Hey ZF.

My iPhone 5s sadly died new years eve(not due to heavy partying or anything). Can you recommend some options?
- With decent audio quality
- Below 4,7 inches
- Price not an issue

You've got two choices for "small" phones. 3.5 is out forever so you have the iPhone 6 and competitors at the 4.5-4.7 inch space. Of these, only the Sony Z3 compact is of flagship quality, but it only sports a 720p screen. I use one on my T-Mobile line and its a great phone once you install Google Now Launcher and Google Keyboard. It has a microSD slot and GREAT battery life. However, if you're pretty tied to the Apple ecosystem and enjoyed your 5s, the 6 is probably a better choice for you.

Went to get the Turbo 64 in Ballistic Nylon. Rep wouldn't honor the $100 trade in quoted by another rep a few days earlier. My current phone is only worth $46 trade in. Not a lot of difference in the grand scheme of happiness, but something about the situation felt off. Perhaps it just isn't the phone for me. Being forced to update my phone because of broken headphone jack and speaker when everything else works perfectly is really what's upsetting me, I guess.

I'm also still trying to figure out the steel wool fix. I looked at the lifeproof and otterbox cases for the turbo. The Lifeproof made the speaker sound bad and the earpiece for calls was muted, also it's friggin ginormous. The Otterbox provided no protection for my problem. Should I be looking for water proof phones? The Sony Z3v was there and waterproof, I saw no openings for speakers, so that would be safe, but it's a huge brick by itself, but it can wireless charge, has expandable storage and has decent specs.

edit:

So the Z3v appears to be a slightly modified Z2. Screen and power from a year or two ago. Thinking I will pass.

At this point I'm considering other carriers. I like the real Z3 which is on T-Mobile, not my favorite carrier.

edit again: Looks like the Z3 and Z3c don't have Qi charging...

Hey guys, I am getting my hands on a OnePlus One phone 64gb edition since I was one of those folks that got the 20,000 invites for their twitter promotion. I know when it came out it got some serious raves, but it's a year later now. Still worth the $349? I think so, but I'm just one data point. What do you fine folk think?

It's hard to get a huge sample size of people who actually have the OnePlus One cause it's invite or competition only.

Would love to get my hands on one though. I've been using an iPhone 4S forever and really don't like the lightning connector in the new Apple phones. From a feature perspective, it looks amazing.