It seems unbelievable that with such a wide variety of phones, one has a hard time finding something suitable.
I am looking for a decent phone, 4.9~5", maximum 5.2" screen, Full HD, no Pentile.
Good camera, good battery and, as a plus, a fingerprint sensor, all at max $400 (350eur).
It seems to me that such phone would entice a huge variety of people, but I must be wrong, because it does not exist.
It's true that the 810 disaster, last year, crippled several otherwise decent phones, but it seems to me that companies are "changing for the sake of changing", not to innovate.
I own a (nearly) 3 years old Nexus 5.
I have no major issues with it, except ... well, the issues that it always had: the camera is not great, battery life is mediocre and now it will no longer receive new versions of Android.
Also, 32GB feel ... tight. Having 64 or, better, a microSD, would be great.
So the only Nexus devices out there are either huge, or not significantly more powered than a 3 year old one.
What about the Nexus 5X? Well, the 808 would be an improvement, but at 430eur it does not seem worth it. By a far margin. That's more than what I paid for the Nexus 5, 3 YEARS ago. The N5X should blast it at that price ... but it doesn't really.
There are a few decent phones with 5.5" diagonal. I tried some and they all feel too big. Yes, the Nexus 5 also felt big when I first got it, but it literally took minutes to get used to it. Not so with 5.5". Put them in your pockets and you feel that they're stretching your pants beyond what would be reasonable. One-hand operations are impossible, and I am nearly 6 foot tall: how many people can really comfortably use a 5.5" phone? Why is nobody releasing a good, but smaller phone?
Why not making a new phone identical to the N5? Same screen, better CPU, larger battery, updated cameras.
The Galaxy C5 seems to come close to that, but it has a 617, and the battery ... 2600mAh - meh.
I am looking for a decent phone, 4.9~5", maximum 5.2" screen, Full HD, no Pentile.
Good camera, good battery and, as a plus, a fingerprint sensor, all at max $400 (350eur).
It seems to me that such phone would entice a huge variety of people, but I must be wrong, because it does not exist.
It's true that the 810 disaster, last year, crippled several otherwise decent phones, but it seems to me that companies are "changing for the sake of changing", not to innovate.
I own a (nearly) 3 years old Nexus 5.
I have no major issues with it, except ... well, the issues that it always had: the camera is not great, battery life is mediocre and now it will no longer receive new versions of Android.
Also, 32GB feel ... tight. Having 64 or, better, a microSD, would be great.
So the only Nexus devices out there are either huge, or not significantly more powered than a 3 year old one.
What about the Nexus 5X? Well, the 808 would be an improvement, but at 430eur it does not seem worth it. By a far margin. That's more than what I paid for the Nexus 5, 3 YEARS ago. The N5X should blast it at that price ... but it doesn't really.
There are a few decent phones with 5.5" diagonal. I tried some and they all feel too big. Yes, the Nexus 5 also felt big when I first got it, but it literally took minutes to get used to it. Not so with 5.5". Put them in your pockets and you feel that they're stretching your pants beyond what would be reasonable. One-hand operations are impossible, and I am nearly 6 foot tall: how many people can really comfortably use a 5.5" phone? Why is nobody releasing a good, but smaller phone?
Why not making a new phone identical to the N5? Same screen, better CPU, larger battery, updated cameras.
The Galaxy C5 seems to come close to that, but it has a 617, and the battery ... 2600mAh - meh.