£400 to spend on a handset, but which one?

iMacMart · 9 Dec 2017 at 22:16

benparker said:
Huawei View 10. Releases next month though @£450. May be better than OP5T

Decisions decisions..

LEK-89 · 10 Dec 2017 at 10:16

Huawei Mate 10? (Non pro version).

A little bit over £450 depending where you source one from but I am seriously considering one of these at the moment, a bit of a monster of a phone as it's a 5.9" / 16:9 screen and I was toying between this or the Mate 10 Pro but this one to me stands out a little bit better... Plus the Pro is another £150 or so more.

Liam.

biron_w · 10 Dec 2017 at 10:24

LEK-89 said:
Huawei Mate 10? (Non pro version).

A little bit over £450 depending where you source one from but I am seriously considering one of these at the moment, a bit of a monster of a phone as it's a 5.9" / 16:9 screen and I was toying between this or the Mate 10 Pro but this one to me stands out a little bit better... Plus the Pro is another £150 or so more.

Liam.

Might be a pain getting the non pro version as that won't be available in the UK officially. We're only getting the pro for some reason.

biron_w · 10 Dec 2017 at 10:29

benparker said:
Huawei View 10. Releases next month though @£450. May be better than OP5T

Only problem with that is whether or not it gets regular updates. Huawei aren't the best for that.

mrgubby · 10 Dec 2017 at 11:23

You could get a non-edge S7 ?

I've got one and have no urge at all to "upgrade"

iMacMart · 10 Dec 2017 at 11:42

Coming from an S8 I’d rather look at something different from the Samsung line up... I am a bit of a new tech person.. as much as it annoys the wife

Nexus18 · 10 Dec 2017 at 11:51

Seems rather pointless moving from the gs8 imo, I hate the fingerprint scanner to the point I don't use it, iris is hit and miss but still wouldn't give up the phone just because of those 2 things.

Only phone worthy of the upgrade would be a pixel 2 xl and even then, it has some downsides compared to gs 8 plus more issues or the 5t but then the camera is ****.

kona786 · 10 Dec 2017 at 12:30

5t has a decent enough camera, plenty of comparisons vs the S8 and it holds up pretty well in stills as long as you don't pixel peep.

LEK-89 · 10 Dec 2017 at 14:44

biron_w said:
Might be a pain getting the non pro version as that won't be available in the UK officially. We're only getting the pro for some reason.

Yeah that's the catch I've been facing with at the moment if I do decide to get it, there are a few on the bay advertised as brand new and located in Ireland / France which can be shipped to the UK with postage & duties paid already paid... However I still wouldn't risk one off the bay if I can help it.

There are a couple of other technology retailers out there online which are also stocking it, one of which is meant to be reputable so it makes it even more tempting.

Liam.

benparker · 23 Dec 2017 at 14:24

kona786 said:
5t has a decent enough camera, plenty of comparisons vs the S8 and it holds up pretty well in stills as long as you don't pixel peep.

OP5T vs Pixel 2 camera comparison

benparker · 23 Dec 2017 at 21:45

I'm gonna get the honor v10 and see how that fairs with the op5t

kefan77 · 24 Dec 2017 at 10:25

just re-read OP and thread and to be fair, all the phones mentioned are inferior to S8 in one way or another, be it screen, camera etc; I dislike the fingerprint scanner placement too, but learned to live with it. I use face recognition from time to time, but it's a gimmick. fingerprint works 99.9% of time.
The only other phone I'd consider now is Pixel 2 XL and that is quite costly. I certainly would not swap S8 for Oneplus, Honor (Huawei) or Nokia.

iMacMart · 26 Dec 2017 at 12:13

kefan77 said:
just re-read OP and thread and to be fair, all the phones mentioned are inferior to S8 in one way or another, be it screen, camera etc; I dislike the fingerprint scanner placement too, but learned to live with it. I use face recognition from time to time, but it's a gimmick. fingerprint works 99.9% of time.
The only other phone I'd consider now is Pixel 2 XL and that is quite costly. I certainly would not swap S8 for Oneplus, Honor (Huawei) or Nokia.

Hi all

I've had those same thoughts, decided to keep the s8 and use the unlock Patten mixed with the face recognition only use the bio scanner for security, the XL2 looks amazing but as you say it's way too expensive for me currently so going to stick with my s8 for now

thanks chaps ...

MrRockliffe · 26 Dec 2017 at 12:17

My girlfriend has the Honor 9, and it was great when we first got it, but it has slowed down considerably. Lots of freezing, app crashing, touchscreen problems.

We've also been unable to find a screen protector for it

DagsJT · 26 Dec 2017 at 19:18

MrRockliffe said:
My girlfriend has the Honor 9, and it was great when we first got it, but it has slowed down considerably. Lots of freezing, app crashing, touchscreen problems.

We've also been unable to find a screen protector for it

The reason I'm browsing this section is because my Honor 9 is slowing down considerably and freezing too. Fantastic camera but otherwise it's not a phone I'd recommend.

thekarrari · 18 Jan 2018 at 01:04

Did you try the good old turning it off and back on again?

tals · 18 Jan 2018 at 06:07

I've been looking as well. I've decided to go for mi mix 2. A 64gb one from wonda mobile is 425 (they pay tax) or gearbest 364. Phone does look amazing. Global rom seems more standard but will probably put the EU rom on which is less cluttered.

jazzy68 · 21 Jan 2018 at 11:25

Got a Honor V10 for myself and it is a nice phone, better camera pics taken than my 5t, just as smooth but I hate the way the screen keeps dimming even though I have auto brightness off.

Annoyed me so much that it is now on the bay for sale lol.

If you can live with that feature then I'm sure you'll enjoy the V10

Jabbs · 22 Jan 2018 at 18:49

jazzy68 said:
Got a Honor V10 for myself and it is a nice phone, better camera pics taken than my 5t, just as smooth but I hate the way the screen keeps dimming even though I have auto brightness off.

Annoyed me so much that it is now on the bay for sale lol.

If you can live with that feature then I'm sure you'll enjoy the V10

Interested in this, have a Nokia 8 and want a bigger screen. What's it on for.

jazzy68 · 22 Jan 2018 at 18:54

Jabbs said:
Interested in this, have a Nokia 8 and want a bigger screen. What's it on for.

Don't think I can state that on here matey.