Thanks Pepijn. That helps a lot. I'll most probably do with a HTC now. Thanks everyone.
On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 8:45 PM, Pepijn Van Eeckhoudt < [email protected]> wrote: > On 27/04/2011 16:12, Raghav Sood wrote: > >> Okay. I'll check that out. Still can someone suggest a reasonably priced >> android 2.2 or above phone? >> Thanks >> > Since no one's giving you any advice I'll give it a try ;) > > The dev phones I use myself are Motorola Milestone XT720, HTC Desire, > Samsung Galaxy S and a Google Nexus S; one for each OS revision. I know > these are all high-end devices, but I can try to extrapolate my experience > with those. > Objectively, they're all fairly similar for development purposes. I don't > use these phones for anything besides testing so I can't comment on any > Android customizations each vendor might have made. Subjectively, I prefer > the HTC the most in terms of feel and build quality. HTC seems to do a > pretty good with their OS updates as well and they actually use OTA updates > rather than requiring some buggy proprietary tool. > > If you stick with HTC the only model they seem to have in the 230 euro / > Rp. 15000 price range is the wildfire. The wildfire is listed in Belgium at > 229 euro and the wildfire S at 289 euro. The first one is a Froyo device, > the second one Gingerbread. > > I don't know about the specific Samsung model you mentioned, but the Galaxy > and Nexus are pretty good too FWIW. The only downsides to Samsung IMO is > that you have to use Kies to perform upgrades which can be a pain and they > feel rather flimsy, plasticy. The HTC has a sturdier feel to it. > > Hope this helps, > > Pepijn > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- Raghav Sood http://www.raghavsood.com/ http://www.androidappcheck.com/ http://www.telstop.tel/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
