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New Phone advice
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2022 6:56 pm
by C69
My Trusty 6 year old Honor 9 is dying a slow painful death so I am in the need of a replacement.
Don't really need anything flashy or expensive just a decent run of the mill Android phone with expandability
Any ideas?
Re: New Phone advice
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2022 7:16 pm
by Kawazaki
Moto G9. Argos were selling them for £99. They're great, big battery, turbo charging, 4gb ram. Does 98% of whatever a £500 phone does.
Re: New Phone advice
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2022 7:23 pm
by Oxbow
Kawazaki wrote: Wed Oct 12, 2022 7:16 pm
Moto G9. Argos were selling them for £99. They're great, big battery, turbo charging, 4gb ram. Does 98% of whatever a £500 phone does.
That's the phone I have, and that's what I paid for it. It's a great little phone, the only thing it's missing is a magnetometer.
Re: New Phone advice
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2022 10:22 pm
by charltom
If you can still find one, I can recommend the (also 6 year old) LG V20. Never sold in the UK, it has replaceable battery, SD card slot, dual SIM and is pretty cool.
This year I switched to a Samsung Galaxy S20 and got one for slightly over £200 from Backmarket. It's ridiculously high quality reconditioned and is a superb phone.
Re: New Phone advice
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2022 10:33 pm
by Biffer
I spend a little more usually, the last two phones I’ve had have been OnePlus. Both excellent, thinking about a new one later this year and I’ll stick with them. I’ll be looking at the OnePlus Nord2T, currently £370, but it’ll be on sale as soon as the OnePlus Nord3 comes out, which should be in the next month or so. Very high spec for the price, with a slightly cracked version of Android they call Oxygen, which gives more flexibility, but has no apps preinstalle dither than native Android ones (I.e. no bloatware).
Re: New Phone advice
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2022 11:17 pm
by Gumboot
charltom wrote: Wed Oct 12, 2022 10:22 pmThis year I switched to a Samsung Galaxy S20 and got one for slightly over £200 from Backmarket. It's ridiculously high quality reconditioned and is a superb phone.
I just bought an S21 FE to replace my old iPhone X. For some reason Samsung released it early this year, about a year after the S21 and just before launching their S22 range. I'd been watching the price come down for quite a while and got it for around NZ$900. I'm very happy with it and would recommend it as an option if budget allows.
Re: New Phone advice
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2022 6:20 am
by Insane_Homer
"with expandability" ? SD card slot storage?
otherwise
Google Pixel 6a
Re: New Phone advice
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2022 7:22 am
by Calculon
Biffer wrote: Wed Oct 12, 2022 10:33 pm
I spend a little more usually, the last two phones I’ve had have been OnePlus. Both excellent, thinking about a new one later this year and I’ll stick with them. I’ll be looking at the OnePlus Nord2T, currently £370, but it’ll be on sale as soon as the OnePlus Nord3 comes out, which should be in the next month or so. Very high spec for the price, with a slightly cracked version of Android they call Oxygen, which gives more flexibility, but has no apps preinstalle dither than native Android ones (I.e. no bloatware).
I got a OnePlus Nord 2 back in January this year. Still very happy with it.
Re: New Phone advice
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2022 7:52 pm
by C69
Re: New Phone advice
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2022 7:59 pm
by Biffer
Inexpensively simple and competent according to tech radar (my go to for reviews)
https://www.techradar.com/reviews/moto-g31-review
Key drawback is no 5g but if that doesn’t matter to you it seems a pretty good cheap phone.
Re: New Phone advice
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2022 3:54 pm
by C69
Got a Moto G31 for £119.
Great phone
Re: New Phone advice
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2022 9:15 pm
by sefton
C69 wrote: Sat Oct 15, 2022 3:54 pm
Got a Moto G31 for £119.
Great phone
Cheap arse.
Re: New Phone advice
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2022 9:50 pm
by sefton
EnergiseR2 wrote: Sat Oct 15, 2022 9:37 pm
sefton wrote: Sat Oct 15, 2022 9:15 pm
C69 wrote: Sat Oct 15, 2022 3:54 pm
Got a Moto G31 for £119.
Great phone
Cheap arse.
Chinese lads also own Moto. Kiss goodbye to you and C69 late night textathons
He’s dead to me, the Maoist scum.
Re: New Phone advice
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2022 1:42 pm
by C69
Lacist blastards
