There's no such thing as perfect Android phone

[postmortemIA]

Current flagships:
S7 - TouchWiz is so good everybody wants to remove it
HTC One - battery and/or camera sucks
Sony Z5 - not even Sony believes in it
Nexus 5X - No AMOLED, limited storage, cheap materials
Nexus 6P - too big
LG G4 - TouchWiz wannabe
Moto Pure X - no fingerprint sensor

Did I cover them all?

 

[ChronoReverse]

Nexus 6P - Just about right

FTFY

 

[sao123]

What's wrong with the turbo 2

 

[nOOky]

The perfect Android phone is a moving target, one phone will never end up being perfect for everybody. If I listed my desires for the best phone you would most likely disagree.

 

[Artdeco]

Hoping the next nexus ships with an 820 SOC, it should be nearly perfect.

Out of the current crop, the S7 is the winner.

 

[dawheat]

Hoping the next nexus ships with an 820 SOC, it should be nearly perfect.

Out of the current crop, the S7 is the winner.

I think the S7 Edge + Material/Material Dark theme is the clear current winner - compact for it's size, current gen AMOLED, actually looks pretty sexy, top of line SOC, big battery, best (arguably) camera.

The title should be "There's no such thing as perfect phone". The 6S Plus has OIS and good battery life but is enormous (rivals the 6P). The 6S lacks OIS and has average battery life. Windows phones gave up on the high end a while ago.

 

[tsupersonic]

810 vs 820 is such an overrated point. The 810 in the 6P is fine, doesn't thermal throttle, and it only gets slightly warm. The 6P is the winner. Fast updates, good balance of screen/camera/price/performance. On the downside, it has no expandable storage (not that any recent Nexus had one)

Everyone has different criteria for their phones. The S7 is great, but it has TouchWiz, won't receive fast updates, and way too expensive. The G5 also looks like an interesting phone.

 

[Graze]

There is no such thing as the perfect phone

810 vs 820 is such an overrated point. The 810 in the 6P is fine, doesn't thermal throttle, and it only gets slightly warm.

What? Where did you get this nonsense?

 

[Artdeco]

I think the S7 Edge + Material/Material Dark theme is the clear current winner - compact for it's size, current gen AMOLED, actually looks pretty sexy, top of line SOC, big battery, best (arguably) camera.

The title should be "There's no such thing as perfect phone". The 6S Plus has OIS and good battery life but is enormous (rivals the 6P). The 6S lacks OIS and has average battery life. Windows phones gave up on the high end a while ago.

I wonder what they'll do with the Note line, or is it dead now?

 

[tsupersonic]

What? Where did you get this nonsense?

6P owner.

 

[HeXen]

my prepaid Tracphone seems perfect for me.

 

[gorcorps]

Edit: I was mistaken, carry on

 

[Graze]

6P owner.

Well yours is very special!

 

[Graze]

There's a Google play edition of the S7... So your TouchWiz argument is avoidable.

Link to this please!!

 

[poofyhairguy]

There's a Google play edition of the S7...

There is? I thought that program died over a year ago.

 

[tsupersonic]

There is? I thought that program died over a year ago.

No, the GPE S7 doesn't exist.

 

[theeedude]

You can put Nova Launcher on S7, and keep the best parts of TouchWiz like side by side multitasking. The main issue is not TouchWiz, it's that Samsung makes it hard to change dialer and calendar default apps.

 

[Strk]

810 vs 820 is such an overrated point. The 810 in the 6P is fine, doesn't thermal throttle, and it only gets slightly warm. The 6P is the winner. Fast updates, good balance of screen/camera/price/performance. On the downside, it has no expandable storage (not that any recent Nexus had one)

Everyone has different criteria for their phones. The S7 is great, but it has TouchWiz, won't receive fast updates, and way too expensive. The G5 also looks like an interesting phone.

And to add to that, with the recent discounts, it is an even better deal. Even with the add-ons companies are throwing in with the S7, you're still looking at $700+ for the regular S7.

$350 more to get the edge? I'm good!

 

[LPCTech]

So if i like big phones and dont want a fingerprint scanner are the 6p and moto x pure both perfect?

 

[Artdeco]

And to add to that, with the recent discounts, it is an even better deal. Even with the add-ons companies are throwing in with the S7, you're still looking at $700+ for the regular S7.

$350 more to get the edge? I'm good!

I'll just wait a few months and get one on swappa for $350 off...

Already under $700 new. https://swappa.com/buy/samsung-galaxy-s7-edge-tmobile

 

[tsupersonic]

So if i like big phones and dont want a fingerprint scanner are the 6p and moto x pure both perfect?

The 6P does has a fingerprint scanner. However, keep in mind you don't have to use fingerprint authentication if you don't want to - this applies to all phones with this feature.

 

[gorcorps]

Link to this please!!

There is? I thought that program died over a year ago.

False alarm... I think I've fallen prey to bad info on another forum

Sorry =/

 

[Geekbabe]

There is no such thing as the perfect phone



What? Where did you get this nonsense?

QFT! I am still waiting for the "perfect phone". I will say the new S7 Edge comes darn close from what I have seen. I am big on build quality & Samsung has seriously stepped up their game IMHO

 

[Strk]

I'll just wait a few months and get one on swappa for $350 off...

Already under $700 new. https://swappa.com/buy/samsung-galaxy-s7-edge-tmobile

Are you still able to get any warranty coverage (even through a third party) if you purchase through swappa though? I'd feel uneasy spending that much on something that I can't get my money back on if something goes wrong (or replaced). I remember when my Nexus 5 went into a reboot loop Google just sent one out to me to replace it.

 

[openwheel]

The iPhone is perfect. Am I right?