Suggest me an Android Phone

skimread

skimread

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I am looking for a new Android smartphone. I want to get it in the 4 first months of next year.

My requirements
- In between 5.5" and 6.4" screen
- Must have magnetic flip cover accessory available.
- Dual Sim and SDCard. (SD Card must not use 2nd sim slot)
- Long lasting battery. Preferably 4000mAh or close to it.
- at least 32GB space.
- Preferably not thick. I prefer the thickness of the Samsung Galaxy A5,LG Stylus 2
- Not a huge bevel to keep the phone small to fit in pocket.
- Decent camera with auto focus
- Budget Up to R8K

Does a phone like this exist?
 
Baxteen

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skimread said:
I am looking for a new Android smartphone. I want to get it in the 4 first months of next year.

My requirements
- In between 5.5" and 6.4" screen
- Must have magnetic flip cover accessory available.
- Dual Sim and SDCard. (SD Card must not use 2nd sim slot)
- Long lasting battery. Preferably 4000mAh or close to it.
- at least 32GB space.
- Preferably not thick. I prefer the thickness of the Samsung Galaxy A5,LG Stylus 2
- Not a huge bevel to keep the phone small to fit in pocket.
- Decent camera with auto focus
- Budget Up to R8K

Does a phone like this exist?
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the only area where things fall appart is the battery requirements AND duel sim.

from what I have noticed, the duel sim phones are genrally the midrange phones.

the options that I can think off the top of my head that meet most of the requirements...
LG V20 (has flip cover, battery too small, and no duel sim)
LG G5 (flip cover yes, possible battery extention, and I think there is a duel sim version)
OnePlusONe3 (no flip cover that I know of, no SD card and battery is smaller than your ideal)

actually the 4000mAh battery is way bigger than anything around. most of the batteries around tops out at the 3000mAh range.

and you may find flip covers for some phones, but they may not be official...

both Duel sim and SD slot in a flagship is a rareity.

but I am sure one of the many Chineese phones will fit the bill. I just dont know them that well...
 
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skimread said:
I am looking for a new Android smartphone. I want to get it in the 4 first months of next year.

My requirements
- In between 5.5" and 6.4" screen
- Must have magnetic flip cover accessory available.
- Dual Sim and SDCard. (SD Card must not use 2nd sim slot)
- Long lasting battery. Preferably 4000mAh or close to it.
- at least 32GB space.
- Preferably not thick. I prefer the thickness of the Samsung Galaxy A5,LG Stylus 2
- Not a huge bevel to keep the phone small to fit in pocket.
- Decent camera with auto focus
- Budget Up to R8K

Does a phone like this exist?
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Loads of new phones coming out early next year like the Xiaomi Mi 6, Samsung Galaxy S8 etc. No point in us recommending one now.
 
skimread

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Baxteen said:
the only area where things fall appart is the battery requirements AND duel sim.

from what I have noticed, the duel sim phones are genrally the midrange phones.

the options that I can think off the top of my head that meet most of the requirements...
LG V20 (has flip cover, battery too small, and no duel sim)
LG G5 (flip cover yes, possible battery extention, and I think there is a duel sim version)
OnePlusONe3 (no flip cover that I know of, no SD card and battery is smaller than your ideal)

actually the 4000mAh battery is way bigger than anything around. most of the batteries around tops out at the 3000mAh range.

and you may find flip covers for some phones, but they may not be official...

both Duel sim and SD slot in a flagship is a rareity.

but I am sure one of the many Chineese phones will fit the bill. I just dont know them that well...
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Thanks. Just no ideal phone out there. The Chinese phones like Xiaomi seem to be the only ones with big batteries.

Currently I'm leaning towards either the Huawei Mate 9,Xiaomi Note 4, Mi Max or Mi Mix however will forego the dedicated SDCard and will have to get one with 64GB memory and I will have to settle for a 3rd party flipcover that I will have to order seperately from a Chinese site.
 
Dairyfarmer

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Doogee have a lot of phones and covers that tick all those boxes. Check out their website (doogee.cc). Then go to a site like dx.com. Most of the Doogee range is there and lots of covers.
 
Jet-Fighter7700

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Wileyfox swift 2
Or storm 2

But you'll have to order it from overseas,
and no magnetic flip cover (that I know of).
 
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Dairyfarmer said:
You right the Note 2 only has a dedicated slot in the Chinese version only.
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To avoid confusion, the "Chinese version" is what is available from Takealot, I've got one and there's nothing "Chinese" about it - great phone btw :)
 
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