What are some good and cheap touch screen phones that run Android OS?
Like, how cheap?In the sub-$150 area the only worthwhile contender is the Moto E (Moto E (2nd Gen.) - Android Smartphone - Motorola)For under $200 there's the Moto G (Moto G (2015) - Unlocked Android Smartphone)If you're prepared to pay a bit more you can get something even better.$250 will get you the OnePlus X (OnePlus X - OnePlus.net), a powerful budget phone with a premium build.For $100 more you can upgrade to the OnePlus 2 (This is the OnePlus 2.), a device that's almost on par with the 2015's flagships but costs less than half the price.On the other hand, $350 can also get you the 2015 Moto X (Moto X Pure Edition), which loses the fingerprint scanner, 64GB storage, and Snapdragon 810 of the OnePlus 2 in favor of a higher-res display, a water resistant coating, a bigger screen, microSD slot, and the slightly less powerful Snapdragon 808.And finally, if you're really willing to stretch the word "cheap", the Nexus 6P (Nexus 6P - Unlocked Android Phones - Google Store) costs $499, and is a true flagship in every way except price. It goes toe-to-toe with the iPhone 6S Plus, but costs more than $200 less. I guess $500 isn't really cheap... Oh well, these are some of the best options out there!
Are HTC phones good?
Thanks for A2AIMO, HTC makes good phones in flagship segment, but if you are looking in the mid range, then HTC phones are not good, you have several good mid rangers in market.Here are some Pros and Cons of HTC flagship devices in general;Sound: HTC phones have very good Audio quality via Ear phones and speakers with their trade mark HTC Boom sound. In their recent HTC models like; U11, U play and U ultra, the company ditched the headphone jack, but they came up with the HTC sense sound, which can optimize the music experience as per your ear shape and the earphones you get in the box is top quality with active noise cancellation.Display: Even though they are not good as Samsung flagships, but still the best in market.Camera: The rear camera in HTC U 11 (which is released in India this week) is top in DXO mark for now. In fact it overtook last year Pixel phone. Even in the U ultra it excelled.Build Quality: The company was making (yes, was) phones with solid build quality till HTC 10. The recent models, they shifted to ceramic-glass combination, which is indeed not durable as metal body. It look good in hands, but you need to be extra careful as they are prone to scratch & smudge and fragile in nature.Software: HTC has introduced HTC sense in this year and company said it will be competition to the Google Assistant. But as of now, it’s a half baked product, we need to wait until the software matures. As far UI is considered, it’s clean and smooth.Now, we will come to the Con. The only Con I see with HTC is their pricing and poor marketing, that’s why HTC phones are not popular among people as Samsung, especially in India. I am not sure about the service quality of HTC.So, to conclude if you love music and camera is your preference then you can go for HTC mobile. If you ask me the model in specific, then it will be it’s newly launched HTC U 11.Hope it helps.Peace!PS: In flagships, there won’t be problem with mother board. But in mid ranger, some user reported issues.
How do you buy a smartphone?
If u want to buy a smartphone u have to do some homework bcz there are so many brands and in every price range there are a few smartphones whom u can consider.Select a price range and check all the phones in that range, u can do that on e-shopping apps like Flipkart, Amazon, Snapdeal etc. U might find some good phones and think of buying them.But before u buy any see the ratings and reviews of all if them. Buy only those phones who have good rating like 4+. Now go to review section and read some of the reviews, go through some 5 stars, 3 stars and 1 stars. U might find some reviews saying the piece was defective it can be ignored bcz such pieces are replaced too.Check whether the brand has a service centre in your region. U can serch it on web. In some reviews u will find (specially for chinese phones) that service centre took months to repair my phone. If that is the case u might want to stay away from that brand cz even if the phone is great, if something happens to it trust me, u dont want to wait 2–3 months for it to repair.It doesnt really matter from where u are buying the phone online or market. Online shopping websites have secreased their return policy from 30 days to 10 days so it is really incovenient as sometimes phone becomes unfunctionable after 10 dats and u do anything they will not return it.So buy ur phone only after keeping all this in mind then u can expect ur phone to work for some time like 2 yrs or more.
Are all LTE phones VoLTE phones? If not how can I spot a VoLTE phone looking at the specs?
Not necessarily. Since its deployment, LTE has been used mainly for data only, with voice calls being handled by the 2G/3G network. Only recently has Voice over LTE (commonly marketed as HD calling) actually been deployed on a few networks around the world.How can you spot a VoLTE-capable phone? Look at the modem/SoC in the device specs. For example, the Snapdragon 820 webpage lists VoLTE as a feature.Will a given device actually have VoLTE? That depends on:The carrier (network). VoLTE is still under deployment in a lot of markets. Even networks that do support VoLTE may support it only in certain areas, and/or have restrictions regarding which accounts get VoLTE calls. Certain carriers restrict VoLTE calls only between their own subscribers. It's best to check with your network regarding VoLTE availability.The device manufacturer (OEM). Even if the mobile device's modem supports VoLTE, and the network also has support, the OEMs (Samsung, LG, HTC etc.) can choose to disable VoLTE as a feature. They may enable it later via a software/OS update.The mobile operating system. Starting from Android Lollipop, Google has officially supported VoLTE. Apple has been supporting VoLTE since iOS 8.