Just a quickie for UK readers. The Cyanogen-based Wileyfox Swift is on sale for 1 day at £99.99, which is £29 off for "grey Thursday". That's their idea, not mine. I haven't personally used the Swift but it's been getting some good reviews and I liked Cyanogen OS when I had it on my OnePlus One. The Swift uses the Snapdragon
When it comes to headphones, I'm a firm believer in that you get what you pay for. Undoubtedly there are diminishing returns above a certain price point but the bundled headphones that used to come with mobile phones were complete rubbish in terms of both their build quality and audio characteristics. Fortunately, those days are past and most respectable manufacturers