From Symbian to Android

So after two years of camaraderie, I bid good-bye to my good old Nokia E7 that operates on Symbian Belle. Nokia E7 was my first smartphone and first Nokia phone. The very first phone I had was a Motorola that had the basic call and message functions, then I moved to a Sony Ericsson Cybershot model (which had cool camera features and Xenon flash) and then I had Sony Ericsson P1, which was my first touch phone. Then came Nokia E7. There are a couple of things I loved and hated about the phone.

On the positives, it had a QWERTY keyboard which I found very useful to type longer notes. The Symbian Belle worked almost like the Android, though the apps were a few, and since I hadn’t used an Android I liked the experience. The camera worked fine too. Some people in Facebook asked me about the camera when I posted some mobile pics. But on the negatives, the device weighed heavy and it hang up at times and, with the immovable battery, it was impossible to reboot (though I found a hack later). The hardware also wasn’t good enough to support the app requirements. For example, a few minutes long use of Facebook’s native app would heat up the device, making the battery drain fast, and the app was too slow to load.

I was still hesitant to buy an Android phone because the good ones were priced heavily. But when I saw a Macromax Canvas 4, I fell for it. Primarily because it has Jelly Bean, the hardware is much better than my previous phone, has a 5 inches screen and priced at about Rs. 17499. The only thing I was concerned about was the camera but Micromax Canvas 4 has a good camera and I like the auto focus feature of it. So this is a value-for-money purchase (I also had a couple of freebies from Flipkart like a travel charger and bluetooth headset). I always thought a 5 inches phone would be too bulky to carry but I am totally loving the experience of browsing on this phone. I don’t think I will ever go for a smaller screen now. The responsiveness of the device is breezy though it’s a bit difficult to use the menu buttons on the device. I’m not a gamer so can’t comment on the hardware or software of this device for that use.

So to summarize, though it’s just two weeks since I bought it, I am happy that I moved to an Android phone with a larger screen and it’s a Micromax.