I had a SE W810i for a long time and lost it few months back while riding my bike. I am conservative in spending on gadgets, comparing with same segment of people like me. Especially I don't go out and spend whenever there is a new gadget out with a new technology. So losing the phone was a good excuse to buy a better phone. But I was confused with too many options with a budget of INR 15,000.
My budget was around - 15,000 INR. iPhone, Motorola
Milestone and HTC HD,Hero,Xperia X10 all were out!
I wanted a compact touch screen phone - Almost all
Nokia phones were ruled out due to the size factor!
I wanted an Android phone - Samsung Jet was out
Finally had a choice of
Samsung I7500 Galaxy, I5700 Spica and HTC Tattoo on the radar. When I had gone to the shop, I could not find I5700 Spica and the salesperson discouraged me from buying I7500 as there were too many complaints and many consumers have returned the phone back. I didn't personally like HTC Tattoo and I was left out with no choice again.
So I decided to buy a stop-gap phone and bought Samsung Metro which was just INR 4,000. I was using it for 3-4 months and was very unhappy especially with the voice clarity.
Last week I came across this phone Sony Xperia X10 mini pro and I was quite impressed with it's specifications,
Android 1.6
600 MHz processor
5 MP Camera with LED Flash
3G, Wi-Fi
Touch & QWERTY
Timescape included
Very compact
I didn't want to think too much this time as I easily get confused with the options. So visited the shop on Sunday and bought it in less than an hour.
I am still searching for a good pouch and scratch resistance screen for my Xperia X10 mini pro before I start using it full time. I tried out accessing GMail and Facebook through the phone and it was fast and I could read the emails and messages without difficulty.
Hope I would find more time to explore the phone in the coming weeks!
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