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Posted: 21:58 - 10 Oct 2017 Post subject: What android to meet these specs? |
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My girlfriend is finally willing to give up her iphone and is asking what android to get so I thought I'd throw the question here to get opinions.
She has an iphone 5 and wants a nice clean easy to use android.
It needs to have:
Decent camera
NFC
fingerprint scanner
32gb+ internal memory
£200 or less
Screen needs to be bigger than 4" but apparently 5.5" is too big (no innuendo intended )
So what phone does she want? ____________________ Had: '06 CBR125R + '01 GSF600 + '07 SPRINT ST 1050 + '80 CB250 RSA + '93 Ducati 900SS
Have: '13 GSXR-1000 + '01 CB500S
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Posted: 23:15 - 10 Oct 2017 Post subject: |
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I've got Nokia 5
Decent camera
NFC
Fingerprint scanner
16GB internal storage + SD card reader (128GB max, but not sure)
£200 or less
5.2" IPS HD display (720p, but the screen is very nice, good pixel rate)
If you get Nokia 6 (not out yet), We're talking 32GB internal storage and 1080p display, also more RAM, otherwise the same thing.
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Review of the Nokia 5 - 8/10
Nokia 5 has a clean Android 7.1.1 instal, there is no bloatware. The phone has full aluminium body, with Gorilla glass tech on the display, finger print reader and the back camera. Very well put togehether, very nice to touch. It also has some ancient features, such as 3.5mm stereo jack, SD card reader, FM tuner...
The camera (13MPx back and 8MPx front), is quite nice. Very nice picture quality, dual colour flash, 1080p/30fps video recording. Easy to setup camera app. The front facing camera is alright as well, although pointless, for me at least.
The using experience is very good, the system is swift and functional. Battery life is good, about 4 days with normal use. There's also very nice auto display dimming feature that works well. While the display is very nicely readable in the direct sunlight when required.
Nokia, or whoever owns the brand now, did a great job.
2 points down: There is no notification diode and the loud speaker isn't the best.
I'm not 100% sure, but I think the Asian market got a notification diode instead of the front facing camera, which I would prefer, to be honest. I'm a heterosexual man, I don't do selfies. ____________________ '87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
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BillyJ wrote: | I like the Xperia, mainly because it's not a Nokia...
I got her looking at the Galaxy S6 which you get for around £200 and she seems to like it.
Only downside is the battery isn't anything to write home about... thoughts? |
I've got an S6, if I manage it well, the battery can last 2 days if I'm away from a charger (no internet etc). Other times you can burn through it in hours, all depends on use.
Mine has this strange effect, where I unlock the phone, then after around 3 or 4 seconds it freezes for a couple of seconds. Don't know why. I don't really have apps on it, I should probably try a factory reset but meh.
I remember when I got it, upgraded from LG G2, the screen was fantastic. Now it looks pants next to my missus' S7 - but that isn't because the S6 is bad, just newer stuff is better. ____________________ I'm Sam; Northern, Ginger, Lover
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Posted: 15:15 - 11 Oct 2017 Post subject: |
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According to this search result on GSM Arena, you have a choice of 10 phones:
Nokia 6
Samsung Galaxy J5
Motorola Moto E4 Plus
Lenovo P2
Lenovo Vibe K4 Note
LG V10
LG Stylus 2 Plus
Vodafone Smart V8
Alcatel A7
ZTE Hawkeye
Plot twist:
Upon double checking, nine of those have a screen over 5.5"
Here's your winner
Edit: Just read the above post about the S6. Seems better in every way but the battery. Over budget though! ____________________ This post is probably not serious and shouldn't be taken literally.
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Tracer1234 wrote: | Owned and made by different people these days. They divorced Microsoft and are now stock android AFAIK |
I'm not sure if people ignore, what I say, but yes, Nokia is android only now. It's very nicely made and the OS is very clean, no bloatware. I paid 4990CZK for my Nokia 5 = about £175 and for that kind of money, the build quality is exceptional (solid, no plastic, well put together). The functionality is the same, just like any phone with these specs, obivously. Plus I enjoy the ''for some obsolete'' jack 3.5mm, SD card reader and FM tuner. Nokia 6 would be about £50 more and for that you get one 1GB of RAM and slightely bigger 1080P display with slightely higher MPx camera on the back and 32GB internal storage (not a selling point), which is about it. The rest is the same.
Cool feature of Android 7.1.x is, that you may combine the SD card with the internal storage to create a array, or select what the SD card should be used for (even instal apps there). So 16GB internal (n5) + class 10 (or faster) SD card and you may have a cheap phone with up to 272 GB of storage, if that's what you want. ____________________ '87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
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iooi wrote: | RhynoCZ wrote: |
Cool feature of Android 7.1.x is, that you may combine the SD card with the internal storage to create a array, or select what the SD card should be used for (even instal apps there). So 16GB internal (n5) + class 10 (or faster) SD card and you may have a cheap phone with up to 272 GB of storage, if that's what you want. |
It is a cool feature, till the SD card goes belly up and then you have lost anything not backed up off phone.
I had this start to go and the SD card would drop in and out on a random basis. There is no way back when this happens. You can not go back to it being a separate SD card, as it formats it and you lose everything on it.....
It is a real PIA when this happens.
Think the issue is more how close the SD card is to the processor or its heat sink, although on any phone they can get very hot.
Personally run the phone with the SD card as a separate device and see just how hot the area gets before you think of integrating the memory. |
I also run the SD card separately, as a media storage. I had no idea there was no way back, when you made the array and the SD card died. Very good to know. Not that I've ever had issues with SD cards.
So, the only cool feature left is that the Android 7.1.x lets you install apps on the SD card. Which is a feature, that made me upgrade from Android 4.x.x (Sony Xperia E). Sony had a laugh with this one. 4GB internal storage, made into 2 partitions by 2GB. Every single bit of software and apps could only be installed to one of the partitions and you pretty much had no choice. 1.7GB was bloatware, which left me 300Mb for whatever and as the phone got older, stuff like Chrome, Gmail, GooglePlay app, got bigger and bigger, so in the end there wasn't even enough space to have upto date internet browser. The other 2GB of space was not utilised whatsoever.
Talking about controlled aging, huh? Except it being a phone, I only used the mp3 player (Sony is the best), email, office (reading docs/pdfs) and the news app. It still plays mp3 music, but don't expect to read a pdf file, your email, browse the internet and do other stuff. I even did fresh instal, did not help. Chrome, Gmail, pdf reader... all these apps got bigger and bigger, not enough space in the storage, while having free 2GB unitilised just sitting there. ____________________ '87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
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Posted: 04:10 - 14 Oct 2017 Post subject: |
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I hope Samsung battery won't explode anymore. I have note3 and I bought new battery for it last month.
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regarding micro SD, I use it as a picture file storage. As far as I keep saving pictures files before it reaches card's size limit, it won't eat its life so much cause it's just a saving 1 time per cell(maybe).
But saving apps on SD, it will keep writing, saving, and accessing the memory, it will surely eat its life faster. Main memories are usually designed for such use, but micro SDs are not that much durable for such use I reckon. ____________________ 2020 Touring Serow 250
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 6 years, 168 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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