[wyldfire]

> What does Samsung have to differentiate itself? A logo?

As a practical matter, I like that models from Samsung/LG/Mot/etc have a large installed base of users (vs no-name or lower tier Android manufacturers). I think a corollary to Linus' Law should be "Given enough users, all bugs are easily discovered." If there were a low-end brand of Android phones that had a large amount of share, I'd probably consider them instead. (or is there one already?)

[lazerpants]

Yes, there is one, though it is unlikely to be available in your market:

http://www.mi.com/en/mi5/

[qznc]

I'm currently looking for a new smartphone. Requirements: Cyanogen Mod support, changeable battery, close to 200€, at least 2GB RAM. Only the Samsung Galaxy S4 seems to qualify.

[PascalW]

The Wileyfox Swift [1] meets your requirements and is pretty decent and very affordable.

[1] https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wileyfox-Swift-Dual-SIM-Free-Smartp...

[qznc]

Thanks, I did not see that one before.

[qznc]

I really like the philosophy of Wileyfox. Good hardware, latest Cyanogen Mod, and cheap on the rest.

The battery situations is strange, though. The battery is replaceable, but you cannot get a battery?

[wlesieutre]

Didn't Cyanogen just discontinue their OS development?

[qznc]

Cyanogen Inc the company did. There is still Cyanogen Mod the Open Source project.

http://www.cyanogenmod.org/blog/cyanogen-inc-and-cyanogenmod

[wlesieutre]

Gotcha. It has an active enough community of developers to keep going?

[pickettd]

I got a LG G3 (3GB RAM model) earlier this year and it meets those requirements. I've really enjoyed using it so far.

[qznc]

Thanks for the suggestion. 3GB RAM is great.

[qznc]

Ok, I noticed I forgot another requirement. 5" at most. This is 5.5" though. :(