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New phone £200-£250 help.
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trickydicky14
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Looking for suggestions for a new Android phone, nothing fancy just reliable, good storage, good battery life and a half decent camera. Budget £200-£250. Is this doable and if so, what would you recommend please. My current phone is a moto g 9 play if that helps.
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The windows are small and the walls almost bare,
There's only one bed and there's only one prayer;
I listen all night for your step on the stair.
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I like my Motorola, it was around £100 a year ago. Something like this one.
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always found Motorola phones to be good value for money.Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today!:mad:
Cos if you do it today and like it...You can do it again tomorrow..
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I've not actually used this phone, but if I lost my current phone today I'd buy a Moto G84
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CGJGMRTS/?coliid=I1ES975O7EJZ4Q&colid=2HNR3MFJ1NB54&th=1
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Seen some good deals on the Samsung A05s, which is supposed to be a decent budget phone.
Similar specs to some of the Moto models in that price range1 -
I'd second thatMark_d said:1 -
+1 for Motorola.The g84 is £199, 5g, 256GB, fingerprint sensor on the front, NFC for googlepay, a headphone socket and a compass so the starmap apps work properly.If you sign up with Motorola for marketing emails before you buy one, they will send a 10% off code, so it would be £180 direct from them, and they include 12 months accidental damage cover on the screen.I want to go back to The Olden Days, when every single thing that I can think of was better.....
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About three years ago I was looking for a new phone and considered a Motorola until I saw it only had 2 years of security updates, measured from the model release date. Possible they have improved since then - I don't know.
I do think this is something that people should be giving greater weight to.3 -
This is solid advice, Motorola still only do 2 years/updates e.g. Android 13-15 and 2 or 3 years of patchesbob2302 said:About three years ago I was looking for a new phone and considered a Motorola until I saw it only had 2 years of security updates, measured from the model release date. Possible they have improved since then - I don't know.
I do think this is something that people should be giving greater weight to.
There is an article here with current support life - relevant for OP, Samsung usually do 3 upgrades and 3 years of patches for their mid-range and below though some get 4 upgrades and 5 years of patches
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If I were in your situation I'd shop around for refurbished phones from places like amazon renewed or backmarket or musicmagpie. I bought a google pixel that was 2 generations old and received updates for another year for £200. Google pixels and Samsung galaxy phones are good in this regard as they have very long commitments to providing updates. though it depends on the exact model.support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/4457705?hl=en#zippy=%2Cpixel-a-pixel-pixel-pro%2Cpixel-a-g-pixel-pixel-a-g-pixel-a-pixel-xl-pixelsecurity.samsungmobile.com/securityPost.smsbThrough this method you may be able to get a nicer built phone for the same price.1
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