>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
I am a luddite who just got my first smartphone a month ago, Samsung Galaxy J7 V. I was recently informed I should be able to access a test screen to, among other things, boost signal strength in exchange for battery life. I live in the woods and charge the thing once a week as it is so I would like to do that. The code *#0*# does not work. Did Verizon disable it and if so, how can I enable the feature again? Factory reset?
polite sage for old thread under bump limit.
Oliver Peterson
verizon disables all that shit, and you cannot enable it again
Isaac Scott
Which phone should I get once my 6S poops out?
I want off the Apple ride
was thinking nokia 6/8 tbdesu
lmk ok ty xx
Thomas Brooks
>hexacore >not even 1080p >2gb RAM >no SD card slot >no headphone jack >that'll be $800 USD plus tip Why are people so fucking retarded and willing to pay this much for this piece of outdated trash?
Alexander Ramirez
>Apple iPhone X >$1000+ Fuck that. Budget OnePlus X2 with Snapdragon 835 when?
Really makes you think, almost as if the competing OS is such utter third world garbage that it takes precedence over the hardware.
Leo Hill
So after today it's pretty safe to say smartphones peaked in 2013, yes?
Nathan King
>subpar $200 phone specs sold for $800 >B-B-BUT THE SOFTWARE!
iShills, everyone.
Jordan Bennett
Last time i tried Android it was with the original Xperia Z. Did things pick up since then, and i mean significantly? No crashing music player, no freezes, no laggy scrolling, no app store with nothing but shovelware garbage as far the eye can see? Im sincere, i don't want to buy the 8 or X and its time for a new phone.
Cooper Campbell
G5 Plus or Galaxy S6? I know former is a couple years old, but is it still better than the Moto? It costs about the same and cheaper.
Julian Rogers
Yes, maybe consider getting a Pixel or something.
Luis Cooper
What about those new Chink ones? I hear normalfags complaining about a lack of google apps on them but isnt that an advantage? To not have googles cock that far up your ass?
Austin Nguyen
Which phone do (You) use?
Jordan Richardson
Oh and also >Yes Can you back that up? For example, is there still that shit where a software update has to go through three different companies who each apply their own flavor of bloatware to it before being available to you, and only if you're lucky and they can be asked to in the first place?
Henry Wilson
FYI, the internal render resolution is much higher than that.
Jeremiah Long
How to fix Moto G4 not reading sim cards?
Mason Morales
I don't buy chink phones, so I really can't say. Unless the phone is absolute shit, it shouldn't have a crashing music player, freezing or locking up. Samsung phones tend to have laggy scrolling (I've heard otherwise for Exynos powered devices). Google Play is about the same as the App Store for iDevices. There is shovelware, but if you know what you're looking for, you'll find it. The software update deal is still pretty much the same, but companies are apparently getting faster, but I wouldn't hold my breath unless you get something with stock or near stock Android.
Camden Perez
I'm replacing my s5 and I want advice please. I'm in the US and AT&T is the only carrier in my area, I want something fast, but not horribly expensive. SD card reader is nice but not a must. The phone must have root available/unlocked bootloader.
Nolan Gomez
What are the flagship android devices right now? Or are there any coming up? All i know are the S8, the Xperia XZ premium and the LG V30, apart from the chink stuff.
>bought xperia z5 2 years ago >looking forward to getting a new xperia >xperia xz1 review comes out >it's the same shit camera with blurry edges and no ois with terrible low light photos >it's still a heavyweight POS with 2700mah battery which is less than the z5 >same screen >same bezels >same weak ass speakers >still terribly slow camera software literally takes 2 seconds to snap a photo >700 euros
what the fuck is sony doing at their r&d, why are all the japanese companies losing it so hard in every field
Justin Harris
Lmao my Mi6 has TRIPLE the ram of that piece of shit
Julian Rivera
my personal best of this year in descending order: >LG V30 >LG G6 >Nokia 8 >HTC U11 >Samsung Note 8 >Samsung S8 >Motorola X4 >Motorola Z2 There's also the pair of Google Pixel phones that come out in a month or two, those are expected to do well.
Isaiah Diaz
Complacency or a sheer lack of brilliance, sadly.
Grayson Brown
x 1344
This annoys me the most. Why can't we have 1080p on the iPhone 8.
I have a 6S plus and I'm sick of bigger phones, besides my screen is better than the 8, which is funny.
Cooper Martinez
What's a phone that fits the following requirements:
>Good low-light camera >Good, loud audio >Won't break in half if you keep it in your pocket
Windows Phones used to do this for me, but since going to Android I haven't been happy. Best I've used so far is probably the ZTE Blade V8 but its speaker isn't very powerful and the chassis is flimsy.
I was hoping for a modern take on the Axon 7 with its speakers but with a better camera.
James Smith
I miss Windows Phone. The OS seemed really slick and intuitive and the phones themselves were great for the time.
Elijah Carter
Hey /spg/, smartphone ignoramus here. I've used iPhones since 2009 but I just need a headphone jack and I don't want to feed the tech duopoly. I do mostly online trading, standard web browsing and I run a lot of smart home apps. I prefer US made stuff but it's not a deal breaker. Camera quality isn't a huge deal to me but I don't want a potato either. I also do some music production on my phone with GarageBand from time to time. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks
Caleb Watson
V20/v30/g6
Camden Flores
V30/v20
Tyler Butler
No one does stereo speakers except for Axon and the Idol series, Motorola stopped a while back, so did HTC, but they have two speaker systems(woofer and tweeter), that's how it was on the HTC 10, but I don't know about the U11
Benjamin Wood
Try to find a deal on the galaxy s8.
Jaxon Hernandez
>want to get a new phone >Android is absolute garbage >iPhone X has that hideous design but that sweet OLED screen >Windows Phone >current phone hasn't had a system update since October
Why must it be so hard
Jack Bennett
My Nexus 5x got the bootloop so I need a new phone. I was thinking of getting the Moto G5 plus. is there anything around that price range better or coming out later this year? I'm using my dads old Blackberry z10 and I hate this thing...
Landon Johnson
LG V20/V30, Nokia8, Xiami Mi5S or Mi A1 if you feel the performance is adequate.
Luke Lopez
I don't care about stereo, just loud with good quality. My old Lumia 640 would go up so loud on speaker I could have a conversation in my convertible on the highway with the top down. And that was a $35 phone.
Every Android I've used since I basically have to leave leave at max volume with normal ambient noise.
Eli Green
If your budget is $400 and under, consider the HTC 10 If otherwise, get the U11
Adrian Gray
Phone salesman here. I sell Verizon products in the US, I'm new to the business. I'm studying basic selling points about the phones and honing my sales skills as they apply to phone sales, but what do you think phone salesmen ought to do?
Jaxson Torres
>Buy LG goyim >Nothing could go wrong
Jonathan Martin
Try sucking people's dicks
Wyatt Mitchell
Stop pushing what you faggots are getting extra commission in and try and actually put people in something they like
Mason Miller
Below 600
Luis Gutierrez
Be able to explain the difference between basic hardware differences.
IE. IPS vs OLED 10nm vs older 14nm or 20nm What actually makes cameras decent (not just how many megapixels it has) etc.
I want a phone salesman to layout the basic hardware differences between models and potentially highlight models that have features i find important. (camera, stylus, screen size, RAM, etc)
Luke Evans
has anyone ever had to RMA a phone? im looking at buying a chinese phone and people keep saying "hurr durr what if something breaks"..but im pretty sure if i buy a motorola or samsung and something breaks theyll tell me to fuck off unless i pay for it
Hunter Scott
>Talk to Joe Schmoe about phone about what phone he likes >He won't get anything but an iPhone >Want to tell him that new iPhones suck fucking dick >Go with it anyway
I generally try to recommend phones that work well for people, if I wanted to make a ton of money, I'd shit out J3 and J7 sales, believe it or not.
Jack Lewis
OnePlus5, HTC 10/U11
Nathaniel Morris
I do believe it, Samsung is getting killed in the mid and lower tier, no wonder they want you to push them, is the extra commission from Verizon or Samsung?
Sebastian Wilson
I'm curious, what are your thoughts on the LG V30? I'm thinking about getting one when it's released.
Eli Perez
Samsung and similar companies have generally a 1 year warranty for basic manufacturing defects. So if your screen has fucked up pixels or weird burn in or some shit, they'll probably just send you a refurb replacement without charging anything but maybe shipping.
However if you drop your phone and crack the screen, yeah they'll be charging you just like anyone else would.
Isaac Lee
Shitty LG pOLED.
Bentley Roberts
call it for me right now boys, buy the xiaomi redmi 4x: yes or no?
Mason Lewis
no
Brandon Smith
If I had to get a good phone, it would be the V30
Dylan Sullivan
Also >USB: 2.0 >in soon-to-be 2018
Jackson Thomas
Wait for Mi A1.
Josiah Lee
No
Cooper Nguyen
I've RMA'd a few. A major name company will probably have a replacement phone to you within a week. Dunno about no-name chink outfits.
Aiden Turner
acknowledged, thank you lads
Kevin Reed
Question. Is there anything that tops V20 if I want the following features:
-400+ppi -USB C -Really high quality dac -removable battery -dual camera config -dual sim -SD card -manual shooting mode
Juan Martin
Lower your standards. It makes everything so much easier.
John Murphy
>-removable battery no major manufacturer is doing this anymore, LG dropped it with the V30.
Im not sure if we'll see it at all next year either.
Brody Brown
my xperia z3 is showing its age (less battery capacity mostly), so i'm looking for something that has a good battery, has at least the same set of sensors, is fluid when using it and a acceptable camera. a mid range phone would be nice if it exists
Andrew Robinson
What's wrong with pOLED?
Aiden Mitchell
I assume that apple will eventually apply an update that makes it so the stuff on the same line as the bezel is all black. It's still terrible, though
Alexander Walker
No extra commission to my knowledge, our profit margin on them is just stupid good.
Camden Rivera
Do you work a corporate store?
Jason Sanders
is huawei considered a no-name chink outfit?
thats the one im looking at now
Carson Bailey
>inb4 it's a preproduction model.
Show me a retail one then
Jordan Morgan
Indirect. I wouldn't be surprised if my bosses browsed this general from time to time, so I'm going to remain anonymous beyond that.
Oliver Morris
Know what you're talking about and be able to break it down Barney-style.
Connor Wood
They're the largest chink manufacturer, and just outpaced apple as the 2nd largest single manufacturer of cell phones behind samsung.
Samuel Garcia
Wait, you don't get flat rate? Lucky fuck, it was flat rate per phone when I was selling
Cameron Sanchez
Is there any views with like, stock images or something? I'll admit that looks pretty shitty, but I'm curious if it looks as bad with normal images.
Adrian Gomez
They made the 6p so I would say they're a big brand.
Carson Cook
It's admittedly not as bad with normal images, but when you do notice it, it's pretty bad. Apparently some reviewers were reallllly noticing it, others not much at all.
If you're used to samsung AMOLED you probably will notice more than someone coming from IPS or similar LCD tech.
Kayden Williams
It scales based on how well you do and they aren't making it easy on me to collect commission presently, which is fine based on how our organization is doing, and how much they pay me hourly.
Jaxson Campbell
To ease your mind the Mi A1 got band 20 and Pixel-like support so it'll be worth waiting until the end of the month.
James Young
If you work for a carrier in the US you just need to know if they want the new iPhone or the new Galaxy
Kevin Adams
It must be easier than selling Sprint, that shit was such a bad idea cause they're coverage was shit when I was selling it and their LTE is a joke for the prices people were paying, and I would always have to deal with pissed off people who switched from Verizon to save money and then come in to bitch they get no service, it was fucking futile
Asher Moore
I'm the guy who gets angry customers from our local carrier who sucks shit outside of the state and puts them on our network.
Luis Green
what in the fuck was Apple thinking with that GIANT FUCKING INDENT in the top of the X?
are their designers literally retarded?
Christopher Hughes
>US Cellular My God that must be horrible
Jacob Walker
Jony Ive is probably autistic desu
Ian Reed
Nah, GCI is the carrier everyone hates here
Austin Gutierrez
Illinois?
Brayden Rogers
Keep guessing.
Charles Cruz
V20 is the last man standing. There is no other top end phone with removable battery.
Too bad.
Samuel Hernandez
Ohio
Xavier Gonzalez
Cell phone service is weird. Small companies tend to be shit compared to the big carriers AT&T and Verizon, but if it came down to them, we'd be in an oligopoly, yet small companies fucking suck at providing and pricing service.
Joshua Martinez
>galileo Now this is future proofing
Lucas Powell
Panjeet land has op service compared to (((USA))), really makes me think
Charles Phillips
I've been a little out of the loop. So, it's pointless to upgrade to the iPhone 8 if I have a 7, right? Doesn't seem too appealing.
Hunter Allen
Battery life, screen resolution, Mmc support and probably about charging speeds,
Gavin Stewart
I doubt they'll do that. Apple is fully embracing the notch.
On the plus side, videos default to a rectangular format and require a double tap to go "full screen" behind the notch and rounded corners.
Jacob Hill
why is it so impossible. I want 3 things,
1. Headphone Jack. 2. Camera that can actually do depth of field 3. T-mobile
