/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 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
>PRAISE THE CHINKPHONES unless you live in America you shits

>News:
Francisco Franco's Opinion Regarding Galaxy S8: "With the S8 everything changed. It's the first device since One Plus One that made me forget about the iPhone."
plus.google.com/ FranciscoFranco1990/posts/a9dQJebRnZ1

Motorola G5 Plus phone Review: Moto's mid-range Android smartphone does everything well. Why pay more?
pcworld.idg.com.au/review/motorola/g5-plus-phone/618784/

New leak reveals Honor 9 is ditching the 3.5 mm headphone jack
thetechpoint.org/honor-9-no-3-5mm-headphone-jack/

Samsung Official S8/S8+ Cases - First Look - POP, Clear, Silicone, LED View Cover, etc
youtu.be/BAVgVIWbZ5o

LG6 review by Damir Franc
youtube.com/watch?v=zarwwlaL_YI

Huawei P10 Review! - Tim Schofield
youtube.com/watch?v=TxsCWJSoqbA

Xiaomi Mi 6 Review - TechTablets.com
youtube.com/watch?v=gsIa30KHRJA

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Yes, certainly better than buying Chinese "flagship"

Looking to get a new phone as my current one is dying hard. I'm a fucking leaf so keep my price range in mind, around 300 bucks rainbow currency. I got my eye on a Galaxy S5, as it has good enough spects and button placement I like.

What think?

Looking to buy a good quality custom case for my s8. Anyone know a reliable site to do this with?

I can get a moto z play for 300, is there anything better for that price?

Why don't iThings support rest-to-unlock on their fingerprint sensors? On my Android, I just have to touch it and the device wakes up and unlocks with one motion. With iOS, even with "rest to unlock" enabled in accessibility, there's still an extra stage (either "press home to wake and keep finger rested without depressing again for ~1s to unlock" or "press power to wake then rest finger to unlock").

Why is this? Is it a deliberate design decision or a technical limitation? Are always-on sensors more power hungry?

I want to replace my OnePlus one for around $200, do I hunt for a 3 around that price? Will used prices for 3 or 3t drop after the 5 comes out?

No you dolt.

Honor 8
P10 Lite
A5 2017
Moto G5+.

I need a phone with good camera, as cheap as possible, don't mind getting a used one.
pls help, it's urgent.

Is there a forum for discussing Android that isn't swarming with pooinloos? I actually have nothing against them personally, but their phones, usage and general mobile culture is very different from the West and their grammatical errors are consistent and grating.

Honor 8
Xperia X

op3t vs s7edge?

Any phones in the $150 price range good for video calls? Maybe old used flagships or some chink shit with a good frontfacing camera?

>no let me recommend you phones twice the price of your budget

G6 OR S8
I CAN'T DECIDE FOR MYSELF

>Xperia X
Garbage IMO

Can you keep your current phone and buy a seperate camera? You'd get a lot more bang for ur buck.

In depth review of the KeyOne. Thoughts?


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s8
I hate samson solely for their touchjizz, but this year it seems that they have killed it, that is competition all together.
the s8 is one sexy beast.
Also no bootpoops, I love LG and owned a nexus 4, 5, and a 5x that bootlooped.
look at their history with their phones, they all seem to crap the bed at a certain point.

Your opinion is garbage

You might have better results if your shilling wasn't so obvious Rajesh

Could you hook me up with the wallpaper, OP?

I still wanted a newer phone. and I was told newer phone cameras are better than point and shoot cameras.

>I was told newer phone cameras are better than point and shoot cameras.

Don't listen to this person. Phones are more convenient. That's it.

Got Samsung S5 but boost doesn't give sim cards to verizon phones.

Take it to AT&T. They have BYOD SIMs for like $5 for GoPhone.

I got the g6 about a week ago and I really like it. Upgraded from a 4+yr old Note II.

The most noticeable difference to me having been with Samsung for a while is the bloat isn't so deeply integrated. Even without root, I can turn off the few things more easily and force the third party app on top of it without worrying about it being buggy.

I almost haven't turned my phone off since I got it, stress testing it and tweaking and feel like it is overall the better choice for me because of two big things. The screen DOESN'T have edge curve, which is better for video viewing no matter how hard Samsung tries to push the 'infinity edge'. Trust me, you want some edge to hold on to the damn phone itself. Second, the software is more lightweight, and the back-to-basics approach seems to have worked out well for LG this time.

Hope that helps.

Thank user

>GoPhone.
What if you want a family plan with boost?

Put a bullet in your temple cause Boost is utter shite

Is the oneplus five a meme or will be one of the best smartphones ever when it comes out?

I got a lot of cash atm, but idk if I should fall for the latest Sup Forums meme phone. I honestly doubt most of you people actually use your $800 phones beyond waifu wallpapers and calling mommy.

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Keep crying bitch nigga

Nevermind, I stopped being lazy.

Blackberry PRIV for $279

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cop or not?

The phone slogan is 'high range phone for mid range price'. Lol. Literally built for poorfags watching their wives getting fucked by tyrone.

DTEK60, a phone for those who actually matter. Everything else is a child's toy

>I was told newer phone cameras are better than point and shoot cameras
Well, I guess if you're retarded enough to fall for this you should buy an S8.

I have an s4 and the battery has ended its life long ago. The phone basically dies at around 95-100% within a minute of use. Too lazy to just buy a new battery, and I've been due for an upgrade.

Not looking for anything special but narrowed my budget between the moto g5 plus or the lg g5 since it's a lot cheaper now. Should i shell out a few more bills for the g5 for slightly better specs and camera?

I have mine set to wake up when it's lifted up so for 99% of my purposes it is rest to unlock

I'm excited desu

XA Ultra, Blade V8 Pro, or the Zenfone 3? Carrier is ATT

Just upgraded to a G6, installed Clover, get this when trying to play a webm.
The fuck gives? My G3 didnt have this problem

Okay, sp, I need a new phone
>around 250usd
>the best battery life possible
>good screen
>stock android and fast updates

The headphone experience is better on the XZ or the S7?

What the fuck just happened to my s8?
>Messing around with wallpapers
>Always prefer my papes to be centered with app icons
>Photos app would show me a preview of the wallpaper with the apps over it
>Suddenly doesn't anymore
This is what i get instead

XZ has """Hi-Res Audio"""
Galaxy s7 either has a wolfson dac or SD dac

From experience, the z1c had great output, though a bit quiet at line out and my original galaxy s had nice output with a wolfson dac. Either one should be fine really unless you get a SD S7 which may have a worse dac, might want to see what the autists on head-fi think about the phones.

and what if I save a little more and get the korean lg g6?

you can buy a timebomb that may or may not bootloop

Pls help

I thought that the g4 and the v10 were the ones with the bootloop problem

The v20, g5, and 5x were added to the lawsuit recently. Probably a matter of time before the g6 is added the way it's going.

Should I just buy the s8 already?

Waiting for the xz premium is taking forever and I wanna just sell my pixel and buy the s8

The only reasons why I'm holding off is cause the navbar icons are ugly as sin and there's still lag and microstuttering when I tried my friends model

>getting a phone with a 4k screen

Your friend probably never scrubs his apps or tries to clean up the bloatware. The s8 probably will lag with all of the bloatware from Samsung but one sweep of package disabler and it's smooth sailing for me. I'd recommend the s8 over anything out now or the xz

I had the Z5 premium. Shit was dope. 4k itself was a fucking pleasure to use and the resolution is so high that it's like looking at a mirror of reality. The thing sucked though because of the 810 snapdragon house fire chipset and as a result battery wasnt too good.

Also you haven't lived until youve experienced a native 4k video in VR

Though if I get the s8 the screen will be a lot worse resolution wise due to the qhd+ AMOLED display

The pixel is fhd and I find jaggies every now and then

Do you get any stuttering? I actually found the fp scanner not really an issue, (maybe everyone else has manlet hands) also, which model do you have? Us or int?

Fuck it I'd rather wait for the note 8

>native 4k video in VR

Is it really that clear? I've only tried PSVR and Google Cardboard on my Nexus 5X.

It might be a problem with the hardware of your phone.

I do have a suggestion: Try installing an external media player that has a software decoder and enable "Open videos external" in the settings so that the video opens externally in a software decoding app.

galaxy s8 for shitty forced apps and touchwiz along with bixby

or lg g6 for potential bootloops

I don't get any stuttering, even as I approach low battery. I have the US s8+. Note isn't set in stone AFAIK

It's pretty good, theres no sde

Nice, I live in Aus and the exynos one is superior anyways

Not bad for a $136 phone.

This is a test/self reply G6 boru here

what phone

Underrated sarcasm tbqh. One more test pic upload for those interested in G6.

How difficult is it to repair phones?
I often see phones with cracked screens or bad displays.

Super easy. Don't even need to ask here...do a search you fucking lazy bitch and go rent a tiny workspace at your local failing mall.

>profit

I don't want to do it for profit.
Just trying to upgrade from a dumphone for cheap.

Just get Chinese phone, you can get something usable for as low as $80.

what should I do with this? got it cheap on ebay but it doesn't work with my provider. just use it as a camera/backup? bb9983

this isn't for me but someone else and its a bit difficult,

Vodafone AU, 40-60 dollar plan
however most of the phones by contract is not what she wants. so the budget might extend to around 400-600 aud in that case. and I don't know what to get for her...

Samsung is the most established possibility as she never had any other brand before. the only other option she has on a plan is the huewei mate 9s or the oppo R9s and to be fair, Chinese phones on a 60 dollar plan or 400-600 aud outright doesn't seem to be worth it (the one plus three/four might be but I doubt that's a phone she's really looking for)

It's either Doogee Shoot 1 or Zuk Z2.

>son I need the best cheap phone
>b-but I don't know this brand I want samsung

... What is the best samsung phone for like max. 150€? (germany btw.)

>itching for an upgrade
>chinkphone from a year ago still works just fine
How do I deal with this consumerist urge /spg/?

Stop being a cuck and tell him cheap Samsung phones are shit

Reviews say that the XZ has a standard DAC. Completely average. If you want a good DAC then the Axon 7 or a recent LG would be good.

What's a good phone with a decent camera for $150.

LeEco Cool1

pity you cannot read.

phone for less than $100?

I thinking of getting a used lg g2, it looks bretty gud despite being 4 years old but wondering if there are better new phones for less than $100

Doogee Shoot 1

What do you think of Xiaomi Redmi Note 4?
Also, whats the difference between Note 4 and Note 4X?

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It only has 2 IMX258 sensors which are already old. Even the Mi4C has the same sensor.

Anything that has newer and better sensors? Limit is probably $155.

You fucking retard, IMX258 is the sensor LG G6 uses

>Live in UK
>Carrier is iD mobile

Any word on when the Lenovo P2 will be updated to Nougat? See folks talking about Nougat update already being rolled out in some regions.

It's been out since the end of March in most places, you can probably download the OTA from XDA and update manually if you don't want to wait

Posting on it now, I'm extremely happy with it. I sold my Pixel XL because the battery life was shit. The screen quality, loudspeaker volume, audio quality, build, and interface speed and stability (AOSPExtended rom) are all excellent, and it has a card slot. The only thing I miss from the Pixel is its camera.

How hard is it to root and install custom roms on? I assume I need the snapdragon version for custom roms?

I have no clue how to do that and honestly I don't trust myself to not fuck it up somehow.

I don't know what its like on the Mediatek version but there's a very active XDA section for rooting and ROMs on the Snapdragon version, really easy

ok thanks

And does the LG G6 have a good camera output? Nope? Thought so. It's an old sensor and a lot of other sensors are better than it. Like Omnivision sensors of Redmi Note 4.

I've heard that Zuk Z2 has a better camera than Doogee Shoot 1 and someone compared them in low light. Is the camera decent for $160?

The camera on the LG G6 is better than the one on S8 and near Pixel XL level
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oneplus3t vs xiaomi mi5s vs xiaomi mi5s plus.

Help i need a new phone before the end of june.
Which one?

OP5 should be out by then

I was considering buying an unlocked P2, I didn't realise the UK lagged behind in updates. Does that mean I won't have nougat? I'm on EE. Also have you had an Audio/Visual sync problems when watching videos with the likes of YouTube etc on the P2 at all?

Is the OnePlus 5 gonna be worth waiting for or should I just say fuck it and get a 3T or a G6 or something? My current phone is running on fumes (shits its pants on a daily basis) and I can't handle it anymore.

Would prefer a good battery and good camera with a generally fast processor or something at around the price point of the aforementioned phones. I understand if not all points can be met, I'm not an idiot.

manually updating to Nougat is REALLY simple