Redpill me on modern phones anon. I have a lumia 920 I bought in late 2012. I need it for work, apps don't bother me. It has super solid design, it's pleasantly heavy and not paper thin, which I like a lot. Also, superb camera. I would hold on to it, but I got my screen finally cracked - I'm not the most careful user, and the replacement is not financially viable at this point.
I didn't have a clue what's trending, so I just explored the market and drowned in options. Problem is, it all looks the same to now. Back in 2012 and earlier you could really tell the huge difference between 200$ and 500$+ phone. The screen would be miles better, some exquisite useful features would be present, you could expect a really solid design, now its all the same pretty much.
So, question nr. 1: is there any point at all to buy an expensive phone nowadays if I need it for work and decent photos? I can barely give a flying fuck how powerful cpu is, it does not affect calling and texting, left alone those gimmicks like finger scans etc, I bet my home-made porn is not that interesting.
Another problem, as mentioned above - design. Modern phones look so goddamn similar. Back in the day, dev's had more fantasy and creativity.
So, question nr. 2. Is there a decent phone on the market which is above 170-180 grams, is NOT paper-thing and has decent solid built? It can be plastic like picrelated. (It's just rock solid, I've dropped it numerous times, no damage whatsoever)
I didn't find anything as described above, but so far Blackberry Priv looks like a lesser evil compared to all that plastic shit around. Any comments about that phone?
PS It's such a shame that a new lumia 950 sucks. Build is so terrible, I didn't believe it's not a 50 bucks phone.
Oh, another thing I don't get. Why would devs make super-thin lightweight design, when even salespeople advise to buy additonal protection, glass and other ugly stuff? What's the point in making a "slick" phone which is bound to be turned into rubber crocs-looking thing?
And anyway, is that "super-thin" thing really comfortable to you people? Or it's just admiration of technology?
I've enjoyed my 520 for awhile but I was interested in a larger screen so I went looking around. Everything looks so breakable. They expect you to use a case, I guess. WP has had no market penetration apparently. Shame too. Damn good phone.
So sheeple. Tell us your experiences of dependability and strength from phones without cases. Please, no android or apple. My God... there is no God.
>>53227307
Get a 930. You can get one like new for as little as 200 to 250E. IT feels amazingly solid in the hand.
>>53227650
Can't get it in my country for a fair price.
Any comments about that blackberry?
Windows phones - garbage
iPhones - overpeiced and make you look like a homosexual
Blackberry phones - overpriced but make you look rich
Android phones - vary in price and performance
My advice: stick to phones with at least 2GB of RAM or more if possible. Android was designed to let you multi-task.
Get an iPhone
>>53228411
Well OP probably is a faggot.
>>53228185
>Blackberry phones - overpriced but make you look rich
It's not the 90s anymore anon. Blackberries now make you look like you're out of touch.
iPhone
Thank me later
>>53228185
>Android was designed to let you multi-task
lmfao
note 4 has fucking three gigs of memory and browser tabs and pdf documents still need to reload 5 seconds after you leave them
iphone, which has 1 gig, doesn't have these problems
>>53228487
>iphone, which has 1 gig, doesn't have these problems
Actually it does. I should know, I used to own an iPhone 6
>>53228185
Have fun when your android with 32 gigs in 2020 still lags.
lumia 640xl
does all you need, runs fine and isn't expensive. It's fast too, doesn't have all those dreadful apps bogging you down.
>>53228522
>not getting an S model
your fault entirely
Droid turbo 2. Substantial phone, top end hardware specs without breaking the bank, 4 year shatterproof screen warranty.
If you can't afford that and font mind losing the shatterproof screen, the droid maxx 2 is pretty much the same phone hardware wise.
The galaxy s7 is beautiful though.
>>53227307
You noticed very correctly that the differences in realation to price levels are very small, among phones.
There is NO POINT AT ALL buying expensive phones. You can find very decent androids for less than 200$, that will do 90% of your tasks just fine.
Look up camera tests on phones in your price category and get that one.
My acer was only 89€, has stoneage specs but runs really fine.
1 gig ram, 8 mp, 1.3 quad, dual sim, swappable 2K mAh battery and sd slot.
What more do you need.
>>53228185
>at least 2GB of RAM
Yeah, stop playing gayms and 1.5 gig will be more than enough.
I have 4.4 and with all the normie apps running i have only 560mb usage. Android 5.0 is more hardware hungry, but at this point there is no sense to get lolipop, it has nothing really good to offer, besides more hardware hunger and the need to purchase more expensive phones with more ram.
>>53228582
>does all you need
lmao
>>53228185
>Blackberry phones - overpriced but make you look rich
This is the dumbest shit i have ever heard since a long time. Things like these usually come from poor 3rd world people that were surrounded by poverty all their life.
I cant blame them.
>>53228710
>The galaxy s7 is beautiful though.
>shill pls go
Yeah anon totally should get the phone that is totally not overpriced because it was just released.
>>53228722
oh look a poorfag
You can tell you never had an expensive phone because that is just stupid.
I managed to snag a Samsung Galaxy S6 off of Ebay for dirt cheap. Works and everything and set it all up for service. Is this phone worth having / jailbreaking?
>>53228765
Eat dick, acknowledging a phone looks great after saying how 2 Motorola devices could possibly be best for him isn't being a shill, faggot.
>>53228725
I was using flagship android phones for years, custom roms etc.
Fucking waste of time and money, every app I would actually want use, windows phone has. It also doesn't lag.
Yeah it would be nice to use chrome instead of windows explorer, but guess what they both display webpages so w/e. It performs the function required.
>>53228772
I played around with a friends galaxy s6 edge for a day.
>display is sharper
>is quicker when launching apps
>camera is better
Well some people would pay hundreds of dollars in addition just to open some apps a few mili seconds faster. But i think it's a really dumb way to waste money.
Also
>You don't spend money on useless things
>you must be puuurr
>hurrr
Yeah, i'm very poor.
>>53228810
I saw the s7 in a store. There is not much beauty, that would be worth 700$+
>>53228819
>Fucking waste of time and money
Thank god more people are waking up. I already lost hope when looking at phone threads.
anons are really dumb and have no clue what specs they really need. They never think "hmm, will i use all this computing power, or will a 1.3 quad cpu do just fine"
Well here comes the funny truth
>You could run 4.4 on a newer dualcore, easily
>The ram is the important part
All these faggots with their newest snapdragons are just getting them for silly games, but are too afraid to admit.
>>53228863
>Yeah, i'm very poor.
I know
If you use your phone just a little everyday its already worth having a faster and expensive phone. It just improves your life.
Its also more futureproof and has better 3rd and 1st party support in every way.
There is no reason not to buy it unless you're poor.
>>53228958
I use it for browsing while on the couch.
Phone never annoyed me with lags or other problems so far.
>It just improves your life.
You need to get that marketing penis out of your mouth, anon. It's seeding you with empty, pointless phrases.
>futureproof
>a speculation, usually the tech uneducated people have to do, cause they have not the slightest clue what will come in the future.
For like 400$ you could easily buy 3 phones over the time of 9 years, one each 3 years.
And i guarantee you they all will be mid tier and good.
Or you buy a 500$ phone which will prob last 3.5-4 years, if you can swap the battery and then it will break or be outdated.
>tfw running 6.0.1 on Snapdragon 400 with 1 gig of RAM
It's okay.
This is a marketing thread, OP is clearly shilling
Windows phones are shit but like I said I need something with bands that will work in the UK as I am likely going there and I'm not paying a lot for a phone so I got a 640
>>53229761
Ignore this post, confused it with another thread
