Looking for an S5 Mini replacement

[Jasco1997]

My current phone is an Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini which I've had for close to 4 years now and for the most part has been the perfect phone for me. I'm looking for a replacement mainly because I think it's days are numbered and it's been getting a little slower each day.

Requirements are as follows:

Small size: I'm on my feet for most of the day but still use my phone pretty often and don't want a 6" tablet in my pocket all day, I also want something that can be operated with 1 hand pretty easily while I'm working with the other hand. Bummer that the S5 was the last phone Samsung made a 'mini' variant of. Looking for a screen 5" or smaller.

Fast but not too powerful: My biggest complaint with my S5 mini is opening pretty much any application requires me to wait 8 seconds, and touching anything inside those apps requires me to wait an additional 3 seconds for everything I do. I've heard Samsung's TouchWiz might be the cause but it may just be outdated hardware. Pretty much all I use my phone for is talk, text, email, maps, web, streaming services, calendar, etc and don't do too much multitasking. I'd rather trade some processing power for some more battery life.

1080p or 720p preferably OLED: I love the look of Samsung's OLED screens and would like to keep that for when I'm watching videos on the go, I'd also like to keep the resolution under 1440p because of the longer battery life and at 720p I can't really see the pixels on my smaller screen.

Headphone jack and removable storage: So I guess these are both things that phones are no longer doing for some odd reason

Durable: In the 4 years I've had my S5 Mini I have never used a case with it and have never cracked the screen even though I've dropped it a hundred times. This also goes in hand with the smaller size as a case adds extra bulk.

 

[Crazycatman]

10 minutes ago, Jasco1997 said:

My current phone is an Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini which I've had for close to 4 years now and for the most part has been the perfect phone for me. I'm looking for a replacement mainly because I think it's days are numbered and it's been getting a little slower each day.

Requirements are as follows:

Small size: I'm on my feet for most of the day but still use my phone pretty often and don't want a 6" tablet in my pocket all day, I also want something that can be operated with 1 hand pretty easily while I'm working with the other hand. Bummer that the S5 was the last phone Samsung made a 'mini' variant of. Looking for a screen 5" or smaller.

Fast but not too powerful: My biggest complaint with my S5 mini is opening pretty much any application requires me to wait 8 seconds, and touching anything inside those apps requires me to wait an additional 3 seconds for everything I do. I've heard Samsung's TouchWiz might be the cause but it may just be outdated hardware. Pretty much all I use my phone for is talk, text, email, maps, web, streaming services, calendar, etc and don't do too much multitasking. I'd rather trade some processing power for some more battery life.

1080p or 720p preferably OLED: I love the look of Samsung's OLED screens and would like to keep that for when I'm watching videos on the go, I'd also like to keep the resolution under 1440p because of the longer battery life and at 720p I can't really see the pixels on my smaller screen.

Headphone jack and removable storage: So I guess these are both things that phones are no longer doing for some odd reason

Durable: In the 4 years I've had my S5 Mini I have never used a case with it and have never cracked the screen even though I've dropped it a hundred times. This also goes in hand with the smaller size as a case adds extra bulk.

 

I still use a S3 lol.

Just get a S7, because S6 is not waterproof and no-sdcard slot

[Canada EH]

30 minutes ago, Crazycatman said:

I still use a S3 lol.

Just get a S7, because S6 is not waterproof and no-sdcard slot

I still have my S2, but I upgraded to i4 used for 3-4yrs not i5

 

This is exactly what I do when a screen breaks or I am tired of my phone. I go to ebay, I look at the cheapest phones I can find, within my city for pickup and profit!

[Crazycatman]

7 minutes ago, Canada EH said:

I still have my S2, but I upgraded to i4 used for 3-4yrs not i5

 

This is exactly what I do when a screen breaks or I am tired of my phone. I go to ebay, I look at the cheapest phones I can find, within my city for pickup and profit!

This is why there is a screen protector  Thank goodness it saved my Tab A (2015 8in) after I flung it accidentally off the stairs in to a box off train tracks  lol little cousins.

 

Edit: about 18ft? I think but, They moved tho so I don't have access to measure lol. Can't wai to see them in the new hosue during summer. 1.2k mile trip to MI

Edited May 28, 2018 by Crazycatman
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[Canada EH]

Just now, Crazycatman said:

I flung it

hahaha I remember doing that...... at a car while I was walking across the ped xwalk.

I just buy a bumper style case, and its fine. but the moment I took it off for a day, I dropped it, but while it was on I'd always drop it and no problems. I dealt with cracked screen about 1/4 of screen cracked, for years.

[Crazycatman]

2 minutes ago, Canada EH said:

hahaha I remember doing that...... at a car while I was walking across the ped xwalk.

I just buy a bumper style case, and its fine. but the moment I took it off for a day, I dropped it, but while it was on I'd always drop it and no problems. I dealt with cracked screen about 1/4 of screen cracked, for years.

Is that just going to happen. Almost every time some one breaks their phone, its when they take their case off. This some Wizardry of Chance going on here ya know.

[Jasco1997]

Ordered a Panasonic Eluga Ray 500 from India and they sent me an Eluga Ray 550