Advise Mobile phone for daily use

So the iPhone 5s days are over. I enjoyed it while it lasted and now the phone is with the missus. Her new upgrade over the 808.

requirements -
compact. IPhone like compact, not note 2 like.

Battery life - is a must since I'll be making most use of my 10gb per month data free here.

Support for apps - like tapatalk, nimbuzz, Skype etc.

Others - decent camera.

Looking at the S 4 mini. Or the new nexus 5. What say guys?

 

Thanks man. Any reason why. The Price difference is quite a bit between the two

 

these 'mini's are shit. even worse when they are samsung. my note I has been very laggy lately. even though i run it rather clean. i am not buying another samsung phone.

actually, same with samsung tab 2. it's sometimes so slow i could compare it with ubislate.

 

Okay, that's some stuff. Now what do I look at. I don't wanna spend too much, since this would mostly be a workhorse phone. Sold all of my 'spare' phones here. (Apparently, you can get 4k for a 2 yr old Nokia E5 here, which would not sell for more than 2k in India!).

How about a iPhone 4S? (should get one good second hand for about 17-18k INR).

 

The Nexus 5 is around 34k INR here. Still quite out of my range. The Xperia SP is around 20K which is decent, since that was what I was planning to spend.

 

I didn't realize how expensive it was.

Not really an iOS fan, need something as a workhorse. Currently converting my Razr Maxx to run my number, and putting my other number in my old and faithful N8.

Anything else that you would suggest? Other than Sony then?

 

I have a Lumia 620 lying around that I am planning to sell. Multi-Tasking din't really kick off on Windows 8

 

what is lg g2 costing there?

the advantage of buying a nexus is that you are pretty much set for 18 months of official upgrades and then the community support is going to linger for a fair while.

 

about 1800 INR cheaper than the Nexus 5.

 

Gonna go check out a Nexus 4 in a short while. Any other suggestions guys?

 

The Xperia SP has good batter life ..

LG G2 is really the latest Battery Champ, though flagship expensive.

The Nexus 4 isnt for battery life but you'll love the phone for everything Android .. KitKat 4.4 is makes it even more smooth.

 

Thanks DBG for helping out. Got a HTC One Mini. Thanks @rpm for steering me away from Samsung. The S4 Mini does not compare with the way this feels to hold and operate. Almost like a slimmer/sleeker version of the iPhone 5!

 

and the best bit is that its got HTC Boom Sound as well

 

Noice !

 

I like this more than the iPhone !

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