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How is it operating now compared to when you unboxed it?
>speed >battery >glitches
Would you recommend it?
If money wasn't a concern, what phone would you get?
Hudson Evans
Moto G5 >How is it operating now compared to when you unboxed it? Well I've had it for like a week and a half now so it hasn't had time to deteriorate. >speed P good >battery P good >glitches None so far
>Would you recommend it? Yeah. Camera isn't great but that's not a big deal
Bear in mind my previous phone was a Xperia Neo V which I had for nearly 5 years and which was shitting itself really badly for the past year, so my standards for "good" are probably way lower than those of the average /spg/ user
>14 thousand dollars for those specs, just because it's made of meme materials Yeah nah fuck that shit. If I had fuck you money I'd buy a normal flagship which has better specs than that thing.
Lincoln Johnson
Nexus 5X >How is it operating now compared to when you unboxed it? I've used it around 1,5 year now. Must say it's been holding up pretty well. Recently updated to Android O which made it even perform better then N. >Battery Okay-ish; around 3,5-4hrs. >Glitches Big chance it's going to bootloop any time, thanks to LG.
>Would you recommend it? Not anymore, it's almost EOL.
Gabriel Rodriguez
Looking for suggestions
Ayden Miller
Moto G5 Plus
Evan Ortiz
problem child 2
Easton Howard
nexus 5
>okay I guess, don't really have anything else to compare with >dogshit >stuck power button
no, it's almost 4 years old
David Young
Not a fan of comedies.
Sebastian Rivera
Galaxy S4 >speed It's slow as fuck, everything takes ages >battery I've changed it once, because it shut down even if I had more than 30% charge. Still, it doesn't last long, and when below 20% it drains even faster >glitches I haven't yet understood what triggers this event, but sometimes a windows pops up telling me "SIM card not detected - reboot", at which point I can only reboot the phone; sometimes it happens very frequently, sometimes it doesn't happen at all for many weeks straight.
When it came out it was the best, nowadays I wouldn't pick it up even if was new.
If money wasn't a concern I'd build my own goddamn smartphone. For more readily available choices, I'd get the V30, which will probably release at a too steep price for me, so I'll have to choose between waiting (again) for the price to drop, or to just buy it regardless.
Aiden Garcia
Want to buy a new phone, looking mainly for a very good camera and a tough exterior. Owned the Moto X force but it started lagging a lot. How is the essential ph1?
Isaac Rodriguez
>very good camera and a tough exterior. >Essential PH-1 hahahahahahahahhaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ghahahahahahahahahahahahh hahahaha haha ha ha
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Liam Smith
get the redmeme note 4 you get free egg drop soup with it
Matthew Brown
S8 Active
Matthew Garcia
how about you get an active sex life
Colton Morris
What is your opinion on the new Xiaomi mi6? NO bully
Ian Martinez
I don't know anything, which is why I asked friend. No need to sperg out
I've had very poor experiences with previous Samsung phones. Have they improved as a company?
I'm hoping for a better camera than that
Caleb Barnes
Check reviews
Joseph Kelly
How hard would it be to buy one of these and unlock it as a gaijin?
Ayden Bell
Yay or nay?
William Reyes
It won't work outside Japan you stupid weeaboo
Anthony Russell
You can unlock them, I just don't know how.
Jayden Walker
ordered the plus version, i should be here by tomorrow, has made a good choice?
Josiah Baker
moto g5 plus
Cooper Wood
dont buy chinese shit
Oliver Powell
Well I mean, it's supposed to be a bit better at everything than the normal G5, so yeah I guess
Jack Lee
frequencycheck.com and willmyphonework.net both say that the Redmi note 4 (not indian edition) does not support LTE B20 (800 DD) but product page and every review site says it does.
Redmi Note 4 Global is the only version with B20, but confusingly it's listed as "Redmi Note 4X International Model" is on willmyphonework.net and "Xiaomi Redmi Note 4X Dual SIM TD-LTE TW" on frequencycheck.com
Levi Sanchez
I'm indecisive as fuck
Looking for a mid range phone capable of doing most things quickly
Moto g5s plus for 285 or an honor 8 for 300? Or should I pay 100 euro more for an honor 9?
Chase Jackson
Is the moto z2 force being released in the uk as i can only find the play version
Luke Gonzalez
The honor 8 has better specs but has a chink rom, g5+ is nearly stock Android
Landon Anderson
LG G6 can also be had for around 400€. OP3T is worth looking at too (might have to buy used).
Alexander Gray
that processor in honor 8 gives me weird vibes, plus some shitty android skin is a no no
Matthew Roberts
Get the G5+ simply because it has stock Android
Jordan Russell
Wait for Moto X4
Liam Rogers
Thanks
Alexander Johnson
>Mi6
Good if you like a small phone but the price in most countries is a bit off putting for something that isn't your Samsung, LG, or Sony.
Levi Robinson
What is the highest end phone I can get with square edges that isn't an Xperia?
Jeremiah Stewart
Square-ish edges? The Xiaomi Mi Mix.
Grayson Brooks
what do you mean by that? square edges or straight screen?
Samuel Allen
So i've been CTRL+Fing the last couple of /SPG/s and seen one mention of the Essential Phone and only in passing.
I had a good feeling about the phone and expected Sup Forums to shill it pretty heavily for being pure Android and arguably better than the Pixel, is it actually DOA?
Lucas Flores
I'm thinking of buying a Xiaomi Mi Mix(once the new one is revealed and hopefully the price comes down even more).
Any reason not to? I was looking at the 4/128 version because the price difference is pretty significant, and overall it's almost down to affordable levels.
I could afford the 6GB version or probably even the new one as long as it ends up under $1k, but I'm not that keen on spending that much money on a phone, and if the leaks are right it doesn't even look that good.
Cooper Turner
The front camera placement is the blunder of the century and killed all the appeal of the phone for me.
Benjamin Watson
The force version are exclusive to the US afaik >no headphone jack >no SD card slot >no ip protection
Jacob Gray
What's the best way to do 2-way sync between my phone and computer (Ubuntu)?
That does look nice but I'm not buying a chinese phone.
As in you could poke your eye out on the corners. Something like a galaxy won't do that. Curved edges wouldn't really work with that but I could be wrong.
Blake Richardson
>any reason not to?
It's been mentioned in /spg/ that the earpiece is trash on that phone.
Chase Martin
>chinese phone
They're all made in China, user.
Leo Adams
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Ayden Baker
Has a Chinese name though. That's enough to deter me.
No 3.5mm jack, no SD, no removable battery= no buy.
Cooper Foster
if i could get one imported would it work on the networks here
Liam Flores
how about nokia 8? or lg g6
Hudson Turner
Yeah, the unlocked one would work fine
Isaiah Robinson
There's a coupon for Gearbest that knocks the price down to $489 for that phone.
Jace Phillips
I'm confused, my phone from years ago has a 20.7 MP camera but all the recent high end phones have shit like 13MP. Doesn't that mean they're worse and will have lower res photos?
Oliver Bailey
That's strange, mine says "assembled in China" on the back
Luke Wright
>lg g6
Looks kind of good but those corners are still slightly too curved. I want POINTY.
Carter Roberts
Moto Z Play
>How is it operating now compared to when you unboxed it? I bought it 3 weeks ago so pretty good, no issues besides some overheating every now and then
>speed good, I sold a phone with SD 820 to buy it and I can't differentiate the speed between 820 and 625, maybe apps take a second more to open but who cares
>battery exceptional, it lasts 2 to 3 days
>glitches overheating every now and then, besides that, there's nothing
>Would you recommend it? yeah, it has a good battery and nice specs, it's pretty big for a 5.5 inch phone tho
>If money wasn't a concern, what phone would you get? maybe an Oneplus 3T or HTC 10, yeah U11 got a better camera and specs, but Metal>>>>>Glass, I'd buy a Google Pixel (regular size) but no microSD is killer
Connor Robinson
If it takes pics in 720p or even 1080p versus a camera that gets 2160p, there is a difference. Megapixels don't mean shit these days, just a marketing term to make people think "More megapixels means more gooder!"
Evan Williams
>no removable battery I can understand the other two, but this one hasn't made sense to me in almost 5 years.
Who seriously actually NEEDS a removable battery anymore? Back in 2010-2011 when a phone battery would last you half a day at best, yes having a removable battery made a lot more sense because even moderate cell phone users either had to keep the phone plugged in constantly or carry an extra battery, the wait time to charge a battery from scratch was several hours, charging your phone for an hour might get you 20-25% battery life.
These days however you can get 40-50% charge in under 30 minutes.
Carter Campbell
No, the number of megapixels doesn't say shit about the camera quality. What matters is the camera sensor and image processing software. I guarantee you that the 2MP camera on the Pixel or S8 for example takes better photos than your old phone.
Jayden Williams
That's tempting, I'm gonna hold out for the announcement on the 11th though.
Jason Thomas
*the 12MP camera
Nathaniel Sullivan
mega pixels were a meme created by nokia back in the day, still remember that 30+ MP lumia phone
Justin Gomez
>The force version are exclusive to the US afaik They have it here in Brazil too >No headphone jack, shit camera, shit laggy camera software and shit camera, no expandable storage, gimmicky camera placement, meme dual camera that doesn't change anything, no water resistance. resolution /= quality my canon 60D should be worse than your 20.7MP phone following that logic
Leo Gomez
So how do I tell what resolution something will take photos in?
Liam Jackson
High resolution doesn't mean high quality. In fact, high resolution images taken with a bad sensor will look even worse.
Thomas Bailey
The software is ending up being the biggest factor with smartphone cameras.
Smartphones by design are limited in size, so no matter what you'll never have a massive sensor with a nice lens. So all the companies throwing super wide aperture lenses on these tiny sensors then ignore the software get blown out by shittier lenses on similar or even identical CMOS sensors, but if the software processing is better, the "worse" camera is still going to look better.
Xavier Rogers
Those PureView cameras actually had a reason to be high megapixel, it's called pixel oversampling
Luke Gonzalez
Overpriced garbage with shit camera
William Evans
Megapixels tell you the resolution. Aperture and sensor size is what's relevant to actual quality
Nathan Phillips
2160p = 3840 x 2160 pixels or 4096 x 2160 pixels 1080p = 1920x1080
Henry Rogers
>Aperture and sensor size is what's relevant to actual quality You mean software image processing.
Take identical sensors and lens aperture, etc.
One with Sony image processing, the other with samsung. Who wins?
Anthony Allen
HTC 10 >How does it operate compared to when unboxed? Same or maybe a bit faster on Android N compared to stock Android M
>Speed Stellar software, still didn't crash since june 2016 when I bought it >Battery Since it's 3000 mAh, it can last the whole day and still have some juice in the morning with lighter use
I love this phone, dropped it few times and only minor scratches appeared
Jason Harris
>2160p = 3840 x 2160 pixels or 4096 x 2160 pixels Any decent software would have these differentiated. Likely with 2160p (UHD) or 2160p (DCI-4k)
Brody Sanders
nice, speed and battery sound great
what's the catch though? I've never managed to find a phone with the legit complete package
Liam Lewis
>charge phone to 95% >check battery about half an hour later >it says 98% What?
Nicholas Perez
phones slow down the charging speed when it gets closer to full to prevent it from damaging battery
Owen Morales
i hope this is a bait.
imagine if the note 7 had removable battery, when they started exploding samsung could have just offered free replacement battries, easy and convenient, for both makers and consumers, also those phones were exploding while even turned off now if you had removable battery you could have avoided that
second: imagine youre on a 8+ hr flight, you can just bring some spare batteries and be good on your way
third: power banks are fucking shit, compared to spare batteries
Benjamin Lopez
Huawei Mate 9
>How is it operating now compared to when you unboxed it? As good as day 1 since January, even after the update from Android 6 - 7
>speed Top tier. Zero slowdown in daily tasks. The Kirin 960 is a winner. Up there with the Snapdragon 835 in practical use.
>battery Top tier. 4000 mah. It also helps that the display is 1080p, so it's pushing less pixels than your average flagship. Pulls down 2 - 4 days on a charge depending on usage.
>glitches EMUI is the biggest downside. The battery saving algorithm is mostly good, but can err on the zealous side sometimes. I've had several apps have to be re-opened after letting it go to sleep and waking it up again.
>Would you recommend it? If you like big screens, massive battery life, and consistently solid performance, absolutely.
>If money wasn't a concern, what phone would you get? Money is actually no concern, and I just buy whatever I fancy at the moment. I also own an LG G6 that I switch back to at times. I bought a Moto Play to try out with the Gamepad Mod, but that thing is meh. I might pick up the V30, Mate 10, or Pixel 2 depending on reviews.
Kayden Flores
>power banks are fucking shit, compared to spare batteries Well that's where you're wrong, I can charge all my devices with a power bank, a spare battery is only for the phone
Eli Lopez
youre rich, why not just buy s8?
Elijah Brown
>second: imagine youre on a 8+ hr flight, you can just bring some spare batteries and be good on your way
What the fuck 8 hour flight doesn't have USB ports or an AC outlet?
Further, by having a removable batter you basically make wireless charging impossible (or at least a real pain in the ass), you make water proofing next to impossible as well. Not to mention making the phone physically larger for the same size battery, or you're forced to have a smaller battery in the same size device.
Also, maybe if you didn't buy cheap shitty chink battery banks you wouldn't have issues. The Anker PowerCore+ 26800mAh bank has Quick charge 3.0 and can fast charge most modern phones so you can get 40-50% battery in like 30-45 minutes.
John Johnson
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 looks really great for the price. I'm an absolute noob though, so can someone tell me whether there's any risk in chinese phones, or is it the same as a samsung just without the big brand on the back? Also, is it hard to install the play store?
Robert Adams
Because the cool kids on the internet told him samsungs touchjizz was bad.
Seriously though, samsung is too popular among normies.
Brayden Baker
Sorry I forgot to mention a quite relevant little detail: that I unplugged it at 95%
So according to the phone it charged an additional 3% while unplugged
Angel Wilson
>his phone doesn't work as a power bank for other devices
Brayden Richardson
Well here are the cons: >US models come without headphones, but since I am from Europe no problem with that >Phone tends to overheat during charging (since it hac QC 3.0) >Battery quality stagnates over time with heavy use and bad charging habits (what I read on forums) but I took good care of battery with medium use and not charging it over night >WiFI module is not so strong compared to other 2016 flagships, but it doesn't matter to me too much >Some models have problems with software-caused light bootloops >Stock google apps can be annoying (google photos in my case, I perfer gallery app on my old GS5) >Metal back makes it uncomfortable to hold after heavy use
Kevin Perry
1. I don't like Samsung's edge displays. They're gaudy, more fragile, distort the image, and add more glare. I owned an S7 with the flat screen, which I gave to my mom who needed a replacement for her aging HTC One M8.
2. TouchWiz has certainly come a long way, but it's still pig disgusting. The S7's bloat was still pretty unacceptable. The worst was Samsung Pay, which was pre-loaded. I disabled it in the App settings, but after every update, it would literally re-enable itself and put an overlay on the homescreen again to open when accidentally swiped. I didn't want to fuck around with rooting on a phone I wasn't going to own very long anyway. Wasn't worth the hassle.
3. lmao @ a Bixby button you can't re-purpose
4. Fingerprint sensor is in the stupidest fucking position on the S8. I can tell it would just piss me off in daily use.
Brayden Williams
>without the big brand Xiaomi is the world's fifth largest smartphone manufacturer
>is it hard to install the play store It'll have it out of the box if it has the Global ROM
Joseph Bell
as someone who's been on many short and long flights, when you're lucky enough to get a port, it charges so slowly you may as well not use it
>you make water proofing next to impossible
*cough* S5 *cough*
I don't even use spare batteries, but going on flights makes me wish i had some
Isaiah Robinson
>The worst was Samsung Pay That's actually one of the few samsung bloat features that actually is pretty universally loved by the community at large.
Many MANY people wish other phones offered smasung pay, having a phone that works on pretty much ANY credit card reader from the past 35 years is pretty damn handy. The only type of reader it doesnt work on is the insert type readers at ATMs and gas stations. Any swipe reader works without issue however.
Ryan Gomez
>>>you make water proofing next to impossible > >*cough* S5 *cough* Yeah, it worked out so well for them it was the last phone they did with a removable battery.
moron.
Joshua Wright
Samsung pay is fucking cancer because you can't turn it off. I agree with him.
