Looking for a new phone

[Kirah]

Hello so i'm looking for a new phone around the 399-499 euro price range to replace my current One Plus One.

The main reason as to why i want to upgrade is cause my current phone no longer holds a charge to last me a full day.

 

And i don't want to keep carrying around a charger / battery pack to make it last a whole day.

It has also been having some wonky problems ever since the android 5.1 update.

 

I have mainly been looking at the Motorola Droid Turbo due to its massive battery and it looks pretty sexy

Only draw back is that i live in Sweden im going to have to get it off ebay and while it will work here the the reception will be a bit wonky.

 

And i have also been looking at the One Plus Two but if i'm going to be honest it doesn't really blow my socks off this time around.

Besides it still has the whole invite system and reading how bad the RMA progress is i really don't want to risk it.

[TheKDub]

I'm personally really interested in the Asus Zenfone 2, there are different models ranging from $200 USD to $300 USD, not sure on prices for you though.

[Enderman]

[Aytex]

I'm personally really interested in the Asus Zenfone 2, there are different models ranging from $200 USD to $300 USD, not sure on prices for you though.

Zenfone Deluxe

[Rune]

Moto X Pure was going to be my suggestion as well.

[Kirah]

Moto X Pure was going to be my suggestion as well.

 

 

 

Man the Moto X Pure or well Moto X Style as its called here looks amazing only thing is that is not available for purchase yet which sucks unless there is a site somewhere that has it for sale that i don't know of

[Rune]

Man the Moto X Pure or well Moto X Style as its called here looks amazing only thing is that is not available for purchase yet which sucks unless there is a site somewhere that has it for sale that i don't know of

The American version has all four major radios (and most major bands of LTE worldwide) included and is factory unlocked. http://www.motorola.com/us/products/moto-x-pure-edition

To my knowledge, the style and pure are the same phone but rebranded internationally.

 

2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G bands HSDPA 800 / 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 / 900

4G bands LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 20(800), 25(1900), 28(700), 29(700), 40(2300), 41(2500)

Speed HSPA, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps

GPRS Yes

EDGE Yes

[TheKDub]

Zenfone Deluxe

 

I heard about that one, haven't seen any pricing or such on it yet though (Pic doesn't work btw)

[Aytex]

I heard about that one, haven't seen any pricing or such on it yet though (Pic doesn't work btw)

rip pic

Its 400 USD

I wondering dou if you can take the back cover off and apply it to any of the zenfone 2 models, if we can ill buy that back cover any day and put it on a cheaper zenfone

[TheKDub]

rip pic

Its 400 USD

I wondering dou if you can take the back cover off and apply it to any of the zenfone 2 models, if we can ill buy that back cover any day and put it on a cheaper zenfone

 

Damn.

 

I'd think you can't due to the different flash stuff.

 

I'm fairly sure I saw the "3d" rear cover for sale somewhere, along with another one that wasn't the brushed plastic.

 

According to: http://liliputing.com/2015/07/asus-unveils-zenfone-2-deluxe-and-laser-editions.html

The Laser will cost $156 and up, and the deluxe will cost around $360.

 

I hope there will be a 4GB RAM 16GB Storage version of the laser for pretty cheap, I've got about $230 ready to spend on the normal zenfone 2 4GB/16GB, though the laser or premium would be quite a bit nicer.

[Aytex]

Damn.

 

I'd think you can't due to the different flash stuff.

 

I'm fairly sure I saw the "3d" rear cover for sale somewhere, along with another one that wasn't the brushed plastic.

 

According to: http://liliputing.com/2015/07/asus-unveils-zenfone-2-deluxe-and-laser-editions.html

The Laser will cost $156 and up, and the deluxe will cost around $360.

 

looks pretty similar to me

[Kirah]

The American version has all four major radios (and most major bands of LTE worldwide) included and is factory unlocked. http://www.motorola.com/us/products/moto-x-pure-edition

To my knowledge, the style and pure are the same phone but rebranded internationally.

 

2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G bands HSDPA 800 / 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 / 900

4G bands LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 20(800), 25(1900), 28(700), 29(700), 40(2300), 41(2500)

Speed HSPA, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps

GPRS Yes

EDGE Yes

 

While this is true the american site dose not offer international shipping otherwise i would have bought it instantly.

And it seems that once it will be released in Sweden when ever that will be there is no confirmed date.

It will most likely lack the Motomaker service for some strange reason which sucks even more.

 

And the few ones i saw on ebay seems a bit iffy and they are also charging 150+ more then the retail price.

Ugh why cant sweden have nice things the only thing i can think of doing is finding some one in the state.

Who can buy it for me and then ship it to sweden from there which kinda sucks big time as well.

[Rune]

While this is true the american site dose not offer international shipping otherwise i would have bought it instantly.

And it seems that once it will be released in Sweden when ever that will be there is no confirmed date.

It will most likely lack the Motomaker service for some strange reason which sucks even more.

 

And the few ones i saw on ebay seems a bit iffy and they are also charging 150+ more then the retail price.

Ugh why cant sweden have nice things the only thing i can think of doing is finding some one in the state.

Who can buy it for me and then ship it to sweden from there which kinda sucks big time as well.

That is unfortunate

[TheKDub]

 

looks pretty similar to me

 

Hmm... Looking into it more, I might go for the Zenfone 2 Deluxe 4GB/64GB if I can scrape the money together, otherwise I'll get the normal Zenfone 2 4GB/16GB. (Looks like the Zenfone Laser is lower powered and eh lol)

[Aytex]

Hmm... Looking into it more, I might go for the Zenfone 2 Deluxe 4GB/64GB if I can scrape the money together, otherwise I'll get the normal Zenfone 2 4GB/16GB. (Looks like the Zenfone Laser is lower powered and eh lol)

im definetly gonna get the normal+4gb ram and 16gb rom

[TheKDub]

im definetly gonna get the normal+4gb ram and 16gb rom

 

Seeing how it's only like $30 more for essentially the same phone, just 64GB of storage and a funky rear cover, It's something I'd consider.

 

Though seeing how the rear cover for the deluxe is only in white and purple right now, I think I might pass on that one too... #MicroSDCardsFTW! Lol

[Aytex]

Seeing how it's only like $30 more for essentially the same phone, just 64GB of storage and a funky rear cover, It's something I'd consider.

 

Though seeing how the rear cover for the deluxe is only in white and purple right now, I think I might pass on that one too... #MicroSDCardsFTW! Lol

lel

[Kirah]

That is unfortunate

Indeed and i just looked things up apparently you can buy it here but only the 32gb model in ether black and silver or white and gold

[Oskar94a]

-snip-

 

Just a reminder, if you buy something from outside of eu there will be and additional 1-20% import fee if the price + shipping goes over ~ 170 eur also there's 25% vat, so an example

let's say you buy Motorola Droid Turbo from ebay (usa), phone for 385usd, shipping is 30 usd then the price will be something like this ((385+30)*1.2)*1.25= 622 usd

[Smexy_Andy]

RaZzor, you could buy the moto x style from motorola.co.uk which is the moto maker site for uk. But since uk wont ship to adresses outside the UK you can use a shipping service such as www.borderlinx.com. It will however cost you a bit more than just buying it straight from sweden but you will be able to customize it how you want.

[Kirah]

RaZzor, you could buy the moto x style from motorola.co.uk which is the moto maker site for uk. But since uk wont ship to adresses outside the UK you can use a shipping service such as www.borderlinx.com. It will however cost you a bit more than just buying it straight from sweden but you will be able to customize it how you want.

 

Oooh Nice now i just need to figure out how to fill out the UK adress on the motorola website

 

Ah poop motorola does not ship to freight forwarding companies so i will need to look for another option