nheather
Outstanding Member
Over the last year or two I keep revisiting this and eventually decide to stick with what I have.
I’m not a huge mobile phone user, in fact quite often when I feel the need to use it (look something up or take a photo) I either don’t have it with me or the battery is flat.
I have a Samsung S7 - bought it second hand in Nov 2016. Still works well and does everything I need. This is the issue, each time I think about spending £250-£350 on a replacement I end up saying “why bother”.
The one thing that I would really like is a bigger screen because of my ageing eyesight.
So what I’m looking for is
Android
Large Screen
Must be better than my S7 (otherwise I will regret it as a waste of money)
I don’t play games or run apps that need a lot of processing power or ram
I don’t use it much as a camera, but it is very useful to have one with me
As close to vanilla Android as possible, certainly one that keeps up with Android releases
Depending on model of course, the most I would spend is £300(ish)
Like second hand but has to be in excellent condition
Probably last me another 3-4 years so reasonable spec I guess to support that
As I’m not that much into phones I don’t keep up with the makes and models - just what I see advertised to be honest.
Certainly what I don’t much about are the economy models in each brand.
My own research is saying Pixel 3 XL but much of that is the vanilla android thing which isn’t a must-have.
Interested to hear of others that are worth looking at.
Cheers,
Nigel
I’m not a huge mobile phone user, in fact quite often when I feel the need to use it (look something up or take a photo) I either don’t have it with me or the battery is flat.
I have a Samsung S7 - bought it second hand in Nov 2016. Still works well and does everything I need. This is the issue, each time I think about spending £250-£350 on a replacement I end up saying “why bother”.
The one thing that I would really like is a bigger screen because of my ageing eyesight.
So what I’m looking for is
Android
Large Screen
Must be better than my S7 (otherwise I will regret it as a waste of money)
I don’t play games or run apps that need a lot of processing power or ram
I don’t use it much as a camera, but it is very useful to have one with me
As close to vanilla Android as possible, certainly one that keeps up with Android releases
Depending on model of course, the most I would spend is £300(ish)
Like second hand but has to be in excellent condition
Probably last me another 3-4 years so reasonable spec I guess to support that
As I’m not that much into phones I don’t keep up with the makes and models - just what I see advertised to be honest.
Certainly what I don’t much about are the economy models in each brand.
My own research is saying Pixel 3 XL but much of that is the vanilla android thing which isn’t a must-have.
Interested to hear of others that are worth looking at.
Cheers,
Nigel