HELP needed buying a phone 16k

[mpaspc]

Need to buy a phone for someone for about 16K
the Budget is at the most 16k would add only a couple of hundreds to complete the deal .

Comfortable buying locally or online (Sealed Box ) , but i need VAT paid bill and warranty for the same .
Also my friend who is going to buy this phone has a Galaxy i9003 , which would be put up shortly on sale (purchased MID MAY,2011,with bill with scratch guard , scratch less) what price should be Expected ?

Choices
SE NEO V
Nexus S (a bit expensive , looking for deals )
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Location : Delhi

No brand choice , no feature required , only a good screen (3.5 inches PLUS ) , rest of the features come along in this Range

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Since this is For someone else , INDIAN WARRANTY AND BILL IS IMPORTANT

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Help needed urgently , need to purchase today or tomorrow

 

[Barrister_vinod]

in that price range Sony Ericsson Neo V is the best phone and u can get it for 16500 from Mobile Phone Reviews and Best Deals in India | Saholic.com

 

[GreenJay]

+1 for the Neo V. A 3.7-inch WVGA screen is what I personally prefer over the 4-inchers phones. Apart from the decent proc, RAM, OS and screen, Neo V would definitely offer good audio and camera performance for its class.

 

[mpaspc]

I would like another Choice rather than just 1

 

[nion]

if you are open to any other OS then you can try nokia e6 or 701.

there is also the wave 2 in bada os

 

[mpaspc]

thanks for the choice , i think there is no other in this range

 

[GreenJay]

Dont know much abt its performance but Huawei X5 also falls in ur budget

 

[mpaspc]

na , not Huawei

i got two in my range Samsung Galaxy I9003 (which he already owns )

And SE NEO V , will wait , no other choice

 

[Sanav3]

It wont exactly be an upgrade from Samsung Galaxy 9003 to an SE Neo V.. they are more or less same from my perspective.

Why exactly he wants to buy a new phone? if he has a problem with his current device,listing that problem might help the community to give him better choices..

 

[aka911]

How about Motorola defy?

I know it has an inferior processor,But maybe he wants to sell his i9003 because of poor community support?

If then the defy makes a solid choice.

If you are looking into symbian then even the X7 was selling someplace at 17k..

 

[mpaspc]

maybe the X7 would make a good choice at 17k , but he wants to sell his i9003 due to non availability of OFFICIAL GINGERBREAD UPDATE FROM SAMSUNG INDIA

 

[Aces170]

maybe the X7 would make a good choice at 17k , but he wants to sell his i9003 due to non availability of OFFICIAL GINGERBREAD UPDATE FROM SAMSUNG INDIA

Just update to the European ROMS, there are tonnes of how to do floating around.

 

[mpaspc]

I know there are many ROMS available , as i earlier mentioned he does not want to do anything beyond KIES , He won't even ROOT his phone

 

[rhlravi]

Wait for a few days. Samsung is holding a press conference in India tomorrow. It is expected that the Galaxy Note will be launched (way above budget), but if you are lucky, Samsung may also launch the Galaxy W, expected to cost ~17k.

You can then get it for ~16k use coupon codes .

 

[DarkAngel]

I know there are many ROMS available , as i earlier mentioned he does not want to do anything beyond KIES , He won't even ROOT his phone

So he is selling off the old phone! Its so not worth it to just for gingerbread. Just wait for some more time (5 or 6 months) and you must be able to get a ICS running dual core mobile for ~18k or so. Until then ask him to stick to the i9003. If your friend is not using anything beyond KIES he is most probably not a power user and the i9003 would be more than sufficient for his needs IMO irrespective of what version of Android it runs on.