Whats a decent Android phone that fits these criteria?

[Maximilian]

- User replaceable battery
- Not huge, I have a galaxy SII right now so something around that size? I can deal with a bit bigger but not one of these phablet things
- Fast, quad core at least
- Robust, difficult to quantify I guess but its to last a long time
- User upgradable storage (can live without it, nice to have though)
- Unlocked boot loader? I don't know if this is a new thing, locking the boot loader but I would like the ability to ditch the stock install for cyanogenmod or something. Touchwiz can suck it.

Price range is anything because I probably wont buy it right now, ill buy it in the future when its out of date because im a cheapskate

 

[Crono]

Galaxy Alpha. 4.7", 720p, Exynos 5 Octa, 12MP rear camera, 2GB RAM, 32GB storage, replaceable battery. No microSD slot.

And if that's too big, you may want to at least consider non-replaceable batteries, because you are severely limiting your options otherwise.

 

[Phokus]

Get the Xperia Z3 compact. Doesn't have a user replaceable battery but apparently it has twice the battery life of the iphone 6, so do you REALLY need a replaceable battery?

 

[Ravynmagi]

That is a lot of criterias. I wonder if anything fits them all?

 

[kaerflog]

You're asking for a phone that fit your criteria that you probably won't buy right now ??
Why don't you wait till you're ready to buy and post this again.

 

[Maximilian]

Galaxy Alpha. 4.7", 720p, Exynos 5 Octa, 12MP rear camera, 2GB RAM, 32GB storage, replaceable battery. No microSD slot.

And if that's too big, you may want to at least consider non-replaceable batteries, because you are severely limiting your options otherwise.

Galaxy alpha? Never heard of that, looks pretty good!

Get the Xperia Z3 compact. Doesn't have a user replaceable battery but apparently it has twice the battery life of the iphone 6, so do you REALLY need a replaceable battery?

Yes, really I keep phones for a long time. And they get passed down after that so its good if I can give a phone a new battery after im done with it.

You're asking for a phone that fit your criteria that you probably won't buy right now ??
Why don't you wait till you're ready to buy and post this again.

Because reasons :sneaky:

 

[poofyhairguy]

- User replaceable battery
- Not huge, I have a galaxy SII right now so something around that size? I can deal with a bit bigger but not one of these phablet things
- Fast, quad core at least
- Robust, difficult to quantify I guess but its to last a long time
- User upgradable storage (can live without it, nice to have though)
- Unlocked boot loader? I don't know if this is a new thing, locking the boot loader but I would like the ability to ditch the stock install for cyanogenmod or something. Touchwiz can suck it.

My S4 basically hits all those points. Just get an international model.

 

[Muadib]

I see an S5 in your future. Edit bootloader might be locked, I have no clue.

 

[ChronoReverse]

My S4 basically hits all those points. Just get an international model.

That was my exact thought as well.