Hi guys. I know that here might be some similar topics, but i want all relevant answers in one place.
Past few weeks (month) i did some research on which android phone to buy.
I gotta say that my budget was fairly limited. 200 EUROS is absolute PEAK - i simply don't have more money for new phone right now.
After some discussions with guys via czech androidforum.cz i was encrouraged to take closer look at LGOO and ZTE Blade.
I would buy Blade right now, but... but then i realized that i would root it and give that CM7 of course, but.. in that case there is higher risk that phine gets bricked - these ZTE phones is very hard to REPAIR in our country because REPAIR CENTRE - ZTE for Czech Republic doesn't offer good service and lacks support. The other thing that discouraged me from buying Blade is its weak battery.
So finally i decided to buy LGoo - i didn't buy it yet - i am about to buy it (in a week). Why i wanna buy this one? I like its battery capacity, unofficial ROMs support and other good things. It simply looks as good android based phone.
My las question is: Are there other phones in this price category that i might have overlooked?
Well, i own one as well, i can tell its not bad phone, battery life 2 to 3 days based on how much you use it (one day if you use it a lot - like almost all day ).
Default rom is kind of fail. I dont understand how can they sell it with that laggy launcher. I use launcher pro.
All in all there is not much choice in your prize limit, i was in the same situation
I was thinking also about some samsung galaxy phones or SE xperia x10.
Custom roms are great. I used stock for a long time, few days ago I began testing all custom roms i found
With Neocore benchmark it almost doubled score (from 34-37FPS to 54-57FPS stock clock or 61FPS with OC) using CyanogenMod port by mik_os.
Hi all!
I'm an xperia x8 user with the basic (or some more) knowledge about Android. I really like MiUI, but my phone is weak to run a MiUI smoothly. Five or four weeks ago i saw Xiaomi M2' hw specs and price and found it awesome. My Q is: What do you think about this phone? Do you trust Xiaomi and shipping partners? (I wanna do)
Share your opinions please, I'll thank y'all.
droidx8 said:
Hi all!
I'm an xperia x8 user with the basic (or some more) knowledge about Android. I really like MiUI, but my phone is weak to run a MiUI smoothly. Five or four weeks ago i saw Xiaomi M2' hw specs and price and found it awesome. My Q is: What do you think about this phone? Do you trust Xiaomi and shipping partners? (I wanna do)
Share your opinions please, I'll thank y'all.
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I ordered from realpricesfromchina. Will let you know if I get scammed :laugh:
M2 looks really nice. So far this year I jumped from 4s > xperia s > one x > s3 > iphone 5 and now I want to go back to android. but i'm in love with MIUI and this M2 phone specs and looks are pretty good. Price is cheap for such a high end spec'd phone.
Krizid said:
I ordered from realpricesfromchina. Will let you know if I get scammed :laugh:.
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Hello,
So, do you receveid your phone from realpricesfromchina??
Thanks
Wow! nice specs
tell us more about this phone when you get it
fantamedo said:
Wow! nice specs
tell us more about this phone when you get it
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hey guys, I use the Xiaomi M2 and it is a great phone. It does not have google play on it but its easy to add and does not require root. The screen is crazy good (especially comparing to my Huawei Honor) and it's just so quick. I'm not a huge fan of MIUI but some really love it.
Anyway, despite the fact that it is currently sold out in china and unavailable for sale anywhere else, I got my hands on a few of those. So if you're interested you can contact me. I'll sell at same price as the website mentionned in the thread but you will not have to wait until March or something to get it and I can use paypal so that you are protected against fraud. I'm also a former powerseller on ebay and am selling in on eBay too but at a higher price to cover eBay fees.
Selling it for 450 on ebay, can do for 400 here.
I hope you don't feel it's a spam, I know how hard it is to get a hand on this phone...almost as hard as the N4...
Dear guys and girls. I'm looking a while for the opx to come out, now it's finaly here and i got an Invité but when i see the litlle reviews i hesitate so my question about it.
This one plus x , is this enough to beat the huawei p8lite or p8 because that are older phones but connectivity is very good. I seen a p8 lite and it's very snappy .
I live in belgium and use my phone not for heavy 3d games, just browsing fb INSTA Twitter and taking picture.
I now have a jiayu gs5 and it's really slow due to connectivity cus my meaning is that a smartphone these days is dependable on the internetspeed.
My Invité stills stand till 21.oou tonight. What should i take? Prices are all the same so that's not the issue.
Kind regards, Joeri
joeri1985 said:
Dear guys and girls. I'm looking a while for the opx to come out, now it's finaly here and i got an Invité but when i see the litlle reviews i hesitate so my question about it.
This one plus x , is this enough to beat the huawei p8lite or p8 because that are older phones but connectivity is very good. I seen a p8 lite and it's very snappy .
I live in belgium and use my phone not for heavy 3d games, just browsing fb INSTA Twitter and taking picture.
I now have a jiayu gs5 and it's really slow due to connectivity cus my meaning is that a smartphone these days is dependable on the internetspeed.
My Invité stills stand till 21.oou tonight. What should i take? Prices are all the same so that's not the issue.
Kind regards, Joeri
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The limited amount of reviews is because the phone just came out, so you won't have to worry about that.
In terms of connectivity, you should be more then fine. Espcially since you're mostly on FB and INSTA the phone should be more then enough for you!
Here you go: Someone did a speedtest, but I guess it also depends where he lives and the coverage where he lives:
https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/review-of-oneplus-x.398665/page-13#post-13917534
Someone from France made a review (same topic)
https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/review-of-oneplus-x.398665/
Dsteppa said:
The limited amount of reviews is because the phone just came out, so you won't have to worry about that.
In terms of connectivity, you should be more then fine. Espcially since you're mostly on FB and INSTA the phone should be more then enough for you!
Here you go: Someone did a speedtest, but I guess it also depends where he lives and the coverage where he lives:
https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/review-of-oneplus-x.398665/page-13#post-13917534
Someone from France made a review (same topic)
https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/review-of-oneplus-x.398665/
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Thx for the quick answer. I looked at the forum from the speedtest and he says 25mb/s download. I hope they have poorly internet where he lives because with my 2 year old jiayu i get around 50mb/ss. So now i'm more thinking for the p8. I honestley don't know. Probably it's a good phone but will this be in the end. If he doesn't match up i spend 250€ on something bit better than my jiayu.
Hi guys, I bought this phone like the first day it got released and I felt so much pain in this process knowing about Oreo stuff and so on, also because I'm not so rich to afford like super duper phones and thinking "oh well, a chinese phone for 200 euros may be a good deal since they usually sell decent phones for less". I regret this thought every day by then. The lack of interest in Elephone company is what surprise me the most, they just don't give a **** about that, leaving the phone as it is, I can't even watch streams (only if I use a very old version of Twitch) and can't even watch videos from Netflix nor facebook. I would like to have your sincere opinion, if you think if this phone is to be considered dead. I wanna get rid of that, maybe selling it. I hope that there is a chance that this phone will get updated with all the bugs fixed tho.
I also bought the S8 at a presale and got it right after release. It was my companion for nearly a year but now our time is over. I liked the design and the big brilliant screen and it could be a real great phone with a better software.
I didn't have any streaming problems with youtube or netflix, but there was always trouble changing networks between mobile data and wifi. The battery did not last a full day in the end and for a deca-core device the performance was a little disappointing. I don't think there will be an oreo update or any community support in the future, because elephone already released the next generation of phones.
My advice is to sell the S8 as long as it is worth anything, I sold mine on ebay for about 170€ which was more than I expected.
Please also find all required files for rooting the Elephone S8 at:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/k1ldc..._root.rar/file
I hope this helps.
With all this upheaval, what do you think about grabbing one while they're going cheap, used and good condition?
Im aware of the circumstances and that Huawei banning bootloader unlocking makes the situation even worse. If we could find a way to unlock the bootloader by unofficial means, I'd be happy to pick one up if there's decent 3rd party developer support
Could this be an opportunity or just a waste of time and money for us?
I've just bought one for £520 and it's only a month old. I'm prepared to take the risk for such a good phone and hopefully this Trump crap will come to an end soon
I have one sealed here myself but debating if I should have opted for Mate 20 Pro instead for worthwhile savings
Things could possibly reverse back to normal, if the ban goes full on, it could come to a total of $11m lost of business for the states with the companies combine, plus other possible complications, even regardless of that, and full ban on huawei, existing devices are not effected going by what Google have said
I got one before the 'news'. No regrets, it's a great phone.
Yeah i'd say buy it or get the mate 20 pro it's a better deal.
It has a better screen also
Although i don't care for that myself
i have a p30 pro love the phone but i am thinking about getting rid of it becaues of the hole ban thing i buy my phone off line every year and just tread my old one in so just looking at it from a money aspect
It's still worth every cent of the original retail price, let alone the massive discounts you can find. Its the best phone of 2019, and I've tried them all...
I agree. I'm watching a few variants on ebay, mainly the VOG-L04 model. If prices continue to fall, I might end up with more than one.
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I got one before the 'news'. No regrets, it's a great phone.
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Ditto.
I just picked mine up about to days ago. And I paid premium price for it. I was looking for the best battery life, performance and camera. I'm not really a fan of Samsung. I have no complaints with this phone. Other then I have a defective figure print sensor.
Bought a new one about a week ago. Could not be much happier overall. I don't necessarily need Android Q. The phone is working fine as it is. However this might be the last Huawei I'll buy depending on what happens in the future. It's very unclear future for Huawei now. For current phones I don't care though. This phone has the hardware I need that no one else has.
No regrets for me too. I bought it after the news came out. P30 pro is already a futuristic device. Huawei can always use AOSP and we can use alternative for Google services
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I picked one up over the weekend, new. I'm not too bothered about the crap - it's a great phone, will get Q, will probably get security updates, and will definitely get Play store updates - that's good enough for me.
And it's a matter of time before either of the countries blink and things go back to normal
Well, I just picked one up brand new here in Canada. Coming from a Pixel 3xl. Don't regret it one bit. Nothing wrong with the pixel at all, but it fell short in a couple areas within the camera that the p30 pro delivers on. I don't really care about the situation happening, I believe it will get resolved.
I bought my P30 Pro before the ban for full price.
I love the fact that it has a best in class camera that's the most versatile in the industry, 2 day battery life, the fastest charging speeds and just its overall gorgeous design.
I have no regrets. I don't take politics seriously and think the news and media puts this in a scaremongering light as Google and various US-based companies wouldn't want to lose out on potential revenue and business.
Can you guys imagine If Huawei and Honor, Xiaomi, OPPO etc. Get an agreement to make one OS to all chinese Smartphones, this way the devs will forget about Play Store, cause only Pixel Will left ... Since even Motorola and Nokia are from China now! Is pretty much the end of Android!
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Can you guys imagine If Huawei and Honor, Xiaomi, OPPO etc. Get an agreement to make one OS to all chinese Smartphones, this way the devs will forget about Play Store, cause only Pixel Will left ... Since even Motorola and Nokia are from China now! Is pretty much the end of Android!
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Just a little correction. Nokia is from finland
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cardozclive said:
Just a little correction. Nokia is from finland
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I thought that the smartphone division was sold to a chinese Company , maybe was Lenovo and Motorola .. my bad!
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On the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka, Trump said “U.S. companies can sell their equipment to Huawei,” without going into detail. “We’re talking about equipment where there’s no great national security problem with it,” Trump continued. It’s not clear what this means for now, but it’s likely Huawei will be able to acquire basic components like Qualcomm processors and Google’s Android OS.
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