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[General Questions and Answers] KaosStorm:
I'm looking for a low-mid range Android phone to replace the uber low range Galaxy 5 I'm currently running now. Due to the state of the market around here, my options are heavily limited. So far, I've come up with 3 to 4 sensible options, but I could dig around a little more for some other alternative; what I have in sight right now is:

LG L7

Xperia Sola

Xperia Neo L

You could count the Xperia U too, but the device not having an SD slot takes it off the list faster than it takes to type the name.
[General Questions and Answers] andredroido:
I see it's a common question ... I have wavered between galaxy s3, notes 2 but lately I are taking the idea of ​​the new galaxy nexus 4 (lg), also because the dimensions are of the view that if it should be bigger then that it is ... so note2, but the nexus 4 seems to be more practical ..?? booohh:confused:
[General Questions and Answers] wnerw:
tablet choice help

Hi!

I'm hunting for a good tablet deal lately. I hope you people have better knowledge on this matter than me.

I want to buy the best tablet avaliable till the end of 2012. I have raised an amount of 1000$ (might get bigger if necessary). I'm looking for a device that meets most of the following requirements:

- good overall performance (good quad-core processor?)

- must be Android-based (4.x)

- preferably 10 inch screen

- possibility of future os updates

- avaliable to buy now or coming out till end of 2012

- 3G/4G communication

I can give up some of above in name of improving others. I will use this tablet as my main every day device. I don't really care if the price is too big for a little better specs... I was reading reviews for last couple of days and I don't really know which device is the best. I think ASUS Trnasformer Infinity TF700 is good, but I keep thinking it might be better to get a Nexus or Galaxy Tab. Future coming out of some Nexus devices keep confusing me a lot :P

If you would be so kind to give me some clues, I will later compare specs myself and hunt the best deal :) Thanks in advance.
[General Questions and Answers] Essenar:
Hi guys,

I'm thinking of using a tablet as a phone. My plan is to pick up a T-Mobile Pre-Paid activation kit, sign up for the Wal-Mart $30/month 4G data/unlimited text plan and putting the sim card in a Huawei E220 3G dongle.

Then I'll put the dongle into one of the following tablets and put it in a leather flip case so I can secure the dongle with the tablet.

The tablets I'm considering:

Ainol Novo 7 Elf II

Ramos W17 Pro

ICOO D70Pro II

Galaxy Tab 2 7.0

They all support USB OTG and I heard ICS supports 3G dongles, however most Samsung attempts appear to have failed, maybe someone here can note a success story? The three Chinese tablets appear to have 3G support and many have reported success using their dongles.

Please let me know.

By the way, tethering a phone is NOT possible. No Android phone and no intention of having two devices. Also Mi-Fi is not an option at all.
[General Questions and Answers] Allanitomwesh:
Im pretty sure the spen can type out in text anything you note in free hand. Honestly i can't think of another that works as well.

Spend abit more for a HTC One S.

Nexus 10 or Asus Infinity

. One has updates(though Asus have good updates too) the other has 3G.

Why not just get a tablet with 3G and put the sim directly in the tablet?
[General Questions and Answers] Muffinman51432:
Looking for a nexus 4, anyone recommend anything else??

Current Iphone 4 user. This phone is shot, home button barely works and no WIFI or GPS anymore. I am eligible for an upgrade via AT&T and plan to stick with them due to a 20% discount. I have a nexus 7 tab and I love the thing, jelly bean rules IMO. I don't want another iphone due to the "same old" feeling and paying $40 for a damn cable is stupid IMO. Should i wait out and buy this thing? Money isn't an issue due to working tons of OT from hurricane sandy. I was even wondering if I can buy this, and keep my AT&T upgrade for a phone in spring 2013. LTE 4g is heavy in my area.

My main uses for a phone

txting

pictures> Avid fisherman and quality shots really mean a lot to me as my iphone 4 still takes a damn good photo

music Storage is limited on this phone however I have the same on my iphone 4 and survive fine. Google music is plenty as is OTG cable

talking

random apps (droid suites all my needs except for a few)

Battery life isn't the end all however nice. I have 1amp chargers in home/work/truck/boat.

Thanks guys, a new phone is all i'm really looking forward to right now as Long Island is a really depressing area right now.
[General Questions and Answers] Allanitomwesh:
Wait it out,the cameras should match performance. Nexus is a great phone,as the Nexus 4 will surely be.
[General Questions and Answers] KaosStorm:
Would if the thing was avaliable in my country/carrier but, alas, it is not. Thanks for the answer anyway.
[General Questions and Answers] irfanlai:
Confused with Nexus 4 and Lumia 920. Now i am tired of Android...planning to go for Lumia for its new OS look and feel. Only issue is there are very less app in Market.
[General Questions and Answers] Allanitomwesh:
Your welcome. Then from your choices I'd take the Xperia Sola.

Sent via the Internet
[General Questions and Answers] ArgirisGR:
Hello guys!I am searching for a new device to buy and i cant decide if i should buy the htc 8x or the one x+...i prefer the 8x design and colour but the fact that 8x has wp8 and dual core processor makes me think if i should buy the one x+ !so which phone do u suggest me to buy?is it possible that the 1.5 dualcore s4 snapdragon is better than the 1.7ghz quad core tegra 3 ? thanks in advance!!!
[General Questions and Answers] wnerw:
Aren't some un-official updates coming out for Infinity here on xda?

I just checked both Nexus 10 and Transoformer Infinity and they don't have 3G/4G :( Nexus 7 is coming in 3G version, if the news are true...

So then again, which one is better? Nexus 10 has better ram (2GB) and processor than Infinity, doesn't it? What is the release date?

I would be very grateful if you could dispel my doubts :)
[General Questions and Answers] adrianobrum:
What is better? Asus TF300T or Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1? Does compensates buy the Asus TF700 than TF300T? Or is better I wait to windows tablet?
[General Questions and Answers] juicymixx:
looking for a **cheap** tablet

I'm looking for a cheap wifi only tablet.

I have owned several tablets, nook, ipad, and now a sero7; also I have tried out several different cheap-o devices through my non-US friends. The nook and sero7 both were rooted and had cyanogenmod on them. The sero7 is getting older, and I'm ready to move on.

I like the idea of a very cheap tablet that I can use as an ebook reader, browse the internet, youtube, some netflix (rarely), some skype. I would like lollipop on it, and plan on rooting it immediately after purchase. I tried out the Ares 8 ($78 at walmart), but performance-wise it was underwhelming compared to my 2 year old sero7 pro (even after rooting the Ares 8 and turning off encryption). I loved the fact that there was a thriving community of developers and modders for the sero7 pro when I got it. I don't mind if the tablet isn't from a brand name company (or even from a no-name company), as long as it has decent build.

So what I'm looking for is:

CHEAP (sub $130 US max) 7-8 inch tablet

great screen viewing experience, decent viewing angles (I often read in dim light, or when lying down)

rootable, cyanogenmod and other roms available

good existing developer/modder/hacker community (here on xda is a plus), or an up-and-coming community that will probably last

used mainly for browsing (reddit, etc.), ebooks, youtube, rarely netflix, rarely skype

decent speed and performance, can handle multiple browser tabs, and can switch between programs smoothly/quickly

wifi only

What I won't be doing:

I won't be playing games on it often; maybe a casual game once in a while, but very rarely

I won't be watching a 2 hour movie on it

I won't be writing a dissertation on it

I won't use it for phone calls

I won't be using this in an office or for business

I don't plan on taking photos with the tablet (a front-facing camera for skype is useful, any back-facing camera won't be used)

Any good suggestions? The reason I picked up the Ares 8 was because it was available at walmart, and I could return it within 15 days. It took me one day to decide that it wasn't the tablet for me (again, due to performance). So, if the tablet is from a place that I can return it to easily (no hassle return), then I'm more likely to try it...

Thanks for any suggestions you have! :D
[General Questions and Answers] masm64:
dual sim

Hey!

I'm looking to buy a dual sim Android device, and I'd like to hear your suggestions. I mostly like LG, Motorola, maybe Samsung but I'm always afraid to buy one because of TouchWiz, maybe HTC. It would be good if it had at least Android 5.0 on it. I'm looking for at least a mid range device.

Thanks!

PS: I've found the Samsung A5 A500F dual sim phone, I am afraid to buy it though xd.
[General Questions and Answers] Jargonaut:
A friend of mine is looking to get a cheap phone for around £100-£120. Should she get a brand new budget range phone or would she get more features/power from something like a second hand Samsung Galaxy s4 for around the same price?
[General Questions and Answers] Jkay7:
How much do you wanna spend? Sony has got Z3 dual and in September (couldn't they have announced it earlier) the Xperia M5 dual will be released. Other than that HTC ONE M8 dual, Motorola is available for less money and I don't really know about LG..
[General Questions and Answers] Giuann:
Which mid/big screen Android device to buy?

I am an Apple user and as such my main phone is an iPhone 5 (will someday maybe get an iPhone 6) which is very good because of the sync between all of my Apple devices (laptops, iPad, iPhone) but recently I got a Galaxy Note 2 as a backup phone (during my busy working season I can't make it with just the iPhone battery nor an external would make it up, a second phone with another sim card gets very useful many a times), I like Android even though not on Lollipop which I read being very stable and advanced.

I gave the Note 2 to a dear friend and am looking forward to buy a newer device with more or less same screen size, a good amount of memory and, most of all, long battery life to supply where the iPhone fails; thought of an HTC (I like the metal casing and the look of it) or maybe another Note, don't want to go too high with $$$ for a backup phone, I'd really like a Galaxy 6 Edge but if I had that money I would get the iPhone 6 straight away...

I am looking on Amazon US and I see listing for "unlocked" phones, so I would like to ask you guys if I buy a "normal/not unlocked" phone, can I then use it with an Italian sim card or can I root it and use without any problem?

Second question, to get a screen bigger than my iPhone 5 and similar to the Note 2 for size, what would you look for without to go over 300$?

Any suggestion on device and where to buy other than Amazon (even though I buy often off of them and find it very reliable)?

Thank you for any suggestion you might give me, I have a few days to buy cos a friend from NY is coming and I can buy and ship it to him and have it brought to me (yes, the dollar/euro ratio makes it still more convenient to buy in the US, here in EU and especially Italy taxes and distributors add a lot to the price).

Giovanni
[General Questions and Answers] Greydesk:
My last phone was a THL W200S that I enjoyed but I wasn't thrilled with the support from THL. The screen has cracked now so I am shopping for a new phone, but I'm not in a rush. I'm finding the search filters on Ali Express and DX.com don't pickup everything so I'm missing possible phones that match what I'm looking for so I'm wondering if you guys (and gals) can help me out.

I'm looking for:

Lollipop supported

720P IPS minimum screen

Octacore

2Gig RAM minimum

16 gig (prefer 32gig) storage

SD supported

NFC

GPS

Notification LED

Metal Frame preferred

Good, removable, Battery

Company with a history of supporting its phones with at least one OTA update.

Bluetooth, Compass, Gravity sensor, GPU, etc. are secondary considerations.

I've had a Doogee DG550 that lost wifi within a month so I'm not thrilled with that. THL has done no OTA updates so I'm not thrilled with them either.

Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] renaltosonylevi:
Brand new or second hand it is hard to beat the onepluss one. Also thanks to Sultanxda there is some first rate ROMs available.
[General Questions and Answers] Praveen125:
I have a tight budget 20000 rs I can't decsied on what one to buy?? Thanks in advance.

Pressing thanks is easier than writing it....
[General Questions and Answers] T_I:
Ok, I had it with the locked tablet I now have (Asus ME176CX). I'm looking for a new tablet.

Main requirement: rootable + cyanogenmod supported. I want to be able to update the firmware when I want to and I want to be able to restore to the old version, so bootloader needs to be open. (and as you need all I want to be able to install cm, cm support is core requirement.

Size: 7" is fine, current one is a nice size. 8-10 is an option, when the increased size gives me a better bang for the cash I have to pour into it.

resolution: same as now for 7", higher for 8-10"

Memory: enough (8-16G) + microSd expandable

Wifi: yes

sim: no

Any rumours of something new coming? Will have to wait until October, so I can wait for new gadgets.
[General Questions and Answers] LoneWolfSK:
Umi Hammer S?
[General Questions and Answers] paysen:
I had an LG G2 and sold it for the Xperia Z3. The LG G2 was a great phone. I just sold it because I was able to get the Z3 really really cheap and I loved the water resistance.

I dropped my LG G2 and my Z3 several times. More than 10 times. Phones were / are still in a great condition. No cracked screen, no cracks in the body.

Now I want a new phone, but the phone has to be as durable as those two phones. I would love to have a device with 5.2 -5.5 inches display. The display should be very bright, as the Z3 was still nice to read in the sun.

The z3 had a great battery, was able to get me trough one and sometimes two days.

A better camera would be great. That's all I guess. Is there a phone that would fit my needs?
[General Questions and Answers] MrTooPhone:
So why do you want to replace the Z3? I am still considering buying a Z3, but their price tag is above my budget? I also have a concern in the difficulty to root a Z3.
[General Questions and Answers] Jkay7:
Rooting a Z3 isn't really difficult at all, pm me if you need help :)
[General Questions and Answers] T_I:
Ok, I've done some extra research and as far as I can determine, the Samsung Tab S 8.4" seems to be the tablet with the best specs supported by cm you can buy at the moment. The 10.5" version isn't supported (yet) and has the same specs, but is larger and heavier.

Did I mis a better option?
[General Questions and Answers] only-one:
Best tablet with 9-10" screen that has reasonable price point? Play some games but more for a general use is what it is used for.
[General Questions and Answers] i9100g user:
Nexus 9.

Except for SD slot it is pretty much the fastest android tablet available also battery is awesome on android M and its cheap too.
[General Questions and Answers] 35tomycity:
That all depends on your usage of it. If signal is a problem and you don't want to switch carriers, research what phones you'd like to see how many bands of frequency they can receive (the more compatible bands, the better).

If you want a phone that's a great value with decent specs, I recommend the LG G2. If you want something bigger than that and have room for an upgrade, consider waiting until the end of the month for a note 5 (or a note 4 if you don't want to wait). Those are just a few suggestions; if you respond with more specifics as to what parameters you're looking under, I can try my best to help

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Hey guys, I'm looking for a phone with at least 4GB of RAM and a fairly large battery of at least 3,000mAh. Other than the Note 5 and the nexus devices, what should I be looking at in terms of phones under development currently?
[General Questions and Answers] LoneWolfSK:
^ Asus Zenfone?
[General Questions and Answers] yashgumaste:
I purchased moto g2 online for Rs 9,999/-

Its really an awesome phone with almost all rom support.

Thank you
[General Questions and Answers] Hannah Stern:
The S4 GT-i9515 is quite cheap. Also the S3 GT-i9305 is not bad, but please avoid the S3 Neo. The Neo has almost no hardware features.

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How about S4 GT-i9506 or Note 3? (All Sensors)

If you don't need a replacable battery, the Xperia Compact Models are maybe good for you.

Which Screen size do you prefer?
[General Questions and Answers] Greydesk:
Well, the Hammer hasn't been released yet but its looking good.

I saw the Elephone P5000 and P8000 but I'm unsure of Elephone's record of support. I was encouraged to find they have a BBS/forum but the results don't seem great.

Still looking.

Greydesk
[General Questions and Answers] DavidXanatos:
Hi,

I'm using since only 2,5 years a LG Optimus 4X HD rooted but with the stock Rom,

I did not find any custom ROM that would be half way up to date and would run well on it.

Now there is kind of a security SNAFU the Stagefright exploit (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagefright_(bug)) that king of makes continuing the use of the phone a No Go that is unless some one points me to a reliably working ROM that would have that bug fixed....

Anyways What new phone should I get to ensure I will not find my self in a similar situation for at least 5+ years using that phone. That means a long therm community support must be to be expected.

Yes I know thats a long time, but for me any non x86 device is just a toy that does not have to do much:

1. Navigation (Navigon)

2. VPN

3. RDP, VNC, ssh client

4. taking pictures

5. playing mp3

6. surfing the web

so it should work once bought for as long as possible and any features new models may have will most likely be obsolete for my use case anyways.

What I would else require would be a micro-SD card slot, cloud is a ****, I want have all the music I need offline available.

And a replaceable battery, you know when you may find yourself runnign from some three letter agency it is so much more reasonable just to pull the battery instead of having th through away the entire phone ;)

I would like a normal mini sim card, but I'm afraid that may limit the available phones to much so its a nice to have but not necessary.

And I think this new trend to not flat displays is stupid i want a good old flat screen on my phone.

Now what sounds really well is the http://shop.fairphone.com/fairphone2.html but lets be honest for 530€ I can buy 3 to 4 reasonably cheep smartphoens each time with an up to date android on it. So the price is simply to high.

I would say that a reasonable price for me would be around 300€

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated

David
[General Questions and Answers] Hannah Stern:
Why play MP3? FLAC is much Better ;)
[General Questions and Answers] DavidXanatos:
I want cram more time into less storage space
[General Questions and Answers] 35tomycity:
For the amount of money and the basic use of the device, I recommend a used Samsung Galaxy S5. It's near the top of your price range, but offers great features such as a micro SD card for offline music, a finger print scanner for added civilian security, a big battery for the average user, and a great screen size small enough to not feel bulky but also big enough to feel in depth. Running lollipop, touchwiz isn't a problem.

In regards to stage fright, turn off auto downloading MMS. Only download from someone you know and if they confirm what they've sent.

Hopefully this recommendation helped you and I wish you luck in finding a phone that suits you.
[General Questions and Answers] Hannah Stern:
AAC uses less space than Mp3 - at a better quality

See: http://www.winxdvd.com/resource/aac-vs-mp3.htm

MP3 has 2 Alternatives. It just got so famous, because "MP3" sounds cool and it was sold very often due to it's low-needed processing power while encoding and decoding it.

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@DavidXanatos - Please avoid the Galaxy S6. I also don't like it personally.

The Galaxy S5, as [MENTION=6874287]35tomycity[/MENTION] Mentioned, is the best choice at 5.1" Screen Size.

If you prefer bigger screens, take a look at the LG G3 and LG G4 and Note 3 and Note 4.

If you want something cheaper, take a look at the S4 GT-i9506 and i9505. (i9506 is better, because the CPU and GPU are from the Note 3, but not the RAM.)

The Note 3 has whopping 3 GB Ram. It's good for Multitasking.

The Note 4 is also very good for Multitasking.
[General Questions and Answers] Greydesk:
The S4 is still ~$600 from any place I've found it new. I'm looking for something under $300 CAD all in.

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Forgot to mention that I don't really care about screen size. I can do with anything between 4.5" to 5.5" bigger than that and I'll get a 10" tablet. :)
[General Questions and Answers] gezafisch:
Removed by me. Made a mistake.
[General Questions and Answers] Hannah Stern:
Here are some Note 4 + S6 Disadvantages: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=61982181&postcount=529

Also see my other posts from this treads for N4 and S6 Disadvantages:

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6/help/disappointed-s6-list-reasons-t3044369

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2866382

They aren't bad, if you can deal with the disadvantages.

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You forgot to Quote/Mention: http://xdaforums.com/general/about-xda/please-make-quote-mention-feature-t3125572 :)

There is a great chance, that your post will be overseen.
[General Questions and Answers] gezafisch:
Ik. That's why I removed it :)

Sent from a Galaxy far away
[General Questions and Answers] 35tomycity:
You can easily find an S4 that's brand new off of Boost Mobile for what I believe to be $340, used it should be $300 or less if you're referring to USD. Once you go internationally it becomes more challenging and since the exchange rate is different, I'll need to know the market you're trying to find the phone in.
[General Questions and Answers] gezafisch:
Get a second hand flagship. More support.

Sent from a Galaxy far away