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[General Questions and Answers] TheDeviantFox:
Hi XDA,

I'm about to upgrade my lenovo p2/redmi note 5 to something new. I am mostly interested in either samsung s9+ or huawei p20 pro (as they are priced similarly in my country), but if there is something else in this price range, i would also consider it.

I do not know how to feel about notch(I have never owned phone with one), but i do not care at all about how phone looks.

What is important to me however:

+Screen (80% of the time i spend on my phone is watching youtube)

+Battery life(I would require 1 day of battery life during normal usage - now i am getting around 2 full days of 4000mAh redmi note 5)

+Smoothness during normal usage(no micro lags in main menu, no delay while minimizing apps)

+Responsiveness of unlocking phone(while i am used to both fingerprint sensors on both front and back, if possible i would like to experiment with face unlock)

+Performance retention(While i plan to only use it for a year or so, if there will be nothing exciting on the market in a years time, i would like it to perform as good as new for next year)

What I think is not life changing, but would be nice anyways:

+Possible modability(While now i do not really have time and will to take risks coming from modding software, I would still like to have ability to use custom rom in the future and all the goodness coming with it)

+Camera(I am by no means pro, and know that probably either camera would be much better than one i have now, but i would appreciate sharpness, and true(or just not over saturated) colors. I like P20P ability to take nice photos in darker places, but i am not sure if it is that better for a guy that wants to take pics of cars during car spot.

+Bluetooth Range/Quality/Compatibility(my lenovo p2 for some reason did not work well with my built in skoda audio - randomly stops playing music, google maps is mute, etc and my rn5 while working as intended, range is less then a half. compared to my other phones, )

+Built in speakers quality

+Battery life while using Google Maps

Things i do not care about:

+Front camera

+Performance in games(not playing anything besides hearthstone, and It runs well on my older phones. so I should be good with either.

+Benchmark scores

Thanks you for any suggestions and recommendations!
[General Questions and Answers] LANCheatz:
Phone Replacement

I'm currently using a Samsung Galaxy S4 (VZW) running stang5litre v5.0, I'm looking into getting a replacement for the holidays, my budget would preferably be below 300 or 400 dollars. I'm totally lost on newer phones, and would like some purchasing advice.

I'd like to maintain the following features:

Android Oreo or better

Removable battery

Custom ROMs (preferably cyanogenmod or LineageOS support), root is a must

Micro-SD card support

3.5mm jack

Bluetooth support

I'd like to have an IR blaster but I see lots of phones have gotten rid of this feature.

Thanks in advanced.
[General Questions and Answers] nola mike:
Need tablet replacement

My nieces just broke the screen on my Asus memo 301t tablet. Need a new one. I'm looking for something with a 10" screen, android, running MM or greater, or easily rooted/updated. This will be an appliance mostly for light web browsing and video, I don't want to spend too much time screwing with it. I'd like it to be a bit faster than the asus that it's replacing, and also faster than the samsung note 10.1 2013 edition that I have. Price around $100 used. Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] zeedic:
Phone that can be rooted to use on AT&T

Hello, I'm looking at the one plus 6T and Note9 to be used on AT&T but are new to the scene. I heard that Exynos (or certain SD variant) can be boot unlock and have hidden menu that unlock LTE band but not quite sure if that is true. For One Plus 6T what to do to make it compatible with AT&T. Thanks for the reply
[General Questions and Answers] GrapeBandit:
mi8 vs s9

I'm looking into getting a Xiaomi Mi8 6/64 or Samsung Galaxy S9 4/64. Price aside, is the larger screen, more RAM, and bigger battery on the Mi8 worth getting over the S9?

Anyone have any input?
[General Questions and Answers] CamoGeko:
That's a fantastic deal to be honest with you! Well done on that find.

One of my family members still uses a white S6 and whenever I see it I just think that screen is so good - 1440 x 2560 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~577 ppi density)

It's even sharper than my Essential Phone because of the smaller size!

I'd day price is the biggest difference here, although I've been hearing that the new One UI on Samsung is pretty awesome with some very useful tweaks, if you're not a fan of MIUI of course.

S9 doesn't have a notch either, if that's something that bothers you.
[General Questions and Answers] GrapeBandit:
I can get oneplus 6, mi 8, and the s9 all around the same price. I was leaning towards the the oneplus 6 or the mi 8 because of the larger screen. Notches don't bother me at all.

From what I've gathered, the camera, display, battery life, and sound is better on the mi 8 than the oneplus 6. Does the 8gb RAM, thinner bezels, and smaller notch on the oneplus 6 make it any better than the mi 8?

I never used MIUI or Oxygen, I'm coming from Samsung in the past, and currently using Huawei Honor 8.

This is a hard choice here, I am probably overthinking this as both are great phones and most likely wont disappoint.
[General Questions and Answers] CamShirayuki:
So I currently have a phone that isn't able to be booted, which is somewhat of a necessity for me. So, I'd love it if someone could recommend a cheap phone that is capable of:

Root

Large SD cards (SDXC? UHI-1?)

Android 7+ (Preferrably with capabilities to go to 8 and/or 9)

2 gigs of RAM

At least 16 gigs of Internal Memory

I understand if there's not a cheap one that allows all of this, but if anything, recommend a close alternative. I need at least 3 phones close to this.
[General Questions and Answers] eriol1:
You should specify a budget range.

One person's cheap could be out of the question for someone else.

That aside, I've seen the xiaomi mi a1 for just under $200 on amazon recently. I think it runs Oreo out of the box, It's got 4GB ram, 64GB internal memory and it supports 128GB microSD cards.

Don't have one myself but recommended it to someone else who was happy enough that they bought a second one when the first one sadly drowned...
[General Questions and Answers] CantGetAGoodName:
I'm looking for a rugged phone that I can root or put magisk on with a 5000ma or higher battery. I don't care if it's mid range but I have looked into the AGM X3 and the Ulefone armor 3t so far
[General Questions and Answers] doubledragon5:
The way I look at it. As long as US carriers are locking done devices. I will no longer be buying anything new in the future. At least there appears to be plenty of development in that phone. So it should keep me busy for a while. LOL
[General Questions and Answers] bsginns:
Affordable, Root-able, Cricket compatible phone?

Yes I know that is a complex sounding question. Im just trying to get some input on what phones I should keep my eye out for that will work on Cricket Wireless,

that are able to be rooted,

and at least are able to be found either new or used on a budget (I doubt any more than $150 at very most). I would appreciate any ideas /opinions.

Thanks alot
[General Questions and Answers] CamoGeko:
Have you given some thought to maybe the Note 9 as well? It might be slightly over your budget but few people have been giving it the thumbs up.

You might have already seen this but I thought I'd share anyways:

https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=9065&idPhone2=9109&idPhone3=8966

All the specs honestly point to the S9. It has a way better screen (although smaller), its lighter, the cameras are better too and if you get the Exynos variant unlocking and rooting shouldn't be too hard. Also like you said, Samsung is a familiar ground. OneUI is in the process of rolling out as well. I'm actually considering selling one of my Essential Phones and getting a used S9 myself.

MIUI has come a long way since the old days, its always been a treat to use. Its different, smooth, easy to use (although might be confusing at first). Oxygen is almost like pure Android, its based off old Paranoid Android builds. Some customization options are available but to get full options (substratum, magisk modules etc..) you have to root which is a breeze. Easier than on the Mi8 I would imagine.
[General Questions and Answers] enfurnic:
Looking for a very cheap/ budget phone that i can flash and play with and essentially give to my kid that has cricket service. Since cricket has junk specced phones for cheap.
[General Questions and Answers] RimBlock:
Portable WiFi bridge with VPN ?.

Hi,

I run an OpenVPN setup at home on my router (PFSense). When travelling alone I use my phone / laptop to create the VPN network after connecting to public WiFi and that is fine for just me.

What I am looking for is a device that I can use as a portable Wifi hub that will connect to a public WiFi network, create the OpenVPN tunnel between itself and my home server and then provide its own ssid for any laptop / phone etc to connect to (obviously password encrypted).

The idea is that the portable hub will take care of the VPN duties rather than having to install on all the devices myself, my wife and our kids use when on holiday.

I have recently got the RavPower 3-in-1 hub which is great and does all but the VPN side.

Does anyone know any other device that would meet the above requirements either out of the box or with some tweaking ?.

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] edbr:
Huawei Mate 20 lite vs Nokia 7.1

Tbh, I don't really care about the camera. I'm more concerned about the performance and build quality. Nokia has the weaker CPU, but it comes with android one. So I'm not really sure which one to pick. Any help would be appreciated.
[General Questions and Answers] Sptz:
I'm looking for a phone for my girlfriend, she's on a really old and dying iPhone.

I'm looking for something that could correspond as much as possible to:

- Better than average camera

- Either Android Stock/One or at least bootloader unlockable with good XDA development (to flash something like Lineage or Omni or Stock experience)

- Can be Chinese, absolutely!

- NFC would be cool but not absolutely necessary

- Good battery life, but can sacrifice a bit for average/above average but definitely not "afternoon charging needed"

- Quick Charging

- Price would be on the budget side ~£250 max

I already shortlisted a couple and would like suggestions for more that I'm unaware of and/or of these ones also.

- Xiaomi Mi A2 - Con: No NFC. No Jack (remedied by adapter so no biggie)

- LeEco Le Pro3 (x720/727) - Con: No NFC (right?) or am I wrong? OS: But since there's Lineage and Omni then all good!

OR

I'll give her my OP3T and get a flagship for myself :P
[General Questions and Answers] CamoGeko:
It's possible you could even get a Pocophone F1 for that price, either if you don't mind waiting a bit for the prices to go down or a sale perhaps.

Or you could try and get one second hand.
[General Questions and Answers] Hai96:
Which device you would choose, HTC U12+ or Oneplus 6 (8/128 Version)? I've got both for nearly the same price (The OP6 was 40€ cheaper) and can't decide which one to choose.

I really like the OP Display, it's so bright and the colors are so intensive. But the Speaker is crap...

The HTC has a very good camera, nice speakers but I don't really like the display. Don't blame me for this statement, but the Display from my current phone (HTC M8) doesn't really look different from the one in the U12+ [emoji849]

I am using my phone 4+ years and I think Oneplus offers the better software support. But beside of that, what do you think: Which phone has the bigger community here on Xda and is likely to have the longer custom rom support?

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[General Questions and Answers] mario24601:
OnePlus 6 for sure!
[General Questions and Answers] 350Rocket:
OnePlus 6! I have a OnePlus 5 I got 16 months ago. My next phone will be a used OnePlus 6 and then wait for them to bring the headphone jack back before I buy a new phone!
[General Questions and Answers] CamoGeko:
I'd go for the OP6 on your place mate.

HTC is stuck in limbo atm, and the updates are being delivered slower than a snail pace. If at all. OnePlus community is much stronger as well.
[General Questions and Answers] SKAm69:
Verizon Wear24 other ZTE Quartz?

I'm looking for a cheap but as good as possible for such price introduction to the Wear OS/Android Wear. I'm not considering flaws that both of them have such as lack of NFC payments, etc.

Wear24

Pros: better look and smaller size,

Supposedly longer battery life despite having less charge,

Wireless charger

Cons: root requires physical disassembly,

no microphone in calls (weird)

Which of the two would you suggest? Unless something else for such price.

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] Trunksleo:
From this 3 compares which one you choose??

P9lite vs samsung j6 vs Xiaomi a2 lite

Lg g6 vs Huawei p9

samsung s8 vs Huawei p20
[General Questions and Answers] CamoGeko:
1. Xiaomi

2. LG G6

3. Samsung Galaxy S8

:)
[General Questions and Answers] veronicadavis:
Buy any series of Oppo phones. they are the best if you are looking for camera quality.
[General Questions and Answers] gdourado:
Hello,

I am wanting to buy a new phone.

Currently I am between the Nokia 7 plus or the Pocophone f1.

They both cost the same here.

The Nokia is Android one which I prefer as I hear the miui rom is quite bad in the poco.

But the poco has much better hardware and I was thinking I could flash LineageOS to it.

What do you think?

Thank you
[General Questions and Answers] SunilSuni:
Go for POCO F1

You can upgrade or tweak software as you want but you cannot update hardware things so Poco F1 is best
[General Questions and Answers] Valof:
Hallo, between Samsung s9(exynos) and oneplus 6t, what should I get? I only use phone for web browsing, YouTube, whatsapp, messenger, emails...etc not a heavy user by any means.

I can get S9 with Sennheiser 4.5HD and SanDisk ultra 200gb for 20 euros a month on a 2 years plan. While I need to pay 550 for oneplus 6t in cash!

I care about gorgeous display and great battery life. I need a phone which can live for the next 4 years just as my current HTC m8 is doing. You may suggest any other model with that price range excluding S9+ and phones with big notch.

BTW I live in Germany if it makes any difference.

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] Skull97:
Well, with project treble, every phone *should* live for 4 years with 3 years of Android update and 1 additional year of security update, but only if the OEM decide to do so.

Anyway, there is no doubt that s9 will win in display, but onplus 6t should win in battery life and will definitely live longer thanks to its stronger community.

Since you aren't a heavy user, I guess s9 is your best bet. Honestly though, buying a phone at this time of the year is not a very good idea since 2019 phones are going to come out soon, and 2019 seems to be a very interesting year to me.
[General Questions and Answers] mario24601:
OP !

I can from S7 and it's night and day.
[General Questions and Answers] Tobiaho1988:
Hello Community,

I currently have the Mi A2 Lite defined as best Phone to buy.

Due to Android Auto on Oreo and bugs in Android Pie i am thinking about changing it

But which Phone is comparable?

Requirements:

*Real Dual Sim / No Hybrid preferred (maybe if internal storage is 128gb?)

*Internal storage at least 64gb and also SD Card Slot

(Due to a Lot of Business Trips i use always local Sim Cards)

* Max. 5.9" Display

* Camera should be acceptable

*Price max. 300€

*Most used Apps: WhatsApp, Messenger, Maps, Spotify, Android Auto, Banking.

Of course high end phones fulfil my requirements but i also have a talent of destroying the displays of each Smartphone i have :) That's why it should be a not too expensive.

I did already a Lot of Research and Xiaomi Mi a2 Lite was the best choice. But i also use Android Auto a Lot of times so this should also work.

I am excited to hear your suggestions!

Regards

Tobi

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[General Questions and Answers] russy23:
hi guys,

so i cracked the screen on my lg g5, i can buy the replacement front assembly for £20, but really will it be as good and how long will it last..

so budget phone hunting time, i dont need a high end fantastic joby, it doesnt need to play high end games, tbh i dont game at all, and selfie cams arent really important to me..

so far Ive got: -

Honor 9 Lite

Huawei P smart

Both are these are pretty much the same anyway, im not sure about the huawei software on phones, i tried my uncles once, seems very slow, cant remember which one it was though..

i would like to buy from the UK, argos would be handy haha, any other suggestions, thanks, i guess £120 ish is where id like to be money wise
[General Questions and Answers] Amirk365:
You'll get a cracked screen with either in no time as well.
[General Questions and Answers] russy23:
useful, thanks, i could also go and buy a £1000 phone and crack that..
[General Questions and Answers] n00b-xda-disciple:
Just get a Galaxy S9+ or Note 9 or wait for Galaxy S10 with Infinity Display.
[General Questions and Answers] gdourado:
Hello﻿, how are you?

I am looking to get a new phone before Christmas.

I am hearing a lot of buzz about the Pocophone f1.

I can get the 64gb version for 265 euros here.

I really like stock android so if I get the poco I would flash LineageOS to it.

On the other hand, I can also get a pixel 2 xl for 420.

It is a difference in price, so I am wondering what is the best option.

From what I can tell, the pixel has the better camera and is the official Google phone, so it has perfectly integrated stock Android.*﻿

But it also has issues and reading about it online is scary as there seems to*﻿be multiple issues with the display, with the speakers and with the phone loosing performance after a while.

The poco has a better﻿*and faster soc, more ram and a bigger battery.

But I would have to flash lineage os, then the bsg pixel camera port and the gapps from open gapps to have it perform like stock android and that could go wrong in many ways.*

So, based on this, what do y﻿o﻿u consider the better option and why?

Thank you.*
[General Questions and Answers] theandroidguy:
Obviously the Poco F1 is the better choice.

1. Better hardware

2. Unlockable bootloader

3. Availability of lots of custom rom and custon kernels

4. Better camera

5. Better battery

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I'm confused between Poco F1(6+128) and Realme 2 Pro(8+128). In the long run which is going to be beneficial, the 8GB ram instead of 6GB or the SD845 instead of the SD660??? My only priority is a performance beast.
[General Questions and Answers] JGerard15:
ASUS Zenfone Max Pro M2 or Huawei Nova 3i

Hello, I am about to buy a new phone next week.

I am deciding on which one to get, either the new ASUS Zenfone Max Pro M2 or Huawei Nova 3i?

Things that attracts me to the Zenfone

- Stock Android

- 6 GB RAM

Things that attracts me to Nova 3i

- 128 GB Storage

- Probably better display and gaming experience (i think)

- Better build quality

I mostly watch videos and play games. I am not really into cameras.
[General Questions and Answers] gdourado:
Pixel 2 xl for 420 euros or pocophone f1 for 270?

Need to make a decision.
[General Questions and Answers] ninalzc:
Hello everyone

I'm new here and looking for some help in selecting phones.

I‘m looking for a new phone for my new year. I'm considering oneplus 6T and pixel 3. It seems their news is everywhere so maybe they are good?

Sorry, I'm not very familiar with phones so I come here to ask someone professional for help.:)

I prefer phones with a good quality camera. If you have other suggestions, please tell me!

By the way, how about Honor 8X? I found they have a buy 1 get 1 giveaway in their forum and that seems very attractive.
[General Questions and Answers] starflux:
rugged phone?

hi

i'm looking. for a big battery rugged smartphone for under 300$.

i've done a lot of searching and watched many reviews but i don't. what to believe.

i'm confused

i found these rugged smartphones:

- ulefone armor 3

ulefone armor x , armor 5 , armor 2

blackview bv9500, bv7000

dogee s60

elephone soldier

i drop my smartphone a lot and i need a really tough one especially. the screen.

can you please recommend. any of those.

i wanted to buy ulefone armor 3 but i don't know if it is really rugged.
[General Questions and Answers] jaibubwan:
Hey guys, please recommend any good tablet that meets these conditions:

- Normal Android OS, that's compatible with Play Store (no weird MIUI type stuff)

- OTG compatible (so I can connect my peripherals like memory sticks etc.)

- Biggest screen possible - with best picture quality (will be used for reading comics, youtube, netflix, & movie 1080p MKV playback)
[General Questions and Answers] pierceheart:
Should I switch from HTC?

I'm on AT&T, and I'm not leaving that carrier.

My HTC 10 is finally dead after just over two years. Battery performance in the tank over the last two months - 100%, remove charger, use phone for a minute or two, 99, 98, dead. Plug it in, while off, it shows 1%. Unplug it, plug it back in, 90%.

I was highly considering the HTC u12+, but SO MANY reviews complain about the non buttons, the lack of headphone jack, etc.

What I'm looking for - rootable phone - don't want to lose tethering OR pay extra for it on my line.

VoLTE capable on AT&T. VoWiFi on AT&T would be nice, but not a dealbreaker, as I'm not using it as it is (Oreo on the HTC10 didn't have it)

Things I've liked, rom wise in the last few years, so, something that's got similar roms built already:

Android Revolution HD (M7)

Viper10 Nougat

Leedroid Oreo (couldn't get the oreo version of Viper to work on my HTC 10)

Well, looking at my grandfathered unlimited data plan with Nation 450 voice, I decided on the Google Pixel 3, especially because of the support for that on AT&T (VoLTE, VoWiFi), but I was concerned about tethering. Comparing my current plan with Fo, I decided to jump ship. I bought a Pixel 3 XL and signed up with Fi. My precious new phone arrived today, and I'm waiting for it to charge up, so I can boot it and get any updates.
[General Questions and Answers] Trunksleo:
Which are the pro and cons of s8 vs huawei p10 vs LG g6 (no quad dac version)??? Which do you recommend? (the s8 its a little more expensive)
[General Questions and Answers] DexterRufer:
Hello. I'm searching a smartphone with good sound (through jack, i don't care at all about thespeakers sound, if doesn't have speaker, wouldn't bother me haha). I don't care about the other specifications of the phone (maybe the rear camera a little bit but meh.. it isn't significant).

I saw this models, what do you think?:

HTC 10 (What about the EVO 10? Sounds good?)

LG V10 (Maybe the V20 if i save a little more money but... :/ )

ZTE Axon 7 Mini (Have the same sound of his older brother?)

I am a little inclined by the HTC but i don't know.

That's all, i don't think paying to much more than that (i will buy it used so... draw your conclusions about how poor i am hahaha)

I hope you can help me and sorry for my english, thanks :)