1. Brand. - Any will do
2. Budget. - Below RM1k (can consider secondhand also)
3. Specs. - good battery life with atleast 4" screen
4. No preference

After Googling around, I found Nokia Lumia 710 is the best bang for buck. I still can accept 3.7". What do u think about this phone?

But no wifi hotspot right? It's a major let down for me as I always want to connect my ipad via phone hotspot. that's why I don't even take lumia 800 into consideration.

sure? Then I think I'd go for 800. but why Nokia didn't make this phone a 4 incher

Current phone is 4" and my wife's is 3.5" and I found it's really hard for me to browse internet and typing messages with 3.5" screen

actually I had enough with android. currently using Atrix. Very bad user experience especially after I update to the latest version. Last time I used to talk bad about iphone but after I tested only I know IOS way better than android. Dont wanna talk about customization cos how many people gonna custom it anyway Bought iphone 4s but found out 3.5 inch was too small for me. Now looking for windows phone cos I used to be a big fan of Nokia

Hope so cos right now I fancy metro UI

is there any significant difference between lumia 710 and 800? cos I found both has the same spec. the main difference I found is 710 is using TFT while 800 AMOLED. Since, I'm looking forward to get the new WP8 phone, thus I don't wanna spend so much on new phone for now.

Thanks to those who gave their opinion and suggestion. It's much appreciated. I might be looking for secondhand 710 and save up for future wp8 phone

Finally I bought lumia 800 a whole new experience

Very crisp, very fast, very eye candy. Now I become Nokia fan once again

So far the only let down is this phone scroll up/down slower than my atrix and 3.7" still look small