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ZTE ZMax Pro I'm Moving on - ZTE Zmax Pro

What sucks for me is there's nothing I really want that's out there. Too bad Google killed off the Nexus line. I had the 2013 nexus 7 and the older nexus 10 and I love them. Especially the 7.

I can't bring myself to go the pixel route. It's iPhone ugly and to me I liked the 6p better tbh.

But since that's all dead and gone now (the Nexus line)...I guess I'm F**ked. I've owned lg, Samsung, etc etc but none of them do it for me

The Nexus 7 was the last device I bought that I liked using right out of the box...No nova launcher nothing. Just nexus goodness.
 
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What sucks for me is there's nothing I really want that's out there. Too bad Google killed off the Nexus line. I had the 2013 nexus 7 and the older nexus 10 and I love them. Especially the 7.

I can't bring myself to go the pixel route. It's iPhone ugly and to me I liked the 6p better tbh.

But since that's all dead and gone now (the Nexus line)...I guess I'm F**ked. I've owned lg, Samsung, etc etc but none of them do it for me

The Nexus 7 was the last device I bought that I liked using right out of the box...No nova launcher nothing. Just nexus goodness.

Go for Huawei devices. Google allowed you do to whatever you want with your Nexus devices and Huawei does the same. They allowed me to unlock my bootloader and do as I please with my phone. I'm using the Huawei Honor 8 but they do have larger phones. The build quality is excellent. If you don't like the IOS-like skin that they have you can install custom ROMs. Really nice if you ask me.
 
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I sold my zmax pro. I'm limited to a ZTE quest Android until I Finnish saving for my next daily driver. Prob gonna be 150-200 dollar range. No clue what I'll get yet but def will be rootable/bootloader unlock etc

I just returned my Huawei Honor 8 and got a Motorola Moto G4 for around 229. This phone is compatible with all networks and has great community support, the device has a ton of custom ROMS too, I didn't even know where to choose from to be honest lol. Anyone else switch to Verizon? They absolutely destroy T-Mobile in data speeds.
 
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