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 Android Phone recommendation thread v4, The fourth of many, many more to come

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ralph_d
post May 18 2012, 08:25 AM

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1. Brand = Any
2. Budget = 1k
3. Specs = at least 1GHz processor
4. What you need in the phone: a phone that's have a very big community group and unlockable bootloader.

want to replace my phone which died recently.

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post May 18 2012, 03:12 PM

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QUOTE(xerox8908 @ May 18 2012, 03:07 PM)
no such phone .

To get 360mb free ram you will need 1gb ram to start with .

512mb will left no more than 200mb .


Added on May 18, 2012, 3:11 pm

galaxy s2 / sensation XE

audio is ok tho not on " very good" level .
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u sure? coz my last phone 256mb's useable ram is 178~180mb...
ok, ignore the ram then what choice do i have?
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post May 18 2012, 03:32 PM

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QUOTE(xerox8908 @ May 18 2012, 03:27 PM)
for 256mb , yes . If kill till nothing left include launcher .
Usable ram i assume is those which left after the phone run normaly ( which is below 100mb for 256mb ram )

If you mean the total ram after open the phone then 512mb will have 350mb something .

For modification and suport from comunity , currently galaxy s ,  nexus s , xperia arc , neo , ray

have afew pages of rom available and probably the thing you request will be fulfill very fast .
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that's what i mean smile.gif

learnt my lesson already, better get those with big community, got question can ask
bought those good spec but cheap thing.. small community, feel like robinson crusoe.

what's the expected price for nexus s?
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post May 18 2012, 07:47 PM

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QUOTE(xerox8908 @ May 18 2012, 06:57 PM)
nexus s will be below Rm1000 if still got stock .
But hard find already .
s2 non g also have good suport and many rom and mod to play with . But no ori set already .

Galaxy nexus also have nice suport actually . Pages of rom let you choose .
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thx for the advice
went to window shopping just now, no nexus s
GNex 1399, attractive but over budget sad.gif
galaxy s exist, but only one shop got sell, and they sell it for 1099 @.@

saw xperia sola and xperia u's price quite attractive, gonna do my research first..
and btw, am from kota kinabalu.
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post May 19 2012, 07:55 AM

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QUOTE(Norameen @ May 19 2012, 01:47 AM)
IMHO, i will try to fork out extra RM400 to buy nexus..as i feel it is very worth..if nexus s u can find some forumes sell in Garage sales..but bear in mind the risk of posted phone..as u in K.K..if willing to fokr out some money..go with Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy S2 non G unit...if cant..go for ARC S as they'll get ICS on stock rom...or Samsung Galaxy W...
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anything wrong with S2 with a G?
nvm, thanks but my budget really is 1k max. i also hope can fork out another 400 but it is impossible. (D3 punya pasal)

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post May 21 2012, 03:45 PM

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sitrep: looking for 1k android, but all recommend galaxy nexus, galaxy s2, etc etc which was overbudget or else galaxy s, xperia arc, nexus s which was kinda... 2010 tech

thanks for the recommendations but my budget really is 1k max. and finally i end up with the xperia sola.

^off topic ady [IMHO] regrding data plan but according to my personal exp. i'm better off with data plan. i've use android without data plan and there's always time when you want data connection but you can't, especially on-the-go. and as for wifi i don't think it's safe when there's a lot of IT faculty university trainees within the same wifi environment (hint:sniffing) for me. doing stuff offline do not fully utilize android phone, better off with an ipod touch (699 only). wanna make calls then take out das 3310 brows.gif

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