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"Would suggest also adding whether the phone supports a removable battery/extended battery."

    * Carrier Support (GSM vs CDMA)
    * "Modes" (Frequencies, bands,whatever you want to call it)
    * Sim card size (Normal 3FF, Nano 4FF)
    * Removable Battery
    * Wireless charging (I must have Qi)
    * Fingerprint

Comparison vs other phones (I'd love to compare these vs my Note 3. Yes... 3.) would be nice, but probably a bit beyond the scope of this.

Otherwise, awesome tool.

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I'm still using a Note 3, and have been watching but haven't found a good replacement yet.

It's a great phone. User-replaceable battery, great screen, MicroSD slot, poncy stylus that I never use, hardware menu key (seriously Google, I use the menu key all the time). Still works well and fast enough, if not a rocket compared to this year's phones.

I find it disappointing that 3 years after getting the Note 3, apparently all the phone companies have forgotten how to make a new phone that can compel me to put down the money that I'm ready and wanting to spend.

Basically I want a faster Note 3 with a 6.5" AMOLED screen.

I'd be willing to bet I'm not the only one. How can all these companies be so smart yet so brain-dead at the same time?

I went from a note 3 to an s7. Like you I never really utilized the stylus, and even though I had 3 extra batteries for my note, I'm still mostly ok with the tradeoff.

The size of the phones is nearly identical.

As you mention, the only thing that I dislike is not having a hardware menu key.. but it's worth looking into as a decent replacement phone.

The one thing I want to replace my Note 3 is a Note 3 that I can put custom roms on (like Cyan).

The problem with the S7 is Samsung isn't as friendly for the ROM tools. The S3 doesn't let me use TWRP so I have to either use Stock or CWM. I've never really liked CWM for some reason.

I'd pay good money for an upgraded Note 3 with TWRP capability.

Thanks but I wanted an even larger screen, about 6.5" or so. I'm just not motivated to switch to a phone the same size.

I have big hands/pockets so why not use them?

Have you looked into the lg v20? It's pretty durable, has a big screen, user replaceable cattery and it performs pretty well...

I have, and it looks nice but I want about a 6.5" screen.

I thought that was a typo! Why 6.5"?

Because why not? I have room in my pocket and 99% of my phone use is internet.

I think the V20 might be at the top of my short list to replace my Note 3. Replaceable battery, SIM slot, Screen size... hell it even has an IR port... I see that TWRP can be installed...

the only question is Qi Wireless Charging... and I'm not liking what I'm seeing...

Although, with that many hits, I may have to just take it anyways.

Does SIM card size really matter? I thought that when you get a new phone, the carrier gives you a new SIM; at least that's how it's always worked for me (AT&T)

Well, I like being able to just move the sim card between my phones (I have multiple for development purposes)... so while you can "easily" call and have the account switched between sim cards - if all your phones are Micro, then you can just move the card...

if, on the other hand, you have a Micro and the new phone is a Nano... then you'll have to go through extra steps to move between phones.

This, of course, assumes you want to do that more than once when you upgrade to the new phone.

I like switching between my Android and my Windows phone and that becomes more difficult if the SIMs don't match.

Granted, I did find a converter I hadn't thought of looking for before until typing this reply so it's even less needed:

https://www.amazon.com/iPhone-Nano-SIM-Card-Adapter/dp/B009G...

I'm guessing you live in the US? In more modern parts of the world (:)) you usually buy your phone separately from the phone service, so the carrier wouldn't directly know you've bought a new phone. Sure you can buy phones from the carrier, but why would you want to?

You may want to take a look at https://geizhals.eu/?cat=umtsover&xf=148_Android#gh_filterbo... to figure out which Android phones fit your requirements in these regards (caveat: the website's content is partially machine-translated to English, but that doesn't imply the data isn't very carefully curated).

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