also worth cosidering lg optimus one for 8500 and optimus me for 6300 from letsbuy after discount
also optimus black for 19k would be better option than SGS
ps I am not a lg fanboi
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if not dell then get lg optimus one
I will put galaxy pro for 5999 alongside a70 simply because its cheaper, looks better, got a qwerty keyboard and got additional 200 mhz on the processor alongside better brand which evens out a70’s advantage in slightly bigger and better display, 5mp cam and front cam.
As far as I know, the Galaxy Fit has a QVGA display(240x320). Very bad resolution for an Android phone.
HVGA(320x480) is the bare minimum
Better option is the LG Optimus One if you can live without the camera
@zktel - LG Optimus One @ 8.4K (VFM-4) or Samsung Galaxy Ace @ 12.7K (VFM - 3.5) or Micromax A70 @6.6K (VFM-5*) or Motorola Defy @14.2K(VFM-4)
Wait for micromax A70’s review. If the display quality, battery life and camera quality are good, then it’s a steal. BTW, don’t worry about the BRAND name - Micromax has third highest revenue in India next to nokia and sammy with LG, SE, HTC trailing behind. The trend has changed. Earlier it used to be nokia>SE>Sammy>LG>others; Now SE is out of competition because of their high price.
Indian mobile phone market grows 15pc in 2010-11 | AndroidOS.in
@arjun123 - Galaxy Pro is not 6K. There was a one time offer by LB, but now its outta stock.
Flipkart.com: Samsung Galaxy S I9000: Mobile → Only 20,999 in flipkart 
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Also the pricing of LG O1 P500 is now only 8.5k after discount in LB.
Mentioning the A70 as the only option when there aren’t even any reviews out and the RAM quantity is unknown is not the right choice IMO.
The main reason for Micromax’s success was their low end phones. Their 1st android A60 was a disaster. So we cant just go by revenues can we?
As for as specs goes the Spice Mi-310 is a solid option @7k (6k after discount) But it seems to have a mike problem. So its better to wait reviews and user opinions before declaring the A70 as the android as choice in the sub 8k category.
galaxy S II is available for 27.8K locally and 28.3K via ebay
Does flipkart have 10% coupon like Letsbuy?
Because in Letsbuy also prices dropped to 20999, but the catch is that in Letsbuy its running Eclair and in Flipkart its running Froyo.
I heard even official Gingerbread availalable for this phone.
How easy or difficult it is to update this phone to Gingerbread using Odin (not stupid Kies software). Any pointers to where i can down load the official Gingerbread firmware for this phone and update using ODIN ?
^ Then letsbuy is better.
My friend has ordered the mobile yesterday. Ordered it based on my recommendation. I did warn him about three things
I said, the specs are superb - equivalent to HTC Legend and better than Optimus One (3mp). But there might be few problems that we can’t see in the specs unless we bought it
→ Display, though it is 320x480 and 256K as optimus one, the screen might be very dull.
→ Thought it has a 5mp, it can perform very poor, taking low detailed and badly exposed pictures. [But my guess is that, however bad it might be, it’ll definitely be at an acceptable level]
→ The battery spec, though 1450mAh, there is high chance that it can perform very badly. (cause already company mentioned talktime is 4h, plus a battery saving update (gingerbread) is not available for this phone unlike Optimus One
For that my friend told, even if the above were true, it’ll justify its price of 6.6K. 1.8K less than Optimus One.
I guess the reason for him thinking like that is, When you are in shoestring budget, few hundred more looks like few thousands more. So 8,400 INR is like a big amount compared to 6,550 INR.
Once we get the phone, will do a quick review of it and will post it here in TE…
Pricing Info Updated along with an image that has basic features of these mobiles
there are cheaper means to get the phone. like voila said iccworld can get the 30k 3G phone for around 20K that too 4G. but from letsbuy i would say defy is value for money. even nexus one and s are good buys. and add xperia mini pro for 15.7k. that is an amzing phone
Any updates on the Micromax A70’s RAM?Seems to be the O1 and the XCD35 killer.
^ - yup, there is. Here’s the video review (in-depth) of micromax A70 by iGyaan. Can see the written review in few days.
Micromax Andro A70 Android 2.2 Full In depth Review - YouTube
RAM is most probaby 256. I’ll confirm this by evening (I didn’t know there exists an app called “android system info” to check RAM info 
BTW, as per the review, A70 is definitely a killer.
Guys/ Android veterans,
With HTC Salsa with Sense 2.1 and GB onboard, now revised to 15.1k (further 1k off, without LB coupons) please suggest if this could be preferred over Defy. The price now makes very much sense.
Also there seems to be some confusion among the SOC of Salsa. GSMArena states “Adreno 205 GPU, Qualcomm MSM 7227 chipset”, however i found some folks stating 205 is not compatible rwith 7227. Do clarify.
This would be my first droid and i wont be doing much tinkering/modding with it.
Thanks in advance for your time. added query, rather than opening one more thread.
Abhishek.