Is the Phone Worth It

[WongNamba]

@fluxx22

I have been up country for about a week now Eldoret, Kitale Kapenguria.
I am having similar issues with the Redmi 9:mad:
Messages zinakam through on WhatsApp (Telkom data) ATI mbona niko mteja on my Safaricom line. Really inconvenient coz I am here for work.

Hii shida imenigonga tecno na infinix. I’m waitin for hii infinix ipige death rattle niruke Samsung A20s or similar

[Jimit]

@Soprano

Any Samsung is a good Samsung as long as it is a good Samsung. A budget Samsung is not a good Samsung. Almost all J series Samsungs are budget Samsungs.

Exactly

[ChifuMbitika]

@Micymas

features like what? Am tayad of these Chinese phones, kitu huwork poa the first few months then truns t pure frustration and unreliability after that. Maa utingize tingize charger ndio ifanye, mara sijui uguza guze earphone jack ndio icheze, sijui what what what what. Phone ya 20K na simu ya 5K mchinku hakunaga tofauti after three months, unaskia uipigishe chini ikuondokee

Not to mention the fact that Chinese phones have very delicate screens which easily break whenever dropped

[fluxx22]

@Soprano

Why do I think that this is an inherent problem with Xiaomi phones? I used the Redmi Note 2, Note 5 Pro, the Mi Max and the mighty Mi Mix, and when it was necessitated, having to manually change the networks from 4g to 3g and vise versa was really annoying.

Hapa indirectly umenipatia solution. Kumbe all I had to do was switch to 3g? Coz hata lipa na mpesa ilikua imekataa. Switched to 3g and it worked.
So maybe the issue here is Safaricom 4g, ama?

[Soprano]

@fluxx22

Hapa indirectly umenipatia solution. Kumbe all I had to do was switch to 3g? Coz hata lipa na mpesa ilikua imekataa. Switched to 3g and it worked.
So maybe the issue here is Safaricom 4g, ama?

It is supposed to switch between the bands automatically and intelligently. It is also supposed to connect to WiFi automatically and immediately.

[Haiwesekani]

How does Nokia 7.2 with 6gb/128gb, dual sim, independent micro SDXC slot & 3 rear cameras 48+13+8MP for about 30K stand up to that? No wireless charging though. Android One stock on Android 9.0 upgradable to 10.0 OTA, Snapdragon 660 chip & 3500 mAh batt.

[Haiwesekani]

@Haiwesekani

How does Nokia 7.2 with 6gb/128gb, dual sim, independent micro SDXC slot & 3 rear cameras 48+13+8MP for about 30K stand up to that? No wireless charging though. Android One stock on Android 9.0 upgradable to 10.0 OTA, Snapdragon 660 chip & 3500 mAh batt.

Post-research addendum: the Samsung Galakisii M31 is miles ahead in every respect & several sousands cheaper… no brainier here.

[Vinnywaf]

@Haiwesekani

Post-research addendum: the Samsung Galakisii M31 is miles ahead in every respect & several sousands cheaper… no brainier here.

Angusha benefits zake hapa

[Micymas]

@Haiwesekani

Post-research addendum: the Samsung Galakisii M31 is miles ahead in every respect & several sousands cheaper… no brainier here.

What is outstanding about the M31?

[Haiwesekani]

@Micymas

What is outstanding about the M31?

Has everything the Nokia does, & then some…6000mAh batt against Nokia’s 3500, 128gb ROM against Nokia’s 64 (both have 6gb RAM), quad rear 64+8+5+5 MP cams vs Nokia’s triple 48+13+8…price 36K for the Samsung vs 31k for the Nokia, Android 10.0 vs Nokia’s upgradable 9.0, Exynos 9611(10 nm) 2.3GHz vs Nokia’s Snapdragon 660 Octa 2.2GHz processor

That shouldn’t be free.

[Haiwesekani]

@Haiwesekani

Has everything the Nokia does, & then some…6000mAh batt against Nokia’s 3500, 128gb ROM against Nokia’s 64 (both have 6gb RAM), quad rear 64+8+5+5 MP cams vs Nokia’s triple 48+13+8…price 36K for the Samsung vs 31k for the Nokia, Android 10.0 vs Nokia’s upgradable 9.0, Exynos 9611(10 nm) 2.3GHz vs Nokia’s Snapdragon 660 Octa 2.2GHz processor

That shouldn’t be free.

Correction: Some sang price 26K vs Nokia 31K

Farther research: Samsung’s Exynos chip is an energy monster hence compensation with the big batt. while Nokia Snapdragon 660 is lean, cool running & efficient, hence ample juice conservation, at par.