Looking for peoples recommendations on what is the best value Android phone. 1.5/2 ghz, 2 gb ram, 5" screen and gorilla glass.

Thanks for reading.

Edited December 14, 201411 yr by apetley

Not sure if it's got gorilla glass but the Benq F5 fits the bill!

Otherwise its the Asus Zen fone 5

Don't buy an acer liquid z5 smartphone. I've been to there service shop 3 times.

What a piece of junk !!

Don't buy an acer liquid z5 smartphone. I've been to there service shop 3 times.

What a piece of junk !!

Why? What's been the problems?

Thanks for the replies.

Was thinking of the zenfone5 a while ago but a friend is really unhappy with the screen display which puts me off.

The best bang for the buck has always been a Nexus phone.

What is your budget?

Up to 12 or 13k bht.

Why not the IQ range from the Thai brand I-mobile? I got one and its been good for the money but don't expect any android upgrades so you are stuck with what you buy but I don't care too much about that.

I-mobile phones can be bought all over Thailand.

Get something that you can continually upgrade with custom ROMs long after the vendor stops doing it.

Which makes Samsung your best bet, being the most popular they tend to have the best selection of ROMs.

Oh with that budget. Nexus 5.

Don't buy an acer liquid z5 smartphone. I've been to there service shop 3 times.

What a piece of junk !!

Why? What's been the problems?

Just after receiving it as a gift. I charged it up and made a few calls but could just hear people talking and found out the speaker was faulty.

Gave me another phone.

Then one time up country I had the charger plugged in and the phone just wouldn't switch on. When I got back to home in Bangkok I played with it again and it did fire up again ....

however , same issue some 2 months later ... took it to the shop .. they deleted everything and reinstalled there program & i got it back a few days later.

A couple of days ago the weather program stopped working ... not a big deal, however they told me they would need to reinstall the program again. Of coarse I would loose all my data and pictures again.

So, my opinion on Acer quality = junk

Edited December 14, 201411 yr by steven100

Why don't you back up your data and pictures? If you did, you wouldn't lose them.

Don't buy an acer liquid z5 smartphone. I've been to there service shop 3 times.

What a piece of junk !!

Why? What's been the problems?

Just after receiving it as a gift. I charged it up and made a few calls but could just hear people talking and found out the speaker was faulty.

Gave me another phone.

Then one time up country I had the charger plugged in and the phone just wouldn't switch on. When I got back to home in Bangkok I played with it again and it did fire up again ....

however , same issue some 2 months later ... took it to the shop .. they deleted everything and reinstalled there program & i got it back a few days later.

A couple of days ago the weather program stopped working ... not a big deal, however they told me they would need to reinstall the program again. Of coarse I would loose all my data and pictures again.

So, my opinion on Acer quality = junk

brother of ex-gf was an engineer working in quality control at Acer in Taiwan.

You wouldn't find a single product of Acer in their household.

Edited December 14, 201411 yr by uhuh

Forget the budget and get an iPhone 6, seriously.

I recommend the Xiaomi, (I got theXiaomi Redmi Note $160 US 2 sims) but make sure you get a genuine one, (as there are many fakes around on ebay and aliexpress,) not a copy or you will be very disappointed. Check out the specs and the price. I got a friend to buy me one from the factory sales and love it. It was a lot of trouble but it was worth it. Ok, you haven't heard of them, well It is the world's 3rd largest smartphone distributor that designs, develops, and sells smartphones, mobile apps and consumer electronics, They are even developing an electric car.

According to wikipedia "Xiaomi's flagship mobile handset line is the Xiaomi Mi series, past being the Xiaomi Mi3. The newest model in this line is the Xiaomi Mi4.^[57] It was initially launched in mainland China, followed by Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and India on March, May and July 2014 respectively. The Xiaomi Mi3 uses a modified Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 and has been tested as the world's fastest Android smartphone according to benchmark testing apps Antutu, Quadrant and Geekbench.^[58]"

Can't wait till they are released in Thailand. The biggest problem is there is no warranty outside the country where you buy it. After 5 months, no problems. There is a site Xiaomi Thailand but I am not sure if they are genuine or the cost. If you look at the Singapore website, you will see what the prices should be and specs. www.mi.com/sg/.

Edited December 14, 201411 yr by aussiebrian

Xiaomi is cleaning up on specs in the uk and usa

Get something that you can continually upgrade with custom ROMs long after the vendor stops doing it.

Which makes Samsung your best bet, being the most popular they tend to have the best selection of ROMs.

Following on from Chicog's advice there you can use the easy search tool on http://www.xda-developers.com/ to find out how active a community is for each type of phone. Please note that any phone model might actually have different editions and you should make note of these too.

Don't buy an acer liquid z5 smartphone. I've been to there service shop 3 times.

What a piece of junk !!

Why? What's been the problems?

Just after receiving it as a gift. I charged it up and made a few calls but could just hear people talking and found out the speaker was faulty.

Gave me another phone.

Then one time up country I had the charger plugged in and the phone just wouldn't switch on. When I got back to home in Bangkok I played with it again and it did fire up again ....

however , same issue some 2 months later ... took it to the shop .. they deleted everything and reinstalled there program & i got it back a few days later.

A couple of days ago the weather program stopped working ... not a big deal, however they told me they would need to reinstall the program again. Of coarse I would loose all my data and pictures again.

So, my opinion on Acer quality = junk

brother of ex-gf was an engineer working in quality control at Acer in Taiwan.

You wouldn't find a single product of Acer in their household.

Couldn't agree more. I would say that 80% of all "hey, can you help me with my laptop" requests have found me staring at an Acer. Is it the hardware or the user though?

How does the Samsung Duos rate, for ease of use and value?

Oh with that budget. Nexus 5.

They're nice but Siamphone have them at 16900 bht and I want two hence the tight budget.

Can they be got cheaper? Don't want to import as there could be warranty problems.

Aob mobile @ mbk.

Hatyai4g @ Facebook (Malaysian import. I think)

Did anyone mention oneplus one yet ?

That is if you can get your hands on one.

http://aobmobile.net/wc/?cat=16

http://www.hatyai4g.com/promotion.html

Thanks for all the replies, much appreciated, especially the links cb!

Zenphone 6

Up to 12 or 13k bht.

Oneplus One is the best bang for the buck for that price range.

Don't waste it on a nexus 5, inferior in terms of everything compared to Oneplus One.

Xiaomi's are available on LAZADA.com

I have a Zenphone-5 and like it very much. The screen display is fine for me but no, it does not compare with Super Amoled or Nexus. I only wish it had a gutsier, replaceable battery.

Xiaomi's are available on LAZADA.com

I have a Zenphone-5 and like it very much. The screen display is fine for me but no, it does not compare with Super Amoled or Nexus. I only wish it had a gutsier, replaceable battery.

Me too, I wanted something along the lines of the nexus and at the price the zenfone 5 fit the bill. For the most part I'm very happy with it, and pleased with the quick kitkat updates etc.

I read something interesting the other day, a new "lite" version of the phone has been released recently. Although it has a slower CPU (1.2 GHz) and just 1gb RAM, what it does have is a bigger battery by about 20% (2500mAh)... it may be that this boosted battery will make it's way into the regular model soon enough.