Best Phone currently for 250-400?

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Main criteria, good camera, quick (not for games), supports NFC Google Pay and the basic stuff too.

fmpisces

Pheonix10 wrote: »

Main criteria, good camera, quick (not for games), supports NFC Google Pay and the basic stuff too.

I got a Samsung A50 only last month and love it. I believe it retails at €289. It does what you ask and a whole lot more. I find the camera on it to be brilliant and the battery life is far better than the Sony Xperia XA1 I last had. Just do a Google and see if the specs meet your needs.

Mi 9t

48mp main camera, 13mp wide angle, 8mp zoom
20mp selfie camera
no notch due to pop-up front camera
snapdragon 730 pretty much as quick as last year's flagship 845
amoled screen
in-screen fingerprint reader
nfc
big 4000mah battery for long battery life

309 for 128b version (64gb version cheaper)

https://www.eglobalcentral.eu/xiaomi-mi-9t-6gb-128gb-dual-sim-redmi-k20-glacier-blue.html

theteal

fmpisces wrote: »

I got a Samsung A50 only last month and love it. I believe it retails at €289. It does what you ask and a whole lot more. I find the camera on it to be brilliant and the battery life is far better than the Sony Xperia XA1 I last had. Just do a Google and see if the specs meet your needs.

I think I'm getting one of those for the wife next week. After some unusually brief research it's what I landed on. It's "free" on a £20 a month contract over here. She's got a Mi A2 Lite currently and there are just too many annoyances, plus the camera is muck.

Mantis Toboggan

fmpisces wrote: »

I got a Samsung A50 only last month and love it. I believe it retails at €289. It does what you ask and a whole lot more. I find the camera on it to be brilliant and the battery life is far better than the Sony Xperia XA1 I last had. Just do a Google and see if the specs meet your needs.

Why did you buy it?

fmpisces

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Why did you buy it?

I was due an upgrade and checked it out in the shop beforehand, liked the look of it but mostly because of the camera and large storage space. The last couple of phones I've had were Sony's and I fancied a change.

AlmightyCushion

glasso wrote: »

Mi 9t

48mp main camera, 13mp wide angle, 8mp zoom
20mp selfie camera
no notch due to pop-up front camera
snapdragon 730 pretty much as quick as last year's flagship 845
amoled screen
in-screen fingerprint reader
nfc
big 4000mah battery for long battery life

309 for 128b version (64gb version cheaper)

https://www.eglobalcentral.eu/xiaomi-mi-9t-6gb-128gb-dual-sim-redmi-k20-glacier-blue.html

I wouldn't spend that amount of money on eglobal. If anything goes wrong with it, you're shít out of luck. It's €369 on Amazon.es. I would definitely spend the extra to have some support in case anything goes wrong.

AlmightyCushion

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

I wouldn't spend that amount of money on eglobal. If anything goes wrong with it, you're shít out of luck. It's €369 on Amazon.es. I would definitely spend the extra to have some support in case anything goes wrong.

so 369 + 10 postage = ~380

vs 308 => 70 euro difference -> 20 to 25% more

modern manufacturing is very consistent with good quality checks so unless there is a global fault on phone (do research in advance) there is a very low risk that anything will be wrong.

personally for 70 difference I'd take the (small) risk.

if the difference was only 10% I might go with Amazon.

cherryghost

Never any issues on eglobal. I would personally recommend it.

advertsfox

Bought the Mi A3 64GB for the missus last week, excellent phone and a worth upgrade on the Mi A2. Better triple cameras, style, huge battery, in display fingerprint.

https://www.honorbuy.com/291-xiaomi-mi-a3 - Order to arrival is 2 days with DHL from Italy (no customs). €227 for 64GB, €242 for 128GB.

no nfc on mi a3 - pretty crap tbh. low rez screen also - 720p. processor is not great either.

poor upgrade imo. looks like Xiaomi have effectively given up on Android one.

mi 9t is far superior in cpu, screen and camera and miui is pretty good these days.

AnCatDubh

Pheonix10 wrote: »

Main criteria, good camera, quick (not for games), supports NFC Google Pay and the basic stuff too.

Coming in at the edge of your budget, I'd suggest the Pixel 3a for €399.

When you look for a good camera, this phone produces stunning images. Best i've seen. Good camera hardware (not amazing but solid), but what it does in software is outstanding. Night mode turns darkness into day. Seriously good package.

And as a phone and all the other stuff it does a stock android job on them which again is solid. Nothing more, nothing less.

No experience of google pay.

Battery, with heavy use you should get a solid day from it, a day and a half of normal use though it tends to "lose" its first 10% rather quickly in my experience.

dougm1970

a decent older ex-flagship that holds it own still
like the galaxy s8+