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What would you change

Might be a repost but I found This clicky on Engadget
I was having a read through the comments. Apart from the crud like needs IOS and the brand there were a few good ones
Like a notification light
I have had mine for a year and what would I change?
The camera could be better, battery life I can live with as I now have a spare
Some say the design looks Samsung like - but I haven't seen anyone else with a 4x
The only major thing I can really think of is LG's software updates - they need to support their handsets a bit better and the double tappy thing to bring the device out of standby like on their new G2
Maybe I'm not being scrutinizing enough as the LG's a decent workhorse for me
On the plus side
Smartshare streaming (I have the standard ROM) on my network works beautifully. I can stream video/media to my Panasonic TV's but oddly cannot do the same at my Uncles house to his Sony TV but when I was on ICS it worked fine before. Unless his TV software also updated and a setting needs changing.
That 720HD screen - It's not Full HD like the new latest phones.....but its a fantastic screen

I would be change the hardware because the Tegra 3 is a little bit old.
I would change that the Games be custom on our cpu.
A bigger Display with a bigger battery of 3000mAh would be nice.
I like this phone it very beautiful when it shining in the light.
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i want a google edition of the phone! newer binaries, software updates, latest source codes, up-to-date kernels.

You can always change something, especially after a year and a half on the market.
Tegra 3 is fine performance-wise, would only change to 22 or 28 nm production process instead od 40nm which would bring down the power consumption and heat considerably.
Screen is bright already at 60-70%, that should be it's max brightness. Should also bring power draining down. FHD rez at this size is totally unnecessary, it would only dampen the performance.
Better sound quality wouldn't hurt, and USB OTG (N7 and OneX have it).

The 4x doesnt have USB OTG?
I'd really like better battery life, the touch buttons not to be so sensitivie as when clipping it by accident turning the screen it's irritating

Captain Sisko said:
The 4x doesnt have USB OTG?
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Not with LG's firmwares and majority of ROMs. Only one I know that supports it are EternityProject kernels and ROMs. You can find the threads in dev section.

hardware home key
a hardware home key with a notification led would be great ( like l5 2 )
the speaker moved to the front or at least the side .

[Q] What do you want to see on a 2015 smartphone? :)

Hey everyone! Hope everyone here is having a good day. So what would you guys/girls like to see on a 2015 smartphone?
I personally would like to see these specifications/features:
- Dimensions/size similar to a Nexus 5
- Unique design that stands out from other smartphones
- 5" Quad HD display
- Front-facing stereo speakers
- 8MP front-facing camera
- 21MP rear camera with OIS + 4K recording
- Stock Android
- Physical home button with pulse notification LED on it
- Aluminium bezel with a soft touch plastic back
- A multimedia panel like the Galaxy Edge but something less pronounced
- Snapdragon 810
- 4GB of RAM
- Adreno 430
- 4000mAh battery
- 16gb - 128gb storage capacity
- Variety of colour options
Yes... A long list of configuration. Boring, I know. So I decided to make a video on this 'Dream Smartphone' of mine, which I called the '2015 Concept Smartphone'.
I am new user to XDADEVELOPERS, so I cannot post links. Dam. But if you type in 'XTPN 2015 Concept Smartphone' in your YouTube search, it should be the first video.
And please do check it out! It'll help a lot
On a side note, please excuse my poor video editing and 3D modelling skills. I'm a first Industrial Design student so it's kind of all new to me. However, I'm open to all constructive criticism.
Thank you for passing by,
Phil

I would like to see more 3D screens on the market!

Thank you for this thread.
Honestly, mine isn't impressive but I think it could be made as a budget phone like the nexus 5.
4.7-5 inch screen in Nexus 5 form factor.
Android Lollipop of course
2 GB of ram.
Latest quad core
Minimum of 13 Megapixel back camera, 2 mega pixel front. Hopefully Optical Image Stabilization.
Stock android (Play edition?)
Front speakers
2,700 Mah battery
32GB starting storage, expandable up to 128GB SD card
Pulse notification light.
Soft buttons or even capacitive keys
1080p screen. Don't really care for Quad HD or 4k or whatever. I'd rather have battery.
To me that would be a fantastic phone.

- I would like to see fully waterproof phone that can stay into the water up to 30 meters for an indefinite period of time
- Battery that lasts more than 72 hours even after heavy usage and charges within five minutes
- REMOVABLE BATTERY
- DUAL ACTIVE SIM
I hope I am not asking for too much!

@goro11
That would awesome. Maybe like a 3DS-Phone? If you get my idea.
@Whiplashh
Love a budget phone. I own a Nexus 5 myself! I don't mind soft buttons or capacitive buttons either. But from my experience, I want something like the iPhone (home button + power button). The power button on my Nexus 5 got jammed a few months ago and there was no other way I could turn on the device. Luckily I had 3 months left on the warranty and got a replacement (thanks Google). And this is why I dig the buttons of the iPhone.
I would like to see an upcoming focused more the battery life too. I want something that would last a full day with medium usage. Not a full day as in MORNING-AFTERNOON, but a full-full day as in MORNING-MIDNIGHT. This would be great.
@maheshpatel
Sweet. As for the waterproofing, not only should they improve the duration of underwater usage and depth. They should also make the touchscreen usable whilst the device is in the water. Because most of the current waterproof smartphone(primarily the Sony Xperia Z line) has an unusable touchscreen whilst immersed underwater. Unless there is a device out there that has this ability?
Thanks for the replies everyone!!

The link to my '2015 Concept Phone' video. Finally!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GZP5tiEko8&list=UUrXHEU3hnGj3McjXUctKHOA
Thanks

How about upgradable ram?
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I want to see:
HTC One M9:
Snapdragon 810
4Gb RAM
5.2, 2K display
13MP Back Camera, 4K Video 60 FPS
Even better stereo speakers with BoomSound
Even better sound in earphones
And be able to change HTC Sense on pure Android

5.7-5.9" (Anything below 5.7" = NOPE.)
4GB RAM
64Bit Snapdragon 810 or maybe even 815.
Adreno 430
32-128GB + MicroSD slot
21MP 4K OIS rear camera (I don't care about the front one, I don't do selfies.)
Preferably waterproof, but it's not a dealbraker.
So, basically, the Note 5.

HTC and Sony
I'd like to see HTC making some more phones except high-end ones and flagships, and also, I'd like to see black ui in sony's android 5.0 skin. 4.3 and 4.4.x is too....white-y.

XTPN said:
@Whiplashh
Love a budget phone. I own a Nexus 5 myself! I don't mind soft buttons or capacitive buttons either. But from my experience, I want something like the iPhone (home button + power button). The power button on my Nexus 5 got jammed a few months ago and there was no other way I could turn on the device. Luckily I had 3 months left on the warranty and got a replacement (thanks Google). And this is why I dig the buttons of the iPhone.
I would like to see an upcoming focused more the battery life too. I want something that would last a full day with medium usage. Not a full day as in MORNING-AFTERNOON, but a full-full day as in MORNING-MIDNIGHT. This would be great.
Thanks for the replies everyone!!
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I completely agree with you.
to be honest, I would even be extremely happy with an HTC M7 with a 13 megapixel camera. That would be a fantastic phone I think.

Project ARA
By 2015 end well see Project Ara phones selling those are perfect for geeks
we know Basically phone features ,specs Revolve around the Chipset. example i prefer 810SoC to future proof it
Price ,availability are my concerns
if i could create $450 phone initially
then $250 bucks per year I think its great
But I'm still Concerned about Build Quality,Phone Looks, button placement etc
I would like to split the Chin bezel Of Sharp Aqueos Crystal and place it as fore head then
That would be awesome !!!!

Thank you for the replies and all your great ideas!
@stress40
Up-gradable RAM would be nice. Like @[email protected] said. This is where project ARA comes into play. Where literally any specifications or feature can be upgraded, due its modular system.
But I'm still Concerned about Build Quality,Phone Looks, button placement etc
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I completely understand you. But would 'technotons' or phone geeks as you say be concerned about anything else besides the specification(performance wise; ram, cpu, gfx card, etc.) of the device?
5.7-5.9" (Anything below 5.7" = NOPE.)
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Why is that? I know it's a personal preference thing, but what's your reason?
I'd like to see HTC making some more phones except high-end ones and flagships, and also, I'd like to see black ui in sony's android 5.0 skin. 4.3 and 4.4.x is too....white-y.
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I'm completely with you on this one. I received the 5.0 update on my Nexus 5 a weeks ago. And to me, the white is too overpowering. I don't mind it. I just prefer black.
Thanks to everyone again!!!

Hi every one i have a question a little bit diferent XD
What phone you recomend me for this 2015?
Please not a samsung because in my country all the samsungs have an exynos and no a snapdragon, i want a snapdragon mobile to have more roms XD.
And oviusli a long battery life
Can eny one help me?
Sorry bad english mode on XD
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Expecting 0ne M9 and Sharp aqueos crystal 2015 edition

7242
Modular Phone !!
I would love to customize a phone in a way I always want.
6 inch screen.
13 MP camera.
A bigger battery maybe...
Project Ara is a great initiative by Google. Let's see how far it goes.

Hi every one i have a question a little bit diferent XD
What phone you recomend me for this 2015?
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Maybe look at reputable brands that are releasing flagship devices in 2015? Like HTC, Sony, Motorola, Google, Oppo, OnePlus, etc. Can't go wrong with that
Expecting 0ne M9 and Sharp aqueos crystal 2015 edition
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Sounds good. :good:
Project Ara is a great initiative by Google. Let's see how far it goes.
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I'll be aware of it too.

XTPN said:
Hey everyone! Hope everyone here is having a good day. So what would you guys/girls like to see on a 2015 smartphone?
I personally would like to see these specifications/features:
- Dimensions/size similar to a Nexus 5
- Unique design that stands out from other smartphones
- 5" Quad HD display
- Front-facing stereo speakers
- 8MP front-facing camera
- 21MP rear camera with OIS + 4K recording
- Stock Android
- Physical home button with pulse notification LED on it
- Aluminium bezel with a soft touch plastic back
- A multimedia panel like the Galaxy Edge but something less pronounced
- Snapdragon 810
- 4GB of RAM
- Adreno 430
- 4000mAh battery
- 16gb - 128gb storage capacity
- Variety of colour options
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I'd like to see a very capable phone aimed at the masses (I hate being asked to pay more than a ThinkPad laptop for a sim-free phone - )
- 4.7"-5.1" display with MotoX/MotoG-like easy to hold curves and backing
- Full HD resolution
- Snapdragon 610/615 performance or better
- Adreno 330 performance or better
- 3GB+ RAM
- minimum 16GB internal storage free for user (not 16GB total, 8/9/10/11 or whatever free)
- water/dust resistance ~IP68
- 3200mah+ removable battery
- rear camera that is at least as good as the Galaxy S4/iPhone4 from way back when (including near-instant response and optical image stabilisation)
- at least dual sim dual active with one easy swap sim slot like Nokia Asha phones (triple sim dual active would be even better)
- hardware switches (could be inside battery cover) to enable/disable camera, gps, bluetooth, mobile data, wifi, microphone
- samsung-like hardware home button (with capacitive on either side or not)
- full kernel source code
- full android device tree source code
- source code for the binary blobs (drivers etc) we have to deal with now

I mainly want more variety @ the $350 - $400 pricepoint. I don't see the big names suddenly dropping their prices into this range but if they were to make a few cuts to their flagship's specs, it could work. As it has already been mentioned multiple times, Google's project is very intriguing. That would be great to see if get off the ground.

@allyouwant
I wouldn't mind that either. Let's hope they come out soon.
@MiyagiSan
Nice one.
- minimum 16GB internal storage free for user (not 16GB total, 8/9/10/11 or whatever free)
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Totally understand and agree with what you said here. Most devices are like that and it sucks. Phone companies should make space for the pre-installed OS and other software's outside of the specified storage. If you get me.
@confed
Very true. I reckon the price tag of most devices turns most people off. That being said, I was hoping the N6 followed a similar price as its predecessor. I don't blame the rise in price, just disappointed a little.
Thanks for passing by everyone. And to those who haven't seen my video yet, check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GZP5tiEko8
And finally MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM AUSTRALIA!!!!

Which device are you coming from? Share your experience!

So I'm still waiting for my ZUK to arrive! It's taking forever!
I bought from AliExpress and shipped via regular post.
I currently have the note 4 so as you can guess, it may not be a very wise switch. But I was very impressed with the phone and ordered it as a birthday gift to myself!
I will be comparing them thoroughly!
So which device are you coming from? Share your experience and feel free to compare them pointing out in what areas you feel it's an upgrade and where it's a downgrade!

I am comming from an iphone 4S and I am not sure if I shall keep the device or send it back. Compared to the iphone 4s the screen and performance of the Z1 are magnificient. The camera is a little bit worse, but this does not bother me.
But what bothers me is the general network and talk quality. At my place the device is constantly switching across three different cell ids (once lte, once 3g, once edge). When I hold it on top on the upper side in my hand it looses network connectivity completely (similar to the death grip on the iphone 4). During calls there is always some noise behind - the person I am talking with reports noise and I am hearing noise when the person is talking to me (also after the latest updates). Unfortunately in the usual reviews there is nothing mentioned about this ...
What do others think - are you happy with the network and talk quality?

Note 4 and Redmi Note 2. Battery and CM destroy both
Gesendet von meinem Z1 mit Tapatalk

Well i have an Xiaomi Mi4 too, which is also a great devices and it supports inbuilt root on the developer roms without the need to patch something.
I would have prolly stayed with it to be fair, but it had a hardware defect so i bought something that is available in europe without importing.
I have to say i like the ZUK Z1 with the dual sim and big battery as i travel a lot it´s a great advantage for me.
Let´s just hope Cyanogen fixes all the little bugs and problems and gives us inbuilt root too, then it would be near perfect.
I also have an iphone 4S, but it´s too old and too small and a samsung galaxy s4 mini which is far too slow which a far too little battery and screen size.
For me a big battery is king, the Mi4 also have a 3000 mha battery but the ZUK even tops them.
But theres one thing i have to say, i miss some cool featurs CMIUI the xiaomi android fork has!
1) root inbuilt with permission managment, no need for supersu.
2) battery saver with different profiles and ram freeing etc.
3) edgetap for wakeup
4) a superb camera with a great camera stock app
5) File based OTA updates, even after installing Xposed etc and modding the system you can still just OTA upgrade
6) WEEKLY! Developer rom OTA upgrade

I come from Asus Zenfone 2 4GB, which is worst for:
- too much battery drain (maybe because android os in still 5.0), so I had to recharge before evening
- poor display (the sensor simply doesn't work)
while it has NFC and LTE band 20 (800).

I had Huawei Mate 7.
Nice phone, but the screen developed some white spots, the speaker is bad, ui not good either. Very slow updates.
I also owned 3 Oneplus Ones. All had issues :|
I really like the ZUK. Very smooth, the battery life is crazy good, the screen is beautiful, audio through speaker and headphone jack good, well as you know.
The only bad thing about it is the camera, but it's fixable.

I've sold my OPO today and bought the zuk... It will arrive next week. I hope I don't regret my decision...

javirenart said:
I've sold my OPO today and bought the zuk... It will arrive next week. I hope I don't regret my decision...
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You won't

I hope developers will start making custom roms.. It is way much better when you can chose what you want than having to stay with COS alone
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I come from OnePlus One which is also a good mobile phone and I think ZUK Z1 is a little better than it as a whole.

I am coming from a Nexus 5 wich starting to fall apart and had pretty bad battery life even on marshmallow.
My zuk z1 arrived this Thursday, unfortunately my Sim didn't fit and I had to order a new one which arrived today. So far I am pretty satisfied with it, the screen is good battery life is pretty good so far as I had the time to play with it. I charged it till 80% on Thursday around 19:00 at the moment I have 7% left with a sot of 5 hours.

I am coming from a Nexus 4 wich is still very good phone, but zuk z1 is amazing

I also greeted my ze551ml!

I'm coming from Lenovo P780, that have in common the monster battery of 4000mah.
On my P780, with a Russian custom ROM I was able to reach 2 days.
Unlucky with this device I barely reach evening.
I'll try tu use with a single sim and see if the situation will increase
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I had a Nexus 6 which i smashed. I loved that phone but thought I would get something slightly smaller this time and wanted the fingerprint sensor so the ZUK seemed like a good buy. It's a nice phone but a shame the fingerprint setup is not working properly

From a Oneplus 2.. Sick of battery life and having to use either OxygenOS (why not just use AOSP? Seriously..) or use a ROM I actually like, such as Exodus but then I lose fingerprint functionality.
Much rather the Zuk Z1 with a solid SoC and has a massive battery life, and all the features of the Oneplus 2 but with a good ROM as stock.
I'm very fussy with my phones.

Pleased. I previously owned these phones: BlackBerry 9720, LG Nexus 4, Moto X 1st gen (2013, ghost), and Sony Xperia M2 (D2303). And currently own one Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact (scorpion_windy). My Zuk Z1 brings stellar battery life (1.5 days), CyanogenOS is decent as compared to CyanogenMod (5 incremental updates within a month, no critical bugs or malfunctions). If you can live without LTE/4G band 20 (800mhz), a mediocre camera (pixelated photo, particularly in low light) as well as without NFC support then I do not see any major showstopper. There is no microsd card reader but 64gb storage is more than sufficient for a phone. The Snapdragon 801 CPU is blazzing fast (no stuttering/freeze) but does not support 64-bit instructions (it might not be future proof although I highly doubt it). 3gb of RAM is generous enough for all Android use. The 1080p (IPS?) display is nice although it does not match the Sony Triluminos (Z3TC). Bluetooth works out of the box without issues (as opposed to the stuttering Z3TC scorpion_windy)
Minor issues: the hotspot function (4G to WiFi) sometimes drops (not as stable as a Huawei 5776s-32 mobile WiFi hotspot), the default system font is not fully UTF-8 compliant (causes display issues related to French characters such as ç, é, è ê), does not come with an autoscreen off function when the lid case closes (at least I did not find this option) but such a gap may be closed using a 3rd party app.
No issue with the WiFi component (fast and stable), excellent 4G signal (note my provider does not make use of the 800Mhz band), no much bloatware (not loaded into memory at startup, no Microsoft application such as Cortana or Outlook)
Running CyanogenOS 12.1-YOG4PAS3AJ including Android (5.1.1) patch level 2015-11-01 on 2015-11-03.

coming from a elephone p7000 and previously samsung note 3..
have ma phone for 5 days now and its all smiles...
audio is top notch through both headphone and loud speakers..
os is very satisfying , the numbers of update is great and improvements are noticeable.
battery life is 10/10.......easily 8 hrs on screen time ..............
everyone was complaining about the camera but the updates seem to help..if not just use fv-5v camera app...
only thing i miss a the finger print app lock to lock my apps that was on the p7000.
my personal score 9.5/10 ...........paid 299.00 and very satisfied

Comming from a OnePlus One.
I'm happy with it.

Comming from LG G2. I was looking for another phone with decent battery life.
I resigned from oneplus two invitation and choose ZUK.
Till now I' very pleased with this choice, battery is amaizing, phone works flawlessly. Good choice.

Anyone can explain pros and cons of Xiaomi Mi 3 ?

It would be great to know about Mi 3 . I have heard about this company last year in December. This company producing affordable smartphones but some peoples has created blunders such as phone stuck, battery, heating and touch not working properly. so anyone there who has been using this phone or used before Kindly, explain about pros and cons in detail ?

I have been using this phone for the last 1 year, and so far it has been exceptional for its price, it has all the specs of a 2013-2014 flagship. There are MANY reviews of Mi 3 on YouTube so I am not gonna elaborate much, you could watch one by a reviewer 'C4ETech' he as great reviews and comparisons on this.
Bottom line: Great screen, good camera (Same sensor as Moto X 2014), great performance (Same CPU as Nexus 5), unique design, great battery life.
Its camera is made by Sony, Screen by LG, Battery and memory probably by Samsung, so all internals are quality parts.
The heating issues etc. have been faced by n00bs who don't understand what it means to have s CPU like SD800 in phone and to what extent these are software issues that can be fixed. I really couldn't expect any part of it to perform better than it does.
The only downside I've felt is that the device seems a little fragile, My friend's S4 has faced some really bad drops from his bike and survived, I don't think my Mi 3 would have been able to survive that, dropped it 2 times and there were significant dents, the screen has no lip covering it and I feel had I dropped it at an odd angle, it would've broken its screen, so use a TPU cover on it. Also the phone did get hot while using 3G data, GPS and Google Maps, though I think every phone would do the same. Still it gets warmer than it should with just Mobile Data on.
Also, sound quality isn't that great, its fine if you use earphones, but I use ATH M50X headphones with my devices, and the difference in sound quality is clear when comparing it to my older Xperia SP.
It is the first phone which I was fully satisfied with, because it was my first experience of a 'flagship phone' and that too for a price in my budget.
Xiaomi is a great company, I have 6 of their devices at home including their tablet, and after using Mi 3 for 1 year I upgraded to Mi 4. Their service center isn't in my city and I've seen more negative reviews about its service than positives, so I can't comment about that. It had no problems while it was with me.

PROS:
1) Cheap
2) Good value for money
CONS:
1) Screen quality is very cheap
2) After sale service pathetic
3) OS Upgrades are weekly but still running on Kitkat
4) Xiaomi does not release full Kernel sources on time, resulting in buggy third party ROMs

PROS:
1) Cheap
2) Good value for money
3) nice screen colors
4) nice battery life (better than my n5)
5) 64 gb-no sd slot
CONS:
1) no sd slot
2) plasticky
3) a grid of dots on the screen
4) android 4.4 (easy to fix just install CM)
5) touchscreen problems when charging
6) huge, bulky but I have small hands
Would I buy it again? Too bulky for me, I'd go for mi4 32gb. Other than that great phone for a great price.

Pros have been fairly well explained but I'll add some more cons to the list.
Cons:
1. Radio is rather weak in these phones. I often times get no signal or it likes to sit at the 2 to 3 bar spot in my area on average.
2. They try and cram to many phones into the same rom causing loss of confusion and frustration in both the user and devs sides.
3. The speaker in this phone is really weak so don't count in hearing a call in your pocket unless you tweak the kernel or mixer_paths.xml which is going to make your phone distort listening to music.
4. Phone vibration is extremely weak as well and you won't feel it in you're pocket at least I can't even after cranking it up in a custom kernel.
I could list more but I don't really feel I have to.
Could I have done worse for $300? Yes I could have.
Would I buy it knowing what I know now? Probably not.
For $300 I would probably get the 64gb zenfone 2 or the oneplus one.
I just bought my brother a 64gb oneplus two and despite all the negative reviews I love that phone compared to this 1 as I do not ever want nfc and 64gb with otg support is more than enough. The speaker in the oneplus two isn't great either but it's louder than this one and if you just download a couple of louder notifications and ringtones it's great. The radio also runs circles around this phone giving 4 to 5 bars compared to my 2 to 3 bars of service. Oneplus also beats it in battery life compared to my phone.
Sent from my MI 3W using Tapatalk

a.broken.star said:
PROS:
1) Cheap
2) Good value for money
CONS:
1) Screen quality is very cheap
2) After sale service pathetic
3) OS Upgrades are weekly but still running on Kitkat
4) Xiaomi does not release full Kernel sources on time, resulting in buggy third party ROMs
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PROS:
1) cheap
2) camera isnt the worst
3) easy to root
4) decent battery life
5) 64gb max
CONS:
1) no gorilla glass
2) camera can record slow motion, but the quality is [po op]
3) i personally think miui is ugly, miui is still in kitkat and xiaomi dont wanna release full kernel source
4) phone is hot when using
5) no sd card slot

Overall love

Yes, yes, it's possible to love a phone. Heck, you sleep next to it, don't you? Rate this thread to indicate your love for the Samsung Galaxy A40, all things considered. A higher rating indicates that the Samsung Galaxy A40 is an incredible phone that you enjoy tremendously. You love it.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!

5/10 meh

9/10. The Samsung A40 (2019) is the best phone I've had so far. I had the Samsung A5 (2017) before and was already annoyed at the growing size of phones. This A40 phone came along which was a similar size fixing all the issues with the 2017 A5.
Software setup: LinageOS 12.1/OC Tweaked Kernal/root
Pros:
- headphone jack
- OLED, ace screen
- Amazing screen/body ratio
- Really good XDA support for kernals, roms and root
- Great camera in ideal conditions
- Feels snappy enough
- MicroSD Two SIM card support
- Fast fingerprint reader
- Cheap with plenty of good condition seconds around
- very light, thin and small phone
- Easy to find 3rd party cheap repair shops with parts in stock/available
Cons:
- Root is harder to do than previous phones, but works
- Battery SOT of ~7 hours is a bit on the low-side. It's just OK. Using the app "LeanDroid (root)" really helps by shutting the data and switching from 4G to 2G when the screen is off
- The compass in Google Maps is wrong sometimes (I've always had this with phones)
- Camera is terrible in dark conditions

Charlie Cooper said:
9/10. The best phone I've had so far. Had the Samsung A5 (2017) before and was already annoyed at the growing size of phones. This phone came along which was a similar size fixing all the issues with the 2017 A5.
Software setup: LinageOS 12.1/OC Tweaked Kernal/root
Pros:
- headphone jack
- OLED, ace screen
- Amazing screen/body ratio
- Really good XDA support for kernals, roms and root
- Great camera in ideal conditions
- Feels snappy enough
- MicroSD Two SIM card support
- Fast fingerprint reader
- Cheap with plenty of good condition seconds around
- very light, thin and small phone
- Easy to find 3rd party cheap repair shops with parts in stock/available
Cons:
- Root is harder to do than previous phones, but works
- Battery SOT of ~7 hours is a bit on the low-side. It's just OK. Using the app "LeanDroid (root)" really helps by shutting the data and switching from 4G to 2G when the screen is off
- The compass in Google Maps is wrong sometimes (I've always had this with phones)
- Camera is terrible in dark conditions
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Nice detailed review! Kudos

Charlie Cooper said:
9/10. The best phone I've had so far. Had the Samsung A5 (2017) before and was already annoyed at the growing size of phones. This phone came along which was a similar size fixing all the issues with the 2017 A5.
Software setup: LinageOS 12.1/OC Tweaked Kernal/root
Pros:
- headphone jack
- OLED, ace screen
- Amazing screen/body ratio
- Really good XDA support for kernals, roms and root
- Great camera in ideal conditions
- Feels snappy enough
- MicroSD Two SIM card support
- Fast fingerprint reader
- Cheap with plenty of good condition seconds around
- very light, thin and small phone
- Easy to find 3rd party cheap repair shops with parts in stock/available
Cons:
- Root is harder to do than previous phones, but works
- Battery SOT of ~7 hours is a bit on the low-side. It's just OK. Using the app "LeanDroid (root)" really helps by shutting the data and switching from 4G to 2G when the screen is off
- The compass in Google Maps is wrong sometimes (I've always had this with phones)
- Camera is terrible in dark conditions
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Uhh this is a40 not a5 review

Mikicrep said:
Uhh this is a40 not a5 review
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I mentioned the 2017 A5 as that's the phone I upgraded from when I got my A40. This review is for the A40. I've tweaked my review to make it more clear tho!

Charlie Cooper said:
I mentioned the 2017 A5 as that's the phone I upgraded from when I got my A40. This review is for the A40. I've tweaked my review to make it more clear tho!
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Ohh okay then, sorry