Why did you spend more than $80 on a phone?
How do you justify this?
I spent 70€
>>55238554
Some people have boost contracts and they feel like getting watevet phone
I didn't. I don't have one.
>>55238554
Because I actually like getting updates instead of that shit phone that will never get updated to Marshmallow let alone N
Personally I would get 1080p on a 5.5 inch phone. But yeah, getting something more powerful is generally too much for too many people
>>55238628
Boost is a prepaid carrier.
>>55238650
>What are OTA updates
>>55238554
I've spent $200 for good hardware and large dev scene.
>720p at 5.5 screen
WOW, fucking garbage.
>>55238668
Something you'll never get.
$130 for S5 Galaxy.
Will be used for my VR needs.
>>55238554
Because I like my note4 rubbing holes in my pockets from the inside out thank you very much.
>>55238885
That the G3 m8o?
>>55238601
>blu
Just wish there was a cheap phone with a decent display and north american lte bands.
That's why I'm stuck with Samsung.
>>55238967
G2. G3's resolution is too big.
>>55238650
How can an android phone be incompatible with a newer OS when you can update other linux systems without problems
And windows systems
Proprietary drivers and significant kernel changes because google doesn't want to rewrite their shit display system?
stallman warned you about this (OSS alone could have stopped it, the free was never necessary, as always)
>>55238554
i use a track phone. i only spend ~$60 a year on minutes
I spent 500 dollars on my phone because I actually like to have nice things with great hardware.
My phone can even fucking fullspeed smash melee with a slight overclock.
The biggest reason I bought it though, was all contract phones are generally locked down with no ability to gain root access or unlock the bootloader, unless you use some 3rd party exploit. Also terrible bloatware that you can't uninstall because custom rom.
Nexus 6p
>>55238554
holy shit for that price you will most def not get a good looking phone like that, performance is epic for the price.
>>55239028
Because OEMs don't release sources. Maybe kernel, and even then it's not guaranteed to be genuine, the rest is always closed source. Locked bootloaders - you can't replace kernel(there are hacks for some phones like ramdisk hijack, but they are just that - hacks). RIL and camera drivers are guaranteed to be blobs. The most dev friendly devices are flagships.
>>55239087
Planned obsolescence basically.
>>55238554
I spend $30 on a pooinloomia 640.
I would get that phone, but boost doesnt have service in my fuckhole and the 720p screen is dissapointing.
>>55238554
>snapdragon 4*
i don't want to start a fire
Because I use lagdroid.
>>55239087
>people still throw their money at this scam
>>55239186
>the most successful application of Linux is a scam
I wonder why isn't Linus sad. Oh wait I know, because he's not a delusional freetard.
>>55239166
410 is surprisingly good. I have a warp elite and most it will heat up to is ~115F/46C after playing vydia for hours.
>>55239179
Nice meme. My warp elite has nova launcher and all bloat disabled. It runs fast as fuck. Maybe stop using shitty apps?
Zte is known to load botnets in their phones
>>55239153
>the 720p screen is dissapointing.
It really isn't, not a lot of sub-$100 Android phones with a 720p screen.
>>55239441
>Samsung, LG, and Google don't do this
k
>>55238554
>why do people buy high-end CPU's and GPU's when they just could go with AMD
Some of us have standards m8. It's undeniable that high end phone work faster and are better in every imaginable way. It's just that there is a diminishing return up a certain point (around 300-400 bucks) and it doesn't make much sense to go higher from a performance perspective.
>>55239497
Not as much as zte
>>55239566
You got any fucking proof or you just like memeing people to death, you sick fuck?
I'm actually serious btw, I have a warp elite and this is making me worry a little.
>>55239629
http://www.securityweek.com/chinas-zte-ships-smartphone-backdoor-metropcs
There are hundreds of articles about zte containing back doors
Been using this $50 ChinkPhone for two weeks: it's really shockingly just like any other Android smartphone, just with somewhat poorer viewing angles, a bit of UI lag sometimes, and a completely shit camera. Makes me think a $100 ChinkPhone would actually be quite good (at what pricepoint to these things start having passable cameras?)
Because I wanted BB10OS and a hardware keyboard.
>>55238554
We aren't all poor here
>>55240035
There are also hundreds of articles about LG, Samshit, Xioami having backdoors as well. Also I'm not really sure this is a backdoor, it just grants root. It can't be used to decrypt a zte android phone and extract all data within for example
The only good thing is with android you know about the backdoors, with iOS you can't know.
>>55238554
because i needed a phone the day i bought my phone so i bought an expensive phone that hopefully lasts for a while, had it for like 2-3 years now
>>55238885
>>720p at 5.5 screen
>WOW, fucking garbage
why do you need more?
desu i have a 1080p phone but i dont see why i need more than like 960 x 540
Because I want timely updates, that's why I got a 6P. After using the S5 for two years I will never again get a phone that doesn't have first party support in some form.
Took fucking Samsung an entire year just to go from 5.0 to 6.0.1 only for them to load it up with Touchjizz bullshit. Couldn't even give us 5.1 in the meantime which fixed some battery issues.
The only exception is if they had a timetable and STUCK with the timetable. If they said it'll be 3 months to update their Touchjizz version from version A to version B, then yes, I'd be fine with that. But I remember reading shit where it'd be "ready by Christmas", then "ready by January", then ready by whatever month next. Fucking annoying. Give me a solid date and stay with it. Also, never getting anything through Verizon again.
>>55239074
Is that some flesh colored cloth or is that her perfectly shaven crotch peaking through.
>>55240308
It's not about being poor, it's about spending money wisely. Why spend $400-$600 on a phone when an $80 one can do things like calling, texting, play chinese cartoons just fine?
>>55240419
>6P
Why do you hate microsd slots so much?
>>55240484
>the only thing you expect from your phone is the ability to watch Hawaiian home videos
>>55240526
What the fuck do you do on your phone that demands the latest 911 housefire and 12GB of RAM?
>>55238668
>Not wanting anything over lollipop
>Not knowing lollipop sucks
>>55240333
Root allows you to do anything dumb dumb
Root is the super user
>>55238554
Cause pic related is the more superior phone.
>>55240595
nothing, but 99% of neo-/g/ are /v/irgins who heard from their computer expert uncle that GHz and GB are the only things that matter
I use it every day, constantly, and would like it to be fast and pleasant to use and secure? Not to mention I'd like to have enough storage to hold all my apps and data?
>>55238554
my job pays for it.
a job is a thing that people on g rarely have.
people are carbon based squishy animals that exist outside your moms basement.
I don't use my phone often but when I do I don't want it to chug trying to load ad-infested web page when I need it.
>>55240619
>kitkat
>8MP camera
>SD 400
>only supports fat32 formatted microsd cards
>superior
>$90 version locked with shitty at&t networks
lmao
>>55240642
warp elite has a microsd slot. The 11GB of internal storage space (system uses ~5GB) is more than enough for your apps. You can buy a $15 64GB UHS-I microsd card for storing your chinese cartoons and nickleback albums.
>>55238554
a e s t h e t i c s
by having respect for myself
>>55240447
Regardless, it got some grown men to post a picture and have a discussion about a brand
>>55238554
Because money is just money. Who gives a shit if it's $10 or $1000.
>>55238554
>Android 5.1
Annnd it's already out of date
>>55240865
You really should. Money is money but you will always have a finite amount of it to spend in your life no matter what. By the time you spend $20,000+ on phone over your life you could have eaten better or bought a bigger house/better car.
You seem underage but when you grow up and actually give a shit about your life you start using money more wisely. Not saying get a $10 flip phone but if this $80 phones does the same things a $400 does then why buy the $400 one?
>>55240913
Buy nice or buy twice.
Or in the case of Android: Buy nice or buy lots of times.
>>55240754
>a e s t h e t i c s
the zte $80
looks like 3 times better then iphone 6
>2016
>not buying $4 dollar ChinkPhones
If you're gonna go cheap, might as well go the cheapest.
>Why don't people do what I do that way I do it?
>How do you justify this?
By not being an insecure autistic 12 year old.
>2036
>everyone uses $0.25 edible phones
>>55240943
>Buy nice or buy twice.
>Or in the case of Android: Buy nice or buy lots of times.
It doesn't work like that, android phones become outdated after 2-3 years no matter what and technology becomes cheaper.
The real question is, should you buy the best $80 android phone every 2-3 years or the best $400 android phone every 2-3 years.
By 2017 we'll probably have 1080p android phones with 2GHz quad-core A53 chips and 3GB of RAM.
>>55241022
>*By 2017 we'll probably have 1080p android phones with 2GHz quad-core A53 chips and 3GB of RAM for $80.
>>55240992
>2036
>paying more than $0.10 an edible phone
exialacuck detected
I need a fast phone cos I use it for vr porn in 60fps lol
My phone cost me $99 about a year and a half ago. close enough.
>>55238948
>touchwizz
>>55240721
Um. I'm at 10GB of apps right now, and it's only due to grow.
>>55239010
I have a G3 the resolution is perfect for people who are going blind. (I am going blind... My days here are limited)
>>55241085
Redmi 3 is already like $120, but display still 720p.
>>55241314
>hoarding all those apps
This isn't healthy you know. Are you sure it's 100% apps and app cahce? I only have 3GB worth of apps and app cahce which includes a 3D FPS vydia.
>>55238885
>Android 6 on an LG g2
How
