Brain spasms hours looking at what to buy HELP!!

[deanlee121]

Nice looking phone

[WuddaWaste]

Glad to see you made a decision. Funny comments about the "T&S". Hopefully you scored a sweet enough deal to do both. Go on a sweet romantic trip AND stare at your tiny flashy screen while on it! Let us know how the phone is once you get it! Way to go, Tony!

[Twotems]

Congratulations. I had a Nubia Z7 Max and loved it. The only reason I sold it was because it didn't have an SD slot and US lte but had H+. It was replaced by the Zenfone 2 which meets all my needs and more.

[vidtek]

Glad to see you made a decision. Funny comments about the "T&S". Hopefully you scored a sweet enough deal to do both. Go on a sweet romantic trip AND stare at your tiny flashy screen while on it! Let us know how the phone is once you get it! Way to go, Tony!

WW-

I'm trying to persuade the T & S to swap the 2-day silly channel trip in the middle of Winter to a 7 day May trip to the Greek islands. Much more my cup of tea!
Will report back when I've had a couple of days with it.
Cheers all, Tony.

[WuddaWaste]

I like your style. Any trip is fun.... but warm beach trips are the best. Happy trails, my friend!

[vidtek]

Hello all- I have also posted this in the review section, I'll mark this thread as closed. Many thanks to each and every one of you who responded to my pleas for help, it was much appreciated and focussed my mind on likely contenders.

Here is my review of the ZTE Axon Elite (International model)

The 'phone is great, everything is as smooth as silk, but I'm tempted to root and put it back to stock Android. I wonder how the warranty will be if I brick it? There's not too much bloatware, so I'll probably leave it. I do like the ZTE skin they put on it, one reviewer called it child-like, so maybe I'm heading for no 2 childhood. It's fluid and very responsive, and has nice big icons, fit for arthritic fingers and poor eyesight.
The GPS works beautifully with my receiver, I got a floor-mounted gooseneck stand for my car and as it is so big it is really easy to use as a GPS. I won't be needing a new 7 inch tablet for my car.
There doesn't seem to be any 4G at my home location, I don't know if there is any in Bournemouth/Poole/Christchurch town centres as I haven't been there yet with the 'phone.
The quick charge facility is brilliant, works well, and with the way I use the 'phone the battery seems to be lasting for two or three days at a time.
The screen is amazingly bright, plainly viewable in direct sunlight with no distortion or phasing out at even the most obscure angles.
The sound is as loud as I hoped, with a truly piercing ring and the dual speakers (tiny though they must be) produce acceptable sound in an emergency where there are no external speakers available.
When connected via bluetooth to my Peugeot 3008 (old model 2013) it sounds just great and the steering wheel controls work as expected. It must have multipoint bluetooth because now I can connect to the Adapt dedicated GPS receiver and the car simultaneously. The only thing that is different to the Samsung S3 is the dash display no longer displays the song title and artist. The Samsung used to play each track twice though, the Axon doesn't. Also the turn-by-turn instructions of Waze is emitted from the Axon speakers and there seems no way of reducing the English lady's rather strident voice. I'll be trying Navmii and Google Maps, see if they will work through the car system.

It also connects flawlessly to my GT88 smartwatch (I know I'm an ageing geek!), and all functions seem to work ok.

I'm still playing with it, so if I discover any new facet I'll be sure to return to the review forum and repost.
Tony

[Twotems]

Sounds like you've got a winner there. I had a Nubia Z7 Max and it was excellent with good battery life too.