Android Smartphone in the range of Rs. 15-20000

[wR2g4vdTjL5d]

Looking for some buying advice on an Android Phone.Here are my requirements -Has to be Android and should be able to upgrade to the latest.Should be easily rooted and I should be able to switch between the rooted OS and the stock OS.Budget is 15-20k.The built-in DAC and Headphone Amplifiers have to be decent as I plan to sell my Cowon iAudio 9 player to arrange for some funds.I plan to develop Android Apps on it as well, so have to be hacker friendly.There are 2 phones I am currently considering -HTC V OneSamsung Galaxy Nexus.I prefer the Galaxy Nexus as it comes with the stock Android from Google.Please let me know what other phones, I can consider.

 

[Sushubh]

your requirements pretty much limits it to Galaxy nexus. great phone for the deals you can find in the indian market. ignore the specification war. it is a pretty nice phone for around 20K!

 

[manu1991]

There is really no area where the One V is better than the Galaxy Nexus.

 

[Sushubh]

except for warranty i guess :\

 

[manu1991]

That would automatically get voided if he installs custom ROMs

 

[Sushubh]

unless of course he can get back to stock htc build before sending it for repairs?

 

[manu1991]

Nope, you have to unlock the bootloader via htcdev.com so they know.

 

[Sushubh]

i thought htc one series had a hack that allowed rooting without htc's permission?

 

[manu1991]

at least for the One X and One S, its not mentioned anywhere on xda.

 

[Sushubh]

right. in any case, samsung devices are better choices for people who want to run custom mods.