Looking to get a phone for my father.

I was initially budget myself to less than RM1k, want full HD 5.5" screen, GPS and 4G enable, at least 16GB ROM (if so with SD card expansion), better 32GB ROM (with or without SD card expansion also acceptable), prefer Lollipop out of the box (for future proofing purpose, but not hard requirement), if dual sim preferably the 2nd sim slot not used as SD card slot, prefer model is released in 2015.

I already bought Asus Zenfone 2 4GB RAM 64GB ROM variant for my mother when it released so I wish to not include ASUS Zenfone 2 again.

With this constraint I soon shortlisted Lenovo K3 Note, Meizu M2 Note.

But soon I discovered that Lenovo K3 Note no original set in Malaysia, all AP, kind of hinder me.
Meizu M2 Note does not have FM Radio, I do not know why but seem like a simple function however it just does not have.

So I decided to raise my budget to less than RM1.5k.

The following become my current requirements:

1. Brand:
Exclude ASUS. Prefer reliable brand with reputable after sales service because I am not always available to help my folk to find technician to repair, so if they can send to service center the best.
I want original Malaysia set one. AP set not preferable.

2. Budget: Below RM1.5k

3. Spec:
Full HD 5.5" screen size, 4G and GPS enable,
at least 16GB ROM (if so with SD card expansion), better 32GB ROM (with or without SD card expansion also acceptable)

Prefer recently release model (like less than 1.25yrs)
And now I accept if it is not Lollipop out of the box, but can upgradeable to Lollipop.

4. What you need in the phone
The phone is for old man, so no need hard core computation ability. But I want good camera and reliable (not easily damage till need to send to service).


With these requirements I short listed
Huawei Honor 6 Plus RM1400
OnePlus 2 (64GB) RM1500 (Not yet available in Malaysia)
Samsung Galaxy A7 RM1500
HTC Desire 826 RM1300

Each has its own drawback:
Huawei Honor 6 Plus
- KitKat out of the box, I am not sure is it upgradeable to Lollipop
- SD Card use SIM2 slot, luckily is 32GB ROM so not a deal breaker.

OnePlus 2 (64GB)
- I am not even sure if I can manage to buy one if it is released by MAXIS, given its weird invite system which I am not familiar with. I just want phone, do not want any data plan attached.
- No FM Radio, I wonder does any phone user without FM radio function get annoyed by this? I hope to get a phone with all round features.

Samsung Galaxy A7
- Kitkat out of the box but upgradeable to Lollipop, so not a deal breaker.
- Single SIM, is a weakness compare to the rest in the list but acceptable.

HTC Desire 826
- Cheapest among all, while the rest in list all have 5MP front camera, this one has 4MP.
- Single SIM, is a weakness compare to the rest in the list but acceptable.

And then yesterday I bumped into a phone called Elephone P7000 and P8000, I was like in shock such a high spec with such a low price tag but not sure about its reliability.

So expert out there, can you please provide your opinion to me? If you think I miss out some good choice please enlighten me.

Hi thanks for your feedback.

Oppo Find 7A
A bit old model, released Mar 2014, Jelly Bean out of the box, I think still upgradeable to KitKat.

Samsung Galaxy S5
Prefer 5.5" screen, old man need bigger display.

Huawei Honor 6
Prefer 5.5" screen, old man need bigger display.

Xiaomi Mi4
No 4G, sigh. I put high hope on this initially too.

Xiaomi Mi Note 5.7"
RM1550 (only RM50 extra from my budget), ROM large enough to ignore the need of SD card, no FM radio though. I actually consider this before. But I drop it in an attempt to try to find a 5.5" first before resort to bigger screen. I put this as my backup list first.

Oneplus One (Oneplus 2 not yet launch and won't be getting here any time soon)
Maxis tweeter teases oneplus2 released here sooner than we think though not say how soon. I can only hope
Oneplus One I am not keen, due to single SIM, average camera performance, slightly old model in my opinion (released in June 2014, but only on sale in Malaysia by Maxis at Apr 2015)

LG G3 (AP Suite your budget, but ori is over your budget)
Prefer original. Less hassle for me.

ZTE Nubia Z7 Max (AP only?)
I guess this one is AP only? Did not even heard of any service center in Malaysia.


Thus out of your suggestion, filter left Xiaomi Mi Note (which I will put as backup list).

If you have to choose among the 4 I listed in my previous thread, what will be your choice and why?

This post has been edited by scoutfai: Aug 4 2015, 01:57 PM

Mind telling how to get coupon?