything goes wrong. I think they're better suited for people who already have a phone and want an extra to play around with.
Hi I check prices on amazon and the HTC one and the galaxy mini are those good options algo for 300 the nexus 4 is a very good option :screwy:
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Hi I check prices on amazon and the HTC one and the galaxy mini are those good options algo for 300 the nexus 4 is a very good option :screwy:
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Galaxy mini yes.
Htc don't even think about it because there mid-range phones are really bad
And the nexus 4 is really a good choice
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Galaxy mini yes.
Htc don't even think about it because there mid-range phones are really bad
And the nexus 4 is really a good choice
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Lmao galaxy mini? You're joking right? The HTC One is pretty much the best phone on the market right now (not even close to mid range) and the Nexus 4 is easily the best phone in that price bracket.
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Lmao galaxy mini? You're joking right? The HTC One is pretty much the best phone on the market right now (not even close to mid range) and the Nexus 4 is easily the best phone in that price bracket.
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To be honest I haven't try a Samsung device yet
But after my experience with my htc sensation I think it is a bad idea to have a htc device :banghead:
Or isn't it?
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I would say go for the nexus 4. You always have the latest android and this for a long long time, for the price you get some good piece of phone (hardware wise). One of my friends also has one and hes really happy with it, he never had any problems.
Agree you will never gou wrong with any nexus product ant nexus is the first device that gets all latest rom updates.
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Depends
Depends on what kind of phone he wants.
I wanted a galaxy note a year back and bid one from ebay at 350!
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To be honest I haven't try a Samsung device yet
But after my experience with my htc sensation I think it is a bad idea to have a htc device :banghead:
Or isn't it?
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The galaxy mini is a budget phone and performs awfully. The HTC One is above the price range but has received ridiculously good reviews across tonnes of tech sites, including my personal favourite pocketnow.com (where it got the highest score they have ever given a device). In the price range the N4 is the best device available IMO.
Nexus 4, gets the latest software updates and its cheap. Performs well and functions like it should with a big development support.
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