Cell Phones Dedicated Discussion (Market Prices/ Troubleshooting/ Advice/ Recommendations)

[s15]

Thanku for the detailed reply.
Yes I chkd on gsm arena about A5 2016 (don't remember the expected launch date though), also my plan is to buy phone in jan 2016 end or feb start. So lets c what A5 2016 has to offer.
Btw S6 is 5.1" na? How's it? Why not this one?

Galaxy S6 is an excellent device!

However there are few things that people should know about it before buying it.

1. Non removable batteries.

If treated properly, they easily last 1-2 years.
The phone needs to be opened in case of battery replacement.
Hotswapping of battery is not possible, but S6 has QuickCharge and wireless charging. So there is usually no need to hot swap batteries.
Hotswapping batteries is very useful for photographers.

1. No Expandable storage.

Internal storage is 32/64/128GBs. Higher internal storage model is recommended.
No MicroSD card supported.
LG G4 has expandable storage upto 2TB, so lots of videos can be directly recorded in it. Whereas in S6, you may have to be limited about recording videos and rely on cloud service, or external drives (via USB OTG cable) to keep your recorded videos due to its limited non expandable storage.
@ihpwf12
Anything to add here? As you also have S6.

[s15]

Suggest an Android phone in range of 12-14 ? Will be used for some basic stuff like whatsapp, fb, skype, sygic, etc. 2gb ram n nice battery is mandatory.

Can be new or used, for now I have shortlisted Samsung S4, LG G2, Huawei honor 4C (new).

It'll be my first Huawei if I get it so I need some reviews from 4C owners and its plastic or metal body?

For simple usage like yours, even 1GB RAM will be sufficient, but 2GB RAM is better.

Honor 4C, having plastic body is great for that purpose, but i don't like its design. You can try live demo at shops. G2 and S4 are great, but very old phones and you will most probably find good condition refurbished phone or not so good condition original phone.

For sygic, better to buy phone having compass. The ones you shortlisted have compass. Compass shows the directions while navigation.

So today noon received my infinix hot 2 so far my experience is going great as compared to my ex phone huawei honor 3c. This phone is fairly fast at least from honor 3c screen is good to and so built quality but camera is bit disappointing but it has OIS which comes in high end phones. And the battery has impressed my alot as I m using it from 8:30pm till I m writing this review I have 67% left with me with no power savings mode.
Overall in this price its worth it.

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Congratulations. You got Hot Note Pro and you wrote Hot 2. lol.

To get clearer photos, make sure that there are no oily fingerprints on camera lens. Cameras in this price range phones struggle in low lights, so nothing much to worry. Its normal.

[Salman922]

Not all Lenovos are bad. Some of the A series phones had similar type of complaints in past. Most Lenovos are actually very good and stable. I asked few of my friends living abroad and they said Lenovos are very common there and they are very reliable in most cases.

Lenovo acquired IBM PC division and even acquired Motorola from Google. It is one of the top 10 smartphone brands.

Can u suggest me something in Lenovo according to the requirements mentioned in earlier post ?

[Salman922]

For simple usage like yours, even 1GB RAM will be sufficient, but 2GB RAM is better.

Honor 4C, having plastic body is great for that purpose, but i don't like its design. You can try live demo at shops. G2 and S4 are great, but very old phones and you will most probably find good condition refurbished phone or not so good condition original phone.

For sygic, better to buy phone having compass. The ones you shortlisted have compass. Compass shows the directions while navigation.

Congratulations. You got Hot Note Pro and you wrote Hot 2. lol.

To get clearer photos, make sure that there are no oily fingerprints on camera lens. Cameras in this price range phones struggle in low lights, so nothing much to worry. Its normal.

Actually I want this phone for my dad, it'll be his first Android phone, so I want it to b simple and nice. Looks or resale doesn't really matter but the phone should be reliable. I am reluctant to go for very old ones due to faults which may not be easy to trace and irritates my dad later on.

My friend suggested me Amazon fire, what is ur say on it ? He says it has it's own OS but supports Android apps, has nice durable feel and front n back both r glass.

And lastly I need some tips to improve GPS signals reception on LG G3 ? I have previously used sygic on note 3, S3, S5, and Motorola xt912. Samsung had best reception within few seconds, Motorola was just fine took 2,3 mins to connect while G3 takes good 8-10mins to catch GPS. And it's not only my G3, i have checked on 3 other G3s (different carriers) and all had same issue.

[supraman2jz]

Not all Lenovos are bad. Some of the A series phones had similar type of complaints in past. Most Lenovos are actually very good and stable. I asked few of my friends living abroad and they said Lenovos are very common there and they are very reliable in most cases.

Lenovo acquired IBM PC division and even acquired Motorola from Google. It is one of the top 10 smartphone brands.

Exactly! I bought this brand's product because of their heritage of making excellent laptops, hence the huge disappointment. I didn't realize that a cheap product usually is a cheap product.

[MoinIqbal]

Actually I want this phone for my dad, it'll be his first Android phone, so I want it to b simple and nice. Looks or resale doesn't really matter but the phone should be reliable. I am reluctant to go for very old ones due to faults which may not be easy to trace and irritates my dad later on.

My friend suggested me Amazon fire, what is ur say on it ? He says it has it's own OS but supports Android apps, has nice durable feel and front n back both r glass.

And lastly I need some tips to improve GPS signals reception on LG G3 ? I have previously used sygic on note 3, S3, S5, and Motorola xt912. Samsung had best reception within few seconds, Motorola was just fine took 2,3 mins to connect while G3 takes good 8-10mins to catch GPS. And it's not only my G3, i have checked on 3 other G3s (different carriers) and all had same issue.

I would suggest you to raise your budget. I bought my father a Samsung J5 as his first Android phone. Put it on Easy Mode and he's had no problems so far.

[ch.talal]

Galaxy S6 is an excellent device!

However there are few things that people should know about it before buying it.

1. Non removable batteries.

If treated properly, they easily last 1-2 years.
The phone needs to be opened in case of battery replacement.
Hotswapping of battery is not possible, but S6 has QuickCharge and wireless charging. So there is usually no need to hot swap batteries.
Hotswapping batteries is very useful for photographers.

2. No Expandable storage.

Internal storage is 32/64/128GBs. Higher internal storage model is recommended.
No MicroSD card supported.
LG G4 has expandable storage upto 2TB, so lots of videos can be directly recorded in it. Whereas in S6, you may have to be limited about recording videos and rely on cloud service, or external drives (via USB OTG cable) to keep your recorded videos due to its limited non expandable storage.
@ihpwf12
Anything to add here? As you also have S6.

1 or 2 years is quite conservative figures. Samsung batteries should last longer. I bought a Sony Xperia phone in 2012 start and after 4 years and heavy usage its battery is still like brand new. Gives same backup time that it used to give when I bought that set new. I don't know what kind of material they used in that battery but it has not worn out . Now using that phone as a 3G modem with hotspot on.

[versatilegenious]

Are you missing a device for only reason that you liked how it unlocks?

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Once you get used to it, there's no going back. Trust me!

Why Samsung was the worst decision ever? May i know the reason?

I dont like TouchWiz. Secondly I dont like its over saturated colours. Last but not the least, whatever you do you cannot eliminate Lag from Samsung. Eg I could multitask easily without any lag b/w 4-5 apps on LG G2 but it took considerable time to do so in S4/5. Samsung run great on AOSP roms though.

[versatilegenious]

Kindly share battery performance of G3. I'm gonna buy a new phone in near future and I'm confused between G3, G4, Z2 & Z3.

Battery performance of G3 is good. Will survive a day with 4hours screen time. The main hit on battery life is its QHD display.

[k-four-nine]

Can anyone tell me whether Chinese Bar Phones (or 'Dumbphones') notably from Qmobile can run Nokia Java Apps (JAR/JAD)?
Thinking about replacing my worn out Nokia 103 (secondary phone) with this one which has a 3,200mAh Battery:
QMobile Power 5 Price in Pakistan, Specifications, Reviews & Comments - Hamariweb.com
And was wondering if it can run Nokia S40 Java apps like Opera Mini, Facebook etc?
Thanks.

[k-four-nine]

Once you get used to it, there's no going back. Trust me!

I dont like TouchWiz. Secondly I dont like its over saturated colours. Last but not the least, whatever you do you cannot eliminate Lag from Samsung. Eg I could multitask easily without any lag b/w 4-5 apps on LG G2 but it took considerable time to do so in S4/5. Samsung run great on AOSP roms though.

Agr ap Technology Section ka regular reader hu tu is post ku parh kr kaho ge 'Yar, ye banda har jaga Windows Phone ko beech ma la ata ha" But if you have 5min to spare then watch this video and see how BLAZING FAST even a humble Dual Core Lumia 430 is for yourself:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gYj7Sh1Qfr4
My apologies if I've annoyed you or anyone else here... Just can't help myself!
Thanks.

[altisdualvvti]

For simple usage like yours, even 1GB RAM will be sufficient, but 2GB RAM is better.

Honor 4C, having plastic body is great for that purpose, but i don't like its design. You can try live demo at shops. G2 and S4 are great, but very old phones and you will most probably find good condition refurbished phone or not so good condition original phone.

For sygic, better to buy phone having compass. The ones you shortlisted have compass. Compass shows the directions while navigation.

Congratulations. You got Hot Note Pro and you wrote Hot 2. lol.

To get clearer photos, make sure that there are no oily fingerprints on camera lens. Cameras in this price range phones struggle in low lights, so nothing much to worry. Its normal.

Its a typing error now edited. Thanks for the correction.

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[zuhaibafzal]

Battery performance of G3 is good. Will survive a day with 4hours screen time. The main hit on battery life is its QHD display.

Just 4hr screen time? I thought bigger battery cell phones gave more on screen time.

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[zuhaibafzal]

Here is iPhone 6S battery life

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[altisdualvvti]

@all guys need help how to enable auto start mode of apps as I have installed avast mobile security on my infinix hote note pro after installing if I turn off the phone and then again on the phone I have to start it again so how to enable auto start so I don't have to start it again and so on.
And PW notifications are also not working I m using PW on Tapatalk so help needed for it to.

Regards.

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[wheelie]

Here is iPhone 6S battery life

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As per my little knowledge, in iphone 'usage' doesnt mean SOT.

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[zuhaibafzal]

As per my little knowledge, in iphone 'usage' doesnt mean SOT.

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You are saying SOT and Usage are different things?

[versatilegenious]

Agr ap Technology Section ka regular reader hu tu is post ku parh kr kaho ge 'Yar, ye banda har jaga Windows Phone ko beech ma la ata ha" But if you have 5min to spare then watch this video and see how BLAZING FAST even a humble Dual Core Lumia 430 is for yourself:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gYj7Sh1Qfr4
My apologies if I've annoyed you or anyone else here... Just can't help myself!
Thanks.

Bro it could be but windows is not my cup of tea.

[versatilegenious]

Here is iPhone 6S battery life

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Brother Usage is different from Screen On Time (SOT). To make it simple, G3 have usage time of 24-25hrs with screen been used (SOT) for 4 hrs.

[zuhaibafzal]

Brother Usage is different from Screen On Time (SOT). To make it simple, G3 have usage time of 24-25hrs with screen been used (SOT) for 4 hrs.

What is SOT time? Have some say? I mean what's the difference between these two?