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[SPECS] Moto G Specifications - Members Thoughts

Hey all
Here is a place to discuss the Moto G (2014) specifications, thoughts?
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Specifications:
Display - IPS LCD, 720 x 1280 pixels, 5.0 inches (~294 ppi pixel density)
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8226 Snapdragon 400
CPU - Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7
GPU - Adreno 305
RAM - 1GB
Memory - 8/16GB, microSD, up to 32 GB
Camera - 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash. Video: [email protected], stereo sound rec., HDR
Secondary Camera - 2 MP
Sensors - Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Connectivity - Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, LE
Battery - 2070 mAh
Dimensions - 141.5 x 70.7 x 11 mm
Weight - 149 g
Source: gsmarena

I don't understand why this is what moto calls an upgrade. The display is bigger, but the pixel density is lower too, the camera is bumped to 8mp, but everything that really counts, such as the CPU, ram, and the GPU is the same. Even the battery is the same size.....c'mon moto, step it up.

I wish it had a 4.5 - 4.7" screen with an upgrade to the CPU and/or RAM and/or GPU. But I like that it has microSD, FM and front-facing speakers; I don't care about 4G at all. I'm not too concerned about battery life, since anything will be an improvement from the old Sensation that I'm replacing.

Enzopreme said:
I don't understand why this is what moto calls an upgrade. The display is bigger, but the pixel density is lower too, the camera is bumped to 8mp, but everything that really counts, such as the CPU, ram, and the GPU is the same. Even the battery is the same size.....c'mon moto, step it up.
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Better cam
Bigger screen
Expandable storage
Extra speaker
Downgrage - ppi
+4 -1 =3
Hence upgrade

Enzopreme said:
I don't understand why this is what moto calls an upgrade. The display is bigger, but the pixel density is lower too, the camera is bumped to 8mp, but everything that really counts, such as the CPU, ram, and the GPU is the same. Even the battery is the same size.....c'mon moto, step it up.
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Maybe that's why they didn't changed the name. It is essentially the same phone.
Here in Brazil there are only 2 models being sold
8GB, dual sim
16GB, dual sim, DTV
Looks like the model name here is XT-1069 (online stores here are using this code to both models, needs to check)

doctor_droid said:
Better cam
Bigger screen
Expandable storage
Extra speaker
Downgrage - ppi
+4 -1 =3
Hence upgrade
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I dunno where you got better camera from, just cause it has more mp doesn't make it better. I've seen 8mp cameras blow 13mp cameras out the water. And again, what good is a bigger screen if it isn't as sharp, not saying it's not sharp, but it's yet to be seen. Don't get me wrong, I'm buying it, and I have a first gen now, I just think they could've done better. 2gb of ram is the move they should've made, but who am I, I'm just a consumer. Also, extra, front facing speakers are awesome, if they sound good, which is lso yet to be heard. I'm a Verizon ( xt1028 ) user, which is locked down tighter than Ft. Knox. If the boot loader on the gen 2 can be unlocked and the device can be rooted, I'll be ecstatic.

doctor_droid said:
Better cam
Bigger screen
Expandable storage
Extra speaker
Downgrage - ppi
+4 -1 =3
Hence upgrade
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Well said
I bought mine on Flipkart and waiting to hold it.Never played with kitkat before or moto g,i don't wana complaint anything.

henricos said:
Maybe that's why they didn't changed the name. It is essentially the same phone.
Here in Brazil there are only 2 models being sold
8GB, dual sim
16GB, dual sim, DTV
Looks like the model name here is XT-1069 (online stores here are using this code to both models, needs to check)
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Just confirmed models in Brazil:
XT 1068 => 8GB, dual sim,
XT 1069 => 16GB, dual sim, DTV, 1 extra colored back case

Enzopreme said:
I dunno where you got better camera from, just cause it has more mp doesn't make it better. I've seen 8mp cameras blow 13mp cameras out the water. And again, what good is a bigger screen if it isn't as sharp, not saying it's not sharp, but it's yet to be seen. Don't get me wrong, I'm buying it, and I have a first gen now, I just think they could've done better. 2gb of ram is the move they should've made, but who am I, I'm just a consumer. Also, extra, front facing speakers are awesome, if they sound good, which is lso yet to be heard. I'm a Verizon ( xt1028 ) user, which is locked down tighter than Ft. Knox. If the boot loader on the gen 2 can be unlocked and the device can be rooted, I'll be ecstatic.
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Well, for the money you pay it's a quite solid upgrade

The Zel said:
Well, for the money you pay it's a quite solid upgrade
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For the money paid the phone is great. I'm not putting the device down, like I said, I own one myself and will be buying a new one. All I'm saying is that IMO they concentrated on the wrong things. Although the display upgrade is a beautiful thing, they definitely should've upgraded the ram. A CPU upgrade would've been nice, but certainly not that important as the Qualcomm 400 is a great SoC.

Enzopreme said:
For the money paid the phone is great. I'm not putting the device down, like I said, I own one myself and will be buying a new one. All I'm saying is that IMO they concentrated on the wrong things. Although the display upgrade is a beautiful thing, they definitely should've upgraded the ram. A CPU upgrade would've been nice, but certainly not that important as the Qualcomm 400 is a great SoC.
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Hold on, let's also not forget that they upgraded the Wifi chip too. It now supports AC, and it's dual band instead of single band. I feel like that's pretty big.

thebeastglasser said:
Hold on, let's also not forget that they upgraded the Wifi chip too. It now supports AC, and it's dual band instead of single band. I feel like that's pretty big.
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Yes it is. I forgot about that. That's huge.

Is the dual sim model more expensive than the single sim model ?

thebeastglasser said:
Hold on, let's also not forget that they upgraded the Wifi chip too. It now supports AC, and it's dual band instead of single band. I feel like that's pretty big.
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It was initially reported to be dual band, I remember clearly reading that, but my XT1068 is single band, and now the specs on the Motorola website say single band.
Unless anyone knows different, I think its just 802.11 b/g/n

btb55 said:
It was initially reported to be dual band, I remember clearly reading that, but my XT1068 is single band, and now the specs on the Motorola website say single band.
Unless anyone knows different, I think its just 802.11 b/g/n
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Damnnnn..... anyone know if they're releasing a Verizon prepaid version again? I'm starting to think that if they were they would've already done so.

Don't forget that Moto G 2014 has Gyroscope, Moto G (2013) has not.

Moto G or Moto G2?
I thinking about buying a Moto G but im very undecided between the two version
I had a very bad experience with a 5' screen.
Can someone point me if it is worth the new version against the old one?
PS: I thinking in the dual sim version 16gb either way.

digitaldrag0n said:
I thinking about buying a Moto G but im very undecided between the two version
I had a very bad experience with a 5' screen.
Can someone point me if it is worth the new version against the old one?
PS: I thinking in the dual sim version 16gb either way.
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Sorry about going off topic, but I'd love to hear about this bad 5" screen experience.

[SPECS] HTC One (M9) Specifications

Hey all
Here are more up to date listings of the specifications for the HTC M9, they are still TBC, but should be more helpful than the existing OP (now post #2). I'll duplicate this post as the OP as it's more informative:good:
I'll update with more as we get information.
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Specifications:
Display - Super LCD3, 5.0 inches, 1080 x 1920 pixels (~441 ppi pixel density)
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810
CPU - Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2 GHz Cortex-A57
GPU - Adreno 430
RAM - 3 GB
Memory - 32/64 GB
Camera - 20.7 MP, 5248 х 3936 pixels, autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash
Secondary Camera - 4 MP
Sensors - Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Connectivity - Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot, Bluetooth V4.1
Battery - 2840 mAh
Dimensions - 144.3 x 69.4 x 9.6 mm
Weight - 158 g
Color Availability - Gunmetal Gray, Glacial Silver, Amber Gold​
Source gsmarena

HTC M9 / HTC Hima specs
The HTC M9 specs rumored leaked. Same specs as droid turbo. Those specs will be outdated by the time it comes out. They need to step up their game with Snapdragon 810, 16 ultrapixel cam 8mp front cam. 4k screen if possible prob not though. 64 bit processor, 3 gig ram 3gh 30% louder boomsound. I even emailed HTC about it today. I feel they should listen to people about what they need in a phone.

MsEvyLynch said:
The HTC M9 specs rumored leaked. Same specs as droid turbo. Those specs will be outdated by the time it comes out. They need to step up their game with Snapdragon 810, 16 ultrapixel cam 8mp front cam. 4k screen if possible prob not though. 64 bit processor, 3 gig ram 3gh 30% louder boomsound. I even emailed HTC about it today. I feel they should listen to people about what they need in a phone.
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I could care less about the cpu processor at this point. it only can get so good with phones.. The cpu it have now is plenty fine . The camera needs updated, and work on the boom sound some more.
I could care less about a 4k screen
A phone does not need a 64gb processor
so:
-better camaera
-improve boom
-Improve screen
-larger screen
- it will be sweet if they could make the buttons on the side touch

that are just rumored specs, which aren't official yet so yea i assume the real specs will be different!

MsEvyLynch said:
The HTC M9 specs rumored leaked. Same specs as droid turbo. Those specs will be outdated by the time it comes out. They need to step up their game with Snapdragon 810, 16 ultrapixel cam 8mp front cam. 4k screen if possible prob not though. 64 bit processor, 3 gig ram 3gh 30% louder boomsound. I even emailed HTC about it today. I feel they should listen to people about what they need in a phone.
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Who are you. HTC know what they are doing. Most people buy phones every two years, so they are catering to the people with m7s

MsEvyLynch said:
The HTC M9 specs rumored leaked. Same specs as droid turbo. Those specs will be outdated by the time it comes out. They need to step up their game with Snapdragon 810, 16 ultrapixel cam 8mp front cam. 4k screen if possible prob not though. 64 bit processor, 3 gig ram 3gh 30% louder boomsound. I even emailed HTC about it today. I feel they should listen to people about what they need in a phone.
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Art2Fly said:
Who are you. HTC know what they are doing. Most people buy phones every two years, so they are catering to the people with m7s
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Most people do NOT buy every 2 years. More like every year , a very small percentage do the every 2 year thing

Show me your source.

MsEvyLynch said:
The HTC M9 specs rumored leaked. Same specs as droid turbo. Those specs will be outdated by the time it comes out. They need to step up their game with Snapdragon 810, 16 ultrapixel cam 8mp front cam. 4k screen if possible prob not though. 64 bit processor, 3 gig ram 3gh 30% louder boomsound. I even emailed HTC about it today. I feel they should listen to people about what they need in a phone.
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Wow are you requesting a spaceship?
1- nothing is called M9 it's HIMA now.
2- No 4K screens yet.
3- bigger speakers bigger camera means way thicker phone.
4- 8MP on the front is #fail. You need something like Ultrapixel so image quality will be the same in sunlight and dark conditions. Even our 5MP front camera sucks in low light.

cpugeeker said:
show me yours
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http://mobilefuture.org/resources/international-comparisons-the-handset-replacement-cycle-2/

Art2Fly said:
Show me your source.
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Art2Fly said:
http://mobilefuture.org/resources/international-comparisons-the-handset-replacement-cycle-2/
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So you did a quick google search to find the first phoney website that reported user upgrade every 2 years. let alone, the article is dated JUNE 2011.. Failed!!! On so many levels
users now are updating every year, that is why tmobile, Verizon,sprint and ATT offers early upgrading. if it was not a niche for it companies would not be offering it
People are upgrading phones when ever they see one they like which is 6 months to 1 year
try again:silly:

cpugeeker said:
show me yours
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Here's my sources http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/...2-inch-qhd-display-and-snapdragon-805-inbound

The Sony Z4 is supposed to be Snapdragon 810 so HTC should be doing 64bit soon since their mid-range is already 64bit.
HTC One M8

I really hope we are not forced to go above 5" if we want a flagship HTC phone.
Fingerss crossed for:
5" 1080p or QHD
8mp+ ultra pixel
805 sOC
2GB or 3GB ram
32GB minimum storage with SD support
minimum bezel (remove the HTC logo part)
Dual speakers
something like

5.2" would be perfect.
HTC One M8

Bring on HTC 6 inch GPE phone. In 2014 bigger is better

md1008 said:
Bring on HTC 6 inch GPE phone. In 2014 bigger is better
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But this will come out 2015. Bigger is better would be so last year

Honestly I don't see trend disappearing any time soon. Go figure a phablet in 2011-2012 with the original note was 5.3 now that is considered normal lol

I need
At least a 5.5 with thin bezels like LG.. (qhd wont really matter, apps are not optimized)
16mp/5mp
805/810
3GB RAM
Louder Boom Sound Speakers
Bigger Battery
32Gb/64Gb

cpugeeker said:
Most people do NOT buy every 2 years. More like every year , a very small percentage do the every 2 year thing
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Do you only know people who are all like us? My mom is using a Note 2, one brother an S4, and my other brother a Note 3. One of my buddies is still using an One M7 . Know a few other people who are using older phones than those too.

cpugeeker said:
Most people do NOT buy every 2 years. More like every year , a very small percentage do the every 2 year thing
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No way, this might be the case in the US, Europe, Japan and smaller richer Asian countries but definitely not the majority of the people. It's not affordable for them which is precisely why Google wanted to change their tactics and bring out affordable devices that runs latest Android but at a cheaper price like the Moto G(?) and the Nexus devices(Even though it's not widely available). It's common fact that majority of the users of Android still use old Android versions(Honeycomb, Gingerbread, ICS). This is definitely true where I'm at as well, I see a lot of people with early Android devices, most of them walk with S3s, few people have the S4, S5, HTC One M8/M7 or Sony Xperia Z, Z2 haven't even seen anyone with a Z3.
It's not affordable for the majority of people on this planet and statistics like that should include everyone not just those from wealthy 1st world countries where buying a phone every 6months is the fashionable thing to do.
That being said, this entire topic shouldn't even be here, it should be in the OFF-Topic or general section(Not related to a specific device forum). So I just made my post before the close.

Honor 6, my review

Huawei is chinese brand well known for almost anyone thanks to network components like routers, modems, switches...presents in our homes since the ADSL started to be something common.
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However, in the last years they have go into newer markets to avoid stay behind their competitors, and that’s how they went into the mobile market with some smartphones and tablets... Although not attracting too much attention.
In order to change that trend, they have introduced a new business line under the commercial name “Honor” which flagship is the new Honor 6. It has been presented as an independent brand from Huawei, but with the backup of having such a big brand behind, something like what we can see with Toyota and Lexus on the cars world.
The most peculiar of this new brand is that they promise high specifications but at a quite reduced prices, basing their strategy on online sales. Same technique used by low cost Asiatic manufacturers or, even first brands like Google with their Nexus.
Specifications
These are the characteristics showed on their web...
*the internal storage and memory card capacity have been improved in this new version.
There are no doubts we are facing a very powerful terminal, last generation and equipped with octa-core processor and 3GB of RAM!… Now let’s see how it performs
We see each time more and more devices with amazing HW on the paper BUT, with always or almost always the same weak points on the real using experience: screen quality and low camera definition on low light situations, even having a lot of megapixels. So go on with the review step by step.
Design
Frontal and rear part come with the 3rd generation of Gorilla Glass , connected by a plastic surface on the sides... Willing to look like metal (but not giving high quality feeling). Clean and round lines not highlighting for anything in special... Unless we mention the unavoidable similarity with the iPhone 5: same round edges, power adaptor situation or the frontal speaker.
I must say here that the finish is so smooth that I found the same issue the Nokia C7 had... It slides from the hands almost automatically.
On the front, first thing we see is that amazing 5.0” IPS (with 441ppp) with the forementioned speaker on the top together with the 5Mpx secondary camera. The tactile controls are located just below the screen. With this distribution, they have reached a quite impressive 76% ratio of screen within the total surface.
Once turned back, the 13Mpx main camera (with a Sony IMX214 sensor, 1/3.06”, f/2.0, 28mm including Total Focus and software stabilizer, HDR) and dual LED flash. Looking down, only the hands free speaker is visible. Near the center of the cover only the Honor logo to get more value.
Regarding this part of the design, I must pull the engineer’s ears for putting that rear speaker compeltely flat, in a way that when we recline the device, the sound is completely absorbed...losing quality and volume.
Interior
A Kirin 920 octa-core processor with four Cortex A15 cores running at 1,7Ghz and other four cores Cortex A7 at 1,3Ghz is beating inside this Honor 6, accompanied by a Mali T628 MP4 GPU (at 600Mhz) and as mentioned above, 3GB of RAM!
The internal memory brings us the very decent amount of 32GB, and again with the option to expand them with a microSD card, up to 64GB. Bravo for Huawei/Honor guys being able to answer a bigger storage demand.
Running, performance and autonomy
This Honor 6 presents us Android 4.4 Kitkat, customized with Emui 2.3. Sincerely it’s not enough to take advantage of the great hardware on this device, however it is already possible to update to the version 3.0 of Emui bringing interesting things to users, and specially using better the phone capabilities.
We have already seen the Sony IMX214 sensor of the main camera in many different high-end smartphones like OnePlus One, Nexus 6 or Xiaomi Mi4. Nevertheless, using the same components doesn’t mean achieving the same results...
A little subsection here to talk about the number of megapisels and the quality of the pictures taken. We all know that the iPhones (even the latest ones) still mount an 8Mpx camera, while their direct competitors have already jumped to the13Mpx or even 20Mpx. This could be translated into worse pictures or customers complaining, however the company from Cupertino has shown to followers and retractors that the software behind the camera is almost as important as the sensor used, receiving in addition a lot of praises for the quality of night pictures and the incredibly speed they are taken.
That said, it’s obvious I have found some faults to Honor 6’s camera. In the same way other (most of) low-cost smartphones in the market, we can take outstanding pictures in very good light conditions but, when the light is poor (or in the night) and we must use the flash, we find a lot of nois in the pictures due to the increase on the ISO sensibility.
Recording 1080p video at 30fps shows a good quality, and the optic stabilizer helps a lot for that purpose, in exchange to limit the camera capabilities, since we know this sensor is capable of recording at [email protected] Summarizing, the video recording is very good, although we have the impression we have been cut on the hardware benefits :-/
The stock application for the camera offer basic controls, sincerely more than enough for most of users and, if someone needs more control voer some elements...there are lots of third-party applications on Google Play.
It is not a secret that the recent selfie fever makes the secondary camera become a main character. About this one, I can only say that having 5Mps work in a similar way than the rear camera, so great results with good light, and noisy ones with low-light. Remark the included “beauty effect” filter will be quite useful when taking those selfies.
When talking about the performance on this Honor 6, the only I can say is fluid and fast on every task we charge him with: browsing (wifi, 3G or 4G), productivity (email, WPS Office,...), multimedia (HD movies without lags) or games (once more Asphalt 8 comes included and runs perfectly).
About the battery, brings 3100 mAh, more than enough for standing more than one full day with standard/intensive use.
It includes also an energy saving tool, proven quite useful with a lot of tweaks available.
And again I must give a shout to the engineers, premium range and not including the fast charge system? Please! It would be great to charge 90% of this battery in 15 minutes.
I am not following the trend of pasting screen-shots of amazing benchmarks results, like AnTuTu and others, since every smartphone today will bring very high scores and this not always mean a great user experience.
Conclusions
A very balanced terminal on every field, some initial complaints that are solved with Emui update, and surely with Lollipop.
The price of this smartphone with the new configuration (32GB ROM and up to 64GB by adding a microSD) is not even 330€, in online shops like Etotalk, including the VIP shipping via DHL (door to door). What makes of it a very interesting option

[REVIEW] Xiaomi Redmi Note 2

Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi (one of main players currently) has just presented an update for his Redmi Note model, with a few novelties and the goal of being one of most popular smartphones for the season.
Packaging and design
The box is “iPhone-like” in paperboard color, something I've liked since it looks a little bit more Eco-friendly, and at the same time it's simple and elegant.
In the box we find the terminal properly wrapped, a charger (with US plug, not the European one), a good quality USB cable, the warranty and instructions both in Chinese.
As usual lately, no signs of the earphones, we'll have to get used :-/
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The design of this Redmi Note 2 is very simple and clean, on the front we have the secondary camera on the top, then the 5,5” FullHD screen with just the 3 touch buttons typical from Android.
On the right side we have the volume and lock buttons, both seem made in good quality
Looking at the bottom, the micro-USB plug and the microphone. We have the jack 3.5 plug for the (non included) earphones and the secondary microphone for noise cancellation on the top.
So we have a completely free left side, something very common nowadays, due to the big size of the devices, the buttons are grouped in just one of the sides.
Once we flip it, the main 13Mpx camera (we have no information about who is manufacturing it), the LED (not dual) flash and the speaker on the bottom with the XIAOMI logo.
When we remove the back cover, we found the removable battery, the slots for the 2 micro-SIM and another one for the microSD expansion card.
This model is available in 5 colors: white, blue, yellow, pink and mint green.
Hardware
The technical specifications are quite good. Just to start, it's equipped with the new X10 octa core from Mediatek, so 64-bits and 2.0Ghz speed. The 2GB of RAM memory put it on the middle of the table, since most of new phones already come with 3GB or 4GB if we talk about flagship devices.
To complete the game, we find a GPU Power VR G6200 that will put all the sauce for videos and games to play smoothly.
Model* Xiaomi Redmi Note 2
SO*MIUI 7 (Android 5.0)
Processor*X10 64bits, octa core @ 2,0Ghz
GPU Power VR G6200
RAM*2GB
Screen*5,5” IPS LCD FullHD 1920x1080,*with*403ppi and 16M colors
Storage*16GB + microSD
Cameras*Main 13Mpx with flash LED; front 5Mpx; video 1080p @ 30 fps
Connectivity*Wi-Fi 2.4GHz b/g/n with Wi-Fi Direct support // BT 4.0*// MicroUSB (High Speed USB)
Dual SIM*GSM: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 Mhz ; 3G WCDMA: 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 Mhz; 4G FDD-LTE: B1(2100MHz) / B3(1800MHz) / B7(2600MHz)
Other*G-sensor, P-Sensor, L-Sensor, Wifi, GPS, OTG< Multi-touch, Dual SIM, Schedule Power on/off, E-compass, Hall IC, Gravity Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Light Sensor, Magnetic Sensor, Gyroscope Sensor
Battery*3060mAh removable
Dimensions*152 x 76 x 8.25 mm
Weight*160gr with the battery
Colors White, blue, yellow, pink, mint green
Price*From $169.99 with current promos
Software and Multimedia
The Redmi Note 2 comes with the almost last version of Android 5.0 (Lollipop), however we won't appreciate it since the customization layer is very “intrusive”. We are talking about the very well known MIUI, which brings a iOS flavor that either you love or you hate normally.
MIUI is probably one of most known Android ROMs and doubtless one of the strengths that helped Xiaomi growth as much and sell their handhelds outside of China.
In this case, the Redmi Note has the v7 of MIUI and as expected it runs very well, fluid and smooth even when playing 2K videos. However, in my opinion is a little bit silly to play 2K videos in a 5,5” screen, even a very good one like this case. It will be very interesting if we are using a remote screen, and we are broadcasting to a big screen, but (and again is just my opinion) with a smartphone, I guess FullHD is already a great resolution.
On the same way, games (like Asphalt 8) run perfectly thanks to both the powerful chip X10 and the GPU Power VR G6200.
Camera
Nowadays it's very common to find 13 Mpx cameras on almost every smartphone. If we compare this one to other Chinese phones, we can say the results are very good.
It's not the main point in this phone, although as said before it achieves quite good results, specially with daylight (very good pictures!). But when the light is reduced, for example taking night pictures there is a lot of noise on the images.
When we move to video recording, FullHD at 30fps offer very good quality.
Battery
The trend is now to go around 3000mAh, and Xiaomi hits that mark in this case.
Of course the duration will depend on how much we use the smartphone and for what. Taking into consideration that on the first days we will be trying everything and the use will be much more exhaustive that the normal one.
However we will reach the end of the day without any difficulty, using data, camera,...
Conclusions
We have on our hands a very good terminal. We can notice it on the finishing and the overall user experience, thanks also to the good integration and performance of MIUI 7.
I don't like to open the box and don't find the earphones, but it becomes the rule now, so I will finally have to get used to that. I know manufacturers try to cut cost wherever they can, and they guess we all have good earphones already... but if you're presenting a device with an impressive screen and powerful enough to play and enjoy the multimedia part, why don't you complete it with a good earphones?
I'm sure this is a problem that we don't have when buying an iPhone or last Galaxy S or LG or any other first brand smartphone, since they have margin enough to pay quality extras.
This model (Redmi Note 2) is on the medium range so we have to consider it like that. If we are looking for a top class (Chinese) device we will have to choose the Xiaomi Mi5 (when available) or Xiaomi Note Pro and there the price will be already above 500€.
Are you looking a good smartphone for less than 200€? don't think more, you have to look and consider this one. It's not only because of the specifications on the paper, it's also (or mainly) because step by step the Chinese manufacturers are differentiating among them.
Xiaomi and Meizu have proved (or are proving yet) to be above the other Chinese companies... so if you have similar prices, ask for quality!
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Thx for the review

has or has not Gorilla Glass
has or has not Gorilla Glass

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has or has not Gorilla Glass
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The glass is so called "Dragontail" which is actually very scratch resistance.
My problem so far with RN2 is the network location service, they return simplified chinese text to apps, also the international ROM is very buggy.

I got one question: Is a screenprotector already applied from the manufacture?
Btw I noticed you saying there are the 5 colours you mentioned but actualy there is also the colour gray (dark) (the one picture in your review has also a gray backcover)

Yes, screen protector is already applied but it covers front camera... So you have to change it

My device did not have a screen protector pre-applied.

Very strage

Elephone P9000 Edge, Helio X25, 2K JDI Screen border-less, dual camera, fingerprint

Elephone P9000 Edge first leaked specs:
Mediatek Helio X25
JDI 2K
Full metal Body
Speakers with ACC technology (same as Iphone 6S)
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Elephone P9000edge equips with 2X 13MP Sony IMX258 dual camera and PDAF focus .
Among the 2 cameras, they function differently. Main camera is for shooting, and sub-camera is mainly responsible for the estimated depth of field and spatial information in order to achieve accurate and fast focus .The first big feature of the rear camera is it supports depth of field photography, namely, to blur the background, highlight photographs objects (that is, take the photo before focus).
Besides that, one of the hot topics of elephone P9000edge is making the super night view possible.Dual camera can perform better in low-light conditions, coz it can analyze which camera can do higher spot reduction and helps your phone to suppresses the noise and get the more real image.
More details on: http://www.elephone.hk/

With the poor quality of the existing P9000, will doubt this can deliver any better!

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With the poor quality of the existing P9000, will doubt this can deliver any better!
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Sensors are OK, the biggest problem for mediatek is the operating system and not optimizer drivers for camera.
Also stock app is old and awful :crying:

The p9000 is fantastic value for money but the camera is a weak point. Resolution/detail in good light are good but as soon as light deteriates, things go awry.
The lack of OIS is the biggest problem. This is hardware related so no software update can help this. Speaking of which ... elephones (mediatecs) algorithms are not the best to put it mildly, at least not for white balance in low and artificial light. Its all over the place, rarely getting colour balance right.
I have replaced the p9000 with an Op3 as my second phone but this new elephone looks promising if they fix the above whilst retaining display quality (which I find better than the Op3 and S7e, my daily driver).

edit: sorry wrong thread...

A new flagship model of Elephone will be launched in the second half of the year---Elephone P9000 Edge, which is expected by our kind users.
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This new smartphone will be allocated with Helio X25 chip and 5.7 inch 2K screen, also it will be applied with bezel-less technology.
Today we obtain these photos about of p9000 Edge and the size of screen from some ways.
From the information shown on the pictures, allocated with JDI screen, Elephone P9000 Edge will be carried with S3320A touching solution chip from Synaptics company in US.
It is reported that the screen of Elephone P9000 Edge is incell screen with 2K resolution, that means the thickness of the whole body may be controlled to thinner, picture of the screen to be more clear, gamut to be more broader, and clarity to be more high.
Seen from the hole of the screen, front physical key will be applied on Elephone P9000 Edge, which will be served as function of fingerprint recognition.
http://www.elephone.hk/

It seems a new flagship is coming in market to gain a lot of share on this price bracket.

Dual microphone noise reduction of P9000
Elephone has exposed their flagship smartphone not long ago----Elephone P9000 edge.
2K JDI 5.7 bezel-less inch screen and dual cameras and other features have atteacted the eyes of most users.
In addition, Elephone P9000Edge will be applied with dual microphone noise reduction technology.
Dual microphone noise reduction means two microphones will be built into smartphone. One is for stabilizing clear call, another is for microphone noise cancellation, which is handled by collecting outside voices.
This microphone which is for microphone noise cancellation is beneath the rear flash light of P9000edge.
The effect of dual microphone noise reduction is reducing outside noise. For example, when you are calling in a noise street, phone allocated with dual microphone noise reduction can minimize the outside noise. So person nearby can not even listen what you are saying, however, the person other end of phone can hear you clearly.
That is the effect of dual microphone noise reduction technology.
http://www.elephone.hk/

If they can't fix the issues on the current P9000, why would anyone invest in a new "flagship" model?
Seems crazy! If they can deliver on the current one and not leave it in the lurch, then maybe
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If they can't fix the issues on the current P9000, why would anyone invest in a new "flagship" model?
Seems crazy! If they can deliver on the current one and not leave it in the lurch, then maybe
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P9000 is working well now after aerom5, you can download CM13 as well. Android pay will work under that.

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P9000 is working well now after aerom5, you can download CM13 as well. Android pay will work under that.
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From what I've read, CM13 isn't ready, still too many bugs for daily. I'm on Eragon ROM which works ok, but still buggy and as all ROM's are based off the same source, I doubt any others will be bug free
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From what I've read, CM13 isn't ready, still too many bugs for daily. I'm on Eragon ROM which works ok, but still buggy and as all ROM's are based off the same source, I doubt any others will be bug free
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I have read that all bugs are solved only the GPS issue is yet to be solved. The developer Maxim AKA Deepflex is working hard on that. So that single problem will be solved soon.

With on-going exposure parameters on ElephoneP9000edge, more details also be officially confirmed.
ElephoneP9000 Edge, as the flagship device at the second half of the year 2016, not only attracts users on the parameter, also on call quality, coz dual-microphone noise reduction is used in order to achieve excellent call quality.
In addition, ElephoneP9000 Edge will also feature a full set of AAC solutions,
Handset, speaker hardware from the AAC, the audio solution is also provided by AAC.
AAC speaker is the classy speaker brand among mobile phone industry , it 's famouse for its fine arts, louder sound, difficulty to imitate .
Using AAC solution models also include iPhone, Samsung S7 Edge and so on.
Allegedly, Elephone P9000 Edge can bring comparable sound same as iPhone 6S and Samsung S7 Edge .
More details on : http://www.elephone.hk/

megthebest said:
With on-going exposure parameters on ElephoneP9000edge, more details also be officially confirmed.
ElephoneP9000 Edge, as the flagship device at the second half of the year 2016, not only attracts users on the parameter, also on call quality, coz dual-microphone noise reduction is used in order to achieve excellent call quality.
In addition, ElephoneP9000 Edge will also feature a full set of AAC solutions,
Handset, speaker hardware from the AAC, the audio solution is also provided by AAC.
AAC speaker is the classy speaker brand among mobile phone industry , it 's famouse for its fine arts, louder sound, difficulty to imitate .
Using AAC solution models also include iPhone, Samsung S7 Edge and so on.
Allegedly, Elephone P9000 Edge can bring comparable sound same as iPhone 6S and Samsung S7 Edge .
More details on : http://www.elephone.hk/
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Wow man!! Great looks, great specs, dual camera setup, everything is awesome!! when it will be released??

Anything about release date of this great phone?
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hi everyone y have a very small news
I asked a question elephone about news of p9000 edge,
they answered that :
But y don't understand this word : orecess

Bradco said:
hi everyone y have a very small news
I asked a question elephone about news of p9000 edge,
they answered that :
But y don't understand this word : orecess
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Process

Pro4TLZZ said:
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Yes y just to understand :laugh:
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