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What is the best android phone in the market right now?

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1. Brand dont care
2. Budget rm1000 - 2000
3. Specs snapdragon 800 above
4. What you need in the phone
+ easy to root & hack without knocking warranty out.
+ SD slot is a must
+ cool operation. warm is ok, hot is not.

my brother used note 3, and he cant root without tripping KNOX and voiding warranty. I used nexus 5 because it is the phone to go to if we want root hack custom thingy...(my hacker friend manage to convince me) but the lack of SD card is driving me nuts. I consume content as much as I can download. 32gb is small. I need 1tb built in phone if i cant have sd card slot.

I want to find a phone that can root and restore back to stock without manufacturer knows.

I also want a phone that have SD card support. I can live with swapping out few 32gb or few 64gb sd cards. i used to have compact camera with a lot of 8gb cards, and I dont mind swapping around and I have good system to know what is contain what. so to people with "you have 2 sd card also dont use, confuse, etcc..." i dont. YOU DO.

easy or not rooting is subjective, I dont mind typing commands in cmd or installing drivers.

I am eyeing LG G3, but does it have safety mechanism like Samsung KNOX that makes rooting hell?

Samsung built a good quality phone, but software is not so good.

no yet..
all once root wrnty void

With snapdragon 800 and microsd slot,

LG G Pro 2, Xperia Z1.

Can consider snapdragon 801 device with microsd slot,

One M8, Xperia Z2.

About voiding the warranty. I think only Oneplus One will not void warranty if it is rooted. Coz it's dy running on CM.

For rooting, better refer to the individual phone threads. Coz diff phone diff feature. Some can just use rootkit, while some is troublesome like hell.

1. any brand
2. budget rm800 max
3.at least 1gb ram
4. smooth interface (no lag or screen stuck). good battery life, minimum hardware problem (no overheat and all) , good camera.

or can someone suggest bang for buck? thank you

xiaomi mi3 is your best choice

at RM800. Mi3 is best bang for buck.

U can also consider Moto G lte, Zenfone 5. But in terms of specs, Mi3 definitely higher than these 2.

But some phone we can revert back to their stock to return for warranty. Only samsung I think have some hardware level detection like KNOX. once tripped, its over. So I dont know about other phone as my family member only have Samsung and Apple.

All iphone that can jailbreak, once return to stock, can sent to warranty,

Ya, I agree with hellish procedure to root. I tried to root my friend CSL phone, almost made it to paperweight... really lucky I can revert back to stock, if not I must replace his phone lor.

phone

for root and warranty,
+ HTC got their S-Boot , Secure On/Off w/o latest version also gone
+Sony DRM keys , forgot to backup, u'll nvr enjoyed Bravia Engine 2
and Nexus, most universal stuff

Guys i'll make it quick.
Htc m8
S5
Z2

Specs i want:
good battery life
Good screen
Decent camera
Light gaming (yes coc freak)
Expandable memory
Fast
All round better phone

Which should i go for sifus?

For me, it's between M8 and Z2. Z2 might have slight edge on camera department over M8. Another aspect to look at is, do u like HTC Sense UI or Xperia's stock looking UI?

1. Brand: Any
2. Budget: Prefer something <RM2k but no actual budget limit for now
3. Specs: Regular phone size. Not too big.
4. Requirements: Minimum OS Android 4.1, has physical flip-out QWERTY keyboard - or can be regular phone with decent QWERTY keyboard casing available (no blackberry-style keyboards please)

Currently using a very old Sony Xperia Pro MK16. Hoping to find a replacement

Import phones are fine too e.g. http://www.androidauthority.com/best-qwert...tphones-335748/

Z2 best camera among

Camera not really issue for me.. i like stock gui but somehow dont find Z2 ngam with me..

However, im afraid the htc sense will slowly clog my phone.. will it? :0

I always play with my cousin's M8. Sense UI seems to be quite stable imo. Just that I dun like it personally.

If u like stock UI, I think u'll like Xperia's UI. Sony did very well in keeping it minimalistic.

How bout sound? If u wan loud and good sound quality, then I think M8 is better with the Boombox speaker. Really damn loud and clear. Z2's speaker imho, feels a bit soft, maybe due to it being water resistant.

It's hard to find Flip out Qwerty keyboard phone.
Just use 100% touch screen phone. It's easy actually