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[General Questions and Answers] NexusLush:
I am currently using a Nexus 6. The USB port is shot, but it thankfully has wireless charging. I need a new phone, unfortunately everything I find is 1000 dollars. This phone needs to support the T-Mobile USA bands.

Absolute requirements:

1) A great camera for photos and videos. I don't just mean megapixels. I am using OpenCamera and a custom rom and I often find that the camera takes a few seconds to load, takes longer to focus, often shows stuttering on the screen, and sometimes even locks up (where I literally have to take a screenshot of the photo because it won't save it). I think the iPhone is great for this but I want to stay Android. I want quick, reliable, and high quality when it comes to audio/video.

2) Great battery life - sometimes this is the size of the battery, sometimes the rom, sometimes the performance settings, but this is something I care about.

3) At least 4, preferably 6 or 8 GB of ram. I think this is part of the issue I've been having with the Nexus.

4) Relatively easy to root/unlock, or at the very least doesn't break DRM keys and functionality like Sony devices. I've rooted a bunch of devices and have always gotten it to work eventually. I wouldn't mind keeping a stock rom with root but usually I get sick of bloat.

Nice to have, but not absolutely required:

1) Waterproof

2) wireless charging

3) A big screen size - I can go bigger than the Nexus 6, but willing to go smaller as well.

4) A.R.I.S.E. support

5) Kali NetHunter support (obviously won't be on the official list, but they have lots of nightly builds for various phones)

6) Headphone jack

I keep getting pointed to the Pixel XL2, the newest Note, the Huawei with the Leica camera, but they are all about 1000. I looked at some of the cheap chinese phones but it appears they won't work on T-Mobile or will only support some of the bands, and coverage out here is spotty. I'd like to spend less than 500.

Any advice appreciated.
[General Questions and Answers] mario24601:
Looking to get chromebook. Would you guys get 2015 Pixel LS, Pixelbook or Samsung Pro? I would want to keep around $7-800 but could go little higher. Or get something else? Any recommendations? Use will be primarily for surfing and light things like media.

Thank you!
[General Questions and Answers] :
I'm looking to upgrade from my RN3.

Location: India

Budget:Around 25k rupees

Specs: Nothing specific as such but I need good development support and battery of course.

Most phones are around 3000mah and accustomed to a 4000 mah device for 2 years, I don't really know if it will be able to last the day.

Recommendations are welcome, thanks
[General Questions and Answers] XcyiouS:
Buy Mate 10 Pro or wait for S9+

Hi! I'm currently using the Huawei P9 for around a year+ and it's starting to lag alot so I was thinking of changing to the Huawei Mate 10 Pro but the Samsung S9/S9+ will be out in around 2 months so I was thinking of waiting for it as well.

Based on the rumors and leaks of the S9+ do you think its worth to wait for it or just get the Mate 10 Pro?

What's important for me will be the Camera and Battery life.

Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] Demetrios1:
Big.LITTLE cell phone sugestion

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for a cell phone for research proposals. I need one with a big.LITTLE processor with all cores enabled. I have an S4-I9500 with Exynos 5 Octa 5410, but I can not access the 'big' cores. Somehow is disable, they just turn on with high demand. For my research, I need to be able to change frequency, voltage, enable or disable each cluster of cores.
[General Questions and Answers] doubledragon5:
Do not waste your money on a Iphone. You can not customize, and battery life is terrible. My wife an d daughter both have one.
[General Questions and Answers] Brexit:
I`d like to buy a Nexus 6P
[General Questions and Answers] eris667:
Hello everyone!

I am looking for a tablet for a friend

~7" in Screen Size

Root / Unlocked bootloader

Android 6

Under $150

I appreciate any suggestions!
[General Questions and Answers] masm64:
Hey! I'd like to buy a new phone and I have 2 contenders, the LG G6 and the Oneplus 5T. I want a good camera, snappy performance, at least okay battery life and display. I don't really mind the 5T being only a 1080p display. Which phone would you suggest out of these 2? Other suggestions are welcome, too!
[General Questions and Answers] matthieuleve:
I think you can go with Samsung galaxy tab A or Asus Zenpad.

You'll be able to unlock the boot loader and root it after ;)
[General Questions and Answers] 350Rocket:
Personally I would go 5t but I'm biased because I have the op5. They both have their own specific advantages but battery life will be better on the OnePlus. Camera and display better on the lg. Speed better on the OnePlus. I haven't used the g6 but they look amazing. I had lots of lg phones up to the g4 and almost all of them had hardware failure of some kind. I gave them many generations to sort that out before I gave up. That said I haven't heard of problems with the g6 but I didn't search for them because I don't want to buy one anymore.
[General Questions and Answers] BackToAndroid:
Guys, looks like I'm done wasting my time on smartphones it takes away most of my time. So I have decided to move to a feature phone (smartphone users call it 'dumb phone') but my two needs with this feature phone is having WhatsApp and an MP3 player / FM radio.

I know wasting time and WhatsApp are contradicting here but surviving without it is little challenging.
[General Questions and Answers] Big.Boss27:
Personally, I would opt for OnePlus 5T, performance is one of the best on android out there. Cheaper yet you get very very snappy performance, good battery life, dash charging and most important is the software itself. OxygenOS is known with its light weight and optimization. No bloatware or other useless stuffs inside. It's the best choice out there for me without breaking your bank!:cowboy::good:
[General Questions and Answers] Yunildor:
Hello, how are you? in first place i would like to explain that my english is not pretty good, so... having said this.

I'm gonna buy a smartphone, my priority is the sound with headphones and secondly the camera (both as photos and videos). I don't care at all about the speakers sound, i mean, nothing at all.

My favorites are:

HTC 10 (this is i like the most i think, because the botons and another reasons)

LG V20 (this would be my second, something that i don't like about this is that the 3,5mm jack is in the bottom part, i mean, it's not irritating, but it's a little annoying)

LG G6 (according to web info, the version that is worth is the Korean version, is it like that? and what do you think about the normal version?)

What do you think. The htc has good sound comparing to the others phones? if not, do you think is worth to buying it being that is the phone that i like the most? i'm quite convinced about buying the HTC, but i prefer to take out the doubt.
[General Questions and Answers] Filke:
Xiaomi Mi6 vs Huawei Honor 9

Hello mates,

What phone to choose: Xiaomi Mi6 or Huawei Honor 9?

They are very similar, have the same features, shape, frame materials, dimensions etc...

Main difference is Mi6 Snapdragon 835 chipset vs Honor 9 Kirin 960 chipset, Mi6 has 4axis OIS camera and f/1.8" aperture, 3350mAh battery.

Honor 9 has SD card slot, Band 20...

Everything else is pretty much the same. Mi6 with 4GB RAM and 64GB internal memory is about 30€ more expensive.

That's all on the paper comparation, but in realtime which one is better?

Which one has better camera in low light night conditions; which UI is better Xiaomi MUI or Huawei EMUI, which phone is more fluid;

which has more custom ROMs available etc???
[General Questions and Answers] mateus2:
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[General Questions and Answers] sekk:
Hey there, I'm wondering which device to buy.

I was thinking about OnePlus 5t, but it's battery does not seem to be very well, because the 6" screen will drain more battery than the 1+ 5, which had a 5.5. Therefore, it will use a lot the battery, and aslong as I live in Brazil, 1+ does not send their smartphones directly to here and then, the only thing I could do is buying it using an address in USA yet, but it would be a company which would send to me the phone, but wether I do that or buy from China(gearbest or aliexpress), our importing taxes are very high, something like 60% of the product's price + 18% of ICMS(another tax), so it doesn't worth it.

Now, my intention is to buy a Moto device(I had one previously but it got hard bricked and cannot be restored), and now I want your opinion guys.

Which would you buy?

Moto Z Play

Moto G5 S Plus

Moto X4

If you would buy another one, leave in the comment and the reason you would do that.

Thank you all guys!
[General Questions and Answers] theandroidguy:
If you want to buy right now the X4 will be a good deal but I'll suggest you to wait a little and get the moto X5, new moto phones will come with better hardware-software and Project Treble support. The Oneplus 6 is also in the way, you may consider that also.
[General Questions and Answers] sekk:
thanks for the answer, but i need a device asap(like in less than 20 days, but if i import any device, it will take so long to arrive here... I wanted to buy oneplus 5t, but due to the high taxes Brazil has and the time to import it, it's not viable, the same for any device which needs to be imported.

So, seeing these points, your shot would go for x4?
[General Questions and Answers] theandroidguy:
If processor is not a big deal for you, honor 8 pro is a good deal as a 5T replacement, and you may consider the LG G6 too, Nokia 8 is not preferable at all. Moto is a good device but lacks 18:9 display, a flagship grade processor, why go for a mid range processor when you can get flagship grade SD835 with some extra bucks
[General Questions and Answers] sekk:
the point is that in Brazil we only can get those devices(oneplus, honor, xiaomi) importing from somewhere else, so it would take like 40 days to get to Brazil.

The display 18:9 is not a very necessery stuff for me now, but I still need a phone which has a good battery, a display of 5.5 inches at least and a good processor. I was happy with my last Moto Z Play processor.
[General Questions and Answers] zelendel:
Aksing for advice in a forum like this is kinda pointless really as few will understand how hard it is to get some devices in places you live.

My advice would be to get the device you like best. These days all devcies are about the same. The only difference are the OEM gimmics that get wrapped up in it.
[General Questions and Answers] theandroidguy:
Ohhh okkkk then go with the new X4, it has stock android and powerful hardware too
[General Questions and Answers] 350Rocket:
Go for the x4. Moto devices are very nice and unique. I love my op5 but i believe I'd be happy with a moto x4 or maybe even a moto g5plus like my sister got for Xmas.
[General Questions and Answers] lartomar2002:
Want to buy new 10 inch android tablet

I need a new 10" android tablet. It has to be 10"+ because of my vision. My spec wishes are:

High screen resolution

High CPU

High GPU

At least 3gb+ memory

32 GB+ Internal storage

Up to 256 GB Expandable storage

Stereo speakers (high quality)

Bluetooth

3.5 input jack

Basically all the topline bells and whistles for around $500+

What do you suggest?
[General Questions and Answers] rocketbeast:
Hello,

So i been a nexus 5 user till the phone worked and the screen broke.

worked well for 3-4 years.

Then i shifted to Redmi note 4 [cause i didn't have the budget to get a better phone]

Now im stuck between two phones since these two phones are easy to use in one hand i cant see of any other phones in the same price range

Nokia 8 is costing 29k[450$]

Samsung s7 25k [400$]

I have tried the oneplus 5t it seemed good but i didn't like the camera and its not easy to use in one hand for me. Yes pixel is a great choice but the card i am gonna be using to purchase these two phones isn't supporting the pixel 1 and pixel 2 is out of range.

So basically i am STUCK with these TWO phones only.

My main focus will be manual camera mode

Since both the phones have a decent screen and good battery im ok with that

not much of an audio person.

The problem is nokia 8 seems to be great and i like the camera too but the problem is since its HMD im not sure if the phone will be that durable, i mean the nokia 6 was a nightmare my friend had it and it would overheat and wouldn't function well.

i plan to use my phone for quite sometime 2years and as to nokia, samsung seems to be more reliable.

the problem with samsung is its an old processor [820] vs 835 kinda.

wont the samsung slowdown after a year or so?

Thus im stuck here.

i dont plan on flashing stock roms and stuff.

im just worried about nokias reliability.

Please advice.
[General Questions and Answers] CeBits:
Galaxy Tab S3 check all your boxes. You can find it for around 530$.

I was using the previous S2 version and while it is great and all, I switched to 10" (real) Windows tablet with Atom cherrytrail. I just find the desktop and x86 more usable in a tablet.
[General Questions and Answers] theandroidguy:
Which will be a better buy??

1. 4Gb ram with 4000mah battery

2. 6Gb ram with 3200mah battery

I guess 2nd option will be better in the long run
[General Questions and Answers] ironster:
Hello, I'm looking for a phone that I can unlock the bootloader and is a relatively good phone. I need the phone to have an SD slot and would prefer for it to be USB c and fingerprint scanner... Although the SD card slot is a must and the other two features are not. I just want a decent phone that I can root and customize with different roms.
[General Questions and Answers] strongst:
Have a look at Motorola G4 plus or G5 or plus. Easy to unlock bootloader, fingerprint scanner and SD slot.
[General Questions and Answers] ironster:
Thanks! Just what I was looking for, bought the g5 plus.
[General Questions and Answers] draexo:
4g/LTE AT&T tablet

I have been looking for days for a decent tablet that works with 4G/LTE on AT&T. So far I am finding very little - and the offerings at ATT.COM are pretty limited and disappointing. It is either Apple stuff - which I do not want, or the Galaxy Tab E or Lenovo moto tab. Neither are very appealing. I was looking at the Huawei mediapad m3 because it supports 3g on AT&T (which is better than nothing). The old Fire HDX 8.9 also had an LTE version compatible with AT&T - but it is discontinued and try to find one!

Any suggestions?
[General Questions and Answers] sandy_1988:
I want to buy a new mid range phone (can wait for a few months, so upcoming devices are also welcome). I am currently using a Moto G 2014. I need the device to have the following features. :p

Budget: Up to 20000 INR (about $ 310)

SoC: Snapdragon 6xx series (preferrably 630/660)

RAM: 3/4 GB

Storage: 32/64 GB

Battery: 3000+ mAH

Screen: 5+" (preferrably 5.5"), 720p/1080p, Gorrilla glass

Camera: Not a priority (my current 8MP + 2MP setup is fine)

SIM: Dual

Stock Android with regular security updates

Project Treble enabled phones preferrable

Durable phones preferrable

I do have some options in mind with the above features - like the Mi A1 and the upcoming Nokia 6 (2018).

But I would also like to root without losing the warranty. And as a future plan, I may want to install Lineage OS when the phone is no longer supported. Is there any devices that you can suggest?
[General Questions and Answers] redspeed:
Anyone help out with a phone that will fit these requirements?

I live in the US and use both Tmobile and Att sims. What I need is

-dual sim

-band 12 due to spotty coverage

-3000mah + (long battery life needed)

-3.5mm headphone jack preferred, though I can live without it if all the other specs are met

-IR Blaster (I know this narrows it down quite a bit)

-at least midrange camera performance

-sub $250 price

I had the Leeco L3 S3 and Pro 3 and those phones did meet the specs, however I could never find a rom that worked perfectly and both ended up having major hardware issues. Leeco isnt responding to warranty requests now either.
[General Questions and Answers] StolidSentinel:
Hi folks! I have what I think will be an easy request for a recommendation:

NOT Samsung, Unlocked, rootable, can run exposed, as large a screen as possible, and works with MINT SIM (which I think just means unlocked.. I'll have to check with a serial number to be sure I think).

I really don't care about much else because all phones basically have what I need these day. microSD, GPS, camera (even crappy is fine), 4G(5 would be nice for future proofing), tether through root/exposed. Fingerprint would be nice. Fast/Wireless charge would be nice, but don't care. I am currently on a Note 3, so I do like the big screen.

Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] derelektrischemoench:
Looking for a repllacement for my X Play

Hi guys,

during the last few months I have grown increasingly angry with the shortcomings of my current phone, a Moto X play; most of all with the terrible performance of the snapdragon 615, which is a huge pain; also my dying battery is annoying me.

So I decided to take a look around for a suitable replacement and was really baffled when I found myself unable to find a suitable phone. So I figured I asked whether one of you guys could point out a device that might have been under my radar.

My requirements are as follows:

- Better SOC than the 615 (which probably shouldn't be that hard)

- must have a headphone jack

- Very good battery life

- Screen should be smaller than 5 inch; ideally 4.5 inch or smaller

- Must be bootloader unlockable + have TWRP supported

- Shouldn't cost more than 400 € +-

- Must be available in Germany

- Must deliver vanilla or near-vanilla Android experience or have custom roms available delievering that experience

- Must have a microSD slot or at least 128 gig storage

When Sony launched the xz1 compact I got pretty excited, since this satisfied all the requirements until I read some reports about Android 8 being horribly buggy on that phone.

So my first question would be (since I really like the xz1 compact spec-wise): Are the reports about the xz1c being buggy justified?

If so: is there a good alternative to the XZ1?

Before the X Play I had a G2 which would've been pretty great if it weren't for the non- unlockable bootlader and that pesky defective-screen bug. Before that I had a Nexus 4 which would've been the perfect phone if the battery hadn't been so terrible. Just to give you something to work with :).

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Greetings from Germany,

derelektrischemoench
[General Questions and Answers] EternalSeekerX:
So I got about a decent sum of money for my birthday from last week or two ago. I'm thinking of buying a new phone.

So my device history is as followed: Acer Liquid --> Galaxy Nexus --> Galaxy Note 3 --> Galaxy Note 7 -> Galaxy S7 Edge

My usage has evolved per device, I will list the recent usage from my S7E:

]-Used the phone for calling,texting,social media, etc.

-Media consumption using a 1440p screen for youtube, netflix, and some native HDR contant, music using lossless files with poweramp and music streaming with spotify

-Heavy 3D games, emulators, and pokemon Go, etc.

-Using hpc applications, loading compute payloads using otg, gnuroot to run workstation applications (programming, scripts, sensor data, machine vision, etc.); Use for on the go work but mostly a side/independant work

-Using drafting application on native andriod and linux (part of the previous point)

-Use Samsung pay

-Listen to music using a 3.5mm jack at home and bt headphones on the go/gym

-Taking pictures, videos, using slow mo

-Use the gear s3 frontier and wireless charging

So, to summarize :

I love media consumption and media capture with the phone, I use every feature my phone has and I would love to use newer features to. Battery life should be well and I love expandable storage. I use my phone for emulators, Pokemon Go, other high graphic (for a phone that is) game, spotify, data storage and transfer (for my work files and such), and I do use some "High Performance" application on the phone such as Autocad, Matlab , gnuroot Debian*and other analysis software and even computing by uploading payloads via usb otg (as a hobby and sometimes to complete work on the go). I also love using root access (but if I can get most root features without rooting the phone it be great). With all that, I also use the phone like any other person such as for social media, phone calls (omg I know :P), test messaging etc.

So my s7 edge is kinda slowing down, and I'm more of a note person. So for my use cass should I buy the note 8 or is the s9+ going to be better for me?
[General Questions and Answers] sandy_1988:
You have not mentioned your country or budget, but from your requirements you can start looking at Xiaomi, Oneplus, and Google and narrow down from there. All these are pretty reputed and are known to make good phones. Oneplus gives you flagship specs at lower price, Xiaomi is great for mid-range devices if you can live with their UI (you can root and install a custom ROM).

---------- Post added at 11:52 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:50 AM ----------

Bump! :p Any suggestions regarding the ability to root without losing warranty please?
[General Questions and Answers] kemdroid:
Your lifestyle and usage requires a note!:svetius:
[General Questions and Answers] StolidSentinel:
U.S. and no real budget.. just want a decent phone that I can customize and not be locked into a carrier, brand or UI (or UX as they choose to call it these days). I want to use my phone MY way.

Is there any sort of checkbox configurator-chooser thing anywhere?? I'd like to sort through options on phones by selecting my requirements. That would be awesome.
[General Questions and Answers] EternalSeekerX:
Yeah I dont wanna regret it though, was forced to give in the note 7. I am wondering if the s9+ is gonna be significantly faster than the note 8? I wanna go back to my 3 year upgrade cycle.
[General Questions and Answers] kemdroid:
Bro the note line is Samsung's most powerful flagship which was designed for a hardcore user. You can't go wrong. The note 7 failed and the note 8 made the comeback. Trust the note!:good:
[General Questions and Answers] gorilla p:
I ended up getting the OnePlus 5T and I love it.
[General Questions and Answers] axy_david:
Hi guys!

I'd like to have a 4 inch or less android phone that has good dev support meaning that I can count on getting future lineage OS versions like 16 17 and so on.

The reason is that I do not like so big phones, I like android not iOS, but I want reasonably modern hardware so it can run Nougat+.

Unfortunately all new phones that has reasonable hardware are bigger then 4 inch, or come from an obscure chinese company no one ever head of that has little to no dev support.

So the phone:

- 4 inch or less(not 4,2 4,5)

- dev support for Nougat+
[General Questions and Answers] sandy_1988:
Oneplus 5T seems the best option. :good:

For checking phone specifications, you can use the phone finder in GSM arena. It has a lot of options. :)
[General Questions and Answers] BADA 187:
Hi all,

Im tempted to buy a Oneplus 3T, but i seen the new about the oneplus 6 with snapdragon 845 coming out in march or april.

Is any of it true? should i wait for the one6?
[General Questions and Answers] Sniperboy1:
Moderater please delete the posts from 2012-2016.

Too Far out of date.

Let's keep this thread current and up to date.
[General Questions and Answers] futureofPhone:
Need new phone

-Needs dual sim

-WiFi Calling

-Uses AT&T sim
[General Questions and Answers] UFOZ24:
What phone would be best for a 12yr old

-under 200$

-rootable

-rom support

-android 6.0+

Sent On A Android Froyo Phone

TWITTER-@pekkatroop
[General Questions and Answers] chetta:
Looking for suggestions on vzw phone.

I would like to be able to root and ROM the sucka but also have one of the flagships.

Thanks!