/spg/ - Smartphone General - Apple is Gay Edition

If requesting purchasing advice, please provide your country and what carrier you will be using it with, along with wanted features, budget and size.

Good resources:
>reviews, specs, comparisons
gsmarena.com
phonearena.com
kimovil.com

>Frequency checker
willmyphonework.net
frequencycheck.com

>Chinkphone news
gizchina.com
gizmochina.com

>Recommended Chinkphones $80-$300 as of March 2016
wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Chink_shit_general/Phones

>Post a mini-review of your phone
>Discuss upcoming and current models
>Ask for help related to phones
>Tell us how much shekels you spent on good/bad phone
>Shill your Xiaomi
>PRAISE THE CHINKPHONES unless you live in America you shits

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stockdroids.com/
csmgdl.lgmobile.com/dn/downloader.dev?fileKey=FW46VOR232YTAPUFE582HBO/H63110j_00.kdz
banggood.com/Xiaomi-Redmi-3s-5-Inch-Fingerprint-3GB-RAM-32GB-ROM-Snapdragon-430-Octa-core-4G-Smartphone-p-1061752.html
en.miui.com/thread-327861-1-1.html
twitter.com/SFWRedditGifs

Redpill me on the Pixel XL.

If you could completely ignore price, assuming rich. What phone would you get?

Just replaced my iPhone 6 with a £190 chink phone and it's legitimately blowing my mind how good value for money this thing is. Its my first android too (was a nokia user before moving to a 3gs) so not sure what the best things are to do with new android devices.

Is there a definitive guide to transferring everything I need from one ecosystem to another?

>tfw I want the Xiaomi Mi Mix
>tfw it's too big for my small hands

How's the Huawei P8 Lite for a budget phone?

It's pretty fucking shit.

Probably iPhone 7, 256GB model.
I like iOS, and jailbroken iOS is comfy af.

Overpriced.

Xiamo mi mix highest specs possible, it's just pure sex to me.

Vertu Signature Touch or Aster.

Would love one custom built with Titanium and Carbon Fibre.

I really don't want to use any apps like games and similar stuff on a phone. I just want a phone to check my emails, type and check PDFs.

Is Blackberry Passport the phone for me?
Or the Priv?

Help me choose from those two.

Blackberry priv is native Android, and will provide better support for Android apps.

Passport is native bbos and will offer better integration of the blackberry productivity features. It can also run most Android apps, but relies one emulation, which can affect performance. It's also much cheaper.

I have some apps I have to use for work, so I'm getting the private. But if that isn't an issue then the passport might be the best value for price.

Good camera, bloat free install. Google assistant. Those are the exclusive features right now. If those don't appeal to you, then move on.

>need
Long lasting battery (will last >1 day of average use[see below], with enough juice to last the next day at minimal use)
Quick official software updates
will be used for
Music(80% of the time), messaging, emails, youtube
>want
Fingerprint scanner
Good camera

Flipland, home of the best race in the world. The SE seems to be the only choice I have with the added bonus of tons of iStores so in case it shits itself I have quick access to tech support (no one here fixes Nexus devices not unless you want to risk it with other people who just google how2fix phone, in which case I might as well do it myself).

There's a bunch of listings on Amazon for the Homtom HT7 Pro, but which one do I fucking choose?

If you switched from Android to iOS

>what do you miss the most about android?
>what do you love the most about iOS?
>what do you hate the most about iOS?

Customizing everything.
iMessage and the camera (though camera isn't really part of iOS).
Everything. It's so locked down and expert-unfriendly. This phone was literally made for retards. I hate how it's always the poorest fucks who say shit like "Android is for poor people." All of my normie friends had iPhones though, so I decided to try it out. I can't believe I fell for this shitty ass normie-tier meme.

Honestly I just like having a file manager and not having to use iTunes, you can use an android phone like a USB storage device.

I don't even root or customize, I don't even care. I just don't want to have to use some faggots ecosystem.

Everyone is shilling for the xiami mi mix recently.
I'll admit the phone looks good, but I've also heard some major downsides, like that there's a botnet pre-installed/no sd card slot/breaks easily. Are these complaints true?

Also, can you replace the battery yourself or is it locked like iphones?

Understandable. I am worried about itunes desu but the current situation with android where the manufacturers abadon their device after 2 years annoys me. Maye the pixel will drop in price during the next months ( I don't really expect it tho..)

Recently bought the note 4

Did I do gud Sup Forums?

we dont even know if its going to get an international version.

>I just want a phone to check my emails, type and check PDFs.

If that's all you want, a Windows phone should suffice. Microsoft slashed the Lumia prices to end stock and focus on the Surface Phone, so they are a good deal right now. Make sure to update to Anniversary update for better experience.

OP3 covers most of those points but taxes will make it go over 400, compromise or get a chink phone.

>windows
gross user, you hate him that much?

I bought an iPhone SE a couple of weeks ago and have no regrets so far.

With normal use I can get two days out of the battery. The size is perfect and the phone is insanely fast. I got used to iOS very quickly (this is my first iPhone).

I'd recommend it. Feels comfy knowing I will be getting OS and security updates for years to come.

Now the only thing that janks my chain is how the stock Photos app organizes *all* photos into the camera roll. So if you receive images on WhatsApp, they get mixed in with the photos you take with the camera. You can't change this. Pretty messed up, but eh, I can live with it.

>Good
>Camera
>Pixel
Pick one

can anyone recommend a sub 500 phone with removable batteries and memory? i'm thinking of lg g3( bootloop gambling, yes but its literally 250$) or wait till black Friday for op3

why not the lg g5 then?

Anyone use the clover app for browsing? I can't find any setting to add NSFW boards.

everyone thinks its good but there is something they dont know, something the media is hiding to cover up its corruption and help the jews gain more power and that is the SHOCKING TRUTH THAT IT IN REALITY IS just a butt ugly overpriced smartphone hardwired to a botnet

(you)
shit its so bad they have to tell you on the front shop.

lg has had problems ever since the g3 but the g3 is the more stable phone from the g series, 4 being the worst and 5 being problematic. i'm willing to trade the battery for a solid long lasting experience, something the the g3 offered me for a long while until the over heating issues came.

why can't lg into making proper smartphones? doesn't the lg g4 bootloop too?

yes, i just said its the worst bootlopper of the g series, plus not reliable customer service. htc has decent phones with open battery i might look into them, but 200 dollars does not seem like a big loss so i might just do it until the op3 drops low.

Settings, boards, click the giant plus sign and follow the instructions.

In a similar vein as ,

Is there any reason not to get a 128GB Pixel for 300 through a 2-year Verizon contract? (Apparently that's a thing again I had no idea until a couple of days ago)

Two things holding me back, one is the resolution, granted in that size it's hard to justify high resolutions, and if the trade off for a small screen and a smaller resolution is better battery life, I'm all for it.
Second is that I've never used iOS before.

I'm not sold on the OP3, I get the feeling that it's this year's MemeFone 2, I do not want to rely on the community/rooting scene for software updates as well.

Word on any 6X if at all? I can wait until the end of this year before I kill myself from having to through each day with my ZenFone 2. I'll fuck around with my friend's 5S and see if I can get used to it coming from so many years on Android.

I'm and I tried the se today in the store. It's pretty comfy to hold a small device like that. Resolution at that size is okay, it's a bit hard to type but I think it's something you usually get used to pretty fast.

My S6 Edge won't turn on at all for some reason even though it was half way charging 30 minutes ago.

Like shit is completely dead and when i put it in charge the phone only gets warm.


Is this like even fixable if i go to the store?

Typing on the 5S wasn't an issue for me, but the other user that mentioned iTunes got me worried though.
I'll just have to spread my buttcheeks for that one I guess.

Passport is great. I have the classic though and I prefer it although I think its slightly more expensive.

should i buy a refurnished phone? any opinions?

itunes is worrying me. I wonder If I can download music direclty from amazon? That would be pretty great. I don't jug around music that often on my phone. The fact that I have to boot into windows bothers me far more to be honest.

Im legit thinking about getting the iphone 7. Other phones hardly look like an upgrade from my z3. At least i won't have to rely on indians writing my ROM when my phone is abandoned by manufacturer after 8 months. Maybe S8 or whatever will deliver something meaningful. In two years Ive had the z3 phones literally got smaller batteries and a fucking fingerprint sensor.
>innovation

I shattered my nexus 6 screen after 2 years. Replacing it would be a fucking pain and I don't have the tools to do it.

When is the Xiaomi Mi Mix coming out? I don't care about chinks knowing my browsing history and I love that phone's looks.

An unlocked Moto G is 'cheap enough'.

I am .

Within a day I was used to iOS. I don't think the resolution is a problem at all on this size. I came from a 800x480 phone so for me it's an upgrade at any rate, but honestly a higher res is not something I long for. If you'd be nitpicky I suppose the screen technology on the 6s and 7 is better, i.e. better colors. But really the screen is fine.

You need iTunes, but only to put music on the phone and backup it. Photos you can get off the phone with explorer or using iCloud sync, which works pretty well. I use the iCloud windows application for access to my photos.

I honestly think it is the best phone you can buy right now, which is why I cuck'd the high price. Boils down to:

>speed (the A9 chip is faster even than the 821 in the Pixel, I believe)
>updates for a long time
>size is perfect
>battery life is gud
>top-tier camera that is only bested by a few phones

Buying a 6s or 7 seems silly to me. They are too big for my taste and the extra speed of the 7 is not needed for a long time.

It's silly marketing normie talk but the thing is: it just works.

I do miss Clover.

Just arrived today, ordered on banggood during their promotion on 13oct.

It's got some stupid MIUI rom on it.

Now what.

Also I use Spotify Premium so I don't bother with iTunes for music at all. I don't even use the stock Music app, it's all Spotify for me.

I'd still get a redmeme to be honest.

Both the phones he mentioned had keyboards on it and he also mentioned that he likes to type a lot.

Lenovo K5 Plus

Is there any phone with near stock android for max 450€?

Should I get a preowned Iphone 5S for $130 that looks totally new outta the box? My friend told me he can lessen the price upto $110 if I like it.

Opinions?

You seriously can't think any? I see only op3 when people mention stock.

Sure, it's the best iPhone only surpassed by 5SE.

stockdroids.com/

Delivery time too long, bad support.

does anybody have experience with the BQ Aquaris M5?

I think I'm gonna buy the 32GB/3GB model

>I do miss Clover.

>porn via reddit ? that's okay?
>a tumblr app? sure why not?
>dating for fags? no problemo
>WHAT Sup Forums GET OUT OF HERE

Opinions on the Willeyfox Spark X...?

I get tons of spam on Viber but there is no way to set it to "only receive message from contacts" so the spam continues no matter how many I report, block or delete. It's even from the same 4-5 spammers every time with new accounts or numbers.

Is there ANY way to stop this with an exposed module or something? Sadly I have to use Viber instead of Whatsapp or whatever for work.

>mediakek
no

user, you do realize it isn't that big, looks huge because of the lack of bezels, it's normal by today standards.

Yeah it is pretty silly.

Especially when you consider that the average user's Facebook timeline is way more cancerous and damaging for your braincells than Sup Forums (excluding Sup Forums perhaps, but I haven't browsed that board since around 2006).

passport looks comfy as fuck for what you want to do, only drawback is the lack of support for some stuff in the near future. The dipshits at RIM are dropping BB10 and so far it seems they are not providing with a way out to the people still using hardware with their OS.

Went to Best Buy today to get V20 on launch day, not in stock, went to Verizon, same... What else si there? Pixel (aka iPhone, over hyped/priced under spec'd) or just a bit older phones like the s7...

Is it the Pro ?

I want to buy a smartphone like Sharp 007sh but with more power, however Freetel Musashi and Samsung W2016 looks bad. Is there any other options?

Is there even A Redmi 3S "Pro" which one is it and where is the cheapest I could order it ?
(Asking for a direct link)

4th

I wouldn't recommend the Passport anyways if you're going to rely on android apps. A lot of android apps simply won't run now due to the old runtime on BBOS, that blackberry just won't update.

>purchasing an LG phone
lmao just get an HTC at least it won't fucking bootloop

what are some decent android phones around 5" or less? would be going from an iPhone 5s and i don't want one of those big 5.5"s, inb4 >small hands

pixel

oh forgot to mention $300 usd or less

Does anybody have a download for an LG G Stylo stock KDZ file? I'm trying to unbrick my phone and thats the only file i need left, but I can't find a real working download.
csmgdl.lgmobile.com/dn/downloader.dev?fileKey=FW46VOR232YTAPUFE582HBO/H63110j_00.kdz is the only thing i can find, but LG took the file down. I can't find ANY mirrors. I'm looking for 5.1.1 because the guide im using to unbrick says it will work, but i assume 6.0 M stock will work too.

ZUK z2 if you don't live in the land of the """"free"""".

Uh, there is a "Pro"?

Anyhow, this is the one I got, provided the link posts properly:

banggood.com/Xiaomi-Redmi-3s-5-Inch-Fingerprint-3GB-RAM-32GB-ROM-Snapdragon-430-Octa-core-4G-Smartphone-p-1061752.html

I think the Pixel is overpriced and unspecial shit, but the comparison clearly shoes the Pixel camera crushes the others

yeah, if your j.j. abrams

I'm stuck between the X Compact and the OP3.
I love everything about the X Compact, but apparently it can't be rooted without losing DRM keys that contain functionality.

Iphone

There's a Redmi 3s "Prime" that isn't called so on gearbest. The difference is that it has 3gb of ram rather than 2gb, and 32gb of storage rather than 16gb. On Gearbest, they rightly just call it "Redmi 3s 3GB"

Mate the Pixel is clearly the best in that picture

None. HT17 pro is the updated model.

Flash the global rom.
en.miui.com/thread-327861-1-1.html

I'd take xperia or moto over those flares that are on photos from pixel

Check your country's return laws. If you're in the UK, faulty phones can be returned within 30 days. The manufacturer usually provides year's warranty, though.

If you know someone or have an Apple Store (or something with Apple products that you can touch) try the iPhone7+, it's literally the same size as the Mi Mix

Bought myself a P9 a few days ago; what an amazing phone so far. EMUI really isn't as bad as people make it out to be, it's about on par with TouchWiz on Samsung's latest phones. The camera is fantastic, too

>Pixel clearly the best

What is this meme

Yes, 3GB/32GB

Thanks

I miss my playstation1, snes, and N64 games. Thousands of games gone... why iphone...

I only like how small and sexy the iphone se is in your hand. I guess shallow people love iphone and judge it based on whats inside.

I hate almost everything. I plan on jailbreaking out of my cage tonight

When does Sup Forums think the OnePlus 3t will be released?

>the A9 chip is faster even than the 821 in the Pixel, I believe
It's not, the A10 is quite faster, but the A9 is slower

I'd say avoid Windows Phone after Microsoft showed they really don't seem to care about their own products. Own a Lumia 550, probably going to replace it with the HOMTOM HT17 Pro mentioned on the wiki.

How's this phone holding up a year later?
I'm deciding between this and the OP3.
I've heard horror stories about the battery and bootlooping issues.
Are they overblown?

>Between that and the op3

How is that even a question? Get the op3.

the iphone 7 is clearly the best looking

nothing is blown out and colours are accurate

Anyone have that infographic made by Sup Forums that shows a list of Sup Forums approved applications? I just need to replace the shitware preloaded on this phone with stuff that isnt so trash. Cant remember if its on the wiki or not

Pic unrelated but rather an attention grabber