[font=lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif]1. Q: Budget?
[font=georgia,serif]A: about 5k [/font]
2. Q: Preferred Form Factor(flip, bar, slider)?
[font=georgia,serif]A: Bar, moving parts NOT preferred[/font]
3. Q: Preferred display type?
[font=georgia,serif]A: I believe I don't really have much choice at this price. The larger - the better.[/font]
4. Q: Do you have any brand preference or dislike? Please name them.
[font=georgia,serif]A: Nokia is preferable since they seem to have better battery as well as lesser hardware software issues.[/font]
5. Q: Preferred input method (Touchscreen, QWERTY, etc.)?
[font=georgia,serif]A: Buttons! QWERTY > 2-ABC > Touchscreen is last preference.[/font]
6. Q: Camera required or not? If required, please specify type like front camera/flash/etc.
[font=georgia,serif]A: don't care. All phones come with basic cam these days.[/font]
7. Q: Preferred operating system? (Android, Symbian, iOS, Windows Phone etc).
[font=georgia,serif]A: Anything that is less buggy, and doesn't bring the phone to its knees.[/font]
8. Q: Preferred connectivity options? (3G, Wifi, Edge etc).
[font=georgia,serif]A: 3G and EDGE[/font]
9. Q: What is your intended use for this phone(internet, camera, multimedia, mails, etc)?
[font=georgia,serif]A: CALLs - need good quality audio as well as signal reception.[/font][/font]
[font=georgia,serif]Multimedia - songs and videos[/font]
[font=georgia,serif]Internet access.[/font]
[font=lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif][font=georgia,serif]Email? you mean something like "Mini-outlook" - would be a good option.[/font]
10. Q: Any other requirements?
[font=georgia,serif]A: Not really. Shouldn't look bland (yeah I am asking for too much at 5K bracket - but, heh, I am an Indian!)[/font][/font]
[font=lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif][font=georgia,serif]Sharp edges/vertices and thin form factor preferred[/font]
11. Q: If you have already considered a phone then please mention the model.
[font=georgia,serif]A: Nokia Asha series looks fine. Only prob is that it looks too rounded![/font][/font]
[font=lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]So ppl, can you please help me in shortlisting the phones for consideration.[/font][/font]
[font=lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]There is a HUGE list of phones when I open flipkart/letsbuy/landmarkonthenet etc at this price range. [/font][/font]
[font=lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]I have checked the Nokia / Samsung / SE / Motorola websites too - but still in a fix about pros and cons. [/font][/font][font=lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Also I don't have any idea about REAL usability issues faced - where this forum can actually help a lot.[/font][/font]
[font=georgia,serif]A: about 5k [/font]
2. Q: Preferred Form Factor(flip, bar, slider)?
[font=georgia,serif]A: Bar, moving parts NOT preferred[/font]
3. Q: Preferred display type?
[font=georgia,serif]A: I believe I don't really have much choice at this price. The larger - the better.[/font]
4. Q: Do you have any brand preference or dislike? Please name them.
[font=georgia,serif]A: Nokia is preferable since they seem to have better battery as well as lesser hardware software issues.[/font]
5. Q: Preferred input method (Touchscreen, QWERTY, etc.)?
[font=georgia,serif]A: Buttons! QWERTY > 2-ABC > Touchscreen is last preference.[/font]
6. Q: Camera required or not? If required, please specify type like front camera/flash/etc.
[font=georgia,serif]A: don't care. All phones come with basic cam these days.[/font]
7. Q: Preferred operating system? (Android, Symbian, iOS, Windows Phone etc).
[font=georgia,serif]A: Anything that is less buggy, and doesn't bring the phone to its knees.[/font]
8. Q: Preferred connectivity options? (3G, Wifi, Edge etc).
[font=georgia,serif]A: 3G and EDGE[/font]
9. Q: What is your intended use for this phone(internet, camera, multimedia, mails, etc)?
[font=georgia,serif]A: CALLs - need good quality audio as well as signal reception.[/font][/font]
[font=georgia,serif]Multimedia - songs and videos[/font]
[font=georgia,serif]Internet access.[/font]
[font=lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif][font=georgia,serif]Email? you mean something like "Mini-outlook" - would be a good option.[/font]
10. Q: Any other requirements?
[font=georgia,serif]A: Not really. Shouldn't look bland (yeah I am asking for too much at 5K bracket - but, heh, I am an Indian!)[/font][/font]
[font=lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif][font=georgia,serif]Sharp edges/vertices and thin form factor preferred[/font]
11. Q: If you have already considered a phone then please mention the model.
[font=georgia,serif]A: Nokia Asha series looks fine. Only prob is that it looks too rounded![/font][/font]
[font=lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]So ppl, can you please help me in shortlisting the phones for consideration.[/font][/font]
[font=lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]There is a HUGE list of phones when I open flipkart/letsbuy/landmarkonthenet etc at this price range. [/font][/font]
[font=lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]I have checked the Nokia / Samsung / SE / Motorola websites too - but still in a fix about pros and cons. [/font][/font][font=lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Also I don't have any idea about REAL usability issues faced - where this forum can actually help a lot.[/font][/font]