Sly Reflex Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 I bought my Mum a Wileyfox when they first came out. The casing felt a bit cheap but the rest of it was excellent for the cash you pay. She's due an upgrade soon, so I might have just sorted out her Christmas present there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spatular Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 ha, i had the same problem with a moto g5, super slippy, i was being really careful with it, didn't drop it myself, but it flew out of my pocket as i was getting out of the car on the first day i had it still only a small ding and it works fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regemond Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Just got a Huawei P20 as an early upgrade. Coming from an LG G5, it's a great piece of tech. The facial recognition works flawlessly, the battery is an absolute beast compared to the last one - seriously, I was lucky if I got to work with 66% battery some days, and didn't even use it on the train - it takes 24 hours without sweating. I mean, I'm saying how good the tech is, pretty much all I use my phone for is coming on here and gtm, and browsing Facebook (and occasionally perving on Tumblr or Instagram) so it's not the best representation, but it's all butttery smooth. It even comes with a screen protector as standard - a lovely little touch from Huawei. Now the negatives. It's by far, the most slippery phone I've ever held in my hand. That screen protector is an absolute necessity. And, there's no headphone jack. But I've got Bluetooth headphones for when I bike to work, so that's fine. It comes with USB Type-C headphones too, and it's even got a little connector so you can hook up your traditional headphones up to the USB Type-C port. Awesome little touches that Huawei didn't have to do. I suppose Apple do it though, so they kind of did... Anyway, I like this phone a lot. Thumbs up from me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DisturbedSwan Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Yeah Huawei have come on a lot in recent years. My parents had one of their early phones that came out here and it wasn’t great at all, a few years down the line and they just got an upgrade to the Huawei P Smart and I’m really impressed with it, it does an awful lot of the stuff my iPhone does but at a fraction of the price. Crazy that the budget end Huawei phones have fingerprint readers and stuff now, it really is bananas how tech is evolving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimboxy Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 I know all tech companies are bad for this, but aren’t Huawei particularly notorious for leaching back user data from their devices? (And aren’t they owned by the Chinese government, or have I gone full illuminati here?) ::EDIT:: so a little column a and a little column b it seems. https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.tomsguide.com/us/huawei-zte-smartphones-national-security,news-26632.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimboxy Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 I've managed to smash the screen on my iPhone 6 again (twice in sixth months after never doing it before in the last 9 years of owning Smart Phones) so I'm looking at new/second hand handsets. Ideally I'd like an iPhone 6s+ but they're a bit too expensive still at the moment, so thinking about Android as an alternative. I have a Moto something or other as my work phone and have mixed feelings about it. It is very much at the budget end of the scale. I was taking a look at the one+6 earlier which looks interesting, but too expensive outright. The Huawei that @regemond got is just under £200 SIM free on Amazon which seems a good price. Whatever I do, I think I'm going to use my work one for the next couple of months and decide in September, unless I get too annoyed with this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regemond Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 You sure you're looking at the one I got, @retroed? Looking on Amazon, mine is £549... Huawei P20 SIM-Free with Veho Headphones - Black https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07C7FDWP8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_0ugpBb7HYHB5S Could it have been the P Smart? Huawei P Smart (Single Sim) SIM-Free - Black https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B079G93QND/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_swgpBb67NRSK4 Just don't want you to think what I've said above is representative of a different model, that's all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimboxy Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 @regemond yeah you're correct, noticed that last night when I was taking a second look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroed Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 1 hour ago, regemond said: You sure you're looking at the one I got, @retroed? Wut. ? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regemond Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Haha sorry @retroed, brain was on autopilot this morning, tagged you instead of Jimbo for whatever reason! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmmark Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 I guess I'll put this here. Oh dear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimboxy Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 New phone arrived today, Honor 8X. Can't actually have it until Monday as it is a birthday present, but I just quickly set it up and got it restoring. Excuse the slightly crappy picture. It sure is a lot of phone for £215, it's massive! For what you get it seems like terrific value, especially as it meant I could keep my £12 a month sim only contract, and not have to justify dropping best part of a grand on a new iPhone. The main thing I wanted was a decent camera, my iPhone 6 camera was excellent (probably still is, if I got it repaired) but the Moto G5 that I've been using for a few months has a terrible camera. This one seems pretty decent from the research I've been doing, certainly should be on a par with my iPhone, and has that portrait style thing that is popular at the moment. Want to get my Nova settings on there and turn it back into my phone and not the Honor set up it is at the moment. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGERMAN Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 Good news, the forum should show tweets properly for you on that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimboxy Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 4 minutes ago, DANGERMAN said: Good news, the forum should show tweets properly for you on that I think the screen is big enough to show all the tweets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spatular Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 2 hours ago, Jimbo Xiii said: the Moto G5 that I've been using for a few months has a terrible camera. everything's relative, i've got a G5 and the camera is great...coming from the ~£60 phones i was using before 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimboxy Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 @spatular yeah that's pretty good actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly Reflex Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 I'm due a new phone soon. I might stick with the G's unless something better appears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimboxy Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Got a WearOS watch for Christmas. Seems ok so far. Whilst I'm hear, might as well update about my phone. It's pretty excellent. It is so good for what it cost, I worry that it's probably skimming my info and sending it back to China. The camera is my only real grips with it, it isn't half as good as I'd hoped it would be, I'm getting better at working with it, but pointing and shooting doesn't give as good images as my iPhone 6 did. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimboxy Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 I'm going to post this in the app thread as well as here. I've currently got £18 credit in my play store wallet (Gpay are doing a promo for first time users at the moment. Whenever you make an NFC payment you get a prize draw to win a home mini or play store credit, I've gotten over £20 worth so far..), what should I spend it on? Looking for app or game suggestions, or anything else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGERMAN Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 have you played The Room or its sequels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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