Recommend a phone with about $700 budget

[razorlala]

phone plan up liao can recontract. looking to buy a phone about 700bucks(700bucks based on rrp). any recommendations? no iphone plz.

 

[Audiology93]

phone plan up liao can recontract. looking to buy a phone about 700bucks(700bucks is original price of phone. not minus the price of phone when sign plan). any recommendations? no iphone plz.

Based on street price or RRP? If based on RRP, A9 Pro and A7 2017 seems good.

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[razorlala]

Based on street price or RRP? If based on RRP, A9 Pro and A7 2017 seems good.

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ya rrp(edited first comment, dont know actual term haha). are there other recommendations other than samsung? samsung alot of bloatware plus 3 samsung phone in my family afew mths aft 2 years the battery will be almost unusable. like carefully engineered to be liddat.

 

[jtdcjtdc]

iPhone 6S base model

 

[ZrE0_Cha0s]

ya rrp(edited first comment, dont know actual term haha). are there other recommendations other than samsung? samsung alot of bloatware plus 3 samsung phone in my family afew mths aft 2 years the battery will be almost unusable. like carefully engineered to be liddat.

not sure if Oneplus3 is it to your liking (though no local set only export set)

but as for samsung batt wise, maybe might be due to your family members anyhow charge and the charge cycle goes haywire or maybe they use too high power on the device?

even my brother Samsung S5 dead after 2 years (due to the notorious screen blank issues)

 

[razorlala]

not sure if Oneplus3 is it to your liking (though no local set only export set)

but as for samsung batt wise, maybe might be due to your family members anyhow charge and the charge cycle goes haywire or maybe they use too high power on the device?

even my brother Samsung S5 dead after 2 years (due to the notorious screen blank issues)

samsung engineering team so good, they can make it such that shorter after 2yrs, ur phone will have issues. 3~4 phones in a row alr. a couple of months aft 2 yrs, the battery lifespan drop very steeply.

i signing plan with company so can only local set. if not i get one+ also

 

[amazingone]

OPPO R9s and Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro (2016) are some choices~

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[Nakedtoes]

Samsung Note 7

 

[jtdcjtdc]

if android then OnePlus 3T, and you still got change

 

[razorlala]

if android then OnePlus 3T, and you still got change

its a phone recontract. oneplus not in any of our telcos

 

[cscs3]

OPPO R9s and Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro (2016) are some choices~

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Will suggest to skip OPPO. So many people complain about firmware issue.

 

[oriserzz]

its a phone recontract. oneplus not in any of our telcos

Recontract a good phone and sell. After that get the money to buy OP3t.

Easy concept. Maybe u will still get some extra cash back.

 

[amazingone]

Will suggest to skip OPPO. So many people complain about firmware issue.

It's one of the better phone in the choice of TS's budget though

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[razorlala]

It's one of the better phone in the choice of TS's budget though

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if lets say my budget raise to like rrp sgd800-900(i think if port over from to other telecomm get $100 off) would u recommend something else? i hesitating to take oppo for quite awhile cause no nfc. but not too sure about the usefulness of nfc in the present and near future.

 

[ZrE0_Cha0s]

if lets say my budget raise to like rrp sgd800-900(i think if port over from to other telecomm get $100 off) would u recommend something else? i hesitating to take oppo for quite awhile cause no nfc. but not too sure about the usefulness of nfc in the present and near future.

unless u using android pay and ezlink purpose, (but your sim card might need such support iirc), den NFC is required.

but whats the requirement for the phone beside budget?

 

[razorlala]

unless u using android pay and ezlink purpose, (but your sim card might need such support iirc), den NFC is required.

but whats the requirement for the phone beside budget?

thats the thing. dont know about how popular android pay and the nfc field would be in the next 2~3years. as of now, i dont use them. but when got event like free money or watever when use, like sian half cause no nfc.

i would avoid models that uses software home button(the 3 standard android buttons, triangle circle and square). would prefer models with dedicated area for the buttons, got actual physical button or not also nvm, main concern is got a dedicated area for those 3 buttons. hate the soft buttons integrated at the bottom of the screen. examples are models like LG G, sony. i do also develop android apps so preferbaby android 6/7 would be prefered, to be relevant for at least the next 2~3years.


it would seem OPPO r9s and samsung A9 are top recommendations here.

cons of oppo being that no NFC, and firmware issues, whereas for samsung, is the standard battery problem(s2, s3, note 3, s6 shortly aft 2yrs+ the battery will deteriorate greatly) and also lots of bloatware.. and flashing new rom will void the warranty...

personally, been eyeing these 2 models for awhile but the above issue that make me hesitate..

 

[amazingone]

yeah, if you're aiming for phones with a physical home button then it's either the OPPO R9s or Samsung Galaxy phones.

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[Intrinion]

Samsung Note 7

Hmm
I think you mean the S7.

 

[Intrinion]

if lets say my budget raise to like rrp sgd800-900(i think if port over from to other telecomm get $100 off) would u recommend something else? i hesitating to take oppo for quite awhile cause no nfc. but not too sure about the usefulness of nfc in the present and near future.

There are plenty of phones - such as the Huawei Mate 9
Though that doesnt have a physical home button.

 

[Intrinion]

There are plenty of phones - such as the Huawei Mate 9
Though that doesnt have a physical home button.