>Sony Xperia Z line is kill
>LG G5 fucking ugly
>HTC is also kill
>1970phones literally junk
>Galaxy S6 and Mi5 are the only decent phones 2016
So what buy? Gookphone or Chinkphone ?
The Note 4 is the best phone ever.
>>53154418
nexus 6p m8
>>53154418
as always the answer is the iPhone
>>53154418
Galaxy S7 literally just came out you autist. Available in March.
>>53154418
iPhone ofc
>>53155391
>>53155802
ebin ;^)
>>53155298
>5.7 inch
>>53155864
>i have tiny baby hands
mi 5 costs twice as cheap as s7, retaining the same features sans waterproof protection
>>53155864
yet it's still basically the same size as 5,5" 6s+
>>53155877
yeah, but they make my dick look huge
checkmated
>>53154418
>ever considering a cheap plastic chinkbotware phone that will last 1 year max.
>>53155884
>that surely told him off huhuhu
(You)
>s6
>decent
>touchwizz
>>53155857
>using the smiley with a carat nose
>>53155949
Made of ceramic, good history of build quality from Xiaomeme.
Lg v10?
>>53156084
jew detected
Oneplus 2 or oneplus x
>>53155298
But that's also a chinkphone.
Zenfone 2, their 64GB/4GB RAM model is just 300 bucks. Has the performance of a note 3 too.
>>53156255
except it's a quality chinkphone unlike all the others
it actually has customer support etc. i've only heard good from huawei
>>53156263
this
>>53154418
>Upgrading to a new $700 phone for 5-10% performance increase
>>53154427
I was going to say that but OP wants a 2016 phone I guess. Gonna have to wait for the Galaxy S7 to come out dood.
>>53156263
Seriously this. If you don't like wasting money and you multi-task a lot, the 4GB RAM version is based.
The Alcatel Idol 4s looks interesting - 5.5" 1440p amoled screen, Snapdragon 652, 4GB Ram, 32 GB storage, and in a clever move, the box it comes doubles as a VR headset you can shove the phone into. Shouldn't cost that much either.
>>53156263
I picked the cheaper version (with Snapdragon 615, 3 GB Ram, & 32 GB storage) and for $200 it is fantastic.
Z1 ultra all the way.
Why do people still buy phones when ur 2011 phone has full hd res, a quad core and 2gig ram? What else do you need? Its not like you can do something usefull with your phone besides the usual phone stuff.
>>53156630
how about an up to date OS?
>>53156643
Android 5.1.1 os the latest, besides the beta.
Also when its older and it works, why bother to buy something new with newer os? Browsing /g/? Playing emus? No difference.
Some1 explain please
>>53156684
because lollipop is shit and marshmallow is a huge improvement
>>53154418
What's this obsession with newest, most expensive smartphones? A 2gb ram quad core 720p phone for $100 is all you need for calling, texting, browsing etc. PCs laptops and consoles do everything else way better than smartphones ever will so why even bother with flagships and not put extra bucks on those better things?
>>53156684
>why bother to buy something new with newer os?
security for one.
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/index.html
>>53156713
This.
>>53156712
It works and it works fine. No crashes, no shit like samsung has and its not getting slower.
>>53156729
There is no security with smartphones. If you have one, youre open.
>>53156741
Lollipop is a buggy piece of shit. Basically Marshmallow alpha
>>53156759
Could be. I dont know. Everything works perfect on my ultra. Could be trashy brand customization
>>53156775
you never used it with KitKat?
>>53156809
I did. Only design was different. But the sony custom design is way better.
>>53156775
>>53156741
Kitkat was a lot better than lollipop m8..
>>53154418
>Galaxy S6 and Mi5 are the only decent phones 2016
So you have not a single clue about phones, anon?
You are fucking retarded or a bad paid shill.
Literally any modern android will do the Job and the advantages that you get with the more expensive models are not worth the money.
Got a 1 gb ram acer phone for 89€. Works like a charm. Fulfills all my normie needs and never goes over 570MB ram usage.
So yeah, please tell me why exactly i need a 12 MP camera and some dildodragon quadcore or some useless waterproof bs.
Oh and btw, battery is swappable. So i will keep the phone for like 5 years. While samsung will be too expensive to service after like 3 years.
>>53157065
>no shame for being seen with a cheap plastic chink phone
>forever alone
>>53157065
enjoy staying a virgin
>>53154427
>The Note 4 is the best phone ever.
As long as it's not tied to a shit courier like Verizon or AT&T
>>53156834
This.
5.0 offers nothing that i could not have with exposed framework. I know that lolli uses more ram. So i suppose that it was designed like this on purpose to push modern phones on the market. Because kitkat runs really well on a 1 gig device, while 5.0 is rather slow and needs at least 1.5gb ram, to not suck.
But i have no experience with 5.0. Anybody has some? How does it run on low ram devices?
>>53157208
>>53157221
enjoy samefagging.
Do people srsly think like that? Or are you just 12 yo?
Nobody cares about your phone. Do you ever meet girls? because most of them dont know anything about tech, besides the iphone. And most of them have it, so it's nothing special to them if you have one.
>>53157255
not even samefagging. also, women get their pussies wet every time they see my nexus6p
>>53157277
Your mom does not count, m8.
So you saying that you have nothing to offer to attract a girl besides your shitty phone?
Wow, stay lonely neckbeard.
>>53155882
2/10
>>53157345
>falling for the obvious troll
top kek
>>53154418
>Sony Xperia Z line is kill
Oh yea but can your phone do this?
Just bought an HTC M8 for $150 after using a droid bionic for the last 4 years. I feel like I have some alien technology in my hands and it feels good.
Fuck all you young cucks that constantly waste your money on the latest and greatest shit. Early adopters should have been early abortions.
>>53157403
Agreed, I don't buy anything new until there's a noticeable leap in the technology, and there's really nothing available now that makes me want to give up my 3 year old HTC one.
Nothing looks as good and it's still runs everything great.
>>53157394
>what is LG dual window
I finally went with the iPhone 6S after years of using android. I don't give a shit about customization anymore.
Haven't had a single problem hardware or software wise. With android it was always one little thing or another going wrong and it ends up in frustration.
HP Windows phone don't sweat it
Shit, I jus discovered this chinkphone: Dooge F5
Octacore, fingerprint scanner, SDcard, 3 gigs memory 1080p screen, 2660mah battery
200 euros
Should I get this or the G4?
>>53157678
>I stopped customizing my phone and now no longer have problems from all the errors I made while attempting to customize my phone
Good job buddy.
>>53157678
My grandma can use android
Just think about that for a second.
>>53157646
It's not dual window, though. It's kind of a window inside a window, I can resize them and make as different kinds of windows, such as picture browser, YouTube, normal browser, etc.
>>53157799
not a feature i'd miss
Guys I need a 200 or less phone. The best for the money.
Been looking at the honor5x, Asus zenfone 2 laser and the zte axon.
All 3 are 200 and would be a step up no matter what but honestly, which of these 3 are definitely the best? Would love other suggestions too.
>>53157831
Well of course you wouldn't miss it since you never had it. YouTube window for example supports background play, so I can listen to random YouTube shit even while the phone is locked
>>53157784
fucking poorfags already being the second generation teenage mothers
>>53157879
I had something similar on the Z1C if I remember correctly and I only used it once to test it out. Then I installed CM
>>53157879
>YouTube window for example supports background play, so I can listen to random YouTube shit even while the phone is locked
NewPipe can do the same thing.
>>53154418
>Xperia Z line is kill
No it's not. The Xperia X and XA were mid-range phones. Z line will always be high end phones. The Z5 came out in Oct and bringing out the Z6 now would be retarded, even for Sony's "new phone every half year" standards."
>>53158647
Sony announced that the X line replaced the Z line. The XP = Z6.
>>53158647
Sony confirmed that the X-line is replacing the Z-line.
>Xperia Performance
>not high-end
u wot m8
>>53156362
That's because you're not allowed to watch anything but the government's TV comrade.
All those dank memes about botnet are doubley true for chink phones. That phone will report everything you do to China and Google. It's a win win.
>>53159215
lucky i live in a small country without a budget to do large-scale spying
>>53154427
>plastic
I was gonna get a GS7 but I heard the micro SD cards won't count for adoptable storage on Android 6.0 touchwizz.
So fuck it, guess I'm waiting another phone generation
>>53154427
>Samsung
Paying $500-$700 for a Samsung is like paying $100,000 for a Pontiac because it has Lamborghini decals on it. It's a lower mid-tier smartphone being sold at a premium price.
>>53154427
I came here for this
I remember HTC's first days as the king of Android. I remember it's revival with M7. Feels sad, man.
>tfw no LG Nexus this year
rumors are saying we'll get 2 HTC nexuses though. Hope they don't fuck it up like they've fucked up pretty much every phone they've made in the last few years
>>53159543
How does the S6/Edge/+/whatever compare overall to the Xperia Z5?
Is it still above that at least, given the Z5's horrible shortcoming with the SD 810?
Providing I'm not simply running benchmarks all day and recording 4k video (because I don't care about that), when would I come across this throttling nonsense?
Also, the camera: even though the hardware is awesome, the software was shit. Another thing that turns me off from Sony.
I heard that there was an update sometime in November. Did this (or any update at all) fix the camera problem, or is that still shit too?
I'm desperately trying to ignore these flaws. I really like the look of the Z5. I even went as far as to craft a cheapo replica just to hold and put in my pockets to see how a phone bigger than my current one would feel.
>>53160988
They're really different phones, but personally I'd choose the Z5 because of the waterproofing, SD slot, infinitely better fingerprint placement and longer battery life
Since you said you're not gonna run anything intensive for too long I don't think it'll throttle that much since this thing has custom heatpipes to handle that.
All smartphone cameras are about the same in daily situations, if you're that concerned why not buy that QX 100 attachment.
>>53161075
The Z5 is pretty tall and thin, and I'm sure as hell going to put a screen protector and case on it, but how easy is it to bend?
I don't wear tight pants, but it does get a little tight in a front pocket when I sit down. Having not heard any widespread reports of Z5 bending, I guess it's safe to say it's pretty durable?
If I've waited this long for the Z5 to come to the US, is it worth it at this point just to wait for the XP to come out in the US as well?
>>53154418
>not getting OnePlus 2
>mfw forced to post a picture or else get an error stating "Error: File too large"
Is there anything coming out soon that will be significantly better than Nexus 6p? My old SGS3 is literally falling apart (cracked screen, fucked USB port, all my batteries swell up extremely quickly) and I've been thinking of upgrading.
I know S7 is coming out very soon, but I'd like to try some other manufacturer this time around.
>have xperia z3v
>tfw no lollipop
Fucking Verizon. My contract isn't up for another year.
>>53161175
It won't bend, it's not made by Apple.
I do take it out while sitting down due to comfort though.
>>53162756
How is the phone otherwise?
Huawei honor 5x is pretty good if you're looking for a phone at or around 200$
G5 has 135° second camera lense, type-c port, and modular capabilites which LG is opening up to third parties.
Seems like the most innovative phone by far.
It is ugly, and has a LCD screen though.... Still my best bet since it's the only phone with anything new this year.
>>53163252
Does that mean that the Z5 is a piss poor option even if you've liked the look of that device for 5 months now?
>>53154418
BlackBerry priv. Amazing phone. I'm on one atm. Loving it.
>>53163286
I don't do sony anymore. After working at Best Buy and The Source, I've seen to many fucking stupid failures.
Battery expands and destroys waterproof seal and sony won't cover it, motherboard failing, 1/5 Sonys I deal with fail.
>>53162881
It's a good phone. Screen is too big for me though.
>tfw when no root for Droid Turbo Nigger 2
>>53156263
>>53156382
>>53156437
>>53156511
>shilling the Zenfone
Don't fall for it, /g/. The Zenfone 2 is so encrusted with bloat that it makes Touchwiz look lightweight. They include borderline malware from CleanMaster, and even if you disable it a CleanMaster "RAM cleaner" is still present in the system and built into the UI. Even the Asus launcher includes "CM Applock" but anyone with any smarts will replace that with Nova right away, but even if you do it keeps notifying you about protecting your data unless you disable it.
Spent a long time disabling and reenabling the bloat for every update, since it would bootloop if all the bloat wasn't active. Eventually had a batch script for disabling the 70+ apps that bloat up Asus's ROM.
Your only recourse is unlocking the bootloader (voiding your warranty) and flashing CyanogenMod (aka the good "CM").
Still, it's a pretty shitty phone with capacitative buttons that I pressed all the time by accident, especially when watching videos (btw no hardware decoding for your animuu). Also it is too big for me personally.
t. former Zenfone 2 (64GB/4GB) owner (sold it)
>>53163497
Ugh, why does Sony have to be a sub-Chinese PoS company? Might as well get a Blu phone at this rate.
>>53163300
Yeah, a customer came into our restaurant with the priv and I chatted with him about the phone. He liked the Priv a lot but still wishes Blackberry would continue to use BBOS. Its really professional looking too.
What's your reason to even buy any phone past 2013 flagship or 2015 mid range?
I don't see the reason to upgrade from something like the Galaxy S4 or Xperia Z1 or LG G2.
>>53164574
I have Nexus5 and I dont see any reason to upgrade.
1080p + 3500-4000mah battery combo would be great
I have M8, great one .
I'll see M10 and see if it is worth upgrading.
>>53164574
When Android becomes unified it won't be a problem, but as of now if you want the latest and greatest OS you need to upgrade every 3 years, sometimes 2 depending on the OEM.
>>53164643
No you just need Nexus phone. AT least my LG (nexus5) is doing great still
Is the LG G4 considered a good buy? Or are there better phones now for the price?
>>53164661
Aside from Nexus obviously.
I don't even have an Android phone but if and when I ever convert, I wouldn't settle for anything that isn't a Nexus, hardware be damned.
>>53164677
Yeahh the Nexus phones run like flash, it's weird how much worse non-NExus phones are. Xperia, M8 etc. all considerably slower.
>>53164472
So the zenphone is a meme s5 released a year later?
How much longer will an s5 last if I flash cm the day it goes off warranty in two months? I'm looking at the LG G5, but I'd like to delay it as long as possible because I'm a cheap ass
>>53164671
Moto X pure, unless you need a removable battery
>S7 still uses micro usb
lmao
>>53164889
I dont want to wait another year fffffuuuuuugggggggg
>>53164671
I fucking love my g4.
Don't need the crazy processor of the samsungs, best manual camera controls available, nice curved look, leather back, amazing custom android os.
>>53164814
The g4 dropped in price on agreements in canada like 2 months after release.
>>53157747
My friend got one, he said it works greatly.
But why not try a cheaper Version. I got an $80 Doogee X Pro
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/5-HD-IPS-DOOGEE-X5-Mobile-Phone-Android-5-1-MTK6580-Quad-Core-1GB-RAM-8GB/601953_32425090950.html
>>53154418
does mi 5 work on verizon?
I'm seriously considering to buy the New HP/Windows phone
I wanted to buy a cheap Chink Chinese Mini PC with Windows cuz I travel a lot, but this could replace it, no?
I bought an iPhone 5S two years ago as my very first smartphone. I didn't want it, but that's a different story.
My contract is up in six months and I know I want something larger, and I don't think iPhones are worth the absurd cost.
What large phones does /g/ recommend? I kinda like the Xperia C5 Ultra for the price (~$300).
>>53165246
Windows Phone can't really replicate the desktop experience, unless you only use MS Office and the like.
cheap ass nigga with a $50 Kyocera hydro air reporting in
actually a pretty nice phone for $50
LG G5 or the S7 edge
which should I get?
>>53157255
It's running flawlessly on my m7 with 2 gigs of ram. A m7 can be bought fir 100 bucks if you can live with used phones.
Anyway why is there any discussion. The only right buy right now is definitely zenfone 2 for around 300 shekels.
>>53157846
Probably the zenfone 2 but I'd rocommend to get the pimped 64gb version and not the snapdragon.
>>53159215
It's a clear thing that you need to get a custom rom asap. Best case aosp without gp services.
>>53164472
Oh so you're a manlet? Got it.
Don't listen to this dumbass, I have the same model and the bloatware is easy to remove. Phone lasts me like 2 days before I need to recharge it and it charges completely in like a single hour. The intel processor surprisingly provides really good performance for android and multi-tasking in 4GB of RAM is simply blissful.
>>53164567
Somehow it seems like they disappointed the bb and android fandom with the priv. The specs wasn't enough for android peasants and android environment is the opposite of what bb people were looking for.
>>53154418
Xiaomi MI 5 costs 3 times less than S7 isn't it?
An iPhone.
All this super powerful super giga RAM snapdragon megapixel phones are just gimmicks.
When you have a stunning display but everyone have a different resolution so they run like shit.
Or when you have 4 GB of RAM and every time that you close an app, when you re-open it, it will load from the beginning and not where you left it...
>>53166252
nah, plus no microsd slot
>>53164472
>>53166198
Aren't there custom roms for it yet except cm?
The voiding warranty meme is a meme. To brick a phone it really needs all of worst case scenarios.
>>53166266
iPhones are for homos though.
>>53166266
Lame b8
>>53165650
Doesn't it work like a Tablet though?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B259MI9GtIw
It clearly shows full Windows mode, but because its not x86, most programs will not run
>>53165666
you post in all of these threads but no one ever replies to you
so here's a courtesy reply
>>53166266
N8ce b8 m8 i r8 8/8
>>53166376
>giving satan attention
>>53166287
As long as you don't go around showing the shining apple on the back saying "look I'm someone", you can accept to own the same phone as those retards. I mean, we breath the same air, we can own their same phone...
>>53166312
I'm serious, it sounds like I'm trolling but I'm actually serious. I would take back my old Galaxy S5 only because on the iPhone 6s I don't know how to set the clock alarm only vibrating without sound. Otherwise now I only use the Galaxy S5 for VR stuff (it may sounds like I'm trolling again lol). I'm 28, not 14 I don't need to change the font anymore or stuff like those to complete my life.
>>53166198
Congratulations Pajeet! 10 cents has been deposited into your Asus Pay account
Why is Sony kill?
>>53166266
Implying iPhone isn't the shittiest gimmick with your stylus and Iwatch.
>>53166446
That's not the point. Apple pushes you hard to buy the latest phone with slowing down old devices with updates. (After pushing it to its limits with new useless animations.)
>I would take back my old Galaxy S5
I'm not even sure if you are pro or contra android.
I think the smallest amount of android users design to the limits.. but today I saw a screenshot taken by a girl who installed a comic sans styled font.
>>53166558
Any really reason to be against zenfone except the Asus meme?
Does the Intel chip got some custom rom already? Can remember a thread on xda which was saying something about Intel architecture will mean unavailability of complete, fully functional custom ROMs like CyanogenMod.
Sry for shitty grammar it's late & I'm drunk
Are the G5 modular "friends" actually useful?
Seems to me like DLC for smartphones
>>53166559
they're trying to pull some freaky shit by killing the xperia Z line and replacing it with god knows what, all they've announced so far is some wonky ass phone no one should buy
>>53166559
Sony is really only profitable in music, cinema, cameras, and playstation.
>>53164574
>What's your reason to even buy any phone past 2013 flagship or 2015 mid range?
If the phone's got great custom rom support then there's no reason to upgrade, at least for a few years until application developers take for granted a gorrillion of RAM
>>53166906
Are the music and cinema divisions profitable again? Last time I checked they were pulling profit only from Sony Bank and their other weird domestic divisions
>>53167075
I'm not actually sure if they're out of the red yet, I meant it more along the lines of that those are the divisions with a guaranteed future. Who knows how long they'll even bother making phones.
>>53167075
I wouldn't say profitable. However, yeah both pictures and music rose last quarter and finances dropped. Mobile is still their biggest losing division, regardless of how the others are doing.
>>53165666
>Kyocera
Don't they make kitchenware and pasticware?
>>53154418
Minus the Z4 which had very minor throtteling issues, the Xperia Z line is one of the best on the market.
Unfortunately, it isn't really available at any U.S. providers.
>>53163497
I had issues with my Z4 (leaky water fucked screen) and Sony replaced it no questions asked.
>>53167447
so was it replaced by the new x line? they seem alike
>>53167601
Yes. Sony used to seperate higg and mid by letters.
Now everything is X something.
XA is lowend, X is mid range, and X Performance is high end like the Z series was.
Just wait for the 2016 Moto phones.
Just buy a Z2 or a Z3.
>>53159290
nope, metal. first samshit except those alphas with it
