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reminder that the razer phone is the best phone for gaming
all other phones throttle like crazy so you get frame drops no matter how light the game is and if you hack around it with cpu governor settings you still get thermal throttling
Camden Martin
5 to 5.5 inches Big battery Cheapest possible Essentially music and Sup Forums on the go Europe
What are my options?
Jose Collins
I ordered a Pixel XL 2 yesterday. The lack of a headphone jack seems iffy, but a fair trade for stereo speakers, if I can live without the jack. Never used an OLED display before, so not too worried about blue shifting or dull colors. Here's hoping everything works out okay.
Robert Thomas
Redmi Note 4
Nathaniel Davis
Just got the iPhone 7 Plus. Coming from Nexus 5X, best money spent this year.
Tyler Torres
Is the Xperia XZ premium worthwhile? I can get one for about $515
Cooper Roberts
Doesn't happen with my note8
I regularly play KOTOR on my phone for hours at a time without throttling issues.
Kevin Powell
you probably won't notice frame drops in a relatively slow paced game like that
for example if it runs at 60 fps for 10 seconds but then drops a single frame it's not that bad except if it's a fast paced game
Connor Robinson
Fuck i dropped my galaxy s7 edge and it has a minor crack. Appearantly half the phone needs to be replaced
Joshua Robinson
Bullshit, I've got a high level sith character with tons of AoE force abilities (both CC and DPS) And even when fighting larger mobs and chaining my AoEs there isn't any slow downs.
If you honestly believe two phones with identical chipsets will preform drastically differently in games you're just deluded.
The Razer phone is impressive for sure. But it's still an SD835. It's not going to be massively better than another phone with SD835. Even if it's cooling is improved you're still looking at minimal if any performance gains, especially once you factor in the 90 or 120 Hz display. Good luck not dropping frames with that.
Eli Hernandez
do you know what a skipped frame is, it's like a stutter, but the game itself doesn't have to move slower "slow downs"
So, the V20 is currently £200. I've had the mi4 for like 2 years now, should I switch to the V20 considering: >installed latest lineage on mi4 >reboots for no apparent reason a lot of times >battery dies fast
BUT >I don't play games so it's fast nuff >don't take many pics so don't care >just use it to browse the net and chat mostly
>The Galaxy Note Edge and S6 and S6 Edge are unsupported due to graphic and performance issues. LOL
Cameron James
I want to buy a phone with a decent, 50mm equivalent secondary camera. I know of the iPhone 7, 8 and X and the Note 8 but are there any more?
Justin Anderson
I think I'm gonna pull the trigger on Oneplus 5T S8 on German Amazon would cost me the same as the 8GB of RAM version, and that's without the student discount Oneplus offers
Mason Sullivan
Just got a Moto G5 Plus for basically nothing (30$ plus a cheap ass plan), did I do good, or did I fell for the meme when Moto G's were cost efficient?
Joshua Howard
Same here famalam. Get hype.
William Sanchez
This barely makes sense because the original htc one is listed as supported and that's just a SD600. Probably exynos bugs
Caleb Peterson
Smartphones are fucking Cancer....
Jayden Morgan
Moto E4 Plus
Dominic Baker
answer me
Xavier Stewart
Help me out /spg/: I'm looking for something to replace my Nexus 5X. Top priorities are fast updates (ideally Treble support) and good camera.
>Nokia 8 >Cheapest flagship (£380) >Will get close to stock Oreo (no treble?) >Fast updates >Average camera, no IP67/68 >Has headphone jack
>HTC U11 >£480 >Close to stock >No treble or headphone jack, but does come with good IEMs >Good camera
>S8 >~£500 >Best screen >Touchwiz is still shit and bloated >Good camera >Has headphone jack
>Pixel 2 >£579 >Average screen >Best camera >Fastest updates >No headphone jack
Caleb Reed
it does seem like overkill for what you need it for But £200 is good, and there's th efutureproof argument Go for it But where are you finding it for £200? Tbh I wouldn't buy any phone off ebya or any dodgy site Too much risk Only direct, or Amazon or another such reputable retailer For small shit ebay is fine, but nothing expensive
Luis Ortiz
I'd go Pixel 2 just because to go from Nexus to Samsung (the only other acceptable option here) is just too painful. Pixel 2 screen "issues" don't bother me much at all and I wouldn't be surprised if the price will drop if you can hold out for a month.
S9 is due out in Feb (?) I think as well so that means the S8 will drop. If you need it now then go with Pixel 2.
Julian Ross
Pixel 2 if oyu can afford it. Will give you the most peace of mind for updates, patches. Can sit back and not even think abotu it again until the phone dies, hopefully many years down the line.
Andrew Wood
The 5X still works, but it's really dying, performance and battery life has gone to shit over the last few months. I can wait, but ideally I'd want to upgrade by Feb 2018.
I'm just really frustrated by the Pixel 2 pricing, I really want to buy it, but at over £500 it's out of my price range.
Kevin Collins
Whilst the screen issues should bring the price down, the last Pixel stayed at 599 for months and months. I waited for ages but ended up just pulling the trigger at 599. I feel like the Pixel 2 is a lot nicer than the first minus the headphone jack :(
Jason Rodriguez
Verizon has $300 off the Pixel 2 and XL through December, if you're in the US. Pretty bad to see them slashing the price of it so much already, guess it's not selling as well as Google would like
Chase Kelly
you should consider the U11+
Nolan King
Too expensive sadly. Good specs though.
Julian Jackson
Jailbreak it or stay at 10.3.x if you don’t want to ruin the experience
Grayson Perry
>in Europe No, the European version has a Mediatek processor.
Jonathan Rodriguez
Pixel 2 screen is excellent if you look at it head on. The tint varies substantially between individual models so you best be prepared to return several before getting a good one. But once you get a good one it's amazing.
On the bright side google will cover return shipping and allows you to keep accessories.
Jace Stewart
>Buying a phone for gaymen
Carson Jones
What's treble?
Michael Brown
>HTC U11 I just bought this a few months ago and it appears to have died on me.
I mean it froze on me, while I was charging it, so I did a restart, and now its dead. unresponsive to charging (not even the LED turns on now), or any combination of button push and hold from what I can tell. Not sure if I just happen to have luck of the draw but this is pretty upsetting.
would not recommend.
Eli Flores
project treble, supposed to make the process of making updates easier and faster the thing is that the time of waiting for an update may not change at all, if the manufacturers decide to lay off the staff they don't need anymore to lower their costs
Andrew Gonzalez
Using TWRP, I wiped everything except internal storage then flashed Oreo.
>Why do I still have 30gb of "other"? Are there apps still installed in the background or something because when I booted Oreo it only came with Google botnet essentials and now have to manually download every app. I checked my Titanium backup, my TWRP backup folders, nothing.
Isaac Wilson
I don't know why I did it, but I tried an iPhone. I have the 6s+ and thoughts of suicide have gone up 10%. I want to come back home, I'm looking for just a decent phone that actually works. I don't mobile game, I'm not a professional photographer, I'm just looking for decent battery life, good processing speed, and is a functioning piece of technology. In the US and I gave AT&T, I would like to stay sub $700 but I'd be flexible for the right one.
Nicholas Rivera
Sorry not the +, just 6s. I'd like around the same screen size or a smidgen bigger, but not much.
Cameron Smith
Just backup your stuff and wipe internal storage, it's a mess since they introduced multiple accounts.
Ian Powell
Essential already has Oreo, so do some Sony phones. And they support treble. OP3 already had Oreo, OP5 has a beta, no treble but custom ROMs for them are being developed fast anyway.
Camden Anderson
I'd buy a Sony if they enabled the full Camera2 API (RAW support) so I can use Google/Pixel camera for HDR+. Sony makes good camera sensors but the processing on their phones are total shit, which is surprising since they make good cameras.
Chase Howard
Oneplus 5t
Isaiah Brown
Simply adding a line to build prop usually works. Tested on OP devices, axon 7, and some others, even slow mo works.
Noah Diaz
There's even a module for that.
Brandon Sanders
So if I backup all my personal shit then just go to twrp, Wipe > Internal, none of my current "Set up" on this rom will be removed? I.e. apps?
James Rogers
Just bought Oneplus 5T
Brayden Robinson
Requires root? Sony wipes DRM keys and permanently ruins the camera performance when rooted
John Cooper
Of course it does. >Sony wipes DRM keys Only affects preprocessing, which is garbage anyway.
Adrian Brooks
Got the s8 plus the other week, it's a cracking bit of kit
Leo Flores
ROM will stay but the apps won't.
Jason Scott
I just upgraded 5X to Essential Phone, but camera was MUCH less of a priority for me.
Pixel 2 I'd say is your best bet of those options. Nokia 8 looks good too if headphone jack > the difference in camera quality. But if that is a feature you need, Pixel all the way.
Chase Foster
Shit forgot to tag
Evan Wilson
>Google deciding on the Pixel 2 pricing
Joseph Morris
What's /spg/s consens on iphone se vs. xz1 compact?
Carson Ward
Manlet pls.
Jace Wright
Congrats I guess
Ryder Ortiz
SE is $129 in America, so
Bentley King
Damn I wish I did this before I downloaded 30+ apps and signed into all of them
Jose Adams
Heh, I'm used to this shit from all the ROM hopping. You can backup and restore apps without Internet though.
Evan Walker
Sad to hear that, currently looking to replace my old m8 and wouldn't have minded another HTC, but it seems their phones are not on the best spot at the moment.
Isaiah Butler
They're trying to develop the image of a premium brand. Can't have poorfags ruining it.
Easton Taylor
Lmao, ironic since Indians love google shit
Christian Rivera
Indians buy samshit and xiaomeme
Oliver Gray
32gb version is 319 euros in germany
Jayden Morris
locked or unlocked?
John Thompson
Oh well
Locked for a month. After that you can pay it and a $20 fee to cancel the contract and get it unlocked
Caleb Phillips
can't flash the img through sideload & no recovery to flash the zip with
Jonathan Peterson
On the fence about getting an iPhone X. Anyone want to tip me in either direction?
Jack Myers
It’s your money. We couldn’t give less fucks
James Sanders
So I bought a Xiaomeme, applied for permissions and tried to unlock it. I get an error message thas says that I need to wait 72 hours. Do I really need to do that?
Justin Jenkins
Currently using a LGG5, have alot of accessories for it with spare batteries. screen is cracked but still works (currently writing this post on).
Should i move to a oneplus 3t, redmi note4, lg g6, lg v20, or stick with another lg g5 despite the gps issues?
Austin Turner
On xiaomi installing recovery is typically ass-backwards. You boot into recovery without installing it, by fastboot(something like fastboot boot recovery twrp.img), then flash that img from twrp.
Caleb Sanders
Do it, I'm low on keks recently. Be sure to report your, uh, "experience" with it.
Justin Kelly
Oh my bad, I thought this was the smartphone general. Clearly I’m mistaken,
Colton Stewart
Nexus 5X finally decided to commit bootloop sudoku. need a replacement, America Verizon. Recommendations?
I'd prefer something closer to stock Android. Don't care about having the latest and greatest. Just want a basic device that'll last another 2-3 years.
I'm thinking KeyOne. Thoughts?
Daniel Howard
The same questions get asked every thread. If you can’t get your own judge based on things that get repeated everyday you have an issue.
What do you want us to say? The same question has been answered at least 20 times since the phone got out
Cameron Stewart
>relying on user's advice for a $1000 tech toy purchase
Brayden Butler
Lenovo P2 should've been the only answer to this
Dominic Cooper
Brainlet here. Should I root my note 4? I'm kind of scared of messing something up. I only want to remove the shitware pre-installed apps
Aaron Ortiz
>want to block ads >dont want to root my phone >don't want vpn symbol on my status bar all the time Any solutions?
James Nelson
Can't decide if I should upgrade to Nougat on my Z5C or Lineage. Or stay on Marshmallow.
Which one is better on RAM considering it has only 2 GB
Camden Jones
Yes
Ryan White
pixel 2
Ethan Martinez
carry around a mini router with host blocklist
Benjamin Thompson
Stop being a pussy and root.
Jacob Lee
Hey guys, newcomer here. Is there any advantage to a metal braided cable in terms of durability?
I can get a 3 pack for about $8
Justin Edwards
Use Brave or Lightning Browser+
Elijah Edwards
Is there any smartphone under 10 USD?
Ethan Johnson
Deliberately compromising your phone's security isn't a sign of masculinity, user.
Carter Hill
You can set a password for root operation in your root Manager.
Landon King
Trading actual features for security is a sign of a retard.
Xavier Cox
shitty bullshit phone from ebay w/ refund for false advertising
Michael Taylor
Hi guys
Charles Cruz
Is the Essential phone good now?
Camden Parker
cute
Jayden Smith
Can I not edit the hosts file via adb with the phone in fastboot/DFU mode or whatever?
