Reply to: New mobile recommendations?

[psychocandy]

Anyone manage to get a business tariff sorted paid via ltd bank account?

Last time the tariffs cost more but I notice EE do a nice sim only one now. £15+vat for unlimited calls/texts and 10Gb data. (£350 for the Sony Experia Z5 up front amazon job done)

Any hassle getting EE to credit check/pay from company?

[psychocandy]

Well regardless of what you go for, I'd recommend getting a Lifeproof Fre case. I bought one for my iPhone 6 having smashed 2 screens in about 2 months. It's absolutely awesome. Waterproof, shockproof etc. My two year old sometimes pinches my phone and watches YouTube videos or cartoons. If he gets shouted at, he tends to launch the phone.

You can hear the collective sucking in of breath from surrounding parents when he drops it from the shopping trolley seat in the supermarket etc.

I recently upgraded to a 6S after about 18 months use, and when I took it out of the case it looked absolutely immaculate. Not a scratch, dent or mark on it.

£60 for a case. Better be good!

[northernladuk]

Normally I can put up with larger than that ;-)

Not surprised with the number of times you've been shafted.

[b0redom]

Well regardless of what you go for, I'd recommend getting a Lifeproof Fre case. I bought one for my iPhone 6 having smashed 2 screens in about 2 months. It's absolutely awesome. Waterproof, shockproof etc. My two year old sometimes pinches my phone and watches YouTube videos or cartoons. If he gets shouted at, he tends to launch the phone.

You can hear the collective sucking in of breath from surrounding parents when he drops it from the shopping trolley seat in the supermarket etc.

I recently upgraded to a 6S after about 18 months use, and when I took it out of the case it looked absolutely immaculate. Not a scratch, dent or mark on it.

[psychocandy]

Euphenism?

Normally I can put up with larger than that ;-)

[MrMarkyMark]

5.5". Not fussed too big for me.

Euphenism?

[FatLazyContractor]

My daughter has a Sony Experia a couple of years ago - check the quality of the sound when making a phone call. Hers was bloody dreadful, really sounded like she had her head in an echoey bucket.

Well, she was probably busy while talking to you....

[filthy1980]

My daughter has a Sony Experia a couple of years ago - check the quality of the sound when making a phone call. Hers was bloody dreadful, really sounded like she had her head in an echoey bucket.

I had the z3, the earpiece was terrible as could rarely hear the other person when making calls

also my z3 screen was very brittle, cracked it twice, second time it fell from the sofa armrest onto a carpeted floor (2ft) and it cracked the screen

don't know if newer models have improved build quality

[Platypus]

Think I've settled on Sony Experia Z5. Decent phone, bit cheaper than the samsung, better sound quality.

Looked at some of the chinky phones but theyre mostly 5.5" phablet size. Not fussed too big for me.

My daughter has a Sony Experia a couple of years ago - check the quality of the sound when making a phone call. Hers was bloody dreadful, really sounded like she had her head in an echoey bucket.

[psychocandy]

Think I've settled on Sony Experia Z5. Decent phone, bit cheaper than the samsung, better sound quality.

Looked at some of the chinky phones but theyre mostly 5.5" phablet size. Not fussed too big for me.

[psychocandy]

Nicked my sons oneplusone for now - hes not happy. Takes a bit of getting used to but its a nice phone - maybe I'll consider the oneplus3. Certainly sound seems very good - better than my S5 was.

Talking about my old S5. Screen is screwed but I've got it to power on. Its insured but you need to send it off and they wipe it anyway. Trouble with the S5 is if you connect it to PC you can't access it if its locked (which it starts up in). No screen no unlock. :-(

Wish I had usb debug enabled now and had bothered with a samsung account (you can remote unlock). But there we go.

Looks like only option is to buy a special cable to plug into mini usb that has got hdmi output and usb input (for mouse). Plug into monitor/tv and usb mouse to unlock it.

[quackhandle]

Nexus 5X 16GB Sim Free nearly 50% off

qh

[rl4engc]

Interesting comments regarding the last update[/url]

I got mine (early 5.5 firmware) from GearBest and no spyware, at the time there were people buying them from a UK Amazon seller complaining of spyware, I think they put their own ROMs on.

I'm happy with 5.5, but will probably upgrade it to 6 when a confirmed clean ROM comes out either OTA or flash.

[rl4engc]

Like the look of the ulephone. Never heard of before.

Like the look of the vienna one which is the music specialist one. To be honest, prob listen to music on my phone for a few hours a day...

Where'd you buy yours?

Any cons?

I'd never heard of HTC when I bought my "SPV-100" back in the day, they were just badged "Orange"

Got mine from Gear Best, took about 2 weeks, tracked delivery, paid with Paypal for added protection (no arrival etc). Don't expect much support if it breaks after 9 months but that's unlikely and for £120 you can't argue.

Only cons so far (more niggles)

1) Fingerprint unlock seems to take about 2 seconds, but is always accurate (before update kept saying unrecognised)
2) Seems sometimes picky with standard chargers, cycles between charging and not, but swap the lead and it's fine. Also use the supplied fast charger and it always fine, 0-100% in two hours.

Best thing about it is the build quality and battery life, I couldn't go back to a phone that only lasts a day now.

[MrMarkyMark]

Wiley Fox has cropped up out the blue and they have a new handset coming out soon. I may have a crack at one of those given the cheapness of them.

A friend of mine has been very happy with his