Milestone, Milestone 2, XT720 or Defy? Which one do I choose?

[anandvaidya]

Hey guys,
I've been a Motorola user for almost 4 years now. Loved the ROKR E690 for its possibility of being 'Played around with'. After a long research, My brand loyalty has narrowed me down to those 4 cellphones.
I believe you people here would be the best to advice me.
Please suggest the phone I should go for.
In other words, Which cellphone can be more 'played around with'.
Ofcourse price is a concern, the budget is around 20K, And I believe there are a lot of places where I'll be able to get the phone around that budget.
Current market prices (INR)
Milestone-21200
Milestone 2-24000
XT720-21600
Defy-18000

[hotpwan]

Dont go for xt720 coz moto still not releases android 2.2 for xt720 I stuck on 2.1

[anandvaidya]

But then is there a news that Motorola is never gonna release the version 2.2 for xt720?

[sousaptak]

betr wait for droid 3 .......

[anandvaidya]

Wouldnt it be costing too much?
When is the release expected?

[prasannars]

Hi... Motorola is not releasin Froyo for XT720 in US and Europe. For Korea, Froyo will be released shortly.
@Anand, All phone which you have mentioned above are really good. Milestone has Qwerty physical keyboard but lacks rich Multimedia experience of XT720. Defy is affordable. It is Water proof, dust proof, shock proof phone but again limitation is Led flash. Milestone and XT720 are equipped with MotoNav maps. Navigation is just wow on these handsets. I am using XT720. I am much satisfied with XT720's performace.
here is price list:
Milestone: 22,000/- at UniverCell, 24k at eBay
XT720: 25,000/- at UniverCell
Defy: 17,990/-
And Where is Milestone 2?? Officially it is not launched in India. You will get UK or US version of Milestone 2 in India.

[prasannars]

@Anand, For India Froyo may be released for XT720. If you go with XT720 you can enjoy rich multimedia experience like bMP camera with Xenon flash, Touch to focus, HD video recording, HDMI output with free HDMI cable, Amazing Navigation experience, Mind blowing Audio quality.
If you are satisfied with 5MP camera with Led flash then go for Milestone. You will get physical keyboard and better hardware build. Of course XT720 too got better hardware build. Comeing to processor.. XT720 is running on ARM cortex 7 processor with speed of 720Mhz but you can overclock it to 1Ghz without compromising with battery performance. Milestone comes with 550Mhz processor. Now choice is left to you...

[anandvaidya]

Thankz a lot for ur suggestions!
How about Defy?
Any user reviews?

[Harsh_Thanvi]

@Anand, For India Froyo may be released for XT720. If you go with XT720 you can enjoy rich multimedia experience like bMP camera with Xenon flash, Touch to focus, HD video recording, HDMI output with free HDMI cable, Amazing Navigation experience, Mind blowing Audio quality.
If you are satisfied with 5MP camera with Led flash then go for Milestone. You will get physical keyboard and better hardware build. Of course XT720 too got better hardware build. Comeing to processor.. XT720 is running on ARM cortex 7 processor with speed of 720Mhz but you can overclock it to 1Ghz without compromising with battery performance. Milestone comes with 550Mhz processor. Now choice is left to you...

Hey can u please tell me how can we change the apmd to 1GHZ??
secondly how much will u rate the cell from 10.00 please it would be a gr8 elp as i have to buy this cell considering its video recording & display

[kundancool]

Hey can u please tell me how can we change the apmd to 1GHZ??
secondly how much will u rate the cell from 10.00 please it would be a gr8 elp as i have to buy this cell considering its video recording & display

Well XT720 is Android phone so may be and Android application will help you overclock your phone to 1GHz

and I would give 8/10 to Motorola XT720
I am removing 2 points because it is running on 2.1(ECLAIR) and nowdays more powerful Android Devices are available (like ATRIX but very costly

But If anyone asks me to buy it or not I will surely buy it