Budget Mobile Phone Choice

dino2020

Hi,

Just looking for some first hand experience of  any of these three budget mobile phones we have  been looking at on the web/ytube .

The Samsung A21S , Motorola G9 Play and the Nokia 5.3.   All around the £150 mark, the Samsung was the dearest at £179 but today being sold for £139 by most places. !

All very similar but all seem to have their minor plus and minus points, but not seen any review giving the nod to any particular one.

Our needs are primarily a big screen for ease of use for  phone calls, email, web /browsing  and photos etc.   Ytubes /Videos/Games not really used, mainly because of our current small screen handset.

oldagetraveller1

I can only comment on the G9 Play. A more than adequate device with excellent battery life. A bit more RAM than the A21S at 4GB.

64GB internal memory, expandable using micro s.d. card. Speaker and microphone are fine. No problems with phone calls. Not bad performance all round. The display is not good at 720p and not very bright.

It isn't my main phone so not fussed about bells and whistles. No problems with the camera, good enough results.

dino2020

Thanks @oldagetraveller1 ,  have the old G3 atm, good as a phone but  always seems a bit slow / small screen for online work,

Think the screens of all those 3  new ones are all IPS and very similar quality / resolution.

Grumpy_chap

Based on recommendation, my wife and I both purchased the Moto G3 a number of years back.

My wife broke the screen, so upgraded to the G5 based on the superb experience with the G3 and didn't look at any alternatives.
I subsequently upgraded to a G7 Power.

All of these phones have been so great, I cannot see any reason we would look outside this "family" when next upgrades are required.

I can't comment with any experience on the Samsung or the Nokia mentioned, except if I was to look away from the Moto, then the Nokia would be my alternate choice.

soulshack

I have an OPPO A9 2020 cost £129 nice big screen and excellent sound I am very happy with it

soulshack

soulshack said:

I have an OPPO A9 2020 cost £129 nice big screen and excellent sound I am very happy with it

forgot to add great battery life as well

liggerz87

Iv bought the Samsung a21s the 32gb version has 40 knocked off it at the min direct from Samsung site also birthday mo th so had an extra 15 percent off can't go wrong with moto either im getting the Sammy tomorrow

Pingping

I would add the xiaomi note 8t to the list

oldagetraveller1

liggerz87 said:

Iv bought the Samsung a21s the 32gb version has 40 knocked off it at the min direct from Samsung site also birthday mo th so had an extra 15 percent off can't go wrong with moto either im getting the Sammy tomorrow

32Gb is possibly the bare minimum adviseable these days.

My G9 Play has over 20Gb used of the 64Gb total without many pictures or videos stored. 15Gb of that is "system".

dino2020

soulshack said:

I have an OPPO A9 2020 cost £129 nice big screen and excellent sound I am very happy with it

Had seen the A9 and the cheaper  A5,  but not found anyone selling the A9 for £129 ?   typically £159 - £179

Pingping said:

I would add the xiaomi note 8t to the list

Also seen the many Xiaomi phones, but just too many to try to choose from, so many devices out there .....

Might not be the best ?   but seems folk are saying the Moto G9 Play is fairly rounded for the price  ...