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I need a new phone
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10-02-2015 4:19pm#1
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Interested in hearing how this is going for you.
I really like it, I’m very happy with it! It’s very smooth, and I much prefer it to the Samsung TouchWiz UI. I love that it comes with Google Chrome as stock browser, although that’s just personal preference. It can pick up 4G on Meteor, not sure what other networks. Looking at the specs it can pick up 800/1800/2600MHz so I think that should in theory cover Meteor, Vodafone, O2 and Three, but don’t take my word for it. The camera is nice but I had to play around with the settings a bit. Out of the box it’s very saturated but after a few changes in the somewhat limited settings it’s much better. I think I’m happy with it now.
It’s 13MP in the specs. Unfortunately I think I’m too new to post photos but if I become eligible for attachments any time soon I’ll post a few pics to show it. The front camera on it is ridiculously good if that’s what you’re into, I think it’s 5MP which is crazy. It’s quite blocky, no curved edges or corners really. 5” screen if I’m correct. Coming from a very outdated Galaxy S2 this is wonderful! I used to have to charge my phone at least twice a day and I only charge this once every 1.5-2 days. I’m sure part of that is just that it’s new but I do use it quite a bit, watching YouTube videos on my commute. There’s a little LED notification light which I’ve never had before so I quite like that, you can change the colour for different notifications. You can double tap to wake and lock the screen which I find very useful as there’s no physical home button to wake the screen as I’m used to, so without double tap you’d have to press the teeny lock button on the side. It’s Dual-Sim if that’s of any advantage to you, maybe with a work phone? The only thing I didn’t like was the stock messaging app but that’s not a big deal, I downloaded the Google Messenger app and I find that much better.
I guess it really depends on what you find important in a phone, so is there anything in particular you’d like to know? 0 -
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Sounds good.
I was actually looking at the 2 gig version for only €50 more.
worth it you think?
I would mainly use it for
phone
messaging
FB and web browsing
And pics.
To be honest I don't really know. Double the RAM for €50 is a great deal, I'm just not sure if you'd need it. As far as I'm aware RAM is used for multi-tasking on the phone, whereas the processor is what dictates the speed the phone works at. So RAM would be for switching between apps, whereas the processor is what makes everything load faster. (I am entirely open to correction on that, it's just my understanding of it.) I didn't bother with it because I was looking for the cheapest option possible and, going by the above explanation, I didn't think I'd need the extra RAM for what I'd be doing, but you should definitely do your own research before buying because if it turns out extra RAM would be beneficial that would be a great deal! Sorry I can't be of more help
It might be worth starting a thread about if there isn't one already, I'm sure there are plenty of knowledgeable boards users who could advise you, and I'd be interested to know too 0 -
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