My contract is up, time for a new phone. I have it narrowed to the xperia zl or sp. Just wanting input from people who have these phones.
I have done some research, found a few things. The zl gets hot really easy and is a little concerning. The sp has a meg of ram and a ****ty front camera. Just wondering if the zl is really that much better than the sp, and worth the extra cash. Thanks
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go for zl or if possible go for the samsung
i have the sp and its an amazing device. if you are after a large screen that still slips in yr pocket, powerful cpu, customizable user friendly etc its a good choice. be careful when rooting/ unlocking bootloader/ custom recovery/ roms etc, make sure you follow steps in order and chose rom carefully. i use x-istenz rom. camera is very good despite reviews to the contrary. gameplay is effortless.
rgds
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Could anyone recommend a unlocked GSM Android phone that has decent specs and sells for $150 or less on Amazon? I don't really care about the brand, size, new/used, or anything like that, but it MUST be able to run at least ICS. (An official update would be preferred, but I have no problem installing something like Cyanogenmod if I need to). I have tried browsing around, but I got kind of overwhelmed with all the different choices. So I thought, why not ask the more knowledgeable people here about finding a good one? Any help would be appreciated.
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Motorola Atrix 4G. There is no official ICS, but our great XDA development community has it running CM9 and CM10 with relative ease. Official ICS is coming in this fiscal quarter according to Motorola. It's still my daily device. After two years of everyday use and a hefty amount of ROM flashing, it still runs like a champ.
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Well if size doesn't matter then Xperia Mini st15i
Xperia Mini pro
are some of the devices running official ics with decent specs
But if you good hardware then Motorola defy +...
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The Moto Matrix and Defy look pretty similar, are they the same base but different names?
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Liquid Glow
I just bought the Acer Liquid Glow for its low price €179 and decent specs running stock ICS and the phone is great imo.
Think you should take a loot at it.
A bit of a downside, there is only one custom rom available for the moment..
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Well, I'm looking for a phone in the 300-400 dollar range that is good for customization. I mean I don't want to have to do any ridiculous things to unlock the bootloader, and the phone should have already have a somewhat decent development (in Xda for ROMs, etc.). Basically I have a Galaxy S4 but the bootloader is locked and I don't feel like using safestrap so I just want to buy a new phone, but I want to make sure I can customize it without any locked bootloaders or flashing restrictions.
HeySwiftLeeO,
If you are looking for an easy phone to customize with the ability to get a good development community and a token to unlock the bootloader, you need to look at all the HTC phones that HTC lists as dev devices. HTC has a great forum on their dev site and they really are quite good about getting back to you if you have specific question. I have modded several HTC devices including the Vivid and the One and each time was a great experience. And if you are looking to mod the hardware as well HTC'S architecture is a real pleasure to work with and there are a ton of 3rd party Chinese manufacturers that make the mods cheaper and less expensive than trying to do similar things with Samsung or Sony where the parts are twice as expensive. I would recommend starting with either the One X or the One because they used those as dev devices and there is a ton of support with both HTC and other developers on the forums. There is also a big community on these forums for those phones and there are plenty of ROMs to choose from which always helps when you are looking for a ROM that best suits your needs.
I hope this helps you and if you have any questions feel free to ask.
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I Am Going to buy a new phone and i know everything about these 2 phones but i am confused which one to buy so help me consider wich is better
and sry for my bad engilsh
The Xperia Z has an outdated chipset for its time but is still an extremely powerful phone,while the Desire 816 is Htc's middle range phablet with a massive screen,5,5 inches and the Xperia Z screen is 1080p while the Desire is 720p only
http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=6073&idPhone2=5204
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I Am Going to buy a new phone and i know everything about these 2 phones but i am confused which one to buy so help me consider wich is better
and sry for my bad engilsh
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Hey guys, I dropped my old smartphone (LG L9) into the toilett and will get money from my insurance company to get a replacement phone. The amout is mentioned in the title. Now my question is, which phone would you take and why? I personally would **** to have the Moto G for its' quite good specs and reviews, although I am a bit concerned taking a Motorola smartphone... just due to their history now. It has pretty much evrrythjng I need. A decend camera (I know, not the best), very good battery life, fm radio, a good screen, which is also not too big and fits in my pocket nicely and also has a lot of support on the custom ROM side. Because as many other here, I tend to suffer from obsessive ROM flashing disorder how about winstupid phones? Are they stkill that bad? Oh and no I dont want to have an iPhone... I currently have the ... lets call it pleasure to use one. Definitly not my type of phone
So feel free to post your suuggestions or move this thread to wherever it belongs
Thanks in advance!
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Hey there!
I was planning to buy a new phone, and zeroed down on xperia z2, or LG g3. I checked all the online reviews, but wanted xda user reviews 
Also, the battery life of g3 is significantly lesser than that of the z2? Z2 is touted to have the best battery backup. My average usage pattern will consist of lots of WhatsApp, and around 3 hours of music. What would you suggest?
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