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[Q] Questions regarding which phone to buy

Hi everyone,i am in the market for a new phone.
I have been following general reviews of Htc one and Samsung galaxy s4, but in the end i always liked the htc one for its build quality, expecially considering that i owned the Google htc nexus one, that recently broke down.
The problem with the Htc one is the cost. I personally think spending more than 400 euros on a phone is foolish,and both the Htc one and Samsung s4 cost 699 euro, just way too much.I would fear carrying it around, and dropping it, or even scratching in anyway.
and thus i am looking at the Oppo find 5 and its general build quality, great screen,quite powerful, rom support and everything.
And in the other hand, i am also looking at the Huawei Ascend P6 (pictured), which has:
Quadcore 1,5 Ghz
2 gb ram
720 x 1280 pixels (321 ppi)
8 mpx back camera which records 1920x1080 (1080p HD) + 5 mpx frontal
removeable microsd card, and supports microhdsc
Fast mobile data support (4G)
4.7 inches display, (120 g)
2000 mAh battery
for 399 euros.
Considering this, i would like some suggestions or advice on why is the Oppo find 5 better or worse than the other contenders, and what did you like the most about your Find 5, how do you use it.

One plus one or honor 6 ?

i love the size and style of this phone and i would like to give huawei a try...one plus one seems to big and is getting very common.......should i go for honor 6 or save up for one+..is it worth it?
do you think that one plus one's massive specs have any practical use..i think 40k antutu score of honor 6 is more than enough.
is there any scope of strong xda support for honor 6 like we have for one plus one ?

hy,
... wait for huawei P8 ...
i think will a nice surprice:
- better camera, better standby, more compact size

purupandey said:
i love the size and style of this phone and i would like to give huawei a try...one plus one seems to big and is getting very common.......should i go for honor 6 or save up for one+..is it worth it?
do you think that one plus one's massive specs have any practical use..i think 40k antutu score of honor 6 is more than enough.
is there any scope of strong xda support for honor 6 like we have for one plus one ?
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Go for one+. Simply due to better dev support. Huawei doesn't really release all it's sources which make it very difficult for devs. I mean honor6 users will be stuck on Kitkat forever if huawei doesnt release official Lollipop whereas the 1+ is rocking stable and fast CM12 builds!
You could wait for 1+ 2 though. But it could be a long wait and and it'll be more expensive than 1+ one. So it's ur choice

I am leaning towards Honor 6 simply because I do not want a 5.5" screen. I find that too big.
My concern about Honor 6 is whether 16GB is enough as I am currently on a 32GB Xiaomi Mi2. I might just go for a 32GB Honor 6 H60-L12 shipped directly from China.

jiehao85 said:
I am leaning towards Honor 6 simply because I do not want a 5.5" screen. I find that too big.
My concern about Honor 6 is whether 16GB is enough as I am currently on a 32GB Xiaomi Mi2. I might just go for a 32GB Honor 6 H60-L12 shipped directly from China.
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You have to check which 3G/4G bands are used in your country. For example, in Europe, the One+ supports only the 4G band 2600 (and not the 800 and 1800 ones that are also used), whereas the honor6 (L04) supports all of them (and the L12 supports 2600 and 1800 but not 800).
The European version of Honor (L04) has a micro sd slot so the space is not a problem.
Apparently, the L12 does not have this slot but has two simcards.
Nonetheless, as shubham1120 said, the dev on honor is much more difficult to do that on One+ (that means no upgrade if Huawei does not want so).

Gwenm said:
The European version of Honor (L04) has a micro sd slot so the space is not a problem.
Apparently, the L12 does not have this slot but has two simcards.
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You wrong, L02/L12 have 2 sim slots and 1 micro sd slot.

VirusPlus said:
You wrong, L02/L12 have 2 sim slots and 1 micro sd slot.
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Sorry, corrected.

I understand why you want dev support. But we have CM11 which works flawless most of the time. What else could you want? Most custom ROM's are either based off the stock ROM, which no one really wants for the Honor 6, or based off a CM version. We are only behind by 1 release (CM12) so it's not that bad. The phone is great.

Currently, I have narrowed down to Moto X 2014 and Honor 6. With my workplace sponsoring me for my next mobile, I am very tempted to go with the higher priced Moto X 2014. I am basically just holding back on a 5.5" screen which I find to be far too big. Otherwise, I would have gotten OnePlus One a few months back.

on my preference, the only lacking feature on this phone is the tap to wake gesture. that is a must have on a newly released phone atleast last years releases. even the honor 6 plus and the 4x got this feature

renusuke said:
on my preference, the only lacking feature on this phone is the tap to wake gesture. that is a must have on a newly released phone atleast last years releases. even the honor 6 plus and the 4x got this feature
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If Honor 6 Plus has that feature, I am not sure why Honor 6 doesn't has it. Perhaps all it takes is a software update to enable the feature?

jiehao85 said:
Currently, I have narrowed down to Moto X 2014 and Honor 6. With my workplace sponsoring me for my next mobile, I am very tempted to go with the higher priced Moto X 2014. I am basically just holding back on a 5.5" screen which I find to be far too big. Otherwise, I would have gotten OnePlus One a few months back.
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It's a no brainier! Moto x 2014 has 5.2" screen and difference isn't much if u ask me..go for moto x and get some moto and amoled love!!:
Edit- why not go for turbo instead? Beastly specs and 64gigs!

shubham1120 said:
It's a no brainier! Moto x 2014 has 5.2" screen and difference isn't much if u ask me..go for moto x and get some moto and amoled love!!:
Edit- why not go for turbo instead? Beastly specs and 64gigs!
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Moto X have terrible battery life and no micro-sd slot.

theoneofgod said:
Moto X have terrible battery life and no micro-sd slot.
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Moto turbo then! 3900 mah is just sick!!
Also, faster updates (of course if u care about it)

I think huawei honor 6 is better than one plus one.

I own both honor 6 and OPO...Which device you want is based on your use..If you are a hardcore flasher and love the droid development and want to be ahead in terms of updates than you should start saving money for OPO..and believe me its worth to wait for invite also...But...but...if you are a casual user and want a good camera and battery life with hardcore gaming than go for honor 6 loaded with CM 11 of codeworkx...!!
Anything else??
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I asked my friend to bring me a 6plus from China recently. The screen size is a bit big. And I do not really like emui. The battery is great.

OnePlus One, simply for a better UI and dev support

h06l12
Just got a dual sim 32gb fdd-lte from China.
Coming from a galaxy s5 and a nexus 5, this phone is really smooth.
I wasn't expecting such performance from a mid range phone - I had also been using a Gionee M3/BLU Studio Energy, but the mid range mediatek processor and 1gb of ram really let it down - performance was shocking.
I ran Antutu benchmark and came out with 44,900 .. just shy of 45k .. beating out the oneplusone and S5.
fully stock with some preinstalled apps frozen, no root, no unlocked bootloader
loving it so far .. it is the same weight as the N5 but a little taller and thinner. amazing that they fit in such a large battery.
There is also that tempered glass screen protector which adds capacitive buttons and some shortcut buttons which i am waiting for (in the mail) but that should free up some more screen real estate.
am thinking of rooting just to adblock and run xposed framework.

With no P8 Max or Sony Ultra successor, where to go for 6'8" size Phablets? 😞

With no P8 Max or Sony Ultra successor, where to go for 6'8" size Phablets?
I'm panicked. It's a dead breed!

Yeah that sucks no P9max
Lenovo Phab Plus any good?

I am a proud P8 Max user (the international variant) and I am disappointed that the P9 Max did not get released.I am also pleased that it did get released because I have only recently purchased my P8 Max and I am pretty happy with it and would not even consider getting a Samsung S7 Edge or the P9 Plus or any of the Ipants versions.
Also, as a former user of the Xperia Z Ultra, this phone is on a completely different quality level. As for the Lenovo Phab Plus, I don't think it compares to the P8 Max in terms of quality and spec so I would buy the P8 Max again with my eyes closed over the Phab Plus or X Z Ultra or even the LeTV Le Max/Pro 6.33".
The important question here is did someone lie about the P9 Max existence? Why did all the tech blogs fail to give accurate information or gave almost confirmed information? Was Oppomart the web site that claimed to have unveiled the specs at 6.2" inch display when subsequent rumours claimed 6.8" inches did it as a scam to promote their site?
Clearly, either Huawei decided at the last minute to postpone the launch to gatecrash the release of Samsung Note 6 in September or as suggested it has been discontinued as a series. Lets hope I am wrong about some of the statements I am making and that some good news will emerge but for now I think all the so called tech/mobile experts have failed miserably even at rumour level.
Do we need a successor to the P8 Max? Possibly yes in an ideal world but I strongly think the developer community priority should be to start developing quality roms for this precious handset and the legacy of this device will last many years think of it as the HTC HD2 for the Phablet lovers. This way we would not even need to hope for a better model when this one almost ticks all the boxes (except the lack of IR blaster and NFC support).
Thats all that is needed for this phone/the ultimate REAL phablet.
On a separate note, I was looking to put my P8 Max DAV-701L Titanium Grey on sale if the successor was announced but I guess I have to put that thought on hold. Lets see what the future holds.

Yeah i don't get it. Many websites had the specs for the P9max. Now they all changed it to the P9 Plus. There is a big difference between 6,8 and 5,5 inch.
Also gsmarena changed it :s
http://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_p9_max-7745.php
I still hope the P9max comes unannounced, like the P9 Lite:
http://www.gsmarena.com/unannounced_huawei_p9_lite_makes_an_appearance-news-17641.php
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I'm also looking at the new Letv Max Pro X910 6.33-Inch. The specs looks good.
http://www.kimovil.com/en/where-to-buy-letv-max-pro-x910
http://www.banggood.com/Letv-Max-Pr...0-Quad-Core-Dual-4G-Smartphone-p-1027843.html

Just saw the Mate 8 in the store here. Phone looks great and front finaly in black but its 6 inch So i still need to think about it.

Looks like there will be a P9 Max after all. If this supports full LTE on T-Mobile in the US you bet i'll be buying one:
http://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_p9_max_may_have_been_spotted_in_a_benchmark_rocking_69inch_screen-news-17778.php

Yeah! Saw that P9 Max 6'9" screen info!
Sadly, I'm positive there be no LTE frequencies for T-Mobile..
It's just been a Huawei guarantee!

Been using in US? HSPU? How's that been for you?
AWFRONT said:
I am a proud P8 Max user (the international variant) and I am disappointed that the P9 Max did not get released.I am also pleased that it did get released because I have only recently purchased my P8 Max and I am pretty happy with it and would not even consider getting a Samsung S7 Edge or the P9 Plus or any of the Ipants versions.
Also, as a former user of the Xperia Z Ultra, this phone is on a completely different quality level. As for the Lenovo Phab Plus, I don't think it compares to the P8 Max in terms of quality and spec so I would buy the P8 Max again with my eyes closed over the Phab Plus or X Z Ultra or even the LeTV Le Max/Pro 6.33".
The important question here is did someone lie about the P9 Max existence? Why did all the tech blogs fail to give accurate information or gave almost confirmed information? Was Oppomart the web site that claimed to have unveiled the specs at 6.2" inch display when subsequent rumours claimed 6.8" inches did it as a scam to promote their site?
Clearly, either Huawei decided at the last minute to postpone the launch to gatecrash the release of Samsung Note 6 in September or as suggested it has been discontinued as a series. Lets hope I am wrong about some of the statements I am making and that some good news will emerge but for now I think all the so called tech/mobile experts have failed miserably even at rumour level.
Do we need a successor to the P8 Max? Possibly yes in an ideal world but I strongly think the developer community priority should be to start developing quality roms for this precious handset and the legacy of this device will last many years think of it as the HTC HD2 for the Phablet lovers. This way we would not even need to hope for a better model when this one almost ticks all the boxes (except the lack of IR blaster and NFC support).
Thats all that is needed for this phone/the ultimate REAL phablet.
On a separate note, I was looking to put my P8 Max DAV-701L Titanium Grey on sale if the successor was announced but I guess I have to put that thought on hold. Lets see what the future holds.
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Been using without LTE? How's that been working for you?
AWFRONT said:
I am a proud P8 Max user (the international variant) and I am disappointed that the P9 Max did not get released.I am also pleased that it did get released because I have only recently purchased my P8 Max and I am pretty happy with it and would not even consider getting a Samsung S7 Edge or the P9 Plus or any of the Ipants versions.
Also, as a former user of the Xperia Z Ultra, this phone is on a completely different quality level. As for the Lenovo Phab Plus, I don't think it compares to the P8 Max in terms of quality and spec so I would buy the P8 Max again with my eyes closed over the Phab Plus or X Z Ultra or even the LeTV Le Max/Pro 6.33".
The important question here is did someone lie about the P9 Max existence? Why did all the tech blogs fail to give accurate information or gave almost confirmed information? Was Oppomart the web site that claimed to have unveiled the specs at 6.2" inch display when subsequent rumours claimed 6.8" inches did it as a scam to promote their site?
Clearly, either Huawei decided at the last minute to postpone the launch to gatecrash the release of Samsung Note 6 in September or as suggested it has been discontinued as a series. Lets hope I am wrong about some of the statements I am making and that some good news will emerge but for now I think all the so called tech/mobile experts have failed miserably even at rumour level.
Do we need a successor to the P8 Max? Possibly yes in an ideal world but I strongly think the developer community priority should be to start developing quality roms for this precious handset and the legacy of this device will last many years think of it as the HTC HD2 for the Phablet lovers. This way we would not even need to hope for a better model when this one almost ticks all the boxes (except the lack of IR blaster and NFC support).
Thats all that is needed for this phone/the ultimate REAL phablet.
On a separate note, I was looking to put my P8 Max DAV-701L Titanium Grey on sale if the successor was announced but I guess I have to put that thought on hold. Lets see what the future holds.
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I am using it with LTE enabled on the Three and Vodafone UK networks and the reception and 4G is really good (coverage dependant). Also, as I have the international model, the overall operation is really good and smooth and call drops etc I used to experience on same networks with Samsung handsets is non existent.

rockky said:
Yeah! Saw that P9 Max 6'9" screen info!
Sadly, I'm positive there be no LTE frequencies for T-Mobile..
It's just been a Huawei guarantee!
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There will be full US LTE support, same as the Mate 8.

Hi, I believe the next big thing is a dual screen of 6.8 inch each as one phone the same size as p8 max. There was conspiricy to cover up with NEC's dual screen phone that had combined screen area smaller than p8 max's single 6.8 screen. I have said too much and endangered my own career. You need a blue tooth keyboard one in home, one in car, one in office. And the thing will be the last laptop you ever have to buy.

I hope P9 Max release...

ASUS Zenfone 3 Ultra is coming!
What's a shame no 6Go LPDDR4 version.
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Lenovo Phab 2 Pro 6,4 inch.
http://www.xyztimes.com/mobile/lenovo-phab-2-pro
Presentation is tomorrow
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MBgQLraVGJQ

Xiaomi MiMax 6.4
Asus Zenfone 3 Ultra 6.8
Lenovo Phab 2 Pro 6.4

Loneken said:
ASUS Zenfone 3 Ultra is coming!
What's a shame no 6Go LPDDR4 version.
Sent from my HUAWEI P8max using Tapatalk
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yeap, but on ASUS Zenfone 3 Ultra microSD uses SIM 2 slot.
waiting another smartphone

will there be a p10 max?

I'm trying to decide whether to purchase the mate 9 or wait and see whether there'll be a follow-up to the p8 max, a huge phone... Was the p8 max successful enough that they might consider making a p10 max? I like the mate 9 but wish it had a larger screen.... How much the mate 9 screen size is an upgrade over a standard 5.5 inch phone are you able to see any real advantages especially browsing pages online?

emmanuelw said:
I'm trying to decide whether to purchase the mate 9 or wait and see whether there'll be a follow-up to the p8 max, a huge phone... Was the p8 max successful enough that they might consider making a p10 max?
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Hadn't heard about it until today. Never seen one in the wild or even in the shops around Europe so I'm assuming it didn't sell much.
emmanuelw said:
How much the mate 9 screen size is an upgrade over a standard 5.5 inch phone are you able to see any real advantages especially browsing pages online?
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To me it makes a huge difference. Having come from owning iPhones I think it's amazing that you can have a device (Mate 9) the size of an iPhone Plus but with a 5.9 screen instead of the iPhone's 5.5 inch. Brilliant engineering. If you reduce the font size you can fit quite an amount of information in this screen. I'm sold.
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I was coming from Nexus 6p and note 5. It's a big difference plus the phone is not massive compared to the 2 previous mates.
You can always look at the honor note 8 if you want something huge. Plus it has a 6.6 qhd screen.

wtf so many new smart phones

Hi everybody,
I am thinking change my phone I currently am using Google 3 XL I already checked a
pixel 4 XL screen is dark
Samsung note 10 it feels cheap phone
Sony x1 horrible camera with weird dimension
Xiomi note 10 slow processor
Iphone 11 pro max good photo but 12 or s model on the way
Huawe mate 30 pro no google services
One plus new McLaren.on the way
I could not pick any thing 120hz 5gs bunch of camera
Or i should just stick the p3 xl?

zurhuho said:
Hi everybody,
I am thinking change my phone I currently am using Google 3 XL I already checked a
pixel 4 XL screen is dark
Samsung note 10 it feels cheap phone
Sony x1 horrible camera with weird dimension
Xiomi note 10 slow processor
Iphone 11 pro max good photo but 12 or s model on the way
Huawe mate 30 pro no google services
One plus new McLaren.on the way
I could not pick any thing 120hz 5gs bunch of camera
Or i should just stick the p3 xl
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There's a dedicated thread stuck right at the top of this section for these types of questions:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1620179
Please post there.
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