<div dir="ltr">I'll throw in here too. I've been researching phone options for a couple of weeks since the wife lost her [Sony Xpera] phone in the home theater seats and the screen got cracked and the digitizer hosed and I'm still learning about new brands I've never heard of, like the UMI mentioned above. From my quest, I have learned that there a quite a number of tier 2 manufacturers that offer quite a lot of bang for the buck. There are several quite impressive offerings in the ~$300-400 range including the likes of One+ 3, but the UMI Super is quite close in specs to the One+ for only $200, pretty amazing!<div><br></div><div>We're with T-Mobile, but don't get good reception at home, so rely on their WiFi calling feature. I am not confident enough to try a custom ROM install plus, I suspect we would lose the WiFi calling feature if I did a CM or such. We just ordered a 32GB Nexus 5X on Friday (which I assume will not come with WiFi calling) from Amazon for $279 with the thought of taking it to Google Fi, if the T-Mobile Extended coverage doesn't work for home calling. It was ordered Prime, but delivery is not till 9/2, presumably because it will be shipping with Nougat installed.</div><div><br></div><div>In summary, I find that one can get tons more performance and features on an Android phone for WAY less money than on iPhone. With performance going up and prices coming down continually, [at a $200 price point] it seems to me that they are pretty much becoming throw away devices after the expected 2-3 year useful life. When you think of the thousands of $ we have all spent on computers over the years that are no longer supported, $100-200 per year in today's dollars for such impressive technology isn't so bad.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 4:03 PM, Calvin Harrigan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:calvin.harrigan@gmail.com" target="_blank">calvin.harrigan@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Thanks for the offer, wish I had seen it earlier. I ended up getting a Nexus 5X from Fry's on sale.<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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I'd recommend the onePlus3 if you are looking in the $300 rang phone with pretty much flagship features and a vanillish Android OS.<br>
If you want to spend even less, with higher specs and a 5.5" diagonal screen, the UMI Super or Umi Max is an excellent value.<br>
I bought a super for my daughter at a promo price of $189, and it has 4gb ram, 32GB of storage, expandable to 128GB. Marshamallow (Androd 6) and no bloat.<br>
If you want a good deal on a new, in the box T-Mobile HTC10, I have an extra that I found I didn't need, and is looking for a home.<br>
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On 08/18/2016 04:29 PM, Solomon Peachy wrote:<br>
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On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 04:18:05PM -0400, Calvin Harrigan wrote:<br>
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With that said, what would be a good cell replacement phone for the Nexus 4?<br>
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Without knowing what features you prioritize and your carrier, It's hard<br>
to offer meaningful suggestions. Personally, I'm pretty happy [1] with<br>
the Sony Z3 Compact I picked up a couple of months ago. It's small but<br>
not low-end, Sony is still supporting it, and plays nicely with<br>
Cyanogen.<br>
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[1] As happy as I can be without having a physical keyboard. Sigh...<br>
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Sorry about that. I'm on T-Mobile. It needs only to make calls,<br>
tether, navigation and most importantly as close to vanilla android as<br>
possible. I have a work phone from sprint that is just embarrassingly<br>
stuffed with bloat-ware, a lot of which cannot be uninstalled. I have<br>
maybe 2 other apps over stock installed. I'm usually around a full<br>
computer, so browsing on a 4.7" screen isn't very palatable.<br>
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