Thread: Samsung alternatives?

Originally Posted by importford

stop watching TV, go out, drink a beer, do some sports, have fun.

Why, can't you do all five?

Originally Posted by importford

stop watching TV, go out, drink a beer, do some sports, have fun.

Free time is a bummer!

Originally Posted by importford

stop watching TV, go out, drink a beer, do some sports, have fun.

Daughter school, blast on the motorbike, pick daughter up from school. No time for drink.


Free time is a bummer!

Had the Galaxy S7 Edge for a few months, and more than happy with it. 32Gb with a 128Gb SD card, waterproof, brilliant camera and screen. What's not to like?

This is the bollocks but prolly too much for a TEFLer.

Google Pixel XL - Full phone specifications

^

MEMORY Card slot No

nah ..

Buggy o/s too

next one will be better

^ msg sent via touch-jizz...

I had the complete opposite experience with Samsung.

An overreaction during a domestic tiff caused my spanking new phone to launch itself against the wall. With some force.

First trip to samsung and they happily replaced the screen, clicked all the hanging bits back into place and didn't charge me a thing despite the damage clearly being outside the conditions of the warranty.

Then a few days later the screen became unresponsive. So they put a new hard-drive (I guess its called. The main bit of the phone without the screen) onto the new screen. Again, no charge.

3 years on and it still works fine (apart from a pretty weak battery)

Originally Posted by baldrick

^

MEMORY Card slot No

nah ..

Fuck off who needs more than 128Gb on a phone FFS.

^ Like I said, I'm just an ultra weird/fussy/OCD guy about phones (and to be honest, the smallest details about everything in life really lol)...

Aliens could invade and I would be unperturbed - I notice the slightest lag, stutter glitch on my phone and it ruins my day...

I've given up being a spec-whore... oh look! my phone has 4 gig of ram! and 6 trillion pixels (that my eyes can't fooking see!)...

yeah bro, good on ya! but it still fooking stutters like a gigaboo...

I'm getting older, I want nice, reliable things... that's why I sold my fag hairdresser SLK 350, for a Toyota wish hah..

If on a budget
Attach your goosdself Teelak to piece of string
Use two old tins
You may find local reception adequate
The Wivnall rear trumpet app will help with trunk calls
added feature you can keep fishing bait in receiver

If you just want a phone but with a brilliant camera, then this is nice:


Kodak Ektra Android phone boasts DSLR features, 21 MP fast-focus snapper; Official launch in December
By Harsh Soni Oct 25, 2016 09:41 AM EDT



Kodak has launched its first photo-focused smartphone, Kodak Ektra. This Camera Phone not only does the android smartphone also it has a unique and brilliant design with the huge camera at its back which offers features similar to those of a DSLR. The Ektra has been launched in Europe earlier for €499.

Bullitt, a UK based company, has launched the Kodak Ektra. The vintage-looking smartphone has named after camera modelled after a classic 1941 Kodak of the same name. The Camera bump is similar to Asus Zenfone Zoom.

The android smartphone has the amazing specs which include a huge 21-megapixel fast-focus rear camera, with the rear sensor has f/2.0 aperture, OIS, PDAF and also a dual-LED Flash. Device also has a 13-megapixel front camera that is coming with f/2.2 aperture and PDAF.

The Kodak Ektra is aimed towards photography enthusiasts. There is a camera app that additionally comes with several DSLR modes including Smart Auto, Portrait, Manual, Sports, HDR, Panorama, Bokeh, Night-time, Macro, Landscape and a 4K Video Capture option.

The high end Ektra has 3GB of RAM, 32GB of internal memory and a MediaTek Helio X20 DecaCore processor. The smartphone runs on Android 6.0 out of the box.

In the Android Camera phone the advanced Manual mode is also featured which will allow the users to make adjustments to exposure, ISO, focal length, white balance, shutter speed, and even the aperture just like professional DSLRs.

Ektra smartphone also has an amazing pre-loaded app called Print that will let you place the order for the physical copies of the photos you've taken. The high end smartphone also features several photo-editing apps including Prisma and Adobe Lightroom, also the one that comes pre-installed, Snapseed.

Find the Full Specs below:

5-inch Full HD IPS display with Corning Gorilla Glass protection
Mali-T880 MP4 GPU
MediaTek Helio X20 2.3GHz deca-core processor
3 Gigabytes of RAM
32Gigabytes storage expandable with microSD card
21 Megapixel rear camera with Sony IMX230 sensor
f/2.0 aperture
4G LTE, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac, USB Type-C
13-megapixel front-facing camera
6 axis optical image stabilization (OIS)
Phase Detection Auto Focus (PDAF) with HDR
4K Video Recording
Non-Reflective lens coating
Dual tone LED flash
Dedicated shutter button
3,000 mAh battery
USB type-C
Android 6.0 Software

The Kodak Ektra will launch in December at a price of £449/€499. Unfortuantely, this phone will only be available in markets in and nearby Europe, Kodak has not given any details for the phone's launch in other markets around the world, reports PhoneArena.

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I have a Samsung hoover, it's old and it sucks, I think Tony might be interested in one?

Originally Posted by Dillinger

Buggy o/s too

next one will be better

What is?

Originally Posted by slackula

ZTE Blade A711 16GB (Silver) | Lazada.co.th

looks ok - how is the infra red ?

no gorilla glass though

ZTE Blade V Plus - Full phone specifications

Originally Posted by baldrick

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Fuck off who needs more than 128Gb on a phone FFS.

Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels

with that resolution harry , unless your compression algorithm is based on magic and you like to know on your goat porn if it is a nipple or a horn and you have more than one movie , I would suggest 128 gig is not enough

Video 2160p@30fps

how many gig per minute for storage ?

Good point, although I hardly ever use it for video.

Originally Posted by baldrick

Originally Posted by slackula

ZTE Blade A711 16GB (Silver) | Lazada.co.th

looks ok - how is the infra red ?

no gorilla glass though

ZTE Blade V Plus - Full phone specifications

Don't know TBH, I have no use for it so have never tried it. I did try the OTG with a "Samsung compatible" cheapo cable and no joy - the intergoogles seem split on if this thing can do OTG or not.

I'll look into that one of these days.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

What is?

Google Pixel review | Stuff

Most of what I'm reading in techie stuff suggests the Chinese manufacturers are taking over the market. For my first smartphone (not super-premium, just around 7-8K), I'm thinking of a Huawei.

They do an Android phone too (more expensive)- but can anyone explain why i should bother?

^ You guys are penny pinchers... phones range in price from $100 - right up to iphone 7 plus obscenely priced @ $1,600... (kiwi money).

I admit, no matter how much you have in the bank, $1,600 is hard to justify (for a bloody phone!)... you can buy a mid-range laptop for that sort of money FFS..

That's why I'm procrastinating the inevitable switch to iphone...

Originally Posted by sabang

Most of what I'm reading in techie stuff suggests the Chinese manufacturers are taking over the market. For my first smartphone (not super-premium, just around 7-8K), I'm thinking of a Huawei.

Please consider a OnePlus phone. I have the OnePlus One and it is easily the best phone I have ever had. Current model is OnePlus Three