Which phone ~£350 do I get?

Energize · 27 Jul 2016 at 20:48

Begbie said:
New Redmi Pro? Specs look incredible. Probably cheaper too.

Not available yet?

Orcvader said:
If a developer is willing to port over stock Android and get everything working even with the lack of source code, sure.

Looks like there is a stock firmware available, so all good.

insane200 · 27 Jul 2016 at 21:01

Axon 7 is geting good reviews, QHD amoled screen Qualcom 820 and a decent speaker system, plus it looks pretty nice, and has a good finger print sensor placement.

Think if i was buying now it would be that phone.

Orcvader · 27 Jul 2016 at 21:08

Energize said:
Looks like there is a stock firmware available, so all good.

You have to remember in custom ROM terms, stock is the default factory Huawei UI Android, not Google Android.

A quick look on XDA, the majority of ROMs is based on the Huawei stock ROM, even Twisted which tries to emulate the Nexus feel but there's still a few Huawei UI elements left in.

VortexA1 · 27 Jul 2016 at 23:14

insane200 said:
Axon 7 is geting good reviews, QHD amoled screen Qualcom 820 and a decent speaker system, plus it looks pretty nice, and has a good finger print sensor placement.

Think if i was buying now it would be that phone.

I just looked up the Axon 7..wow looks real good.

There doesn't seem to be a compromise.. Apart from camera which doesn't bother me.

Wow

insane200 · 27 Jul 2016 at 23:30

Orcvader said:
You have to remember in custom ROM terms, stock is the default factory Huawei UI Android, not Google Android.

A quick look on XDA, the majority of ROMs is based on the Huawei stock ROM, even Twisted which tries to emulate the Nexus feel but there's still a few Huawei UI elements left in.

I think a part of that is due to Huawei doesn't open source all its ROMand some of the RIls are part baked into it.

VortexA1 said:
I just looked up the Axon 7..wow looks real good.

There doesn't seem to be a compromise.. Apart from camera which doesn't bother me.

Wow

The camera could probably be updated to be better, but yes is a lovely looking device, one I'll keep my eye on cone upgrade time, if it's available through EE, won't holdmy breathfor it though.

smilertoo · 28 Jul 2016 at 04:36

The only problem with the Axon7 is you cant actually buy it.

insane200 · 28 Jul 2016 at 13:52

smilertoo said:
The only problem with the Axon7 is you cant actually buy it.

looks like it releases August 17th in the state, so i guess we might see it around the same time.