/spg/ - Smartphone General - MWC 2017 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 a long time ago
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:
Performance & Battery Life Report: Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 with MediaTek Helio X20
anandtech.com/show/11137/performance-battery-life-report-xiaomi-redmi-note-4-mediatek-helio-x20

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 XDA Performance and Battery Life Review (Compared to Redmi Note 3)
xda-developers.com/redmi-note-4-xda-review/

Ringing Bells ‘$4 Smartphone’ Founder Arrested on Fraud Allegations
xda-developers.com/ringing-bells-4-smartphone-founder-arrested-on-fraud-allegations/

vivo V5 Plus review
gsmarena.com/vivo_v5_plus-review-1570.php

vivo V5 review
gsmarena.com/vivo_v5-review-1572.php

HTC 10 evo review
gsmarena.com/htc_10_evo-review-1571.php

Moto G5 specs leak out via GFXBench
phonearena.com/news/Moto-G5-specs-leak-out-via-GFXBench_id91350

Here's the LG G6 in white, platinum, and black
phonearena.com/news/LG-G6-color-versions-leak_id91360

Battle of the S8 chipsets: Snapdragon 835 vs Exynos 8895
phonearena.com/news/Battle-of-the-S8-chipsets-Snapdragon-835-vs-Exynos-8895_id91332

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What's the best phone for

Going to install this rom on my virgin 920i, hopefully it doesn't brick. Any advice? I've rooted and installed roms on S2 and S4, the instructions are always shit.

forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/development/sm-g920f-nanorom-20160414-t3358801

My Galaxy S3 is on its last leg. Should I get an S7 Edge now or wait for the S8?

>le "cheap Chinese cable caused this" meme

Reposting for new thread

Hey spg, I'd like to buy a phone for my gf (nothing too fancy, maybe a chink phone). She doesn't really care about specs, she's still on iPhone 4.
Is the yotaphone 2 a good choice? I really like the e-ink but I'm afraid that Android 4 would be a little too old (I'm worried about normie apps not working)

Bought redmi 3s prime since redmi 4 wasn't available in India... best decision ever made

anons, I have a nexus 5 and it is perfect yet the battery is shit. What smartphone should I buy?
I am considering mi5s.

redmi note 4x has some cute colors.

Big screen?

Hi, I am a student.
I was wondering to buy a Oneplus 3t but I have read that the microphone is really bad. I need the microphone to record the lessons at the university.
I can't buy a Google Phone because Google doesn't sell it in my country and I want a stock android phone.
What should I buy?

Just had my first full day usage of my brand new Redmi 4 Pro and this is what it looked like at 2% left. I've gotta say, I'm really fucking impressed with this. Had GPS, mobile data and wifi turned on all the time, brightness at 60%+ and I threw in about 2 hours of pokemon go in there since it's a known battery killer but this thing just doesn't give a fuck. The signal on one of my carriers is also pretty bad at times.

Fuck your MUH 1MM THINNESS SACRIFICING ALL BATTERY LIFE horseshit. 4000+ mah batteries are where it's at.

Also really digging the look of this thing, it feels great in the hand and was even prettier in person. I think I've found true love, Sup Forums.

Oh, hi R4Pfag from Moto Z Play thread.

I absolutely love the hipocrisy of this. I still remember when the first report of the note 7 exploding came out and people already started freaking out and saying how this is why they bought iphones and all that shilling crap. Now we have an iphone 6s that killed 43 people in a place and this one exploding, but suddenly everyone is being le reasonable marketer. It gets even more hilarious that despite this being apple fucking up this time, the fanboys and marketers are still basically going "b-b-but samsung!" to change the focus.

Hi m8.

Buy a Xiaomi.

I live in the US

m8 I live in fucking brazil. You have no excuse.

BUY IT NOW

but bands

WE DON'T NEED BANDS WHERE WE'RE GOING

Lads, I need your help

>samsung galaxy Note 4 user
>bough 21 months ago for 620€
>last 3 months had a lot of problems with --slow, always rebooting
>2 weeks ago I make a hard reset; now I don't have those problems
>actually, it goes pretty fast now
>today wake up
>mobile is charging, with the red notification light
>try to turn on
>it doesn't work
>google a solution; tried a lot of things; didn't work
>go to my trusted chink IT reparation guy
>"I think the motherboard is dead"
>"give me the mobile and in a few days I will tell you what's the cost of the reparation"

>google Note 4 motherboard reparation
>230€

fml senpaitachi

What smartphone should I buy next?

Some specs I am interested:
>5,5
>not laggy; fast
>not max price
>no shitty curved screen

ONEPLUS 4 WHEN

Looking for new phone:
Midrange budget or below
Australia, Telstra network
Want: Good phone with great battery life
Would be nice: Non on screen buttons
Would be nice but not a deal breaker: IR Blaster

OK with chinkphone

OP3T or Axon 7

>iphone 6s that killed 43 people in a place
wut
source nigga

Is this a good deal?

RN3P Special edition has everything you're asking for

...Xiaomemes...
I'm looking forward to Redmi pro 2, but it's going to come out later this year. I think that if you just look around on kimovil you can find your perfect chink phone. I'm using a xiaomi redmi note 3 pro and I'm super happy with it. Payed like €160 6 months ago.

Board traveler here. My brother was asking me where I could get a cheap (and new) S5 since the potato he used just stopped.

I'm in the US and he uses Straight Talk for a carrier. Can you bring other carriers (ie Verizon, ect) and just but a ST sim card package? Also bonus if this can be bought at walmart (online or in store). Thanks in advance. I just use an S4 myself as a media device and a flip phone from tracfone since I dont get that many calls personally.

Is ZTE Blade V8 Pro gud? I heard it gets 10h of web browsing. I just want a phone around $200-$300 that can survive the day browsan

I find Moto G4 battery life lacking.

How is the Moto G4 Play?

I'm having to switch carriers and this is a clear downgrade, but I like the idea of using a $100 that covers all the essentials while still being nice to use.

Vote for the superior $160 meme.

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Is there any phone that's not chinkware that I can remove my battery with? I find it harder and harder to find phones like these.

Reason being that I'm probably gonna buy the phone under contract, and the battery built in to these phones isn't going to last me 2 years, guaranteed.

Was considering the LG phones (v20 and g5) but I've heard about their bootloop problems and that I'd be screwed with them. Im lost at this point.

I got the lg v20 for $360 during the T-Mobile sale. Even getting a nifty lg mini protector thrown in for good measure. Did I do good?

Barack Obama

Moto G4 Play and Samsung J-series phones, but those are budget phones. I wouldn't be worried about bootloops with the LG V20 or LG G5, it's only the older LG models that have that problem.

Nice. I went with the Galaxy s7 for my brother. It's still $360, not sure if I should buy it or wait for the phones coming later this year. The s7 has a bit of lag and I don't want any but that's probably unrealistic

It's a nice phone for the price. Stock android, microsd slot and removable battery.

When is /smallphone/ coming?

My 6P is a joke

Wanted a gold one but Boost only has white. It is only $150. Should I get it.

If good battery life is your main wish then I'd choose between that phone and Galaxy J7 (2016), which also gets crazy battery life (like 12-14h SoT)

...

Zuk z2.

wait.

No, it's a shitty meme. get her a real phone.

If it's the 2016, yeah.

How many of you buy tempered glass protectors? Or is it just a bad meme

Galaxy A5 2017 for $326 is a good deal, anons?
I want a phone with a good battery life and a correct camera, but the video seems really shitty on this one. Another question, is there a good phone for taking pictures at night? They all seems bad in my price range (300~400).

Afraid not.

Cameras with 1.8 aperture will be the best cameras for low light/night and they're only in the top of the line phones

Honor 8 has a much better camera and is faster too.

Get the S7 for $360

>£500

;_;

look sexy af, but for those specs, meh.

specs aren't bad

It costs $549 and has the same specs as a $200 Xiami Redmi Note 4...

Battery life will be insane though: large battery, small screen and efficient SOC. Too bad it costs $300 too much.

got this phone last week. pretty awesome phone for the price IMO. replaced my s4 that shit out on me. camera is subpar but for 100 dollars i cant complain

>Unlocked bootloader never ever

Got myself a Pixel Sup Forums, anyone with one found a case they like or anything decent to make the home screen more aesthetic?

But the battery life seems not that great, right?

I would like to buy it, but it's sadly not an offer in my country

most people don't own both so they will just suggest whichever one they bought. and there is a very persistent zuk shill who keeps posting in these threads. my suggestion is to look at reviews of different phones you are interested in, including from xiaomi and zuk.

Do you need a 5 inch phone? Get a Zuk Z2
Do you need a 5.5 inch phone or a phone with great custom ROM support? Get a Redmi Note 3 Pro
It really isn't that hard...

tfw torn between wanting it to succeed so more keyboard phones are made, and wanting it to fail like the Priv so it gets cheap

for 5.5 inch- RN3P or note 4x?

you and me both brother

companies should just make a keyboard/battery add-on for their flagship phones

How long until Sony release another Xperia model?

2017 Xperia X phones are being announced at MWC in a few days time

gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_xz_premium_leaks_due_for_release_in_may-news-23626.php

Thank you

I was expecting an actual decent phone, not the 4k meme.

Any decent budget phones for $100 or less new? Looking for unlocked/root. Quick charge and mSD would be huge. Looking to upgrade the kiddos slightly (six of them). Currently have them using gsmarena.com/zte_zmax_2-7572.php ZTE Zmax 2's that I paid around 50-80 over time a piece. They do quick charge mSD removable battery. I need it to be GSM and support Tmobile/ATT in the USA.

Some of the options I was looking at were used deals on OPO phones since I already had two of them. 801 is a solid chipset still imo as is the 805. Trying to stay away from 808/810 as those devices are a walking disaster.

see

Thanks. First inspection it's mediatek. I'll take a look at how it stacks up with what they have already.

gsmarena.com/blu_r1_hd-8171.php

what do your kids need root access for?

moto g4 play

They don't need it I do. We have a close to zero botnet policy in my house. I remove all google apps and services. No facebook. No twitter. No skype. No discord. Fdroid + curated apps from our home server. Nextcloud provides all services required. Plex media server for music/video.

hi guys, I need an advice
I'm about to buy a new phone but I do't know that to choose
some dude told me to go for the asus zenfone 3 but he's a normie and I don't trust him on tech things
I can spend up to 350 euro

>teaching your kids to be autistic
Sad.

It appears to be working well then. Two of them are high school and graduating early and already in college courses. Thanks for the free parenting advice.

Is this satire?

Oneplus 3, Axon 7, Honor 8, Lenovo P2

Completely serious. Why? We don't have cable TV. Phone has been been sips/voip for a decade or more. I've been running a home media server since the late nineties.

thanks man

How many hours of music playback (with the screen off) should I be able to get with a Galaxy Note 4 using a battery that's functioning properly?

Rn3p has great battery life, I don't like the touch sensor on it that much tho

>Honor 8
>EMUI 5.0

Finally I have a perfect phone. I can't come up with a single complaint for the price I got it for. Which is slightly more than half 6 months ago.

Should I get the V20 or wait for new phones to come out?

Hey, looking at moving up from my g3 to a V20. Love the built in DAC, want new Android. Was planning it as a present to myself for birthday, mid March. Think the price will drop with the g6? Any advice? Thanks

Zuk Z1 or Redmi 4?

They're about 150€.

Are these phones good to make phone calls? I mean, noise cancellation and audio volume. That's something I can never find on reviews, everyone mentions the camera, the blablabla but not the most important aspect of a phone.

Zuk Z2.

>using a smartphone to make phonecalls

isn't it past your bedtime gramps?

Hard to find in Yurope.

Has anyone had problems with Bluetooth since updating to 6.0? I updated Moto X Play recently and now if I turn Bluetooth on it crashes the phone immediately.

My friend dropped an iPhone 5s into the pool. everything works, but the screen is getting more, and more fadded.

Is there a way to fix this? If I soak the screen is isopropyl alcohol, or distilled water, could that return it back to normal?

If not, what's a good replacement screen to buy? eBay is flooded with tons of screens at varying prices.

Thanks

Thanks, ordered one

How many simultaneous multi touches does the OnePlus 3T support?

How can I tell the difference between a redmi note 3 and a note 3 pro?

You need to place the phone in alkalised water and then into a bowl of activated almonds. That should seperate the isotopes from bonding with the capacitive membrane layer beneath the screen.

>gf looking into AGM X2
can't tell if I should make fun of her or if she's found a solid system. X1 only came out in January but got great reviews

Thoughts? X2 should be at MWC

Cheapest 1080p 5" phone that's not going to fuck me up after four months?
Trying to avoid lagdroid and shitty build quality.

How is the camera?

amazon.com/Moto-4th-Generation-Exclusive-Lockscreen/dp/B01EZC9WC0

Is there a better chinese equivalent for $130?

>inb4 complaint about lockscreen adds
They're easily removed as long as you aren't autistic. Well worth the $50 discount.