Have ordered a new phone. It was that or a tablet, but I wanted something I could make phone calls with also and didn't fancy the prices of the tablets that have a sim card slot.
A couple of weeks ago I bought a phone from a mate of mine (Razer phone) that he had dropped in sand which resulted in a tiny portion of the touch screen not working. I paid £37.50 for it and made some new end covers (they are mesh and sacrificial) and it is amazing for the reason I bought it (headphone play for streaming music from my NAS). It really is so great sounding I don't even need my amp. It has a THX DAC dongle with it.. However, that made me want a phone with a larger screen given that I spend all of my time now just on my phone. I CBA sitting at the PC much now unless I'm co op gaming with my buddy.
Ended up getting this, Xiaomi Black Shark.
It's faster than the Razer phone 1, has a better GPU than the Razer phone 2 (so beats it in gaming tests) and is also faster than another phone I was considering (the ROG phone, customer return).
The nice thing was it cost half of what the Razer phone 2 does. I also don't get very excited holding and using my Razer phone. I mean sure, it's fast and the screen is amazing (but irreplaceable) but it feels very light and flimsy and the metal is very thin. It's also anodised black, which chips and marks very easily.
I am hoping the phone comes with this...
Early pre release reviews claimed that it was sold separately. However, every other review I have read or watched says it is included. It's not a deal breaker, but would be fantastic for some emulation fun. I will also still keep my Blackberry as my comms device due to the superb keyboard thing but the rest of the phone is starting to annoy me a little bit. Screen is very small meaning my eyes are having trouble switching from looking at it (the phone) to the TV unless I have the phone about 2ft away from my eyes and it's lagging badly on forums and etc due to the lame CPU it has. I mainly got the BB because I knew I would be without a PC or any other means of comms for a long while (six months all told). So it was awesome for pinging emails around and changing my address etc. It's seen an awful lot of use...