My current Android phone is now 3 years old. It's been out of warranty for about a year and it's showing frustrating signs of decline in performance with random reboots and battery draining quickly from 40%. Add to this that +Sony Xperia never upgraded it to Marshmallow and I find myself with something that's in dire need of replacement. I've never rooted this phone but given its hardware issues I doubt it's worth the bother.
So I've been looking at getting something new and this is what I think I need as the main features:
– Android (obviously)
– price below £400 preferably
– decent camera
– 3GB RAM minimum
– 32GB internal storage (expandable)
– reliable battery
– NFC enabled
Some nice to have include
– waterproof
– wireless or magnetic charging
Now because I'm looking at mid range budget phones (I'd love a LG G6 for instance but I'm not spending £650 on a phone) I'll have to make sacrifices. I could perhaps go with another Xperia but frankly I don't really trust the brand at the moment so the two models I'm looking at are the Moto G5 plus and the Oneplus 3t. The Nokia 6 was another one I was thinking about but it's not out yet and the reviews I saw seem to think the camera is a bit meh…
Any other recommendations for models I should look at based on the above?
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I think it might be worth adding the Nokia 6 to that list. There's a trade-off between better camera but worse CPU (compared to the G5 plus), but for a suggested price of 230€/£200 that might be worth it.
http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=8453&idPhone2=6885&idPhone3=8416
+Andreas Bartels yes I remembered about the fact that this was another I was looking at as well so I added it.
Thanks for the link 🙂
The OnePlus is what I'd go for if I were in your place. They seem to be of good quality and are easy to install Cy^H^H LineageOS upon.
I went for a Nexus 6P instead and these turn out to have had various hardware issues (which I encountered) and are difficult to repair.
I've always avoided Nexus / Pixel type phones since they've always been stubborn about not putting expandable storage on it.
Although GSM arena seems to think the OnePlus 3T doesn't have expandable storage, and I can't see anything about that on the official site, which is a real bummer
+Jean-Loup Rebours-Smith Indeed, it's non-expandable internal storage only on the OnePlus devices. Annoying as that is, I always rated the installation of an alternative OS and acquisition of root as of greater importance than removable storage, if I had to choose.
+Milo Thurston Eh we all use our devices in different ways don't we? 🙂
+Nikki Holmes Moto or LG?
LG is what I would personally go for as I had the G3 before this phone. (Then it all tumbles to Nokia beforehand if I remember correctly.)
I'd love an LG G6 too but they're quite a ways beyond my budget so I have to look elsewhere
Well, keep an eye out as they may decrease the price sooner or later. But they definitely should when the G7 rolls out.
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The G6 just got released a few weeks ago though and I'm not sure how much longer I'll be able to hold out until my phone gives up the ghost altogether.
Even the Galaxy S7 is still outside my budget and that's a year old already
Yeah, but didn't the S7 come out with a full host of problems?
Come to think of it, might a new battery help your phone out? Surely, someone would have one of those for sale, somewhere.
It's not a removable battery and I'm not about to fiddle with the seal at the back to try and fit a new battery in there. The issues I'm having are not as bad as they were about 14 months ago or so but at least back then I could get Sony to repair it under the warranty terms.
+Jean-Loup Rebours-Smith should you, before the 30th, decide that you're willing to compromise on storage and wish to get a OP3T, I could send you a coupon code I just received for the impressive sum of $10 (or equivalent) off…
That would be about £390 for the 64GB version.
I might not go with a OnePlus after reading this reddit.com
+Jean-Loup Rebours-Smith doesn't sound good. BTW, not your bag either but I've listed my Nexus on Ebay.