Infinity/Edge to edge display phone

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Hi Guys,
A friend of mine is looking for an Infinity/Edge to edge display phone. Here are his requirements-

1. Budget? 40k
2. Display type and size? Size don't matter, he's just looking for a 80%+ screen to body ratio
phone
3. Dual sim? Yes+a dedicated sim tray
4. Preferred choice of brand? Not any special brand in mind
5. What camera option you want (flash, front facing camera)? Whether its a 8mp or 16mp camera it will do just fine
6. Preferred operating system? (Android, iOS, Windows Phone, etc). Stock Andorid or Samsung's Touch Wiz
7. Preferred connectivity options (3G, 4G ready). Change the questionnaire or better delete this question as everyone is after 4g nowadays
8. Primary use of handset (multimedia, camera, internet, gaming etc)? Multipurpose
9. Any specific mobile phones in consideration? He likes OPO5T but is skeptical because of the less pixels of the screen, benchmark cheating scandal, it being a Chinese company and pathetic after sales support. I told him to go for the G6 but he doesn't like LG @Vyom
10. Any other info that you want to share No

Thanks

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Samsung S7 is only option then, I am no more suggesting flagship/mid range Chinese OEM due to pathetic after sales support until they improve on that i will stay away from Chinese OEM and suggest others to do so.

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usually you can only get better specs or better after sale service for the same price... not both

if infinity display is a major requirement and don't want S7 / LG G6 , and willing to wait a little .. Samsung is about to launch A8 and A8+ , they usually launch A series in january..

watch the video and see if it's worth waiting for , and expect it to be overpriced for the specs at launch

Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018) handled on video, full specs list in tow

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Minion said:
Samsung S7 is only option then, I am no more suggesting flagship/mid range Chinese OEM due to pathetic after sales support until they improve on that i will stay away from Chinese OEM and suggest others to do so.

S7 and S7 edge doesn't have infinity display.

gta5 said:
usually you can only get better specs or better after sale service for the same price... not both

if infinity display is a major requirement and don't want S7 / LG G6 , and willing to wait a little .. Samsung is about to launch A8 and A8+ , they usually launch A series in january..

watch the video and see if it's worth waiting for , and expect it to be overpriced for the specs at launch

Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018) handled on video, full specs list in tow

S7 and S7 edge doesn't have infinity display. A8 looks overpriced as per the price. By January S8 will be down close to 35-40k.

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billubakra said:
S7 and S7 edge doesn't have infinity display.

As of now apart from Lg g6 i don't think there is any phone with infinity display within 40k.

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Minion said:
As of now apart from Lg g6 i don't think there is any phone with infinity display within 40k.

Opo5t is. They use some other term instead of infinity display which is used by Samsung mostly.

billubakra said:
Hi Guys,
A friend of mine is looking for an Infinity/Edge to edge display phone. Here are his requirements-

1. Budget? 40k
2. Display type and size? Size don't matter, he's just looking for a 80%+ screen to body ratio
phone
3. Dual sim? Yes+a dedicated sim tray
4. Preferred choice of brand? Not any special brand in mind
5. What camera option you want (flash, front facing camera)? Whether its a 8mp or 16mp camera it will do just fine
6. Preferred operating system? (Android, iOS, Windows Phone, etc). Stock Andorid or Samsung's Touch Wiz
7. Preferred connectivity options (3G, 4G ready). Change the questionnaire or better delete this question as everyone is after 4g nowadays
8. Primary use of handset (multimedia, camera, internet, gaming etc)? Multipurpose
9. Any specific mobile phones in consideration? He likes OPO5T but is skeptical because of the less pixels of the screen, benchmark cheating scandal, it being a Chinese company and pathetic after sales support. I told him to go for the G6 but he doesn't like LG @Vyom
10. Any other info that you want to share No

Thanks

Xiaomi Redmi Mi Mix 2 128GB Duos 5.99" 12MP Black -40k
Link:Xiaomi India Warranty Xiaomi Redmi Mi Mix 2 128GB Duos 5.99" 12MP Black | eBay

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bssunilreddy said:
Xiaomi Redmi Mi Mix 2 128GB Duos 5.99" 12MP Black -40k
Link:Xiaomi India Warranty Xiaomi Redmi Mi Mix 2 128GB Duos 5.99" 12MP Black | eBay

Looks cool. Is this phone having that crap mi os and how is redmi's customer support?

billubakra said:
Looks cool. Is this phone having that crap mi os and how is redmi's customer support?

Xiaomi's Mi Mix 2 works on LTE anywhere in the world

billubakra said:
Looks cool. Is this phone having that crap mi os and how is redmi's customer support?

All Xiaomi phones with the exception of Mi A1 have miui crap.

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bssunilreddy said:
Xiaomi's Mi Mix 2 works on LTE anywhere in the world

I texted him in the morning, he went to check the phone. His review is that the hand covers the bottom part of the phone where the front camera is located and the deal breaker is that redmi skin.

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billubakra said:
Opo5t is. They use some other term instead of infinity display which is used by Samsung mostly.

good news lg v30 launched for 44k in india

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Minion said:
good news lg v30 launched for 44k in india

S8's price will be around 40k in a month or two. Moreover lg's skin is crap like redmi's.

billubakra said:
S8's price will be around 40k in a month or two. Moreover lg's skin is crap like redmi's.

I've used both in the past and though LG's skin is not perfect, it is far better than MIUI.

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Any op5t users here?

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Not even one user of 5t here?

LG v30, OP 5T & LG G6 all have a great screen to body ratio. All of them are good phone & choice will depend on usage & what you want

Visual Phone Size Comparison

I own S8 in which you can change the display resolution. Personally i see no difference between 1080p & 1440p except for more battery draw (I get 30-40 min more SOT in 1080p), so I use 1080p resolution.

IMO not getting OP 5T due to fewer pixels is a bad excuse. LG has better after sales than OP just because its a bigger company (no experience with them though). Ignore the benchmark scandals, no user can feel a difference between a S821 & S835 for normal usage. If he's avoiding Chinese company then he might be looking for a bigger brand, LG is a big brand.

64GB should be sufficient for most people, so no need to have a dedicated SD card slot. All 3 of them are dual SIM.

My priority: V30 > G6 > 5T
LG phones do have an average selfie camera at 5MP, so not the best for selfies.

S7 Edge had one of the best screen to body ratio for 2016, but it's still less than the other 3 options.
Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Gold Platinum, 32 GB) Online at Best Price with Great Offers Only On Flipkart.com

billubakra said:
Any op5t users here?

I have used a 5T once, even G6(friends have it). Not side by side though.

billubakra said:
S8's price will be around 40k in a month or two. Moreover lg's skin is crap like redmi's.

I doubt it considering the S7 didn't receive big price cuts with launch of S8. Samsung is trying to retain a better value of its flagships apparently. With Apple's pricing of iPhone X, expect higher prices of next flagships.

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anupam_pb said:
LG v30, OP 5T & LG G6 all have a great screen to body ratio. All of them are good phone & choice will depend on usage & what you want

Visual Phone Size Comparison

I own S8 in which you can change the display resolution. Personally i see no difference between 1080p & 1440p except for more battery draw (I get 30-40 min more SOT in 1080p), so I use 1080p resolution.

IMO not getting OP 5T due to fewer pixels is a bad excuse. LG has better after sales than OP just because its a bigger company (no experience with them though). Ignore the benchmark scandals, no user can feel a difference between a S821 & S835 for normal usage. If he's avoiding Chinese company then he might be looking for a bigger brand, LG is a big brand.

64GB should be sufficient for most people, so no need to have a dedicated SD card slot. All 3 of them are dual SIM.

My priority: V30 > G6 > 5T
LG phones do have an average selfie camera at 5MP, so not the best for selfies.

S7 Edge had one of the best screen to body ratio for 2016, but it's still less than the other 3 options.
Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Gold Platinum, 32 GB) Online at Best Price with Great Offers Only On Flipkart.com

Thanks. Have you rated 5t the least because of the after sales support and why aren't they providing earphones with their phones? Getting lg's phone will defeat his purpose of a stock Android phone. 5t's screen is 1080p but it allows recording of 4k videos, they should have really worked on the screen, camera, speakers and pricing(5k more for 64gb and 2gb ram is very expensive, considering no card slot)

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anupam_pb said:
I doubt it considering the S7 didn't receive big price cuts with launch of S8. Samsung is trying to retain a better value of its flagships apparently. With Apple's pricing of iPhone X, expect higher prices of next flagships.

S8's price is expected to be around 45k in January and then 40k near S9's launch in February, this is as per the dealer from whom my friend gets all his Samsung phones. Any chance that the 5t's prices will get a cut?

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billubakra said:
S8's price is expected to be around 45k in January and then 40k near S9's launch in February, this is as per the dealer from whom my friend gets all his Samsung phones. Any chance that the 5t's prices will get a cut?

it is highly unlikely that it will drop twice in such short span of time .. the 2nd price drop would likely happen sometime july/august before note 9 launch ..
it is Rs 54,000 right now , so i don't think it will go below 45-46k before july ... i am talking about general market price , not through bank offers, some online deal..

even galaxy s7 was 37k till july 2017 , and that was launched for Rs 49,000 .. S8 launch price was 58,000 .. so 46k by early feb is expected .. s9 would likely launch in march

same with one plus 5t , it will lilely drop before one plus is about to launch one plus 6 by april

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gta5 said:
it is highly unlikely that it will drop twice in such short span of time .. the 2nd price drop would likely happen sometime july/august before note 9 launch ..
it is Rs 54,000 right now , so i don't think it will go below 45-46k before july ... i am talking about general market price , not through bank offers, some online deal..

even galaxy s7 was 37k till july 2017 , and that was launched for Rs 49,000 .. S8 launch price was 58,000 .. so 46k by early feb is expected .. s9 would likely launch in march

same with one plus 5t , it will lilely drop before one plus is about to launch one plus 6 by april

The dealer is providing wrong info then. But there is definitely going to be a major drop near S9's announcement. It is selling for 48k-49k in the market as of today. Samsung's phones are always selling at high prices online.
S7's launch price was 54k+ back in 2016.

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billubakra said:
The dealer is providing wrong info then. But there is definitely going to be a major drop near S9's announcement. It is selling for 48k-49k in the market as of today. Samsung's phones are always selling at high prices online.
S7's launch price was 54k+ back in 2016.

that was s7 edge that launched for 56k , which is still Rs 39,000 on samsung/amazon site..

Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge launched at Rs 48,900 and Rs 56,900

has it been selling for 48-49k from last 2 months ? and easily available on all shops ?

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gta5 said:
that was s7 edge that launched for 56k , which is still Rs 39,000 on samsung/amazon site..

Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge launched at Rs 48,900 and Rs 56,900

has it been selling for 48-49k from last 2 months easily available on all shops ?

Sorry forgot to mention edge. Yes easily available, a friend went to buy the s8+ but ended up with note 8, bought it for 56k, as it is more future proof+jio gave around 1tb of data for a year.

billubakra said:
why aren't they providing earphones with their phones?

Because any earphone and headphone with a 3.5mm jack works fine on it. No adapters are required.

billubakra said:
5t's screen is 1080p but it allows recording of 4k videos, they should have really worked on the screen

Screen resolution has got nothing to do with camera's capabilities, no matter what device you buy. Apparently, the screen on OP5T isn't inverted like that in OP5 and well it is 18:9, so just a bit taller. If you want higher resolution but don't have the budget, then you should look for LG V20 (going for ~26k at the moment on flipkart here: LG V20a (Titan, 64 GB) Online at Best Price with Great Offers Only On Flipkart.com )

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SaiyanGoku said:
Because any earphone and headphone with a 3.5mm jack works fine on it. No adapters are required.

Screen resolution has got nothing to do with camera's capabilities, no matter what device you buy. Apparently, the screen on OP5T isn't inverted like that in OP5 and well it is 18:9, so just a bit taller. If you want higher resolution but don't have the budget, then you should look for LG V20 (going for ~26k at the moment on flipkart here: LG V20a (Titan, 64 GB) Online at Best Price with Great Offers Only On Flipkart.com )

Again instead of "any" why can't they provide their own?
Inverted screen as in? While that LG phone looks tempting, the downsides are the skin and the fact that it is from LG.
Anyways, my friend has finalized 5t he will order it in the new year sales.
Thanks everyone.

billubakra said:
Again instead of "any" why can't they provide their own?
Inverted screen as in? While that LG phone looks tempting, the downsides are the skin and the fact that it is from LG.
Anyways, my friend has finalized 5t he will order it in the new year sales.
Thanks everyone.

Because that might lead to slight bump in the price. Their bullets v2 costs 1.2k and I'm pretty sure you can get better IEMs for that price or already have them.

billubakra said:
Thanks. Have you rated 5t the least because of the after sales support and why aren't they providing earphones with their phones? Getting lg's phone will defeat his purpose of a stock Android phone. 5t's screen is 1080p but it allows recording of 4k videos, they should have really worked on the screen, camera, speakers and pricing(5k more for 64gb and 2gb ram is very expensive, considering no card slot)

Yes, 5T was rated the least due to after sales & brand value. Samsung phones are far from stock, so I can't understand how someone is ok with Samsung UI but hates other custom UIs? I personally don't like pure stock due to lack of features & using custom ROMs aren't best in terms of stability.

As I said, I see no difference between a 1080p & 1440p resolution. So I'm more than happy with 1080p resolution. Apparently, humans can't distinguish between pixels when pixel density crosses 300 ppi, so 1440p is an overkill.

You can't expect a camera that can match flagships of other companies considering the price 5T sells at. Same logic for speakers, Pixel 2 XL has good speakers + 18:9 display. Apparently, UFS memory costs a lot since they outperform any & all SD cards. But OP could have tried reducing cost by simply not offering 8GB RAM. 6GB is already overkill. If Samsung UI can run smoothly on 4GB RAM, stock android definitely doesn't need 6GB or 8GB.

billubakra said:
The dealer is providing wrong info then. But there is definitely going to be a major drop near S9's announcement. It is selling for 48k-49k in the market as of today. Samsung's phones are always selling at high prices online.
S7's launch price was 54k+ back in 2016.

billubakra said:
S8's price is expected to be around 45k in January and then 40k near S9's launch in February, this is as per the dealer from whom my friend gets all his Samsung phones. Any chance that the 5t's prices will get a cut?

As I said earlier "I doubt it considering the S7 didn't receive big price cuts with the launch of S8. Samsung is trying to retain a better value of its flagships apparently. With Apple's pricing of iPhone X, expect higher prices of next flagships."

What that dealer quoted was true for Samsung till 2 years ago or so. I expect S9 to be launched at 60-65k at least because of Apple. LG phones are good but they don't sell well, so they are trying to get a bigger market share by lowering the price.

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anupam_pb said:
Yes, 5T was rated the least due to after sales & brand value. Samsung phones are far from stock, so I can't understand how someone is ok with Samsung UI but hates other custom UIs? I personally don't like pure stock due to lack of features & using custom ROMs aren't best in terms of stability.

As I said, I see no difference between a 1080p & 1440p resolution. So I'm more than happy with 1080p resolution. Apparently, humans can't distinguish between pixels when pixel density crosses 300 ppi, so 1440p is an overkill.

You can't expect a camera that can match flagships of other companies considering the price 5T sells at. Same logic for speakers, Pixel 2 XL has good speakers + 18:9 display. Apparently, UFS memory costs a lot since they outperform any & all SD cards. But OP could have tried reducing cost by simply not offering 8GB RAM. 6GB is already overkill. If Samsung UI can run smoothly on 4GB RAM, stock android definitely doesn't need 6GB or 8GB.

Agree with all points but touchwiz is far better than any other skin out there but yes it is secondary compared to stock. In his budget this was the only best bet so to make sure the phone is future proof he went with the 8gb version.

billubakra said:
Agree with all points but touchwiz is far better than any other skin out there but yes it is secondary compared to stock. In his budget this was the only best bet so to make sure the phone is future proof he went with the 8gb version.

4GB is futureproof for next 2 years at least, so 8GB is an overkill. due to segmentation in android, apps will try to run smooth on even low end devices, so the phone will most probably die before 8GB RAM is required.

Phones with 2GB RAM still run decently. Anyways, we can close the discussion.

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@SaiyanGoku
Goku is the Indian version coming with the preapplied screen protector and a silicon case? Some unboxing videos had them, some didn't.

billubakra said:
@SaiyanGoku
Goku is the Indian version coming with the preapplied screen protector and a silicon case? Some unboxing videos had them, some didn't.

Quote from the product page at amazon (*www.amazon.in/gp/product/B0756ZFXVB) :

Whats in the box:
Handset, Screen Protector (pre-applied), Translucent Case, Dash Type-C Cable, Dash Power Adapter, SIM Tray Ejector, Quick Start Guide and Safety Information

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SaiyanGoku said:
Quote from the product page at amazon (*www.amazon.in/gp/product/B0756ZFXVB) :

Thanks Goku. Are these accessories really worth the price or should he buy the unbranded one's?
OnePlus Cases & Protection - OnePlus (India)
P.S. Have you got the Oreo update for your oneplus?

billubakra said:
Thanks Goku. Are these accessories really worth the price or should he buy the unbranded one's?
OnePlus Cases & Protection - OnePlus (India)
P.S. Have you got the Oreo update for your oneplus?

I bought a spigen case for my OP3 (link : *www.amazon.in/gp/product/B01H3PEWDK)
I am running a custom rom (7.1.2) and haven't checked for stable oreo update. Beta one got pulled back because of battery drain issues.