happy happy new phone time...maybe!

[Vae]

Hmm anyone know how I can insert a table neatly?

OK am I missing any phones that I should be considering. Also anyone got specific recommendations. Wife would prefer it not to be bigger/heavier than the iPhone 6/Nexus 5 bracket which does rule out some of these.

Phone Storage Height Width Depth Weight Chip RAM Camera Screen Screen res Price
iPhone 5S 32Gb 123.8 58.6 7.6 112g A7 1Gb 8Mp/1.2Mp 4" 1136x640 £499
iPhone 6 64Gb 138.1 67 6.9 129g A8 1.4Ghz 1Gb 8Mp/1.2Mp 4.7" 1334x750 £619
Nexus 6 64Gb 159.3 83 10 184g 2.7Ghz Snapdragon 805 3Gb 13Mp/2Mp 5.96" 2560x1440 ~£460
Nexus 5 32Gb 137.84 69.17 8.59 130g Snapdragon 800 2Gb 8Mp/1.3Mp 5" 1920x1080 £339
OneplusOne 64Gb 152.9 75.9 8.9 162g 2.5Ghz Snapdragon 801 3Gb 13Mp/5Mp 5.5" 1920x1080 £269
HTC One M8 16Gb +Micro SD 146.4 70.6 9.4 160g 2.5Ghz Snapdragon 801 2Gb 5Mp 5" 1920x1080 £449
Sony Experia Z3 16Gb +Micro SD 146 72 7.3 142g 2.5Ghz Snapdragon 801 3Gb 20.7Mp/2.2Mp 5.2" 1920x1080 £499
Sony Xperia M8 Compact 16Gb +Micro SD 127 64.9 8.6 129g 2.5Ghz Snapdragon 801 2Gb 20.7Mp/2.2Mp 4.6" 1280x720 £399
Motorola X 32Gb 140.8 72.4 3.8-9.9 144g 2.5Ghz Snapdragon 801 2Gb 13Mp/2Mp 5.2" 1920x1080 £459
Motorola G 8Gb +Micro SD 141.5 70.7 6.0-11 149g 1.2Ghz Snapdragon 1Gb 8Mp/2Mp 5" 1280x720 £145
LG G3 16Gb +Micro SD 146.3 74.6 8.9 149g 2.5Ghz Snapdragon 801 2Gb 13Mp/2.1Mp 5.5" 2560x1440 £439
Samsung Galaxy S5 16Gb +Micro SD 142 72.5 8.1 145g 2.5Ghz Snapdragon 801 2Gb 16Mp 5.1" 1920x1080 £439
Samsung Galaxy Alpha 32Gb 132.4 65.5 6.7 115g 1.8Ghz Cortex 2Gb 12Mp/2.1Mp 4.7" 1280x720 £460

 

[old.user4556]

Dude, your post, my eyes?!

 

[TdC]

Hmm anyone know how I can insert a table neatly?

I don't particularly like this forum software, so I'd say: by posting an image file. text formatting in tables is not something any of the forums ( forii?) do well tbh :-/

 

[Vae]

OK How's this for not hurting people's eyes?! The larger phones like the OneplusOne and Nexus 6 are kind of ruled out unless the wife decides to take my Nexus 5 and I were to go for a larger phone. They still seem very large though.

 

[TdC]

yeah chumlar kinda what I felt when I had the LG G3 in my hands. I was like "wtf?" it's so big it's not even a phone any more, more like small tablet. Much more chuffed with my Z3 Compact tbh.

 

[MYstIC G]

Nexus 6 is now massively overpriced imho given the very revisionist specification over the 5.

 

[Trem]

@Vae put the Z3 Compact in there as well please chum. Will be useful for all to view.

 

[Vae]

Sorry the Z3 compact is there but for some reason I've mislabelled it as Sony Xperia M8 Compact!

 

[Ch3tan]

I know its too big @Vae but the Opo is awesome.

 

[old.user4556]

Yes, it's absolutely gorgeous in the photos. You'd have to be blind, crazy or a blind crazy fanboy to not like it.

One question on the OPO, how easy to flash a completely stock ROM? I would want an untarnished, completely vanilla OS if possible.

 

[ECA]

Yes, it's absolutely gorgeous in the photos. You'd have to be blind, crazy or a blind crazy fanboy to not like it.

One question on the OPO, how easy to flash a completely stock ROM? I would want an untarnished, completely vanilla OS if possible.

It comes with Cyanogen stock, there's no random bloatware. You don't realllly need to flash a custom rom on it.

Unlock the bootloader, flash a custom recovery ( TWRP ), copy the rom onto your phone and then flash from recovery.

 

[Scouse]

Nexus 6

Roy Batty is NEVER overpriced...

 

[TdC]

my Z3 Compact's contract kicked in today. 4G. IS. AWESOME.

 

[old.user4556]

4G is tasty

 

[Trem]

4G is tasty

You're tasty.

 

[old.user4556]

I taste of irn bru, deep fried pizza and nationalist sympathy.

 

[Ch3tan]

Only thing missing from the opo, decent 4g.

 

[Ch3tan]

Tdc, phone great? Thinking of getting one with my upgrade at xmas and giving it to the missus.

 

[Trem]

I taste of irn bru, deep fried pizza and nationalist sympathy.

Like I said..........tasty.

giving it to the missus.

F'nar.....*giggle* heheheh hahahah, you said giving it to the missus....*snigger*

*fap*

 

[TdC]

Tdc, phone great? Thinking of getting one with my upgrade at xmas and giving it to the missus.

chumlar, it's the best phone ever. one caveat: you can tell Sony loves the far-eastern market. Android's riddled with all kinds of cutesy apps (some actually kinda cool, but a guarantee one shot use tbh), and Sony has the "xperia center whatzit gizmo" which is basically every single online service and social thingy ripped off and recreated in Sony's image. You can't turn it off, and you can't uninstall it (all disabled in the OS) and it pops up every now and then to remind you it's there. Like the herps tbh. And people wonder why users root their phones eh? I've been reading all kinds of Sony forums and online help things where basically everyone ever is screaming at the techs begging to be allowed to turn off/uninstall the Xperia shit and the bottom line is a curt "No, suck it up, bitches.".

 

[Trem]

Next new phone I get I shall root it the day I get it.......erm......possibly, you know so I don't have to fuck around backing all my stuff up. Fuck the warranty and fuck wholemeal bread

 

[Bodhi]

chumlar, it's the best phone ever. one caveat: you can tell Sony loves the far-eastern market. Android's riddled with all kinds of cutesy apps (some actually kinda cool, but a guarantee one shot use tbh), and Sony has the "xperia center whatzit gizmo" which is basically every single online service and social thingy ripped off and recreated in Sony's image. You can't turn it off, and you can't uninstall it (all disabled in the OS) and it pops up every now and then to remind you it's there. Like the herps tbh. And people wonder why users root their phones eh? I've been reading all kinds of Sony forums and online help things where basically everyone ever is screaming at the techs begging to be allowed to turn off/uninstall the Xperia shit and the bottom line is a curt "No, suck it up, bitches.".

Only Xperia app I've noticed continually announcing its presence is the Xperia Privilege thingy, easy enough to dismiss. It only really annoyed me when it turned up on my Z, saying the Z3 was available now.

Although it clearly worked, as I now have a Z3. And it is lush. PS4 Remote Play is out today too.

 

[TdC]

meh. not being able to get rid of software annoys me.

 

[Ch3tan]

meh. not being able to get rid of software annoys me.

On the z i could disable all the inbuilt apps, can you not do that or at least force close then and disable notifications for them?

 

[Ch3tan]

And bodhi, stop sucking sony cock. Inbuilt apps are bloaty and annoying!

 

[Trem]

Root it!

Edit - see if Towel Root has been updated to support your phone Teedles. You don't have to wipe your data with that.

 

[Bodhi]

And bodhi, stop sucking sony cock. Inbuilt apps are bloaty and annoying!

Meh, guess we just get annoyed by different things.

 

[Lamp]

You can turn off notifications on a per app basis in settings. Have you tried deleting / freezing the Sony social media thingy with Titanium Back up Pro? Obviously need to be rooted for Titanium.

 

[TdC]

Obviously need to be rooted.

if I had rooted the phone the Xperia software wouldn't be on it. back to the cake room you go

 

[Poag]

Why dont you just root it then? Then you can freeze the apps you dont want. I've frozen most of the Sony stuff.

Sadly the Camera and the on device answering machine are so good i've not ripped Xperia off my Z1C yet, still hoping someone sticks on device answering into CM at some point!