<div dir="ltr">I have been using Sony Xperia android phones for a long time now. They are one of the few that told microsoft to shove it with their patent extortion, and their top-spec hardware is generally capable of being unlocked and romable with xda love. <div><br></div><div>Currently using a Z5 Compact, haven't unlocked it to maintain security updates, and not too annoying not having root. Prior I had a Z1 Compact, and a number of the Xperia Mini phones that were all bl-unlocked and rommed. I always prefer a small phone, the original mini's were 3" androids, and still my favorite phones. I have to settle for a large 4.6" in the "compacts" now for modern hardware, but they're pretty nice, and the bigger cousins for the giant phone crowds just have better displays. They usually do a 5.2" and a mega 6".</div><div><br></div><div>Only good reason to upgrade beyond a Z3 was the fingerprint reader, but Z5 is nice with it for a convenient security mechanism for using it. The current X Compact and XA bigger 5.2" were selling for less than 300 dollars around black friday, deals can be had.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 2:30 PM, Nathan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:plug-discuss@nmecs.com" target="_blank">plug-discuss@nmecs.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 2016-12-28 12:52, Stephen Partington wrote:<br>
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The Samsung J7 is actually a good price point. As is the Moto G. and<br>
they are popular enough to have some XDA love<br>
<a href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-j7" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://forum.xda-developers.co<wbr>m/galaxy-j7</a><br>
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Yep, really gotta plug the Moto lines. That is all my wife and I have been using for the last several years. I can't say enough about them. I hope to soon upgrade to the Moto X Pure when I have the extra bucks. Hands down the best phone on the market.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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-- Nathan<br>
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