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hemidreamer
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I'm looking to buy a new smartphone, that would be around 300-400€. I want it to serve me another 2-3 years. 

First things that caught my eye were HTC M8: ~390€, Moto X Play 360€, LG Nexus 5X ~330€.

 

My first concern is all they have 2GB RAM and is that enough to run another 2-3, possibly even 4 years without any major delay or lag issues while regular use (Phone calls, FB messenger, Snapchat, few simple games.)

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Oneplus

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1 minute ago, yannickverc said:

Oneplus

trash

 

 

 

Nexus 5X is good.

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2 minutes ago, ZetZet said:

trash

 

 

 

Nexus 5X is good.

Trash? HAHAHA

The Beast: CPU: i7 4790K GPU: EVGA 1080 SC Cooling: Dual NZXT Kraken x61 RAM: HyperX Fury 1866MHz Storage: SSD: 500GB Samsung EVO 840 + HDD: 1TB WD MOBO: Asus Z97 - a PSU: RM850x Case: H440 green-black Setup: Link PCPP: Link Evolution: Link 

Gear: PS4 with custom skin // Astro A50 Xbox edition to fit colour scheme // Oppo PM-3 Planar Magnetic Closed Back Headphones // OnePlus One 64GB sandstone

Other stuffs: Acer aspire 128GB SSD 10GB RAM // MacBook Pro 13" 500GB SSD 16GB RAM // A 2009 iMac 21"

 

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3 minutes ago, yannickverc said:

Trash? HAHAHA

oneplus 2 is a terrible phone for the price, what else can anyone say

2 minutes ago, hemidreamer said:

Forgot to mention. Battery must last a full day while making 15 minutes total of calls a day and using 3G, 4G for couple of hours a day.

Then you should look into Sony phones, you can get Xperia Z3+ for around 400 euro now, great phone, Sony battery life is top tier.

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12700, B660M Mortar DDR4, 32GB 3200C16 Viper Steel, 2TB SN570, EVGA Supernova G6 850W, be quiet! 500FX, EVGA 3070Ti FTW3 Ultra.

 

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6 minutes ago, Paralectic said:

It's a great phone for the price.

What other people can say? Their opinion.

it has below par camera, battery life, display, lacks connectivity options.

 

the only thing it has is the OS.

 

not to mention oneplus as a company is not very reliable or respectable.

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12700, B660M Mortar DDR4, 32GB 3200C16 Viper Steel, 2TB SN570, EVGA Supernova G6 850W, be quiet! 500FX, EVGA 3070Ti FTW3 Ultra.

 

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3 minutes ago, ZetZet said:

it has below par camera, battery life, display, lacks connectivity options.

 

the only thing it has is the OS.

 

not to mention oneplus as a company is not very reliable or respectable.

If it has bad battery life then its definitely not for me.

 

22 minutes ago, ZetZet said:

oneplus 2 is a terrible phone for the price, what else can anyone say

Then you should look into Sony phones, you can get Xperia Z3+ for around 400 euro now, great phone, Sony battery life is top tier.

I have owned a Sony smartphone for quite a while now and I just dont feel like buying another one.

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1 minute ago, hemidreamer said:

If it has bad battery life then its definitely not for me.

 

I have owned a Sony smartphone for quite a while now and I just dont feel like buying another one.

Then you have Nexus 5X and LG G4 to choose from really. In my opinion. 

 

 

Unless you don't mind exchanging performance for battery life then X Play is fine. 

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I picked up a Nexus 5x a couple of months ago and im really happy with my purchase. 

The battery life lasts me 2 days easily but i use my phone very sparingly after owning the iphone 4s (overheated alot and battery was garbage)

Camera is really nice

Builds quality seems alright

Speakers are very poor tho.

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Alright Nexus 5x seems to be the thing to look for. Looking at my local dealers (Estonia) the 32GB version is ~100€ more expensive than the 16GB one, which doesn't seem legit for me. Looking on amazon.de i can get 32GB version around ~350€ range. What things should I look for when buying a phone from different country to make it work with Estonian cellular provier SIM cards.

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