To give a brief introduction, I want to get a replacement phone. I'm coming from a Lumia 950 but it's time for me to go back to android. One and only android phone I had was in 2012 with a SGS1.
Normally I'd like to go for a flagship phone, problem is, I just can't justify the cost, however, I've been looking at a few alternatives which are much cheaper, but want to get an idea of whether an older phone might fit the bill much better. For instance;
- Sony Xperia XA2 Plus 4/32
It has all the features that I want, great battery life, with the exception that the camera isn't particularly great and the SoC is a SD630, I can't get the 6gb ram version in my region which I'd much prefer.
- Pocophone F1
I like this phone a lot, but it's missing NFC and dearer at about 1.6 times the cost of the XA2. I'm not sure about MIUI, I'd much prefer stock or fairly easy braindead use. I read one review which criticised the pocophone for requiring user intervention and a lot of guesswork to get apps to either run or not get booted from RAM too quickly.
That leads me to the following alternative options which are older flagships
- Sony Xperia XZ1 and XZ2
- Nokia 8/Sirocco
My reservation with something like the Nokia 8 is that while it has Android Pie, I get the feeling that it's the last major update it will receive. Don't know for certain, but it is a consideration of older flagships, and kind of makes me a bit concerned.
Last option is to splurge and get a nice yellow S10e. Thing is that it's difficult to justify when it's 3.5 times the price of a XA2 plus and also only the exynos variant is available in my region.
Basically I want a decent camera, would prefer great battery life, and want a headphone jack. If the battery life is good, then willing to trade for the headphone jack. Storage needs to be around the 128gb for me to pass on microsd expansion. For this reason, pixels are kind of ruled out because the price goes astronomical with sufficient storage and considering the xl is the phone with decent battery life.
Any suggestions or advice is greatly appreciated.
Normally I'd like to go for a flagship phone, problem is, I just can't justify the cost, however, I've been looking at a few alternatives which are much cheaper, but want to get an idea of whether an older phone might fit the bill much better. For instance;
- Sony Xperia XA2 Plus 4/32
It has all the features that I want, great battery life, with the exception that the camera isn't particularly great and the SoC is a SD630, I can't get the 6gb ram version in my region which I'd much prefer.
- Pocophone F1
I like this phone a lot, but it's missing NFC and dearer at about 1.6 times the cost of the XA2. I'm not sure about MIUI, I'd much prefer stock or fairly easy braindead use. I read one review which criticised the pocophone for requiring user intervention and a lot of guesswork to get apps to either run or not get booted from RAM too quickly.
That leads me to the following alternative options which are older flagships
- Sony Xperia XZ1 and XZ2
- Nokia 8/Sirocco
My reservation with something like the Nokia 8 is that while it has Android Pie, I get the feeling that it's the last major update it will receive. Don't know for certain, but it is a consideration of older flagships, and kind of makes me a bit concerned.
Last option is to splurge and get a nice yellow S10e. Thing is that it's difficult to justify when it's 3.5 times the price of a XA2 plus and also only the exynos variant is available in my region.
Basically I want a decent camera, would prefer great battery life, and want a headphone jack. If the battery life is good, then willing to trade for the headphone jack. Storage needs to be around the 128gb for me to pass on microsd expansion. For this reason, pixels are kind of ruled out because the price goes astronomical with sufficient storage and considering the xl is the phone with decent battery life.
Any suggestions or advice is greatly appreciated.
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