Lol, u again mr penguin..

I said IF la mr penguin..

I know he already mention MUST HAVE.. But incase he is willing to sacrifice, who knows right? People decision might change from time to time mr penguin..

Like u la mr penguin, who knows since i raised the overheat cpu issue in mi4i that u love so much, u might change ur decision in the future..

Koh7..

Hi, if u can topup your budget a little bit and u can add LG G3 or Xperia Z2 into your options..

One plus one is still the best choice la IMO if u are into root n flashing roms.. Can get 64gb at 12xx now..

Meizu mx4- if u dare to try.. Build quality is good..

Huawei Honor 6..

Xiaomi mi4.. Miui rom is nice woo (this is totally personal)..

Xiaomi mi4i currently got overheat cpu issue when gaming.. Check youtube, mi4i gaming test and temperature check.. Well, software update maybe could fix it (by throttling maybe).. Else not sure..

This post has been edited by Babet: May 21 2015, 02:34 AM

Got some recommendations only;

-One plus One 64gb 3gb ram Ori Brighstar rm11xx

-LG G3 32gb 3gb ram AP set rm13xx

-Xperia Z2 16gb 3gb ram AP set rm12xx (no 32gb but can add sd card)

-Note 3 Lte 32gb AP set (5.7in screen)

-zenfone 2 32/64gb 4gb ram Ori Asus

Hi,

Zenfone 2 4gb ram comes with intel z3570 2.3ghz cpu..

In term of gaming, the cpu comes with PowerVR G6430 (same GPU as found in apple A7 of iphone 5s, probably only different in clock speed).. I bet that this gpu will perform as good as Adreno 330 in snapdragon 800/801 phones.. So gaming should be no problem..

Camera?
Hmm this one is a bit difficult.. Most reviews tht I read/watched mentioned tht the camera is decent not best..

Fast internet?
This phone got LTE

Memory?
U got 32gb and 64gb options..

No lag?
There will be lag of course this is android, but at minimum level.. There are so many factors to consider when we talk about lag, but I will say this phone will perform very well.. And the lag should come once in a while.. After all this phone use Asus custom UI..

Battery life?
Decent.. Not going to achieve the good endurance of z2 or one plus one la.. But should be good enough..

Temperature?
check utube video, i forgot this one..

This post has been edited by Babet: May 21 2015, 07:34 PM

Hi, just want to suggest One Plus One 16gb...
It will cost u less than 1.1k after GST (from directd, AP set)...
Only a slight topup from your budget and u get a very powerful phone..

Other suggestions for less 1000;
- Zenfone 2 2gb ram 1.8ghz quadcore
- Xiaomi mi4i (got heat issue when gaming for now, dunno if there will be update to fix it)
-Xiaomi mi3 (if u can find a new one, but no 4G LTE)

If u dont mind secondhand phones less 1000 (usually);
- galaxy s4 LTE version
- galaxy s5
- xperia Z2
- LG G2
- Nexus 5 (not so good battery life and camera but super smooth OS)
- galaxy Note 3 LTE (phablet 5.7in)
- HTC one E8

All of these phones are top specs phone, except Xiaomi mi4i which is midrange, but i think still powerful enough (opinion)..

Xperia Z3 compact, if not mistaken the AP set is less than RM1.5k..but it doesnt has OIS camera.. Sony phone still got no OIS camera till today (correct me if am wrong)..

Nexus 5: update very fast and frequently.. But no MicroSD card.. Camera, even got OIS is decent only.. Battery life is also not so good..

Galaxy S5: 5.1inch.. A bit bigger than ur preference.. But very powerful camera even no OIS, very good battery life and got microSD slot.. However the Touchwiz OS could be good and not good to u and also slow update.. Price is a bit higher than 1.5k (ori set), AP set maybe below 1.5k..

LG G3 32GB: meet all your requirements except 5.5in and not fast update (lately very fast but who knows in future?)..battery life is decent only.. 5.5in of G3 is very compact, u will feel like holding 5in phone..

This post has been edited by Babet: May 23 2015, 04:55 PM

Well u already have the answer.. U can have both cheap+flagship phone if u buy One Plus One.. No other phones could beat One plus one's price to spec ratio right now.. The closest one i think is Zenfone 2..

U want to flash custom rom with your device? samsung and LG smartphone are the easiest one..their flagship usually will have development for couple of years. sony usually got locked bootloader (can be opened with extra efforts) and HTC also like Sony if not mistaken..

Most chinese smartphones doesnt have large customer base, therefore less development.. I think only OPO, some famous Oppo and Xiaomi phones got lot developments..

Rite now, OPO is the best choice la.. But other suggestions are LG G3, Xperia Z2 (both AP set are below 1.3k)..

Zenfone 2 is ok la.. Got beast spec, but it is a new phone so of course there will be little (if any) development for it right now..

This post has been edited by Babet: May 24 2015, 01:56 PM

Haha.. Nope.. Never buy asus phone before..
Still running old nexus 4..

I mentioned zenfone 2 because it meets their requirements la..
There are a lot other chinese phone like Huawei, Acer, Oppo but since I dont really know their specs (and price) so i dont mention it..

But i agree with u.. Zenfone 2 battery is so so only... 3000mah for 5.5in full hd phone.. Mehh.. Also Asus is new to smarphone business so i dont think they already get a best recipe for battery optimization, so dont expect they will achieve good endurance with small battery..

P/s: guys, my suggestions will usually focus on phone with flagship specs (both high end and budget).. I dont really know midrangers like s5 mini htc one mini bla2.. For me these midranges are not worth it.. Rather shoot for budget flagship la..

Hi, may i know what are the criterias that made u choose Galaxy A7?
Is it because of the slimness and metal design? Because of dual sim/sd slot? Because it is samsung?
I can suggest only when i know what are your priorities..

This post has been edited by Babet: May 24 2015, 02:17 PM

If u want long lasting battery, better take Note 4/note edge la..
S6 got top notch specs but battery life will be beaten by note 4 and note edge..

Note 4/edge also got micro sd.. Already 32gb inside + microsd..

Or maybe LG G4? But i agree, the current price of G4 is ridiculous..

Get a xiaomi mi3 if u can find a new one..

Have good battery life, screen and camera as mi4i without overheat issue..

Got GPU as good as the one in zenfone (if not better) for gaming..

U got the best of both worlds..

Mi4i-overheat issue n cpu throttiling prob (read it in Mi4i thread)
Zenfine 2- (800 version got 720p screen only, avg camera and avg battery life)..

Secondhand unit u can get with 450 are galaxy S3, zenfone 5 high spec, zenfone 6, LG nexus 4.. Where to buy? U have to search n update all da time in mudah, lowyat etc..

New set: most are lenovo phones, there are many specs u can choose but in general it will be 1gb ram.. 8gb internal. With mediatek processor..

LG G4 and Galaxy S6

We dont have a lot of good options maa with that small budget..
Of course u gonna face poor battery life but u get what u paid for..

Other phones also got pros n cons, therefore it is up to buyer to choose which spec to sacrifice and which spec is more important..

Anyway, if i choose to buy zf2, i ll rather add another 100 to jump for zenfone 2 z550ml model..
Z550cl spec is too mehh..

This post has been edited by Babet: May 31 2015, 10:56 PM

I dont think note 3 is below 1.3k at the moment.. But if u r ok with secondhand unit, u can get it at 1k..

Since u really like rooting and rom, u better go for a famous device just like one plus one note 3 g3.. Not sure about xposed framework, but usually if there is a lot of users, there will be good dev for it including xposed modding..

Oppo is too expensive for a chinese phone.. And the spec is the same as one plus one.. I dony think oppo get good development as one plus one. Better go for OPO, u can save almost 500..

This post has been edited by Babet: Jun 1 2015, 12:58 PM

S5: + great camera,great battery life,dust n water resistant,removable battery n sd slot, punchy amoled screen - boring design, boring plastic build, touchwiz emmm..

G3: + great camera, great quad hd screen, compact design, removable battery n sd slot - plastic build, poor battery life, heats up easily, optimus UI emmmmm

Z2: + great battery life, dust n water resistant, sd slot, premium metal n glass build - decent camera, non removable battery, sony UI emmm

Go for the one that meets your priorities..

His purpose is for gaming.. Honor 6 gpu is decent only.. They build a great kirin cpu but paired it with a not so good gpu at the moment it being released..

I think with rm800 he can also opt for zenfone 2 z500ml (720p version) at rm699...
This one got better Gpu than the one in honor 6.. But beware, zenfone 2 got not so good battery life n camera as compared to honor 6..

Addition: i will search for xiaomi mi3 (rm8xx), usually lelong still got plenty of stocks... This one got good cpu gpu battery life and camera as compared to both models above..

@JeremyLord

This post has been edited by Babet: Jun 10 2015, 02:22 PM

All phones got OS issue but it depends on the software team to whether fix it as fast as possible or not.. Usually team like samsung apple htc etc will fix their phone issue as fast as possible..

Differently with one plus one, they r slow.. Of course they r new kids in mobile phone industry maaa.. Cm11 doesnt get as many issue as cm12.. The best thing about OPO is tht they hv a lot of users and developers.. So if the official software got prob, u can always try many custom rom around.. N usually there are a lot of tutorials to fix this common OS issue.. U can do it by yourself instead waiting for the official update..