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[Q] Could you recommend me a phone with these specs?

Hi, I'm trying to get a cellphone, between $100 - $175 dollars at the most but mostly with these specs, I don't need anything expensive right now, since this would be a gift:
RAM: 768 MB - 1GB
Processor: does not matter
Camera: 5MP at least
OS: Android
Could you recommend some models? I would appreciate the help, thank you!

I recommend you 1GB RAM, I have a galaxy ace 2 with 768mb of ram and you can notice the lack of ram.
Don't recommend samsung, makes a lot of models and left unupdated the old ones despite they are quite capable.
xiaomi red rice seems a good option although it seems a bit difficult to get nowadays. Jiayu phones are not bad and ZTE, zopo and THL W100 seems good options.
Hope this helps, may be if you had a list of the phones you are able to buy we cold help you more :angel:
saman0suke1 said:
Hi, I'm trying to get a cellphone, between $100 - $175 dollars at the most but mostly with these specs, I don't need anything expensive right now, since this would be a gift:
RAM: 768 MB - 1GB
Processor: does not matter
Camera: 5MP at least
OS: Android
Could you recommend some models? I would appreciate the help, thank you!
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xiscoj said:
I recommend you 1GB RAM, I have a galaxy ace 2 with 768mb of ram and you can notice the lack of ram.
Don't recommend samsung, makes a lot of models and left unupdated the old ones despite they are quite capable.
xiaomi red rice seems a good option although it seems a bit difficult to get nowadays. Jiayu phones are not bad and ZTE, zopo and THL W100 seems good options.
Hope this helps, may be if you had a list of the phones you are able to buy we cold help you more :angel:
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I've looked these ones:
Lenovo A820
Huawei Ascen Y300
LG Optimus L5
Any idea? thanks for the suggestions!

My preferences are the order you wrote
The best option is Lenovo A820 : 1GB Ram, 8mp camera, better screen resolution
The other two only have 512mb Ram, and 5 mp camera. Huawei has better screen resolution than lg.
Hope this helps.
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saman0suke1 said:
I've looked these ones:
Lenovo A820
Huawei Ascen Y300
LG Optimus L5
Any idea? thanks for the suggestions!
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xiscoj said:
My preferences are the order you wrote
The best option is Lenovo A820 : 1GB Ram, 8mp camera, better screen resolution
The other two only have 512mb Ram, and 5 mp camera. Huawei has better screen resolution than lg.
Hope this helps.
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I prefered the Lenovo phone as well, but, what do you know about this model or any Lenovo model? are good? I know Lenovo is a really good brand in Laptops, but what about phones? also, the flash does not have camera, so that keeps me thinking about that one :S thanks for the help!

What about moto g?
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Yeah! the only problem is that it has no flash but all the other specs are quite better. Yo could try moto G as says on the other message.
Lenovo is the biggest chinese laptop manufacturer, bought IBM and manufactures with their technology. I've read that phones are good
Which is your price limit?? maybe there are more options?? What about xiaomi red rice??
Bye
saman0suke1 said:
I prefered the Lenovo phone as well, but, what do you know about this model or any Lenovo model? are good? I know Lenovo is a really good brand in Laptops, but what about phones? also, the flash does not have camera, so that keeps me thinking about that one :S thanks for the help!
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Well, Moto G must be above $200 dollars, which is not an option, this is a gift that I will give in the meantime, while this person does not get her new phone from the provider, and she needs one now; I did not know about the Xiaomi one, but the price exceeds the limit, thanks for the suggestions!

saman0suke1 said:
Well, Moto G must be above $200 dollars, which is not an option, this is a gift that I will give in the meantime, while this person does not get her new phone from the provider, and she needs one now; I did not know about the Xiaomi one, but the price exceeds the limit, thanks for the suggestions!
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I've seen advertisements of it for 179$
http://mobilesyrup.com/2013/11/29/moto-g-discounted-to-150-at-koodo/
http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/12/buy-moto-g-from-amazon-now-for-179/

kilometers4 said:
I've seen advertisements of it for 179$
http://mobilesyrup.com/2013/11/29/moto-g-discounted-to-150-at-koodo/
http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/12/buy-moto-g-from-amazon-now-for-179/
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Thanks! I would prefer to get one from eBay, is the only one I use all the time, but the offer is really good :S

There are 3 threads devoted to discussions about devices, please repost your question in one of these three threads: The what should I buy thread or the The Device Suggestion Thread or the The Device Comparison Thread.
Thanks!

[Q] Enough ram?

Hi all!
I'm a S3 Mini owner, and I'm in love with the Moto G (i'm thiking in give my s3 mini to my father and buy a moto G), but I'm wondering if it has enough ram. The s3 mini has 1GB too, and sometimes I think it's not enough for multitask and things like that. Won't be a problem with the Moto G? Does it has ram enough?
Sorry fot my english, and thanks in advance

Feyerabend said:
Hi all!
I'm a S3 Mini owner, and I'm in love with the Moto G (i'm thiking in give my s3 mini to my father and buy a moto G), but I'm wondering if it has enough ram. The s3 mini has 1GB too, and sometimes I think it's not enough for multitask and things like that. Won't be a problem with the Moto G? Does it has ram enough?
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It depends of Your usage. OK for me.

It's enough RAM for moderate to heavy usage. And Kit Kat will require less RAM

I've had no issues, but I'm in the habbit of using the recents button and closing down things when I'm no using them.
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No problem with ram
Feyerabend said:
Hi all!
I'm a S3 Mini owner, and I'm in love with the Moto G (i'm thiking in give my s3 mini to my father and buy a moto G), but I'm wondering if it has enough ram. The s3 mini has 1GB too, and sometimes I think it's not enough for multitask and things like that. Won't be a problem with the Moto G? Does it has ram enough?
Sorry fot my english, and thanks in advance
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So far, I cannot complaint about the ram I did not notice if there is lack of it. I usually kill the apps so it is fine. I used to have an iphone 4S with 512 m ram so 1 giga is a much better. I saw the mini down the price to £180 I guess to compete with the moto g, but man I am so liking it that I am thinking in buying another one.

Feyerabend said:
Hi all!
I'm a S3 Mini owner, and I'm in love with the Moto G (i'm thiking in give my s3 mini to my father and buy a moto G), but I'm wondering if it has enough ram. The s3 mini has 1GB too, and sometimes I think it's not enough for multitask and things like that. Won't be a problem with the Moto G? Does it has ram enough?
Sorry fot my english, and thanks in advance
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The Moto G has about 900MB compared to 800MB with the S3 Mini.

theoneofgod said:
The Moto G has about 900MB compared to 800MB with the S3 Mini.
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1. What is the amount of ram usable? 900 MB?
2. how much memory does the system consumes after first boot?
3. how much memory does the system consumes after login into Google and Motorola account (but didn't install any app from Play Store yet)?
My current phone is Xperia X8 with 186 MB of RAM.

stfudude said:
1. What is the amount of ram usable? 900 MB?
2. how much memory does the system consumes after first boot?
3. how much memory does the system consumes after login into Google and Motorola account (but didn't install any app from Play Store yet)?
My current phone is Xperia X8 with 186 MB of RAM.
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Yes, the Moto G has 900MB available RAM to the user and probably between 350 and 450 free after boot. It totally depends what you have installed.

I think it's quite comfortable with the 1G and I am used to 2G from my Nexus 7 - if nothing else, it saves on cost and battery

nupi said:
I think it's quite comfortable with the 1G and I am used to 2G from my Nexus 7 - if nothing else, it saves on cost and battery
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Most definitely 1G on this phone is enough, when I compare it with the Samsung S3 I have just got rid of, it holds up so well.....
my user experience is actually superior, the simplicity of near-AOSP is such an improvement over the Sammy, which was chock full of useless features and TW crap, for me anyway.....
and it was 1G RAM with quad-core processor, just like the Moto G!!!
Just some specs comparison from GSM Arena, not always correct, but one wonders why the Sammy cost almost three times more than this Moto did, it is just amazing....
http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=4238&idPhone2=5831

After 2 weeks with the Phone I can only sa that I would pay 30£ more for 2gigs of ram on moto G and that would made it the best of the best.
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[Q] Should I buy Moto G 16GB? (S2 9100 user) (quad coe a7 vs dual core a9 @ same GHz)

Helo everyone! I'm between Nexus 4 and Moto G. BUT, I've been with no smartphone for half a year(sucks really hard). So, I'm thinking of buying a Moto G because the Nexus 4 is more expensive.
The thing is, is the Quad Core A7 cpu better or the same than a Dual Core A9 cpu at the SAME SPEED?(The S2 9100 has a 1,2GHz Dual Core A9)
Thanks guys!

The moto G is faster than the Galaxy S2. It's less powerful than a Nexus 4 because the Nexus 4 has twice the RAM though it comes close in some benchmarks because of the optimized ROM, nand storage filesystem, and CPU. In real world usage though an N4 will be much smoother and faster. Still the Moto G is a fine device. By the way, the Nexus 4 is no longer for sale. Perhaps you mean a Nexus 5? That kind of blows away a Moto G and most other smartphones. Though there is the price factor and the moto G is more than adequate.
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Thanks for the reply! I meant Nexus 4. I'm from Greece and I can find it in some stores and also on Amazon and ebay.
How fast is CyanogenMod 11 on Moto G? Is the stock ROM faster than CM11 or at least the same? I like flahing ROMs and kernels(as everyone else ) so I wouldn't want the flashed ROM to be slower than the stock ROM.

I used to have a nexus 4
Other than the price also consider the battery, the moto g battery life is better than the nexus 4 in my opinion and experience. So if you buy the moto g, you save some money and get the must have accesories like the meenova microsd card you can expand you memory and also the flip shell from motorola so that you can wake your phone without using the power button.
I have played MC4 in the moto g and in the nexus 4, in the nexus is used to get very hot the whole phone but the moto g does not do that much or at least not as the nexus did, that game is pretty heavy but no difference with the nexus , about the ram I have not felt any significant difference maybe others but my experience it works very well. However if you are into video and photography then the nexus is much better than the g, so consider that as well.
Hope you get what you are looking for.
bye

Konstantinos said:
Thanks for the reply! I meant Nexus 4. I'm from Greece and I can find it in some stores and also on Amazon and ebay.
How fast is CyanogenMod 11 on Moto G? Is the stock ROM faster than CM11 or at least the same? I like flahing ROMs and kernels(as everyone else ) so I wouldn't want the flashed ROM to be slower than the stock ROM.
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I have had the N4, Moto G, and s2 (i9100). I like all of them but I find the s2 too slow for me. If the N4 and Moto G are the same price, I would pick the N4.
Right now, there are no custom ROMs for the Moto G based on CM11 or AOSP.

enrique097 said:
So if you buy the moto g, you save some money and get the must have accesories like the meenova microsd card you can expand you memory
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Recommend a good Mini Micro SD Card? ScanDisk ok?

dtsm888 said:
Recommend a good Mini Micro SD Card? ScanDisk ok?
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SanDisk microSDHC Ultra 32GB, class 10, UHS-I, 30MB/sec. + SD adapter, Mobile
Look for this one in Amazon it is on sale just £19 it was £50 I bought this one myself works nicely with the meenova
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enrique097 said:
SanDisk microSDHC Ultra 32GB, class 10, UHS-I, 30MB/sec. + SD adapter, Mobile
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I ordered the meenova but then read the 'fine print'...Moto G has to be rooted or else only can be used on read-access basis. Am trying to cancel order as have no plans to root the device. Too bad. Many thanks for your recommendation, appreciated

[Q] Upgrading to 2nd gen Moto G - worth it?

Im considering upgrading to the newer version of the G and giving the old one to my parents. Is the upgrade really worth it? How is the battery life compared to the original G?
Just looking for your thoughts...

Both phones have same processor, RAM and GPU. Only difference is new moto g have slightly bigger screen and 8 mp camera while old moto g have 5 mp camera.
But old moto g has great developer support while newer one is not that famous.
So I suggest not upgrading.

Don't update now,
Wait and update to Moto G 3rd gen when release.

Guru.Eclairs said:
Both phones have same processor, RAM and GPU. Only difference is new moto g have slightly bigger screen and 8 mp camera while old moto g have 5 mp camera.
But old moto g has great developer support while newer one is not that famous.
So I suggest not upgrading.
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chirvan said:
Don't update now,
Wait and update to Moto G 3rd gen when release.
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Yeah that what i figured. Im going to keep it for now. Thanks for your advice guys!

Good mini smartphone 4.7-4.5 inch advice requested

Hi folks,
Recently my daughter crashed her Samsung Galaxy S4 mini phone. I started to look for some decent replacement. Decent I mean: 2GB RAM, at last quad core processor, memory card slot, Lollipop on board
Problem is that she has really small hand so the phone cant by big. After looking for few days I was very surprised, that there is almost no offer in this range - most producers moved to 5"-5.5" range.. I found only Samsung A3. Other mini phones were just rubbish.
Can you advice anything good ? Maybe I missed some phone ?

I know right, I have exactly the same problem. You may want to take a look at Jiayu G5 (if it's still available), or Xiaomi Redmi 2. Both have quad core processors, memory card slots, although no Lollipop. Xiaomi Redmi 2, depending on the version, has 2 GB RAM.
I heard great things about the Moto E as well, though that's really a budget phone (albeit not that much cheaper) with Lollipop, low MP camera (which she may deem important to know), but only 1 GB RAM.
That market is difficult.

Most important thing , what is your budget ?
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Soufiansky said:
Most important thing , what is your budget ?
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Lets say 200$.

daize said:
Xiaomi Redmi 2..
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It is on my short list. My wife has Redmi 3 and it is pretty good phone. Battery endurance is shocking.
But Redmi 2 i pretty wide: 67 mm while S4 mini was only 61 mm

pabgar said:
It is on my short list. My wife has Redmi 3 and it is pretty good phone. Battery endurance is shocking.
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Shocking, as in: terrible? Can you explain that?

pabgar said:
Lets say 200$.
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With 200$ its quite hard...Moto G ? Moto E ?
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daize said:
Shocking, as in: terrible? Can you explain that?
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She was usually able to kill battery in her previous Samsung galaxy s3 i9300 within 1 day. With Redmi 3 she was not able to go below 3 days. Usually lasts 4-5 days. .
She does not play but do heavy web browsing.

pabgar said:
She was usually able to kill battery in her previous Samsung galaxy s3 i9300 within 1 day. With Redmi 3 she was not able to go below 3 days. Usually lasts 4-5 days. .
She does not play but do heavy web browsing.
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Wow. For the price it goes at (like what, 150 USD?) that sounds like a good deal. 5 inch + case...

Soufiansky said:
With 200$ its quite hard...Moto G ? Moto E ?
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In Poland I can have Samsung A3 rel. 2016 for 200$ It is pretty nice phone but looking for alternatives.

daize said:
Wow. For the price it goes at (like what, 150 USD?) that sounds like a good deal. 5 inch + case...
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Yep. You get 8 core snapdragon with 4000mAh battery, decent built quality. I think it is currently the best deal for 5" phone worldwide.
Just have to root and get rid of chinese crap or load multilanguage developer rom.
It is no worse then my 5.5" Lenovo Vibe P1 costing over 100$ more.

pabgar said:
In Poland I can have Samsung A3 rel. 2016 for 200$ It is pretty nice phone but looking for alternatives.
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The A3 is more than enough , she's just a girl so i guess she only uses social media apps and some light games , in my opinion the A3 is a pretty good deal.
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Soufiansky said:
The A3 is more than enough
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I know. I am looking for any alternatives.