Help in choosing mid-end droid phone

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Dark Star

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Well I am planning [not really atm buying] to get an android phone. Since I am a student I don't really need off the shelve and out of box multicore processor or some gimmicky stuff that adds to the price, what I am looking for is -

1. Q: Budget?

A: 15-20k

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

A: Bar

3. Q: Preferred display type?

A: TFT / LED / AMOLED

4. Q: Do you have any brand preference or dislike? Please name them.

A: None in particular

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

A: Touchscreen

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

A: Required at least 5MP camera. Flash. With better sensors.

7. Q: Preferred operating system? (Android, Symbian, iOS, Windows Phone etc).

A: Android.

8. Q: Preferred connectivity options? (3G, Wifi, Edge etc).

A: 3G. / Wifi/ GPS/ Bluetooth

9. Q: What is your intended use for this phone(internet, camera, multimedia, mails, etc)?

A: Music, Sports - Tracker, Reading , Application development.

10. Q: Any other requirements?

A: Don't require dual sim/require dual sim/etc.

11. Q: If you have already considered a phone then please mention the model.

A: Sony Xperial Sola,
  • Good looking with ample processing power.
  • Modding support.
  • More than fast web browsing.
  • Music and videos
  • Sports Tracker heavy usage http://www.sports-tracker.com/

That are the only primary need that I have, if the phone can render pdf that will be beneficial but i don't like sluggish rendering. I am buying the phone for learning purpose (droid ecosystem) and development of apps.

I dont have ample money in my hand nor I want a high end phone. My current phone Motorola WX260 (999 bucks) serves me good. have no real contrainst for screen size but it shouldn't be too big to carry.

Budget is max 15k that I can arrange. Will be good if I get some great deal online with some coupons.

Other than that I don't know what to expect. Not particularly looking for good cam and all, just more than decent music and web support with ample processing power.

Some phones that I like are - HTC WIldfire S, Rhyme and defy (not particularly but decent).

That should suffice I guess , please do suggest me a decent phone.

Regards
 
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I'll be getting the phone after may 10. Since I'll be free from vivas and some stuff.

Now how is SE Xperia Arc S , performance and developer support with battery was well , some dealer at ebay selling it for 20k sealed with 1y dealer warranty. Getting Ray for 13.5 and Neo V for 14.5

I am still not sold over manufacturer warranty. Is it really worth spending ~4k more (most phones) for manufacturer warranty when I can get a brand new for cheaper ?

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz8qVtAgW_c&hd=1[/media]

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Dark Star said:
So what kind of mods I can expect for Defy+, ? cynogen doesn't have it listed ?

Any links will be helpful.

Edit - The Qualcomm SOC that Active ha is based on Arm v7 core rather than v9. http://en.wikipedia....system_on_chip)

While the TI-OMAP SOC is v8 ARM custom http://www.ti.com/ge...contentId=52607
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I think you have mistaken CPU Instruction Set and processor architecture

Both the processors are under same CPU instruction set,

but there processor architecture is different.

According to "Marcus Fenix" Moto Defy+ comes with ARM Cortex A8 while SE has Cortex A9 which is better and energy efficient.

And for Mod ,if you don't get direct Custom ROM from CyanogenMod then people at XDA will surely derive few Custom ROMs from CyanogenMod for your phone if your phone is famous enough

Dark Star said:
I'll be getting the phone after may 10. Since I'll be free from vivas and some stuff.

Now how is SE Xperia Arc S , performance and developer support with battery was well , some dealer at ebay selling it for 20k sealed with 1y dealer warranty. Getting Ray for 13.5 and Neo V for 14.5

I am still not sold over manufacturer warranty. Is it really worth spending ~4k more (most phones) for manufacturer warranty when I can get a brand new for cheaper ?

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz8qVtAgW_c&hd=1[/media]

#[member='aces170']
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SE Arc s is getting old with it's specs

You can get dual core at it's price like Samsung Galaxy R

Neo V and Ray are good options though
 
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