[ale] [OT] Cell phones

Calvin Harrigan calvin.harrigan at gmail.com
Fri Aug 26 16:03:22 EDT 2016


Thanks for the offer, wish I had seen it earlier.  I ended up getting a 
Nexus 5X from Fry's on sale.

On 08/19/2016 03:22 PM, James Taylor wrote:
> I'd recommend the onePlus3 if you are looking in the $300 rang phone with pretty much flagship features and a vanillish Android OS.
> If you want to spend even less, with higher specs and a 5.5" diagonal screen, the UMI Super or Umi Max is an excellent value.
> I bought a super for my daughter at a promo price of $189, and it has  4gb ram, 32GB of storage, expandable to 128GB. Marshamallow (Androd 6) and no bloat.
> If you want a good deal on a new, in the box T-Mobile HTC10, I have an extra that I found I didn't need, and is looking for a home.
>
> -jt
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> James Taylor
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>>>> Calvin Harrigan <calvin.harrigan at gmail.com> 8/18/2016 9:08 PM >>>
> On 08/18/2016 04:29 PM, Solomon Peachy wrote:
>> On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 04:18:05PM -0400, Calvin Harrigan wrote:
>>> With that said, what would be a good cell replacement phone for the Nexus 4?
>> Without knowing what features you prioritize and your carrier, It's hard
>> to offer meaningful suggestions.  Personally, I'm pretty happy [1] with
>> the Sony Z3 Compact I picked up a couple of months ago.  It's small but
>> not low-end, Sony is still supporting it, and plays nicely with
>> Cyanogen.
>>
>> [1] As happy as I can be without having a physical keyboard. Sigh...
>>
>>   - Solomon
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> Sorry about that.  I'm on T-Mobile.  It needs only to make calls,
> tether, navigation and most importantly as close to vanilla android as
> possible.  I have a work phone from sprint that is just embarrassingly
> stuffed with bloat-ware, a lot of which cannot be uninstalled.  I have
> maybe 2 other apps over stock installed.  I'm usually around a full
> computer, so browsing on a 4.7" screen isn't very palatable.
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> Thanks
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