Hi, currently my phone battery is very bad ( cant last me through my working hours) so I plan on getting a new phone. Not really interested in the 2018 flagships so decided to wait for 2019. So in this 1 year plan to get a mid range phone to tahan first. Any suggestions? Currently the Mi A1 is the cheapest with Android One and all but at that price I'm kinda worried about its part quality (screen, camera etc). Had horrible experience with the 1st gen Xiaomi phones here.

What I need is mainly good battery life and smooth performance. Should I get the Mi A1 (RM900) or consider better phones like the P10 (RM1800) which might get even cheaper when P11 comes out.

what is your main usage for the phone? and your budget?

Main usage is pretty normal: surf some net, fb messenger, whatsapp, listen to music etc. No games and seldom take pictures (but cannot potato camera also la sometimes still need take pics) but need to be smooth if lag I cannot tahan haha. Budget around 1.6k but try find as cheap as possible to serve my purpose coz gonna change in about 1-1.5year anyway

This post has been edited by wasiahguan: Dec 1 2017, 12:41 AM

seems like no heavy usage. if you don't mind, just get 2nd hand phone. e.g. Samsung Note 5 around 1k. specs is good and phone does not lag. good camera also.

Huawei P10 has my vote, if you can spend more then get the better one.

Mi 6 should fit in your budget.

Because battery life is one of my main concern I cant risk going for used phones

Mi A1 is enough. Battery also damn good. Plus, Google will officially support the updates for 2 years. Should be good till 2019.

I am also considering P10 since its a good phone at that price but will have to wait for its price to lower first after P11 comes out. Or may wait and see if the newly announced V10 will come here

This post has been edited by wasiahguan: Dec 1 2017, 11:01 AM

Ya if Mi A1 is able to serve my needs may go for it. Need more inputs about this phone first since I am coming from ex-flagship phone abit afraid I cant get used to it

This post has been edited by wasiahguan: Dec 1 2017, 10:59 AM

Mi A1 using same processor as my Moto Z Play, the SD625. My Z Play can about 2 days for daily usage. If standby, almost 5 days.

Thats very good battery life indeed. But what about the performance of this SD625? Will it laggy when surfing fb or web browsing? And does it get very hot easily?

No lag. Extreme gaming maybe but A1 have 4GB RAM to compensate. As for heat, almost none.

https://shopee.com.my/Huawei-P10-VTR-L29-4G...70115.260946887

Now got RM70 voucher so is RM15xx. Good buy? Despite P11 coming soon

Even the old samsung s6 can still be good performer for few years to come

Actually I am coming from the S6. Performance wise i can say can last through 2018 but the battery

My phone now below 30% battery drains very fast. Unless I dont use it and dont switch on data. I partly blame it on the small capacity (2550mah) thats why dint consider changing the battery

i read samsung launching new phones soon

A series with infinity screen but price

https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_a5_(2018)-8886.php

https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_a7_(2018)-8790.php

This post has been edited by hightechgadgets8: Dec 1 2017, 01:47 PM

You probably have to change the battery , I just changed mine some where in august 2017 at one utama and it takes me about 2 hour plus the get the job done.

This post has been edited by euvin1: Dec 1 2017, 01:54 PM

Samseng expensive leh

If want also need to go for flagship but the S9 like disappointing. Only incremental update from the S8

You change at Samsung Official Service centre? Yesterday I go ask they say need around RM300 but not sure is it worth it to change

Yes samsung official service centre, damaged was around 240+ inclusive of gst.Take note my have to call up first because of the stocks availability.

I called several SCC and most of them do not keep stocks for s6 battery

Dem she told me 312 with labour fees and everything. Some more need diagnose first so takes 5 working days total

Check your pm.

Oh just change battery. It must have gone thru hundreds of charging cycle. Normal behaviour. Save your money

As you say . EX flagship . It's not longer flagship . In fact mi a1 multi cpu score is similiar to s6 . So you don't need to worry about performance . It is same with s6

This post has been edited by xerox8908: Dec 1 2017, 07:02 PM

Mi A1. P10 is good if you need the camera.

In my opinion not really worth it. Better get Mi A1, the overall performance is good but I am not sure of you used to stock android because it is missing rich feature of flagship phones. But for daily purpose Mi A1 excellent and would serve you no problem.

Currently using P10 lite.
Overall performance is good, just will drop when the battery starts to drop to low level.

For just a year to use , and you had hard time to decide ? DUH 😑 And people keep suggesting like TS want to use for more than a year/365 days/12 months.

Nasib ini bukan kopitiam 😎

Mi A1. Don't worry. Google supports the software, not like shitty Xiaomi. Your phone can last until 2019, with security updates until 2020. This phone is definitely a must buy for you, but if you really want better camera, choose Huawei P10.
Did you know that this is the fifth phone to receive the Meltdown and Spectre security update right after Google Pixel 2/2 XL and Google Pixel/Pixel XL? Even the so called "secure" iPhone hasn't starting working on a solution to overcome Meltdown and Spectre.