Hi guys,
I have been using an elephone p7000 since I bought it on their launch promotion. The lack of rom support and a few issues have finally made me consider a new phone. The Le Max 2 seems the best value for $180 USD for the 32GB version. Should I be looking elsewhere?
Thanks
crazyazz said:
Hi guys,
I have been using an elephone p7000 since I bought it on their launch promotion. The lack of rom support and a few issues have finally made me consider a new phone. The Le Max 2 seems the best value for $180 USD for the 32GB version. Should I be looking elsewhere?
Thanks
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I would say dont buy it as the support for le max 2 is very less. Buy something else, dont fall for the price with high specs. Also it has some problems with its display, the colors are not so natural
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crazyazz said:
Hi guys,
I have been using an elephone p7000 since I bought it on their launch promotion. The lack of rom support and a few issues have finally made me consider a new phone. The Le Max 2 seems the best value for $180 USD for the 32GB version. Should I be looking elsewhere?
Thanks
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Bought it recently, came from a Mediatek device, and I'm happy with the move.
If you're OK with no headphone jack, I would say it's definitely worth it. Camera is a BIG upgrade to me, if that's important to you. Rom support is also a step from any Mediatek device (for obvious reasons). Build quality is very good, battery life is also good considering it's a QHD screen, screen itself is OK in terms of colour reproduction, no issues with outdoor sunlight. Just installed Lineage OS 14.1 and it's working great.
Maybe pay a bit more for the 64GB version if you need more space.
powerasp said:
I would say dont buy it as the support for le max 2 is very less. Buy something else, dont fall for the price with high specs. Also it has some problems with its display, the colors are not so natural
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Who on XDA cares about support? And my display is fine.
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Who on XDA cares about support? And my display is fine.
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Nope display is not fine and by display i mean colors. The colors on custom roms are way too much saturated. If you use any different phone from different vendor for 2-3 weeks then the colors of leeco starts annoying. Even the colors on the stock rom is not good, it is better compared to custom rom but still not so accurate.
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Who on XDA cares about support? And my display is fine.
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And support doesn't only means software support(never said anything about warranty). If some accident happens with phone's hardware, may it be screen, camera glass or any other hardware part then you cant get anything original to repair it. You have to opt for some different low quality hardware for which you will be charged quite the same as original one. So if anyone is going to buy anything new, its better not to buy anything from a closed company
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Nope display is not fine and by display i mean colors. The colors on custom roms are way too much saturated. If you use any different phone from different vendor for 2-3 weeks then the colors of leeco starts annoying. Even the colors on the stock rom is not good, it is better compared to custom rom but still not so accurate.
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And support doesn't only means software support(never said anything about warranty). If some accident happens with phone's hardware, may it be screen, camera glass or any other hardware part then you cant get anything original to repair it. You have to opt for some different low quality hardware for which you will be charged quite the same as original one. So if anyone is going to buy anything new, its better not to buy anything from a closed company
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Sent from a Redmi Note 3 ^^
... we are talking about 190€ for a Le max 2 ... Softwaresupport is good... problems are there but most are solveable and repairs ? in that price range you talk about repairs ? ^^
for a Samsung galaxy that s not a screen repair
derulf said:
Sent from a Redmi Note 3 ^^
... we are talking about 190€ for a Le max 2 ... Softwaresupport is good... problems are there but most are solveable and repairs ? in that price range you talk about repairs ? ^^
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Lol so basically he should even let his 190€ go to waste. And no problem in it is solvable, like the colors are over saturated, repair that. I have a redmi note 3 too. And guess what i use my note 3 as primary device cause this phone even in a custom rom slower than note 3. Yes on reality it should be more faster and should produce more nice results even in terms of gpu but when i install same thing on this phone and note 3,note 3 installs it faster. When i play war robots, this phone will make me wait more 2-3 seconds even when the timer has ended to start the match, no such problems in note 3. Lets agree to disagree that this phone has better chip but its not good because the implementation of the chipset is bad, a 2k resolution burns up all the battery and takes a whole lot of cpu and gpu.
Try some other phones with 650 or above chipsets from some other companies, you would know what i am referring to. This phone just doesnt performs as a 820. And one of my friend recently got a mi A1 and guess what, its camera is better compared to this one. I never thought that can be possible so i tested it for 15mins and mi A1 won.
And dont waste your money, better buy something else if you want to use it for 2 more years. This phone wont get any far even with development on xda. While the new phone which are released nowadays will get development for more than 3-4 years as after all this phone is already 1 year old. I would say go for honor 9i,its chipset would be even better compared to sd630 as kirin655 was better compared to sd625
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Why he will waste his money, solid mobile 4/64 only 200$ with all these specs. please be logical :/
I recommend this mobile for any one as it is good daily used, lot of support here also.
AhmadSant said:
@powerasp
Why he will waste his money, solid mobile 4/64 only 200$ with all these specs. please be logical :/
I recommend this mobile for any one as it is good daily used, lot of support here also.
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Lol read the above comment, it has all details why he shouldnt buy it
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you can have look here
https://www.kimovil.com/en/compare/leeco-le-max-2,xiaomi-redmi-note-3-pro
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you can have look here
https://www.kimovil.com/en/compare/leeco-le-max-2,xiaomi-redmi-note-3-pro
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I dont need to look anywhere, i have used the device myself. Tell me do you have the device and if you have it what device did you had before that and when did you bought leeco le max 2
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I dont need to look anywhere, i have used the device myself. Tell me do you have the device and if you have it what device did you had before that and when did you bought leeco le max 2
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it's funny to hear them from you a redmi pro 3 user.
Plese say me which phone giving you this specs and this prices.
You can buy Le Max 2. I dont have problems with colors. My screen panel is sharp igzo
rapstar338 said:
it's funny to hear them from you a redmi pro 3 user.
Plese say me which phone giving you this specs and this prices.
You can buy Le Max 2. I dont have problems with colors. My screen panel is sharp igzo
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I never said colors are problems but if you any good phone from nowadays, you would see that the colors are oversaturated. Also i think you guys are not reading my comments so stop asking same question again and again that who gives this specs at this price. Wait a sec let me edit this as i copy my other comment cause you definitely didnt read it
Lol so basically he should even let his 190€ go to waste. And no problem in it is solvable, like the colors are over saturated, repair that. I have a redmi note 3 too. And guess what i use my note 3 as primary device cause this phone even in a custom rom slower than note 3. Yes on reality it should be more faster and should produce more nice results even in terms of gpu but when i install same thing on this phone and note 3,note 3 installs it faster. When i play war robots, this phone will make me wait more 2-3 seconds even when the timer has ended to start the match, no such problems in note 3. Lets agree to disagree that this phone has better chip but its not good because the implementation of the chipset is bad, a 2k resolution burns up all the battery and takes a whole lot of cpu and gpu.
Try some other phones with 650 or above chipsets from some other companies, you would know what i am referring to. This phone just doesnt performs as a 820. And one of my friend recently got a mi A1 and guess what, its camera is better compared to this one. I never thought that can be possible so i tested it for 15mins and mi A1 won.
And dont waste your money, better buy something else if you want to use it for 2 more years. This phone wont get any far even with development on xda. While the new phone which are released nowadays will get development for more than 3-4 years as after all this phone is already 1 year old. I would say go for honor 9i,its chipset would be even better compared to sd630 as kirin655 was better compared to sd625
Okay copied whole of it
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Lol so basically he should even let his 190€ go to waste. And no problem in it is solvable, like the colors are over saturated, repair that. I have a redmi note 3 too. And guess what i use my note 3 as primary device cause this phone even in a custom rom slower than note 3. Yes on reality it should be more faster and should produce more nice results even in terms of gpu but when i install same thing on this phone and note 3,note 3 installs it faster. When i play war robots, this phone will make me wait more 2-3 seconds even when the timer has ended to start the match, no such problems in note 3. Lets agree to disagree that this phone has better chip but its not good because the implementation of the chipset is bad, a 2k resolution burns up all the battery and takes a whole lot of cpu and gpu.
Try some other phones with 650 or above chipsets from some other companies, you would know what i am referring to. This phone just doesnt performs as a 820. And one of my friend recently got a mi A1 and guess what, its camera is better compared to this one. I never thought that can be possible so i tested it for 15mins and mi A1 won.
And dont waste your money, better buy something else if you want to use it for 2 more years. This phone wont get any far even with development on xda. While the new phone which are released nowadays will get development for more than 3-4 years as after all this phone is already 1 year old. I would say go for honor 9i,its chipset would be even better compared to sd630 as kirin655 was better compared to sd625
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My colours are fine, and workspeed isn't slower than on similar devices (one plus), there are enough vids on YouTube. I agree that missing spare parts are a problem, but the situation wasn't different on my last phone, which was a popular mainstream device.
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My colours are fine, and workspeed isn't slower than on similar devices (one plus), there are enough vids on YouTube. I agree that missing spare parts are a problem, but the situation wasn't different on my last phone, which was a popular mainstream device.
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So now you tell it yourself that after a year when this phone is already 1 year old with no support of hardware, will you recommend it to buy someone. Will you yourself buy it at this point of time when the next year is so close and next year's mid range phones are coming here whose camera will beat it without any doubt and also they will get better hardware support and better software support from xda.
I would say he should wait this year or should go for coolpad cool 6 as it sports a nice camera with 653 soc. But this is way too outdated.
The main problem is, this phone hasnt sold much due to which even the support from xda is not so huge as compared to redmi note 3(speaking from personal experience) which came early than it but have been sold twice more than le max 2. Basically the one which sells more gets more support from xda afterall the devs do want their work to be appreciated by more people
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So now you tell it yourself that after a year when this phone is already 1 year old with no support of hardware, will you recommend it to buy someone. Will you yourself buy it at this point of time when the next year is so close and next year's mid range phones are coming here whose camera will beat it without any doubt and also they will get better hardware support and better software support from xda.
I would say he should wait this year or should go for coolpad cool 6 as it sports a nice camera with 653 soc. But this is way too outdated.
The main problem is, this phone hasnt sold much due to which even the support from xda is not so huge as compared to redmi note 3(speaking from personal experience) which came early than it but have been sold twice more than le max 2. Basically the one which sells more gets more support from xda afterall the devs do want their work to be appreciated by more people
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There are more than enough good ROMs on XDA, I really don't know why you wish more support. I would never buy a phone with a 6xx soc if I can get an 820 for the same money. The 1440p display is great for VR, but you are right, in daily use you probably wont notice a difference, it's just nice to be able to say "retina? haha now that's some low res ****". So I would recommend it, but only if you like to play around with different ROMs, flash tweaks, etc.
If you want to have a phone ready to use out of the box you should take another one.
I guess it depends on where you are and how cheap it is. I bought mine from ebay(US) for $200 (64 GB version). Had mine for a few months (its an x829) and I've had no issues with it. Fingerprint scanner works(though sometimes it does requiere more than 1 try, no screen flickering issues. The phone itself is not bad, ive flashed a couple of custom roms but always end up going back to modified stock. I would definitely recomend this phone, or the LE pro 3. Good bang for buck on both of them. Sure, we might never see official nougat but that doesnt bother me at least.
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I guess it depends on where you are and how cheap it is. I bought mine from ebay(US) for $200 (64 GB version). Had mine for a few months (its an x829) and I've had no issues with it. Fingerprint scanner works(though sometimes it does requiere more than 1 try, no screen flickering issues. The phone itself is not bad, ive flashed a couple of custom roms but always end up going back to modified stock. I would definitely recomend this phone, or the LE pro 3. Good bang for buck on both of them. Sure, we might never see official nougat but that doesnt bother me at least.
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In stock rom this phone's power is way too low. Not even close to a 650 on custom rom
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powerasp said:
In stock rom this phone's power is way too low. Not even close to a 650 on custom rom
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Dunno, I do some gaming and havent noticed lag on my emulators (ppsspp, epsxe) or in heavy games (I played unkilled and dead trigger, as well as a few MMOs.) I use crisballgreece rom with AKT profiles so whenever i play i use performance profiles. For me, the phone is ok, but only if you can get it cheap. The pro 3 is less than $200 on amazon US. Snapdragon 821 but the camera is a bit worse and screen is a bit smaller.
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Dunno, I do some gaming and havent noticed lag on my emulators (ppsspp, epsxe) or in heavy games (I played unkilled and dead trigger, as well as a few MMOs.) I use crisballgreece rom with AKT profiles so whenever i play i use performance profiles. For me, the phone is ok, but only if you can get it cheap. The pro 3 is less than $200 on amazon US. Snapdragon 821 but the camera is a bit worse and screen is a bit smaller.
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Yes i am not denying that the phone isnt best at its price rate but one shouldnt go for it majorly because the colors are oversaturated compared to other phones. Brightness is not so high as it should be. Stock rom is best but performance in it sucks. Also its already 1 year old phone so even the support from the xda will get less. So he should better buy something of this year or wait 4 or 5 more months to get hands on the good phones from next year
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I want to buy le max 2 today. But heard that it has heating issues. Does it ?
What other issues does it has. If it has issues ,please suggest another similar phone.
i dont know where u hear that this phone have heating issues its a lie
you can get this phone for 190$ from aliexpress for the 32gb you cant get better deal then that for sd 820 and 4gb ram
No heating issues but fp issues
No heating problem at all. In fact, it is temperature wise, the coolest phone I have ever used.
The fp sensor is not perfect, but it is not as bad as some people had said. Just stick with the stock ROM.
The phone is good. It has no heating issues. But the fingerprint scanner is a hit or miss, I would say 50% chance it works and 50% chance it works not or really bad.
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I want to buy le max 2 today. But heard that it has heating issues. Does it ?
What other issues does it has. If it has issues ,please suggest another similar phone.
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As already said some finger print sensors fail in hardware manner. No SD card. Many battery saving techniques cause problems with notifications. Quick Charge works OK, GPS works OK. Ask more specific questions.
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Guys will you suggest OnePlus 3 or this one?
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Guys will you suggest OnePlus 3 or this one?
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OP3 is almost twice more expensive. And also no SD card slot. X820 has bigger density. Please enter gsmarena and make comparison of this models and study line by line.
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For this price you can't get better phone
Can I update this to Android 7? Is there an official update for this?.
I did comparison ,found this camera, display better than OnePlus 3 ..My only concern is update to Android 7 and customization.
Also does rooting void any warranty? Does it Knox kind of stuff on it?
1) If your only concern is Android 7 and customization, there is one sure answer: Google Pixel or Pixel XL.
2) If you want to spend around 220-230$ for a phone, this is one of the best at this price.
3) If you have a little bit more money, get the OP3 if you have nothing against Amoled. Still I think that a 5.5 inch display phone is handled better than a 5.7.
Keep in mind that you can't buy a Dacia Logan and expect it to drive like a C-Klasse. These being said, check your priorities and act accordingly, there are plenty threads here with what is good/bad about this phone. Check the threads of your other options and decide for you. Maybe Le Max2 is very good for me but not so for you, or maybe you'll find OP3 a good one but I might not stand it's display.
Different folks, different strokes.
I currently own a nexus 6. This would be my second phone.. didn't want to spend too much money hence didn't think about pixel and also want a dual sim phone.
I will go through the threads..i did go through the reviews online and found OnePlus 3 and le max 2 were similar spec, performance wise.
I like the Android 7, so if Android 7 was available for le max 2,my search for second phone would have been over.
I would suggest to go for op3 for better development & overall support.Fp is Awesome on op3 & Nougat is already there
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I would suggest to go for op3 for better development & overall support.Fp is Awesome on op3 & Nougat is already there
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The price is 2 to 1, might as well get a Samsung S7.
what about the Zuk z2 at 160 dollars ? or still x820 is a better choice? The 5.7" does not matter to me.
Looks like a good option, although on aliexpress I could find it at a min 180$, but still is ok. Now it depends if development is better than on X820 or not...
I was able to get the rose gold (pink) version of the LeMax2 for $195. Anyone have a cheap source for gray?
I can get it for 176€ from BangGood, so should I get it or wait for Le Max 3? I kinda need new phone, because I have unjailbreakable iPhone 5, that cannot even play 1080p videos So Le Max 2 seems a great bang for my buck. But how's the battery life? I plan to use it lightly/moderately (I can get most of the day with this ****ty iPhone without playing any games).
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No
Definitively yes, for this price is the best phone, i have one from Banggood, its super fast phone with good screen, good audio, good camera for this price and fingerprint sensor
I suggest you buy Le Pro 3? Why? There is better battery, better processor, smaller and with full HD screen you can work longer on one battery charging. It's my opinion
It is best phone
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strongly recommended, i have it one week ago, I'm so satisfied.
I think it is not a major difference will be with max 3.
I would recommend it if you're coming from an iOS device because several of it's functions are modeled after iOS. You may want to look into flashing a custom ROM, but the stock one works fine. It just has a handful of bloat software. If you use a launcher like Nova Launcher, you can hide all of it.
Just don't buy it. The phone is basically a prototype, has alot of problems and production errors.
The chance that you get a fully working perfect device is 1/5 I would say. Ive had 3, yes you heard that right THREE le max 2 because they all had problems or broken parts. DO NOT BUY
i'm not ok with you, i have one and i think it's really a good smartphone for the price, good quality for value
be aware
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Just don't buy it. The phone is basically a prototype, has alot of problems and production errors.
The chance that you get a fully working perfect device is 1/5 I would say. Ive had 3, yes you heard that right THREE le max 2 because they all had problems or broken parts. DO NOT BUY
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That is a shame, I bought the mobile and was wondering, is the problems caused by specific variants with the mobile, maybe we can spot a correlation between this, so if you don't mind could you please show how much RAM and ROM those mobiles had, thanks.
I got Le Pro 3 it's good phone with insane battery life, it's beast that blast everything in its way but you pay $100 more.
Le Max 2 is dirt cheap $189 at Banggood, just be ware this phone is a bit big and bulky if you are ok with that. I saw it got few custom roms if you like flashing them. It's crazy price, I ordered one may be I will use it to watch youtube stuff. I think people burn money more than $200 monthly for nonsense stuff so give yourself a treat and support LeEco, thank you.
Yes, yes, it's possible to love a phone. Heck, you sleep next to it, don't you? Rate this thread to indicate your love for the Xiaomi Mi Max 2, all things considered. A higher rating indicates that the Xiaomi Mi Max 2 is an incredible phone that you enjoy tremendously. You love it.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
According to me, it is one of the best phones in this price range. Overall performance is very much satisfactory
My Mi Max 2 arrived two days ago, i'm really really happy, battery lasts two days with strong use, and everything is smooth. It was not so easy to go through the unlock procedure but now i'm done.
Me to, very happy so far. Coming from Samsung Note4, and that seems to be the end of Samsung phones for me!
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Me to, very happy so far. Coming from Samsung Note4, and that seems to be the end of Samsung phones for me!
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How does it compare to your old note 4? I have a note 2 that is just about completely dead and hope for a sizeable jump - my only real worry is camera quality.
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Me to, very happy so far. Coming from Samsung Note4, and that seems to be the end of Samsung phones for me!
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Me too, i want to know as my note 4 is failing and would like to upgrade
I've a Note 3 running Resurrection rom. Just got this last Friday and love the bigger screen, I remember getting the note 1 and nobody could believe the size, and now the note 3 is just about average, lol. Anyways I'll be missing the stylus and removable battery, but other than that it seems good. Just waiting for the 72 hrs to pass so that I can root and unlock the thing. For less than half the price of a Note 8 and the same price here as a second-hand several year old note 4 I don't think you can do wrong.
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I've a Note 3 running Resurrection rom. Just got this last Friday and love the bigger screen, I remember getting the note 1 and nobody could believe the size, and now the note 3 is just about average, lol. Anyways I'll be missing the stylus and removable battery, but other than that it seems good. Just waiting for the 72 hrs to pass so that I can root and unlock the thing. For less than half the price of a Note 8 and the same price here as a second-hand several year old note 4 I don't think you can do wrong.
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Buddy, How is the screen quality conpared to the note 3?
It's amoled vs lcd / 380dpi vs 344dpi. Im really considering this one or the LG V20?
Is it too big for pockets?
Screen seems ok to me, it's not as vivid but wil do the job browsing and reading pdfs which is my main use. I've thousands of photos too and they seem ok. Sizewise it's longer and sticks out a little bit from my pockets but not enough to bother me.
I am in love with this device, But bit disappointing with MIUI which uses more ram. Waiting for stable custom rom.:fingers-crossed:
I have a Redmi Note 3. I'm looking for a larger phone. My mom wants to take my Redmi once I get a new phone.
My only concern with this phone is custom ROM support as I don't like using MIUI. Are the chances this will be supported by LineageOS officialy sometime soon? (Mi Max 1 seems to have great custom ROM support). If yes, I'll be buying this phone right away.
Also, I'm confused. Some pages mention this phone has NFC and some don't. Does it have NFC. Doesn't affect my descision to buy this phone but still.
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How does it compare to your old note 4? I have a note 2 that is just about completely dead and hope for a sizeable jump - my only real worry is camera quality.
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Me too, i want to know as my note 4 is failing and would like to upgrade
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Yes, only thing I'm missing is the picture quality from Samsung, even though it was very much slower to focus, noticed specially when scanning bar codes. In very dark envioment it can be seen that it has ips screen and not amoled. But it cost 1/5 of a new Samsung Note, so i don't care. Specially since my Note4 failed with the "mmc_failed" error after 2 years, and Samsung wont emit it's a production failure.
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now the quality of mi max 2 is better than mi max 1
i have both Mi Max 1 and 2
Decent but the lack of multi color LED notification is a big downer.
Battery was awesome
but a little unconformtable when heat
10 -- except for the battery ...
I got the phone cheap $229 4/64 (it was 199 yesterday at Gearbest). TOTAL LOVE. Perfect build quality. Fast. Gets a great signal on AT&T (the only signal in my neighborhood). Better than my Samsung despite AT&T's claims it would barely work at all. Yes, it says H+ on the display instead of 4g, but I suspect I was getting H+ already, marketed as 4g, which is what they do in the states.
What's more, I'm getting Volte now with AT&T prepaid -- prepaid customers don't get Volte! (Not that it's much use with this carrier).
In call volume is fine and the speaker quality is great. It wasn't loaded with crapware and unrooted, I was able to disable some system apps (some apps, like the calculator, are terrific).
Regarding the battery: I got a lemon. It's lasting a full day, maybe a day and a half -- but I'm a light user! No gaming, not even online much. I don't run anything except for downloaded audiobooks. But it goes to show you how much I love the phone that I wouldn't even consider sending it back for warranty service. All the way to China? I'd be without it for days, maybe weeks!
It's not perfect. I can't believe TV out is missing -- no way to connect to a monitor with OTG, no matter how many adaptors you use, I'm told. And Xiaomi's firmware prevents you from doing full backups or downloading nonessential updates unless you're on wifi. They claim you can toggle this, but they're sneaky buggers ... you toggle, it says downloading, but when you look for the completed file it says 'scheduled'. I *****ed and moaned in the forum, but hundreds have cried before me, to no avail.
There are a few odd little paternalistic issues with the OS -- not that ATT and Samsung don't dictate what I can do with my device and service -- they're a thousand times worse -- but their preferred forms of control are motivated by profit, not concern for what's 'good' for me. What do they care if I guzzle data?
On the other hand, Xiaomi employees actually monitor the forums. After the major software update, they solicited bug reports and issued fixes for them in a couple of days -- even for the minor bugs.
On a 1 to 10 scale, the phone is a 20, and I'm thrilled to learn they have a wide range of electronics to check out because -- so long Samsung, you suckered this consumer for the last time.
I do love Xiaomi Mi Max 2 except one thing. I can't unlock bootloader on MIUI 9 Global Stable, I get the error 86006 (with some Chinese letters). I know that it can be fixed by flashing on developper rom but I would like to get it fixed without flashing the device.
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I do love Xiaomi Mi Max 2 except one thing. I can't unlock bootloader on MIUI 9 Global Stable, I get the error 86006 (with some Chinese letters). I know that it can be fixed by flashing on developper rom but I would like to get it fixed without flashing the device.
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Yep, I had the same problem. I don't understand why Xiaomi does this.
I ended up giving in and installed a fresh dev ROM and then it worked perfectly.
Loving mine in Canada. I am a heavy user minus gaming(unless you count Scrabble) and I get 2 full days on a charge consistently. I stream sports and movies onto it, lots of music and other normal surfing/social media stuff and it doesn't get hot and the battery just keeps on going. It's early but so far I would definitely recommend the phone and the company. Excellent build quality and attention to detail. This phone was made with me in mind
Hello,
I've seen the 64GB version going for cheap and I was wondering if it's still a good buy.
The most important item to me is the camera, I've read that there's still bugs with Nougat roms, have those been fixed? Decent pictures and good video recording are important to me, even if it means staying on 6.0.
I can live with a subpar battery life compared to other phones, I use the phone for music and camera mostly.
I've heard issues of quality control, is this true?
nature boy said:
Hello,
I've seen the 64GB version going for cheap and I was wondering if it's still a good buy.
The most important item to me is the camera, I've read that there's still bugs with Nougat roms, have those been fixed? Decent pictures and good video recording are important to me, even if it means staying on 6.0.
I can live with a subpar battery life compared to other phones, I use the phone for music and camera mostly.
I've heard issues of quality control, is this true?
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If you need good camera buy separate camera or Samsung Note 8.
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in my opinion, this mobile is really worth, it has a balance of features. music with (Dolby Atoms + CDLA) are great, the camera is nice but not perfect as new Samsung mobile, the battery is good. performance is great.
If you live in Europe, try to avoid X829 as that does not have B20 support, so most probably you'll not be able to get 4G. All the phones are the same almost X820 X821 X822 X829, only thing is B20 for the latter. They are almost unbrickable and looks like development is still going. Fingerprint sensor is a hit or miss for some, for me it's ok (not great) and it has been so for the past 16 months.
Although the company is dead, there are still the custom ROMs... But that means no more official support.
I remember when I bought it that alternatives were Axon 7, Zuk Z2, Mi5... But I ended up with LeMax2 and it's not a bad decision.
Conclusion: it's still worth buying if you're on a tight budget, otherwise look for something with SD835.
valy_cta said:
If you live in Europe, try to avoid X829 as that does not have B20 support, so most probably you'll not be able to get 4G. All the phones are the same almost X820 X821 X822 X829, only thing is B20 for the latter. They are almost unbrickable and looks like development is still going. Fingerprint sensor is a hit or miss for some, for me it's ok (not great) and it has been so for the past 16 months.
Although the company is dead, there are still the custom ROMs... But that means no more official support.
I remember when I bought it that alternatives were Axon 7, Zuk Z2, Mi5... But I ended up with LeMax2 and it's not a bad decision.
Conclusion: it's still worth buying if you're on a tight budget, otherwise look for something with SD835.
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Using my X829 here in europe without any problems . 4G all the time full signal. A friend has the X820 and we don't have any difference in 4G signal
In the UK the O2 network uses B20, so no 4G. The Three network uses B3 & B20, so some 4G.
it depends on where you are living. no b20 doesn't mean you have no 4G at all, just not on that frequency. you can google that.
is it worth buying? in general yes, it's all in all on par with samsung s7. but... there are quite a few devices which have hardware failures out of the box or after a short time. here is what i gathered: dead fingerprint sensor, "screen flickering" from time to time, polarizer damage on display, screen has stripes, hardware failure where the phone can be flashed but wont boot (seen on x829 only), wifi and bt not working after short time (x829), camera focus stuck, ir sensor unresponsive (rare), touch screen unresposive in some areas, dead pixel on display.
if it works, it's still a decent phone for cheap. also spare parts are very cheap. of course, we wont see any official os update, thats a pity but there are aosp roms in active development.
if you buy it, i would recommend to either buy it from a vendor with good return policy or buy a used one and ask the seller if everything is 100% working. under this conditions, i would buy it again. i still love it, have 2 of them.
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4G work here in Spain, I have 829
I have no problems with camera on lineageos. I don't know about original ROM. Never used it. I don't understand what is the problem with it. The camera is NOT as good as my Samsung NX300 systems camera. But that was probably to be expected When I use max2 camera, I can see the OIS function doing it's thing and it focuses fine and takes sharp pictures.
I have a friend who told me the same thing about the camera that he heard camera is not good. He apparently watched some YouTube videos. He is also very very picky. But I have max2 with lineage and he came to my place and compared my camera photos and video with his iPhone 7 and then decided buy max2 (and bought it). (We didn't test the camera with original OS, but I asked him and he will test it)
With another iPhone 7 user we compared sharpness of photos and they seemed equal.
So, I guess if iPhone 7 camera is good enough for you, you should be fine.
Thanks to all for the replies.
I'm looking at the Le Max 2 because I've been in the Mediatek SoC world for the last 5 years and I've grown, despite the good efforts of a few developers, tired of the lack of software updates for the Mediatek devices, so I've decided to jump on the Qualcomm ship. Not willing to spend more than 250 euros on a device, and options are very limited: either the Max 2, a Redmi Note 4, Mi 5/Mi5s (a bit harder to find and more expensive) or wait and see what the Redmi Note 5 looks like when it comes out. The Max 2 looks great for what you're paying. High-end SoC, even in 2017, very good camera, community development, for under 200 euros.
I've noticed the lack of band 20, but I'm not a heavy data user, I think it's something that it's nice to have, but all long as I'm able to make calls in 2g or 3g, I'm happy.
I've also noticed the camera quality and it's a step up from Mediatek, very detailed images, plus there's camera2 api which Mediatek don't have. Also the hacked google camera might come in handy as well. At first I thought it wasn't going to be good because the sensor is a bit old, but no the pictures I've seen actually look pretty good. Plus the microphone is a bit step up for video recording.
Again, some compromises have to be made, ideally it would've a headphone jack and band 20, but it's budget-priced phone, I'm okay with those compromises.
Major concern is just the quality control, some people have no complaints others have horror stories about Le Eco. But it seems to be a minority.
Again, thanks to all who replied.
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Thanks to all for the replies.
Not willing to spend more than 250 euros on a device, and options are very limited: either the Max 2, a Redmi Note 4, Mi 5/Mi5s (a bit harder to find and more expensive) or wait and see what the Redmi Note 5 looks like when it comes out. The Max 2 looks great for what you're paying. High-end SoC, even in 2017, very good camera, community development, for under 200 euros.
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Why not buy the LeEco Le Pro 3? It's on sale for just €170.14 (using coupon code '11bgx727') https://www.banggood.com/LeTV-Leeco...on-821-Quad-core-4G-Smartphone-p-1185176.html
You get official Paranoid Android support(!!) and flagship performance (SD821, 64gb UFS 2.0, 4gb ram, 4070mAh battery) at a ridiculously low price. Bear in mind this is the US version (x727). For more information, check out the LeEco Pro 3 forum here at XDA https://forum.xda-developers.com/le-pro3.
Palm Trees said:
Why not buy the LeEco Le Pro 3? It's on sale for just €170.14 (using coupon code '11bgx727') https://www.banggood.com/LeTV-Leeco...on-821-Quad-core-4G-Smartphone-p-1185176.html
You get official Paranoid Android support(!!) and flagship performance (SD821, 64gb UFS 2.0, 4gb ram, 4070mAh battery) at a ridiculously low price. Bear in mind this is the US version (x727). For more information, check out the LeEco Pro 3 forum here at XDA https://forum.xda-developers.com/le-pro3.
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You also get mediocre screen & camera
popoyaya said:
You also get mediocre screen & camera
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While that may be the case, you'll still be hard pressed to find anything at €170.14 with those specs
It all comes down to personal preference. My Le Max 2 shipped with the 'black spot in the camera lens' issue and is currently being repaired under the warranty. That being said, I very much enjoy the phone.
Hey guys, actually I'm using a s9+ for 1 month now. Got it with a contract for just 470 euro. But this night I got a MI 8 from Amazon WHD for just 170 Euro. So I'm thinking about selling my s9+ for about 400 Euro and using the Mi 8 instead. What would you guys do? Can't decide . Both phones are great. Tested the Mi 8 few months ago.
Both phones are great, maybe you can tone down the display to FHD+ on your S9 plus for a week or two. If your eye doesn't hurt, go with it. Some just had a little bit pixel sensitive, some had speaker preference, just try what's best for u.
Personally, I can't bear 3 days of FHD, love the stereo speakers, rarely use camera.
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Both phones are great, maybe you can tone down the display to FHD+ on your S9 plus for a week or two. If your eye doesn't hurt, go with it. Some just had a little bit pixel sensitive, some had speaker preference, just try what's best for u.
Personally, I can't bear 3 days of FHD, love the stereo speakers, rarely use camera.
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FHD was activated on default on my s9+. Using it since I got it. No issues so far. . Yes, any of these phones have their little advantages. S9 stereo and headphone jack but Mi 8 with great face unlock (soo good when you used to it) and imo the better os. Tjaa, um not making progress with my decision . I'm planning to use the phone for few years. So the most important thing would be reliability for me I guess. Idk about updates. I'm using the s9+ with oreo and immediately deactivated updates bc the new pie with One UI sucks and is lacking of features which oreo got.
Seems to me, u don't care bout gimmick. QHD, wireless charging, samsung added software doesn't concern u at all. Mi8 would be perfect for u. Price different would be just added bonus.
sarjarim said:
Seems to me, u don't care bout gimmick. QHD, wireless charging, samsung added software doesn't concern u at all. Mi8 would be perfect for u. Price different would be just added bonus.
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Hm guess you're absolutely right. But with the brand new s9+I got 2 years warranty directly through Samsung. The Warehousedeal Mi 8 got Amazons service. But I'm not sure what they are going to do if my phone will be broken after 1.5 year.. ^^ I mean with that cheap price I could give it a try. That's my main concern. . My last Samsung a galaxy note 4 lasted 2.5 years for me before I broke it myself because of changing the frame. :/. And I'm not sure if Xiaomis will run so fine for such a long time. and heard bad stuff about MI 8s low light performance. I'll run few comparisons with GCam on MI 8 and on s9+.
Well, u can buy 3 Xiaomi for the price of 1 Samsung. It won't have to last 2.5 years, just buy 1 every year. Bonus latest hardware.
I own both and still using them both. The answer is yes.
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I own both and still using them both. The answer is yes.
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Ok thx for your reply. And why would you say the s9+ is worth the extra bucks?
Sorry for the late reply, battery life, camera quality, sound quality, build quality, display
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Sorry for the late reply, battery life, camera quality, sound quality, build quality, display
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Thank you. Even if I only paid 170 for the Mi 8, I'll send it back later. Pretty sure that the s9+ is the more reliable device for many years. (and 24 month with contract for 460 Euro in total was damn a good offer.) I could imagine that the mi 8 will run in some problems in the future. And I never thought that the difference between full HD Amazon prime and no HD (Mi 8) is that crazy! I know it's just small devices but sorry, the video quality with the Mi 8 is a no go and helped me to come to a decision. Also mi 8s low light performance is bääh. Glad with my s9+now. Thanks all fr your answers.