Questions:-
1. Q: Budget?
A: <10k
2. Q: Preferred Form Factor(flip, bar, slider)?
A: Bar
3. Q: Preferred display type?
A: No special preference but decent enough resolution to use maps.
4. Q: Do you have any brand preference or dislike? Please name them.
A: None.
5. Q: Preferred input method (Touchscreen, QWERTY, etc.)?
A: QWERTY is essential either as a hard key or softkey
6. Q: Camera required or not? If required, please specify type like front camera/flash/etc.
A: Camera quality not important but a front camera is desirable though not essential.
7. Q: Preferred operating system? (Android, Symbian, iOS, Windows Phone etc).
A: Android but anything that supports the few applications I need to run will be acceptable.
8. Q: Preferred connectivity options? (3G, Wifi, Edge etc).
A: WiFi essential, 3G desirable.
9. Q: What is your intended use for this phone(internet, camera, multimedia, mails, etc)?
A: GPS, Whatsapp, OBIHAI, Skype, guitar tuner.
10. Q: Any other requirements?
A: Dual Sim is desirable though not essential.
11. Q: If you have already considered a phone then please mention the model.
A: Dell XCD35 and HTC explorer
As mentioned, this is my first smartphone purchase. Guess it will also be my last (I am in my mid-50s) so reliability is important. I am attracted to the display resolution of the XCD35 but am wary of future support for a obsolete product. The Explorer price seems to have come down quite a bit and Tradus has it for 8.5K at which price point it looks very attractive.
What do you guys think?
1. Q: Budget?
A: <10k
2. Q: Preferred Form Factor(flip, bar, slider)?
A: Bar
3. Q: Preferred display type?
A: No special preference but decent enough resolution to use maps.
4. Q: Do you have any brand preference or dislike? Please name them.
A: None.
5. Q: Preferred input method (Touchscreen, QWERTY, etc.)?
A: QWERTY is essential either as a hard key or softkey
6. Q: Camera required or not? If required, please specify type like front camera/flash/etc.
A: Camera quality not important but a front camera is desirable though not essential.
7. Q: Preferred operating system? (Android, Symbian, iOS, Windows Phone etc).
A: Android but anything that supports the few applications I need to run will be acceptable.
8. Q: Preferred connectivity options? (3G, Wifi, Edge etc).
A: WiFi essential, 3G desirable.
9. Q: What is your intended use for this phone(internet, camera, multimedia, mails, etc)?
A: GPS, Whatsapp, OBIHAI, Skype, guitar tuner.
10. Q: Any other requirements?
A: Dual Sim is desirable though not essential.
11. Q: If you have already considered a phone then please mention the model.
A: Dell XCD35 and HTC explorer
As mentioned, this is my first smartphone purchase. Guess it will also be my last (I am in my mid-50s) so reliability is important. I am attracted to the display resolution of the XCD35 but am wary of future support for a obsolete product. The Explorer price seems to have come down quite a bit and Tradus has it for 8.5K at which price point it looks very attractive.
What do you guys think?