Mobile with decent Camera, no 3G required. Suggestions ?

[abhinavmodi]

Need a VFM phone with some basic requirements. A decent camera is the primary requirement. Followed by decent video for casual viewing.

Qwerty is highly preferable, for mails/browsing.

1. Q: Budget?

A: 6-15k

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

A: Bar

3. Q: Preferred display type?

A: No preference - should be reasonably good for very casual video viewing - youtube, TED Talks type

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 preferred definitely.

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

A: Require a good camera (5MP ?)

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

A: Prefer Android, but not mandatory

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

A: Wifi is good enough. do not need 3G

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

A: Camera, mails and internet. Playing mp4 podcasts, youtube videos etc would be nice to have

10. Q: Any other requirements?

A: None

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

A: Nokia E5 ? Has a smallish display though ..

 

[vicky.vetal]

Nokia E5 is a great phone.. fits all your requirements..:hap2:

If you wanna go for android you can consider the samsumg Galaxy ace or the sony ericsson xperia mini pro..

 

[abhinavmodi]

^^^

Vicky, Galaxy Ace was also in consideration. Any others I can look at ?

Also, what is the typical battery backup performance of the Nokia E5 compared with the Galaxy Ace for this kind of usage ? (no games or heavy apps), just email/music/casual video ?

I don't want a phone that needs to be charged every few hours.

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