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[General Questions and Answers] colaxda:
Is there any 190$ android smart phone with 1080(FHD) display and at least 3GB ram? Please mention the model if any.
[General Questions and Answers] TapaSte:
Chuwi Hi9 air... and not only.

Sent with my Huawei Nova Titanium
[General Questions and Answers] kemdroid:
Please check MiA1 and Redmi note 5
[General Questions and Answers] drewsg:
Can someone recommend a good phone that can be easily rooted for ~$200? I'm looking at the LG G6, Moto G5 Plus or Moto G5

I need to be able to switch sims between this phone and personal phone (S8+), This phone is purely for work,so I don't care about any bells and whistles like camera and stuff.. just need a speedy phone that can handle a couple apps at the same time
[General Questions and Answers] TechMeNot:
I would choose the oneplus 5 because for me it has the specs but not the camera or the screen which i dont mind
[General Questions and Answers] lu99ke:
I have Lenovo P8 ( tab 3 8 plus ) - got t as a replacement for my finally dead Nexus 7 2013. Really good screen for the price... good specs for the price too - SD626 and 3 gb of RAM serves it pretty well - the only limitation really is the 16GB.

The P8 on stock firmware was ok - some really annoying little things with it and a bit janky but ok overall - pretty close to stock android experience. A great developer here has created LOS 14.1 and now 15.1 for it... makes a MASSIVE difference to the tablet - highly recommend it now

https://xdaforums.com/thinkpad-tablet/development/rom-lineageos-14-1-lenovo-tab-3-8-plus-t3796119

Cannot speak for the Chuwi in comparison... but the P8 with LOS is a great lightweight tablet for basic things - good for the price.
[General Questions and Answers] TapaSte:
I've already had a Lenovo P8 (8703f) with Lineage 15. The only concern was the battery life, in my case, not too long.

Now I'm undecided if to buy a P8 again (8703x) or a Chuwi... :)

Sent with my Huawei Nova Titanium
[General Questions and Answers] Ishika.1:
Kindly provide the answers based on personal or friends experiences because over internet I get so many stuffs to read in reviews that I don't end up in a satisfactory conclusion. I need to buy a smart phone with following criteria:

1. I want to use it for at least 10-15 years without major issues.

2. It should have negligible software issues (eg: hanging, lag in the speedy performance of apps, crashing of apps etc.) and negligible bloatwares.

3. It should have loud audio volume and very good audio quality through speakers and headphone jack for media files as well as for calls.

4. It should have the feature to store apps in SD card and contacts in SIM card. If SD card slot is not present then it should have the feature to store apps in SD card via USB port.

5. It should have USB OTG feature.

6. I am into basic smartphone features i.e., speedy performance of apps, good quality and high volume of media files and calls, excellent network receptions even in weak signal areas and not into other features like themes, too many apps, customizations etc.
[General Questions and Answers] Barolo999:
Hi everyone! LG V30 or Sony XZPremium???. I was lookin for a phone for about 400 euros to replace my old Sony Z4 (or z3+) and I came up with these two that i like the most and match the price range. Of course the V30 wins easily on weight and dimensions (with a bigger screen) but I love the xzp display and side fingerprint sensor too.... What do you think? They told me the V30 front camera sucks, is the xzp better? Which phones wins on the multimedia side (photos, videos, etc)? Thanks in advance for your opinions

(I also considered the MI Mix 2s but the I think the low front camera is really uncomfortable....)
[General Questions and Answers] lu99ke:
Hey... Can't speak for the V30... But had XZP and loved it! I like Sony's design language and was fine with its bezels. Screen was great.. sound was great but not the loudest...excellent with headphones. Software was outstanding - good updates and very snappy. Camera was good in daylight but suffered in low light pretty badly. FP reader on side is actually best position on a phone in my opinion.

I only sold it as I ended up getting Pixel 2 XL ..
[General Questions and Answers] Raresh T:
Hello. Been thinking to replace my old Asus Transformer Prime with something else.

Im looking for :

9'- 11' screen size

Would be great if it had corning gorilla glass 2+

Would be great if Amoled

Android 5.0+

1.8 Ghz +

Quadcore at least

3 GB RAM at least

32 GB with Micro SD / 64 GB without Micro SD

Battery good, lets say over 2500

Anything else doesnt matter

Some great customs roms, without forced encryption, performance optimized and with detailed instructions. For noobs.

Budget : 1000$

So far ive found

- Samsung Tab S3 (great specs, performance lacking as seen in some xda forums, lacking good roms)

- Samsung Tab S4 (great specs, performance no idea, lacking roms)

-Google Pixel C (great specs, lots of bugs, havent find where to buy on market, since i reside in Romania)

-Lenovo Yoga Tab 3 Plus (great specs, force encrypted, good roms)

-Asus Zenpad 3S 10 (great specs, difficult to root, lacking roms)

-Sony Xperia Z2, Z3, Z4 (seems great specs, on gsmarena says 2.3 ghz krait in 2014. Kind of too good to be true. Anyone can verify or back this up ? How good are these tablets)

Have i missed any ?
[General Questions and Answers] tsongming:
If you can spend a little extra, you will not find a better phone for the price

Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 64GB Black, Dual Sim, 5.99", 6GB RAM, GSM Unlocked

Less expensive excellent option that is also custom Rom friendly

Xiaomi Mi A1 32GB, Factory Unlocked - North America Compatible Global Version (Black)

Letv Le Max 2

Hope these suggestions help.
[General Questions and Answers] zocex:
i do not care about camera. i'm ok with having a battery that can last 5-6 hours. one giga ram minimum. i want the phone to be flexible when it come mes to installing toms and stuff like that. the closer it is to stock the better. i want to be fast and quick when i insert stuff or do basic stuff on screen. i want to be able to watch videos on it. i do not mind if the phone is 720p

budget: any price
[General Questions and Answers] Raresh T:
since any budget, try the Samsung Galaxy S9+ . best phone to date, great specs, roms, if not existent, will be made.
[General Questions and Answers] squatticus:
essential phone alternative

bought an essential phone and I like the speed/ vanilla android but the camera is what really kills it for me and was looking for a 6"+ display and hopefully something the can shoot 4k 60fps but not a requirement . looking for something else 500ish
[General Questions and Answers] jaed.43725:
One+ 6
[General Questions and Answers] t00namix:
Hello!

I'm a bit 'tired of reading scores and reviews ... in the end I came to the conclusion that for my budget (to spend on amazon, because I have a "gift voucher") it's time to choose between these three smartphones:

Huawei Mate 10 Pro

LG G6

Sony Xperia XZ1

But I'm also open to others, even if, I repeat, I'm a little bored of investigation.

It has just broken my LG G5 se, the camera was among the best for me (in the budget spent at the time, about € 300, it was excellent) but the battery was poor, with very little stress it did not arrive at the end of the day.

So the things I'm looking for mainly are:

- A great camera (photo and video), no lower than LG G5 camera.

- Battery, autonomy of at least one full day.

What do you recommend?

Are right the three phones that I have considered or are there better ones?

Moreover, trustworthy sites such as dxomark and dpreview have judgments that are not always convergent also.

Please help me, thank u in advance!

(sorry for my little english)
[General Questions and Answers] jaed.43725:
Of those 3 the Mate 10 Pro.
[General Questions and Answers] t00namix:
about camera? Nokia 8?

Im super confused.
[General Questions and Answers] travelfriend:
Best phone for dictation (audio recording quality)

ey everyone, I regularly use my phone for dictation (Dragon Anywhere/Google) and find it useful. I would like to have the phone that renders the best result in this specific area. I figured it depended on connectivity (how fast is your LTE?) but also on audio recording quality.

I currently have an iPhone 8 and a Nexus 5x; surprisingly, other things being equal, dragon anywhere works better on the Nexus 5x. Since Google speech recognition is awful on the iPhone, that is no better option.

Since I need my iPhone for other purposes, I would like to upgrade the Nexus 5x. However, few reviews deal with the issue (most deal with speaker quality). The closest analogue would perhaps be the audio quality at video recording - there, it seems the LG V3o is strong. Since it also has good upload/download speed, it would be good. I am however considering the Galaxy S9 (faster phone) and/or Pixel 2 (pure android), but am unsure as to their recording abilities. Pixel 2 advantage would possibly be that google recognition probably improves each iteration and Pixel gets the updates first.

I would prefer smaller devices, even considering Xz2 compact for that matter.

Any advice on this specific aspect would be appreciated.

Thank you.

Travelfriend.
[General Questions and Answers] lu99ke:
One Plus 5T or 6... Best dev support for you
[General Questions and Answers] carrierPigeon:
I'm trying to figure out which operating system I want on my phone.

I've read about several different operating systems but it's tough to find the information I'm looking for efficiently. I am in the US.

Here are the features I'm looking for:

1. Not google or Apple (privacy)

2. Speech Recognition for creating text (creating documents, typing email, etc.)

3. Word Processing or Notepad

4. Swipe Keyboard

5. Able to avoid Loading the ads on websites. In other words, when there's a google ad on a website, I want to redirect and just not load anything but still the rest of the page.

6. IMAP email program that can handle multiple email accounts

7. Local Calendar

8. Navigation would be nice but not totally required

9. Software to handle voice over IP calls. I realized that this is an unusual requirement so don't worry about it as long as we meet the other items on this list.

10. I would like the phone to be less than $100 (but am very open to it being higher).

11. Will likely have continued updates into the reasonably far out future (2+ years).

12. Can run a VPN

13. compatible with Verizon (I am actually using Pageplus, which is on the Verizon network.

If anyone can point me in the direction that might meet some of these requirements that would be great.
[General Questions and Answers] Amirk365:
Er, there's nothing really out there other than Android and iOS. There's KaiOS but I'm not sure it's available in America right now.
[General Questions and Answers] DangoFan1342:
What would be a good and affordable (250 - 300 USD) phone now? I currently own a Redmi Note 3 Pro
[General Questions and Answers] carrierPigeon:
When I did some web searches, I noticed several. Perhaps my list of "needs" is ruling many of these out? If so, I will cut that list a lot.

Here are some OSes that I came across in my search:

Open Kang project

Color OS

Replicant

Cyanogen

Plasma mobile

Sailfish OS

Lineage

Firefox OS
[General Questions and Answers] Amirk365:
All of those except Sailfish and Firefox are Android. What you are seeing there is actually custom ROMs, and other OEMs skin. In essence, they are all Android except the two outlined. Lineage is actually the continuation of Cyanogen, which was closed down.
[General Questions and Answers] lu99ke:
I would rule out bothering for Sailfish / Plasma / Firefox OS - they are independent OS and updates or even support will be tentative at best.

The rest are all based on Android.

Rule out the following

- Color OS - that is just Oppo's fork on Android and if you are worried about privacy I would not be getting a native Chinese phone with a stock ROM

- Cyanogen - no longer officially supported.

- Replicant - as far as I am aware no longer officially supported

That leaves

Open Kang - based on AOSP ... Support will be device specific you will need to check.

LINEAGE - As above but a wider selection of officially ( and unofficially ) supported devices

If you get a phone that has support for either of the above and use that ROM, as long as you do not install G-Apps you will avoid Google.

You will not get navigation unless you sideload some other application.

The rest will be fine.. you may need to sideload swipe keyboard functionality.

Not sure about IP calling.....you will need to research that bit.
[General Questions and Answers] noindyfikator:
Wchich one to buy ? M8, Zenfone 5z, Oneplus 6, Galaxy S8, Sony XZ2, Iphone 7 (don't care about ios or android) or (more alternatives)?

I mostly consider those things:

1. Performance

2. Camera, either selfies or general photos

3. Display

4. Upgrades to latest android versions

5. Durability

6. Look

Max ~600$
[General Questions and Answers] lu99ke:
OP6 gives you the latest processor and likely the longest forward software support ( outside of Iphone 7 probably )

forget zenfone... lucky to get 1 platform update.

S8 already a year old... so you will only get 1 more platform update

XZ2 will be a good device - likely to be 50/50 with OP6 for both software updates and performance. OP6 probably wins by nature of RAM.. XZ2 probably gets the nod with display - it's a good one - XZ2 properly waterproof ( OP6 only vaguely ) ...both glass on glass not not the most durable.... probably more about personal preference... OP6 camera probably better

forget iphone 7... just because it's apple! ;) ..but realistically... probably shades all the phones on performance, software updates & durability ( metal & waterproof ) ...but S8, OP6 and XZ2 cameras probably win... looks is purely subjective... as is the fact it is iOS...
[General Questions and Answers] rostamld:
Hi. I have seen Google Project fi is giving 300$ off LG V35. Is that a good buy or you would suggest something else for that price? I like the fact I can pay it in installments on Project fi. Also, i would never buy a phone with a notch. Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] TechQuest:
LG V20 or Xiaomi redmi 5 plus

Hi guys my rooted lg g3 is currently biting the dust and i would like to buy a new smartphone. Now i cant decide if i should get the lg v20 or the xiaomi redmi 5 plus.

I mainly use my smartphones for watching videos, messaging, playing low end to mid end games and sometimes taking photos with it.

The main points for me are: Good battery life(i would get a 10000mAh for the lg), good responsiveness, toughness, custimization(through roms) and mediocre pictures.

Pls also tell me good roms for these devices. I rly liked my lineageOS rom on my lg g3 because it added custimization, new android version and improved battery life by another 25min YouTube video.

Sorry for my broken english and thx in advance :D
[General Questions and Answers] drafgnjom:
its been years since ive upgraded my phone nexus 5 still working just fine except for the battery and the smoothness.

so im looking to upgrade now just not sure which one and im on a budget so i can only afford within a certain price range(note: will get it locally PH).

ive got my eyes on s9/s9+, pixel 2 xl, one plus 6, huawei p20 pro. im open for device suggestions aswell

personal opinions/insights on these devices would be nice, pros/cons

things im looking for

~battery(im a heavy user~i use DAC)

~the device will last for atleast 3-4years(daily use which includes battery life, android development/software support and hardware ofc)

~camera(good camera at lowlight too)

~accessories(not mandatory)

~looks wise(i like how the pixel 2 xl looks)

~the notch isnt a problem as long as its a better phone

~android development support(ROMs and stuffs)
[General Questions and Answers] wilspeak:
What are best (ROOTABLE) Tablets and Verizon Phones in 2017-18 that are out now?*

I currently now have a Rooted and Rom TF300 Tablet and a Verizon S7 Edge Phone. I want to upgrade both the Tablet and Phone. I want to make sure before I purchase and upgrade these devices that they can be Rooted.*What are best (ROOTABLE) Tablets and Verizon Phones in 2017-18 that are out now?*Thank You in advance
[General Questions and Answers] Kumaranil_1918:
Which device to buy?

Hi,

I wish to purchase the phone "Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1 (Black, 64 GB) (6 GB RAM)". I'm confused between the following phones :

1. Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1 (Black, 64 GB) (6 GB RAM)

2. Nokia 6.1 Plus (Black, 64 GB) (4 GB RAM)

3. Redmi Note 5 Pro (Black, 64 GB) (6 GB RAM),

4. Vivo V11 Pro (Starry Night Black, 64 GB) (6 GB RAM)

5. POCO F1 (Graphite Black, 128 GB) (6 GB RAM)

6. OPPO F9 Pro (Twilight Blue, 64 GB) (6 GB RAM)

My budget is below 20K and I'm now confused between 1 & 2 mainly. The screensize is lesser compared to 3.

Hence, please help me with my decision.

Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] Truthowl:
I'm considering buying a new phone... uhhh I guess like everyone else in here. :) Anyway, my current phone is a galaxy s4. The battery life on this phone completely sucks. I had the galaxy s3 before this. The s3's battery seems to last twice as long as my s4's. Sitting on my coffee table, on standby, I've just this morning had to charge my s4 for the second time while my s3 still had about 1/5th left. I mostly use my phone for reading books. That is, when I use it at all. But that's mostly because I'm at home, and at home I'm usually on my computer, so i don't need the phone. However when I read I do it a lot. It's why I still use my s3. I'll use my s4 till it needs charged then switch to my s3 while charging my s4. My s3 doesn't have cell service. But it uses my wifi, mostly for syncing my reading and updating installed apps.

So for me the most important thing my new phone MUST have is great battery life, per charge. I'd also like wireless charging, but that can sometimes be added later. I did that for both my s3 and s4. I'd like it to have a decent camera, although I almost never use my phones camera. So this is not a major requirement. I'd like to be able to surf the net with it without any problems. You know, smooth not sluggish and clunky. It's be nice to have a good display for pictures viewing and/or videos but again it's not something I do a lot of. I use my computer for almost everything. But it'd be nice to be able to do so on my phone, when I'm away from home. It needs to have plenty of storage, plus allow sd cards. I'd also like it to have plenty of ram. Rootable also. I read in an earlier post someone wanted a phone that was capable of being rooted and still use google pay. I did not think that was possible. I thought rooting automatically disabled google pay, or something. I've never used google pay but that's mostly because it wont work on my rooted phones, and I wont give up rooting for it.

I'll sumarize:

1) Long Battery Life

2) Long Battery Life

3) Storage

4) Ram

5) Rootable

6) Wireless charging

7) Nice display (size - though 5.5" - 6" is fine since this will impact #1 and #2)

8) Nice display (picture quality)

9) Cook and Clean as well as laundry... ;) <--Just kidding in case your not sure lol

Budget $1,000 or less, preferably < $500 but I'll pay extra for everything.... umm... remember #9 was me just kidding/joking

Really, like anyone else I guess, I'd like a phone that can do it all, and still have a great battery life. But each choice tends to limit further choices. Thanks for taking the time to read.

Edited: Crap, forgot to mention this needs to work on Straighttalk network. My current s4 is i545.
[General Questions and Answers] SofaSpud:
A few months back, I bought an S7 edge. Paid about $220. Has 3600 mah batt, and usually only need to charge 1x per day. Has wireless charging, f-print reader, and can be rooted with a boot exploit flash via odin, with MM 6.01 anyway. Bootloader remains locked, so no custom recovery, but at least has root. S7 also has a well designed heat dissipation system which uses a heat pipe like a laptop. Haven't had any overheating probs.

AFAIK, all S7's are carrier unlocked, so you don't have to hassle with that. And it's getting more difficult by the day to find a newer phone that can be rooted.
[General Questions and Answers] Amirk365:
Don't know about that network but I highly recommend a OnePlus 6. It even has a reading mode and alot of simple useful mods, great cameras, and usually OnePlus phones have great custom development. Won't work on CDMA networks like Verizon. Also no wireless charging and no SD card support though it does have substantial internal memory.
[General Questions and Answers] adylanchng:
Nokia 2.1 vs Samsung Galaxy Note 2

Just wondering which is a better phone since they seem so similar even though they have 6 years apart each other.

Both have 5.5" HD 16:9 displays, 8MP rear cameras and quad core processors.
[General Questions and Answers] _a!:
Toying with getting a phone to upgrade from my moto g5s plus (which is ok, but lenova are hopeless at providing updates and I want a slightly larger display). I like the idea of a Nokia Android phone but the Honor Play is £280 to the Nokia 7 Plus's £300 and seems to be a lot more powerful, as well as having a slightly larger screen.

I was just wondering if anyone could provide any reasons why I should go for one phone over the other. I don't really play too many games (except chess, which obviously doesn't require a really powerful GPU) but it would be good to have the option. I like the idea of the single piece of metal that the Nokia is made from and don't really know how the build quality of the Honor compares.
[General Questions and Answers] I_m_animesh:
Then go for nokia..
[General Questions and Answers] 3drinks:
First Time Poster

Hi, been lurking these boards the past few days reading, learning, and I'm absolutely fascinated by this stuff. Anyway my current is the s8+ with Oreo and v3 BL, so from what I've read thus far it isn't rootable. So to my real point;

I want to create a "google-less environment", a phone entirely open source essentially living off F-Droid for support, so naturally I need a device fully rootable and customizable. I'm thinking if I could acquire a used s6 edge + or s7 edge + (something with a screen size very close to my s8+ screen (it's okay if it's a little smaller, but I'm not interested in something the size of my rooted s3 mini lol).

Since this is a lot of information and I've never gone this far before, I'd like to follow a step-by-step process (EILI5 "explain it like I'm 5") to delete everything (including google play services) and build from scratch.

Thank you for reading and any help you can provide me.
[General Questions and Answers] Amirk365:
Get those internationally unlocked. Better yet, get an S9.
[General Questions and Answers] Truthowl:
StraightTalk uses Verizons towers, or so I've read, so it'd be CDMA.