Guest Shahmatt Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 I know that the Blade still rules in terms of bang for buck performance. Also the community right here still makes the phone quite valuable to hang on to. But the hardware seems to be aging a little now. Many new models have larger screens and faster processors. So what do you guys think is a good phone to move up to right now? That is, if "moving up" is even possible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iNoobz2Droid Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 (edited) depends how much money to spend for a phone per year moving up from the blade now means moving up from the replacement in year or below probably too u get a new better phone for arround 180-600€ so whats the amount of money u wanna spent on a per year basis? Edited September 28, 2011 by iNoobz2Droid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest samson41 Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 Acer liquid metal.Beautiful phone, all round spec upgrade and growing community on here. Available for a ridiculously low price here http://www.expansys.com/acer-liquid-metal-brown-209791/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hecatae Posted September 28, 2011 Report Share Posted September 28, 2011 acer liquid metal looks like a very good upgrade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wolves4Ever Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 What about the LG Optimus 2X P990, bang for bucks, it seems ok, although there seems to be mixed reviews about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest weeo Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 Yeah, I sea the Acer metal on that expansys for a while, give it some time its will go cheap, I have speculated the page forthat phone, and in a month I declined from 159.99 to 139.99 , so in a while it'll probably go to 99, and yes, I have a Acer Liquid E, and that is a excellent phone, I think that anyone who wishes to upgrade, that's the perfect phone, Apparently Expansys Xmas sales are good too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest keevre Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 Huawei X5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wolves4Ever Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 It seems at the moment, that to make it worth upgrading from the Blade, you're looking at spending a couple of hundred quid. Makes you realise how good this phone actually is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mushroom_Lord Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 I was put off from the liquid metal by its convex curved screen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nuuna Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 XIAOMI MIONE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest womble_sanfran Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 I am also thinking of upgrading as my power button is broken, that Acer sure is tempting, here are the specs back to back: http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=3391&idPhone2=3519#results Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Shahmatt Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 (edited) I see some good suggestions. I didn't know about the Acer Liquid Metal. Dropping into the forum I see that several custom ROMs are available already. So community wise it does have potential. However the specs seem to be only slightly better than the Blade and I think it may need a little more to constitute as an upgrade. The LG Optimus 2X is a gorgeous phone really. Good design, large 4.3" screen, and good value considering it uses a dual core processor. Sadly I see very little community activity so far, but there is still time to hope I suppose. This is one I am following closely. Huawei's X5 is a good phone, but again the specs are only slightly better than the Blade. http://www.gsmarena....1&idPhone2=3596 A good upgrade would be a phone with a larger screen size of between 3.7" to 4.3". Dual core CPUs would also be a nice way to go. I can't find a good upgrade right now. Do we wait for ZTE to come up with something new? Edited September 30, 2011 by Shahmatt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wolves4Ever Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 (edited) I see some good suggestions. I didn't know about the Acer Liquid Metal. Dropping into the forum I see that several custom ROMs are available already. So community wise it does have potential. However the specs seem to be only slightly better than the Blade and I think it may need a little more to constitute as an upgrade. The LG Optimus 2X is a gorgeous phone really. Good design, large 4.3" screen, and good value considering it uses a dual core processor. Sadly I see very little community activity so far, but there is still time to hope I suppose. This is one I am following closely. Huawei's X5 is a good phone, but again the specs are only slightly better than the Blade. http://www.gsmarena....1&idPhone2=3596 A good upgrade would be a phone with a larger screen size of between 3.7" to 4.3". Dual core CPUs would also be a nice way to go. I can't find a good upgrade right now. Do we wait for ZTE to come up with something new? Which all proves my previous point, the Blade is a cracking little phone. I'm not even sure ZTE have anything in the pipeline that would fit your needs. The other issue, is that the Blade currently has a great following on here, so don't be put off too much by the lack of activity on other forums, it just won't match ours right now. I'm certainly keeping my eye on the LG 2x Edited September 30, 2011 by Wolves4Ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HMZX Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 I see some good suggestions. I didn't know about the Acer Liquid Metal. Dropping into the forum I see that several custom ROMs are available already. So community wise it does have potential. However the specs seem to be only slightly better than the Blade and I think it may need a little more to constitute as an upgrade. The LG Optimus 2X is a gorgeous phone really. Good design, large 4.3" screen, and good value considering it uses a dual core processor. Sadly I see very little community activity so far, but there is still time to hope I suppose. This is one I am following closely. Huawei's X5 is a good phone, but again the specs are only slightly better than the Blade. http://www.gsmarena....1&idPhone2=3596 A good upgrade would be a phone with a larger screen size of between 3.7" to 4.3". Dual core CPUs would also be a nice way to go. I can't find a good upgrade right now. Do we wait for ZTE to come up with something new? Desire HD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ralph Martin Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 (edited) Galaxy Note Edited September 30, 2011 by Ralph Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stuart_f Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 Do we wait for ZTE to come up with something new? I for one will never buy ZTE again after their shoddy customer support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maringer Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 XIAOMI MIONE! Good luck in trying to get one of those! Personally, I upgraded to a second-hand Motorola Defy about 6 months ago - paid 120 quid which was a pretty decent deal at the time. It is an excellent device - bigger screen than the SF and much faster (600MHz ARMv6 vs an overclocked 1GHz ARMv7 CPU was no contest). I ended up using MIUI which was pretty good in many respects. The MotoBlur crap is rubbish but the CM7 and MIUI ports are very good and stable. However, I've now moved on yet again to a Motorola Atrix which is another massive step beyond the SF (and the Defy, for that matter). Got a good deal on this and now need to sell my SF and Defy to get some cash back in my pocket! I'd certainly recommend an ARMv7 device of some sort as an upgrade from the SF as, subjectively, the performance is much, much better in every respect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HACKDROID Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 (edited) Desire HD? thats what i went for and im not looking back to tell you the truth ,i mean osf is great for what it is and in terms of cost you cant get better for the price but desire hd is miles apart there is seroius support like here over on xda so many roms and customisation and there is the build quality of htc and sense is quite good too ! desire hd is almost all metal too, ihave DHD overclocked to 1.6ghz and there i s no problems whatsoever and then there is 720p recording honestly camera is stunning and then there is also beats audio for it now the list is endless . I mean even when it was stock official htc 2.3 it was amazing . acer is not much of an upgrade imo and you can pick up a desire hd used for about£180-200 Edited October 2, 2011 by HACKDROID Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pinglis Posted October 5, 2011 Report Share Posted October 5, 2011 Wildfire s or desire s or galaxy ace can all be had for £12 a month which one is best ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ShahinTehShiz Posted October 5, 2011 Report Share Posted October 5, 2011 Wildfire s or desire s or galaxy ace can all be had for £12 a month which one is best ? Desire S definitely, mind if I ask how you came across that deal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pinglis Posted October 5, 2011 Report Share Posted October 5, 2011 Desire S definitely, mind if I ask how you came across that deal? talkmobile website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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