Budget phone guidance pl.

singenaadam

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Request guidance on buying a new mobile for my wife.

1. Q: Budget?
A: 5-9k.

2. Q: Preferred Form Factor(flip, bar, slider)?
A: Bar

3. Q: Preferred display type?
A: TFT

4. Q: Do you have any brand preference or dislike? Please name them.
A: Prefer Nokia. Open to other standard brands except Samsung - she did not like the interface last time (3 yrs back) & I had to change the phone within 2 months..

5. Q: Preferred input method (Touchscreen, QWERTY, etc.)?
A: Normal keypad.

6. Q: Camera required or not? If required, please specify type like front camera/flash/etc.
A: Not required.

7. Q: Preferred operating system? (Android, Symbian, iOS, Windows Phone etc).
A: No preferences.

8. Q: Preferred connectivity options? (3G, Wifi, Edge etc).
A: Nothing specific.

9. Q: What is your intended use for this phone(internet, camera, multimedia, mails, etc)?
A: Making phone calls! Need the "notes" function in the phone to store useful info.

10. Q: Any other requirements?
A: COLOR : RED .

11. Q: If you have already considered a phone then please mention the model.
A: Nokia C5, Nokia X3-02 (She liked it), Sony Cedar. LG O1 (with the RCom coupon on letsbuy, pricing is very attractive!). Wife liked X3-02 (design & color) but features-wise it seemed inferior to the C5. C5 seems very attractive in terms of VFM, only constraint is COLOR.
 
Wife was not interested in touchscreen, esp after we heard/saw simultaneous failure of the screens of quite a few friends/family. Probably the cheaper screens don't last - hence the reason for "regular" keypad!

Decided finally on the C5 (not C5-03). It was a toss between the X3-02 & C5. But the failures of the cheaper touchscreens had put us both off. Ordered the phone & am waiting for the delivery !

Thanks for the replies!
 
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