/spg/ - Smartphone General

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

>News
Huawei unveils the Mate 9 with dual Leica camera, Kirin 960 chipset, EMUI 5.0
gsmarena.com/huawei_unveils_the_mate_9_with_dual_leica_camera_kirin_960_chipset-news-21436.php

Xiaomi Redmi 4 gets official on November 4, according to a teaser image
gsmarena.com/xiaomi_redmi_4_gets_official_on_november_4_according_to_a_teaser_image-news-21415.php

Meizu announces Pro 6s with a new main camera and a bigger battery
gsmarena.com/meizu_announces_pro_6s_with_a_new_main_camera_and_a_bigger_battery-news-21431.php

LeEco Le X850 with Snapdragon 821 SoC, QHD display, and 16MP front camera clears TENAA
gsmarena.com/leeco_le_x850_with_qhd_display_16mp_front_camera_and_3900mah_battery_clears_tenaa-news-21408.php

OnePlus 3T to become official on November 14th?
phonearena.com/news/OnePlus-3T-to-become-official-on-November-14th_id87393

Next LeEco U.S. flash sale will be held on November 9th
phonearena.com/news/Next-LeEco-U.S.-flash-sale-will-be-held-on-November-9th_id87372

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whats the most recent budget phone with removeable battery

whats the most recent

Reposting from last thread:

First time Chinese phone buyer, making sure I'm doing this right. So I plan on buying a Redmi Note 3, this one specifically:

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I'd like to use it over the Ting GSM network. Since that version of the Redmi Note 3 supports Band 4 for LTE, I assume it should work fine. Has anyone had experience with that network using a Xiaomi phone?

Is there anything I'm doing wrong, or not taking into acount? I'm just looking for any correction or reassurance before making the purchase. Thanks.

any news on android 7 and emui 5.0 for P9 phones? will it be available this month?

So I'm thinking about getting the IPhone Se. Never had an iPhone before but I'm willing to try the Se out because it's small and cheap.

Are there any other good alternatives to it? Is the Se any good?

don't do it

Only partial compatibility via B2 and B4. no B12 which is the main Ting (T-mobile) LTE band in the big cities. your'e taking a risk basically. depends on your location really (rural/city).

Help me find a phone to get plz.

My Sony Xperia Z3 compact was pretty good but the camera had a black blob malfunction and the screen cracked and broke on me today.

Im in the US, have ATT and generally prefer smaller phones. (as I had the compact.) $100-200 dollars budget.

Just downgraded from S4 with CM14 Nougat to S7 edge with 6.01 and its painful

Do it if you want ios. I was on it from the 3g until the 6 but ios 10 completely turned me off. You know things are bad over there when the Android Apple music app is better designed than the native one.

by smaller do you mean 5 in or less? or is 5.2 fine?

5.2 is fine. I just dont want a giant phone, pretty much.

First things first do not use the Xiaomi charger. I wouldn't even use the cable but that's probably safe. A couple anons had their redmemes playing up and stop charging altogether. Use your old one or buy new.

Google your network on willmyphonework or frequencycheck

I'm in EU waiting on my redmi to arrive but I already checked bands, in theory normal redmi (kenzo) should work fine on my network. You don't need this of course but kate had the exact same frequencies for my provider, and kenzo is cheaper with far more case options.

JUST

P9 lite.

>P9 lite
Thank you. Looks pretty good to me.

>Z3 compact headphone jack broke
Another meme phone to the pile. Which meme should I get now?

>thinking about getting the iphone se
>check out ios ten on the apple site
>omg look you can send funny messages
>and everything moves
>lol isn't that great?

a bit of a turnoff desu senpai

go with a chink meme this time

So did the Nextbit Robin just get like no attention? Slightly better specs than the 5x and literally 200 dollarydoos on Amazon rn

>Removable battery

If you browse Sup Forums you better be worth your salt and own a fucking screwdriver or two. Look up a guide on ifixit or just youtube a step by step process and you'll realize it's not a big deal changing a "non-removable" battery.

>mfw honor 8
>no face

"2 year" support, crossing fingers.

How do you steal games on android

Hey nerds, recommend me a phone:

>5-5.2"
>fast web browsing
>great camera
>long battery life
>long support life (3+ years)
>T-mobile compatible (band 12)

You guys recommended me a Nexus 5 before and it's been a pretty good phone so help me out again, why don't you?

>OPO starting to have problems with the screen, locking up, etc

What's a good replacement? Is the moto g4 any good? Will that be a huge improvement? Don't want to get anything more than 300 or so.

Download .apk files and hope really hard it won't ruin your phone or steal everything from it.

S7.

how

>buy chink replacement battery
>catches on fire

>use manufacturer removable battery
>does't catch on fire

Literally google it.

>buy manufacturer non-removable battery
This isn't even an option in your world?

Currently using a laggy as fuck Galaxy S5, and I'm looking to upgrade.
Burgerland and T-Mobile.

Budget isn't an issue, but I heard the Galaxy S7 Edge on T-Mobile is some kind of "consumer version" so it has a weaker processor than a regular S7 Edge, so if you recommend me the S7 Edge, I'm just going to save $100 and go with the regular S7.

Provided I should stay away from Samshit, what should I get?

And what's the opinion on wireless charging?

>Post a mini-review of your phone
BB Passport
I like it a lot. I've been using it for the last 2-3 weeks. Switched from iPhone to this. I like it a lot.
Emails are great with a physical keyboard. The Hub is really really nice, but I think I'll remove FaceBook connectivity.
Browsing the web is fine. I have Instagram, Slack, and Venmo apks on it, works fine.
I'm not worried about the loss of WhatsApp, I don't use it that much, only with a couple friends.
Design: 8/10
OS: 9/10
Speakers: 8/10
Speed: 8/10

>Budget isn't an issue, but I heard the Galaxy S7 Edge on T-Mobile is some kind of "consumer version" so it has a weaker processor than a regular S7 Edge

lmao. what the fuck are you talking about.
All S7E's in the U.S comes with SD820.
In Europe they come with Exynos 8890.
Exynos is better.

You can buy them both unlocked.

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Galaxy S3
I don't know how it's still running but it is and it's fine.
Design 2/10
OS: 0/10
Speakers: dead/10
Speed 4/10

>All S7E's in the U.S comes with SD820.
>In Europe they come with Exynos 8890.
>Exynos is better.
Oh, I was told that the T-Mobile 7 Edge had a 4 core processor as opposed to an 8 core processor.

........ Yes, that's the Snapdragon 820, lmao. present in every flagship this year.
Exynos is Octa Core and made by Samsung.

Why isn't the Exynos one in America then?

Ask Samsung.

Ordered a Xaomi Note 3 Pro, what's a good case for this phone?

aliexpress.com/item/Cell-phone-case-NILLKIN-frosted-shield-for-xiaom-Plastic-Hard/32309361464.html

>aliexpress.com/item/Cell-phone-case-NILLKIN-frosted-shield-for-xiaom-Plastic-Hard/32309361464.html

Nah, brah. I don't like cases that close like a book, and the sparkle feature will draw even more attention to the fact that I'm a homosexal

aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=0&initiative_id=SB_20161103103824&SearchText=redmi note 3 pro case

Then search one yourself fag.

no bully

HTC 10 or iPhone 6s?

HTC, fuck Apple, they are going to do one on you.

ZUK Z2 for $189 with the coupon reyeszukz2. Probably the cheapest snapdragon 820 phone you can get.
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better get a xiaomi note 3 pro

I mean I like Android more as a whole but iOS has little things that keep attracting me.

nxrom.us/

does anyone have any experience with this ROM? I might install it on my RN3 Kate.

Probably because Qualcomm is more marketable to US consumers.
Or they just wanted to test things out in different regions to see what worked better, idk.

SNAP OUT OF IT!!!!!!

Huawei became my favorite smart phone brand

Probably company agreements.
SD820 isn't bad at all though.

the huawei nova looks very nice, but no roms whatsoever. Reee

So in that case it's better to just get a regular S7 right?

for the price, I'd rather get a 7 if you really want iOS.
Between those two, I'd pick HTC 10.

Can flashing a different kernel fix some of the wakelocks on a Galaxy S3 LTE running CM11?
I get a perpetual mdm_hsic_pm0 wakelock if I insert or unplug the charger while the screen is off, and without it battery_monitor and mdm_hsic_pm0 take about an hour per 20 hours of deep sleep.

aren't they also typically double the price of xiaomi phones

HTC 10, iPhone 7, or Galaxy S7?

Is Windows Phone confirmed for dead or will there be a future? Every year on Black Friday I get a $30 Lumia. I was gonna jump ship for Android if WP is circling the drain but it's hard to find a cheap-ish phone with this quality/features.

surface phone is the future for them. but it will be high-end

WP is dead unless you buy a surface phone.

Do not waste your money on anything else.

Yeah. They're pretty much the same. I have the intl version since I'm south american and it's breddy good.

man, microsoft really is disappointing with updates. My mum still has her lumia 630 and by now she doesn't like it anymore because it's constantly crashing. She also talked about wanting a new phone in the 300 europoor bucks area. Is there anything you'd recommend for moms where I don't have to take care of everything?

Id prefer the 7 over the 6s but I still need the headphone jack and the adapter is just an extra inconvenience

iphone 6

zuk z2 for 180 euros on honorbuy btw


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How do you get emulators on android

redmi note 3 pro

Download them from the play store

Is it safe to edit system.img before I flash it to my RN3P? Don't see the point in installing it all just to remove a shitload afterwards.

What's the best way?

the axon 7 isn't getting a black friday sale, right?

should I just buy it now and put my auto-restarting s4 out of its misery?

Who here /caselessmadman/

YEE

Guys, I am between a S7 Flat and HTC 10.
I am currently living in Brazil so importing an HTC 10 would cost more (821 USD) than buying a S7 flat (644 USD). Also, Samsung is giving away a Gear VR for anyone that buys either a S7 flat or edge until 31/11.
So, what should I do?

Are the so called "stealth phones" just a scam? They claim to be able to warn you of call interception and some other neat sounding features. Sorry for being off topic.

I would suggest waiting for black Friday and see if you can get a discount

You mean a discount on the HTC 10?

There will likely be a discount on both
S7 will probably still be cheaper because it starts cheaper, and because its older and these companies move to give away the old models for cheap

>le pro 3 already arrived
>one day after i ordered it
>shipping was free
why didn't my american phone arrive this fast

Thoughts on Google Pixels?

I just got my XL and it's amazing except for the battery life. I usually have to recharge it once in the afternoon.

Is the Nexus 6P still worth it? I wanna swappa one of those babies, or wait for nigg Friday for crazy deals?

G4 Play has a removable battery and is 5". Get it from Best Buy or the Motorola site and you can unlock the bootloader too.

Is there any way to do the following

>recover deleted text messages/deleted numbers from an iphone 6(t mobile)

>recover data from an old windows phone(metropcs)

Post a mini review famalam.

Give it back Tyrone.

I see but, in your opinion, do you think the S7 is more worth than the HTC 10?
I was looking for something that could last me for a while.

>Post a mini review famalam.
i swiped right and it told me hillary is corrupt

Sign up for google fi, buy 6p new for cheap, activate fi sim & immediately cancel.

typically yes
im sure you can get relatively same functionality through some apps or rooted apps who knows

its ok

meh, not for more than 399, which is what the black friday/CM deals should be like
newegg was shilling them for that price

But she'll still win.

It's a good phone but I won't buy it because I don't like on screen buttons.

Like literally what?
>inb4 blue speech bubbles

seriously though I upgraded from a nearly broken galaxy s4 on sprint to this on ting so it's pretty great/10, hard to compare when my last phone was so much worse (and ~5x slower)
UI is a bit weird (no settings in the notification swipe down) but I can deal with it

Are you trying to sabotage the thread?

Why do you think the charger is messed up?

>Might Friday

Actually loled

Nova launcher+material theme.

1 messaging app
Longer support
Faster than Android
More fluid

>reboot new phone
>"I'm getting smarter everyday" in small text fades in on black screen right before reboot
is this normal or is my phone sentient

Don't see how 1 messaging app is a plus. You're going to have others anyway.
Define 'support'. Unless you paid for Apple™Care™, your warrantee is the same as any other phone, unless you meant updates, in which case, it varies by manufacturer/carrier. It's not uncommon for android flagships to be getting updates for 3+ years, like the Xperia Z1.
Android is an operating system.
Depends on the phone running either OS.