help replacing my wife's xperia z3

[udnh]

Priorities are the following (in order of most important to less important):

- better camera than her z3
- preferably below flagship price
- more internal storage (she had only 16GB, so 32GB would be ok, 64GB even better)
- not made out of glass (i.e. the phone should be able to withstand the abuse of a toddler)
- similar form factor 5ish inches, although she could go a bit larger
- stockish android

Thanks for any suggestions!

 

[B. Diddy]

How about the Moto G5 or G5 Plus? Moto G5 + Moto G5 Plus hands-on: A little less convention, a little more action | Android Central

 

[udnh]

I am not liking too much the direction moto has taken recently, but I will have a look. thanks. Seems to tick most of my boxes, will try to find more detailed review of the camera.

 

[Javier P]

+1 for the Moto G5 plus. My wife just bought one and it's a pretty good phone. Nougat running smooth out of the box and the new FPS gestures work great, giving you a bigger screen on a not so big phone.

 

[B. Diddy]

The ASUS Zenfone 3 is probably a good choice as well: ASUS ZenFone 3 review - Android Authority. The camera on my old Zenfone 2 was pretty impressive. The ZenUI launcher is not very stockish (it's more reminiscent of TouchWiz), but it's actually pretty nicely done. You can always install a 3rd party launcher like Nova anyway, to make it more stockish.

 

[udnh]

At the moment I'm leaning towards a oneplus 3t, although it's slightly big.

 

[Javier P]

At the moment I'm leaning towards a oneplus 3t, although it's slightly big.

The 3t is an excellent phone. If you can get used to its size it could be a great choice.

 

[Morty2264]

The ASUS Zenfone 3 is probably a good choice as well: ASUS ZenFone 3 review - Android Authority. The camera on my old Zenfone 2 was pretty impressive. The ZenUI launcher is not very stockish (it's more reminiscent of TouchWiz), but it's actually pretty nicely done. You can always install a 3rd party launcher like Nova anyway, to make it more stockish.

It was a tossup between me buying the Zenfone 3 or the Honor 8. The Zenfone is a great choice.