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i won't give my next phone to him, unless it's a moto x force.oneplus x has an underperforming battery, otherwise it's a strong package, definitely on my shortlist. also, oppo r7 is a cool phone with metal body (i love that, i've had some metal phones, durability is second to none), and despite the weak specs, battery life is decent.
a friend came over the other day and showed me his p8. gorgeous piece of hardware (though a bit big for my taste).
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btw i find it very hard to pick any flagship without reservations. the xiaomi mi5 is hard to beat considering its price, but there's no stable rom available and xiaomi closes bootloaders nowadays making rom installations a pain in the ass. the modular idea of the lg g5 is cool, but the phone is plain ugly and battery life is meh. the huawei p9 has a great still camera and looks nice in flash, too, but the gui is boring and huawei never opens bootloaders, so rom development is nonexistent. the s7 is fast, has a nice screen and water/dust resistant, but has severe reception issues and picks up scratches easily. the nexus 6p is just huge. etc
the htc 10 stands out for me, except for battery life.
btw i find it very hard to pick any flagship without reservations. the xiaomi mi5 is hard to beat considering its price, but there's no stable rom available and xiaomi closes bootloaders nowadays making rom installations a pain in the ass. the modular idea of the lg g5 is cool, but the phone is plain ugly and battery life is meh. the huawei p9 has a great still camera and looks nice in flash, too, but the gui is boring and huawei never opens bootloaders, so rom development is nonexistent. the s7 is fast, has a nice screen and water/dust resistant, but has severe reception issues and picks up scratches easily. the nexus 6p is just huge. etc
the htc 10 stands out for me, except for battery life.
@Salvo
it is gorgeous indeed, but still: size comparison. even the mi3 is close to the biggest phone i can handle with one hand. if the nexus was around the same size, i'd pick it in a heartbeat. good for you if you can handle that.
btw besides the reliability, samsung's touchwiz must be the ugliest gui of them all. until a couple of years ago, samsung at least allowed to install custom roms on their phones, but there's no cyanogenmod even for the s6, let alone the s7.
i stick to the opportunity to install custom roms, and i've learned it the hard way: i've had a sony xperia p with closed bootloader a couple of years ago, and the last sony rom update came with a call bug which sony never cared to fix.
it is gorgeous indeed, but still: size comparison. even the mi3 is close to the biggest phone i can handle with one hand. if the nexus was around the same size, i'd pick it in a heartbeat. good for you if you can handle that.
btw besides the reliability, samsung's touchwiz must be the ugliest gui of them all. until a couple of years ago, samsung at least allowed to install custom roms on their phones, but there's no cyanogenmod even for the s6, let alone the s7.
i stick to the opportunity to install custom roms, and i've learned it the hard way: i've had a sony xperia p with closed bootloader a couple of years ago, and the last sony rom update came with a call bug which sony never cared to fix.