Best phone for €200-€250?

Wheety

What's the best mid range phone (or would that price range be budget phones now?) out there at the minute?

BlakeS94

Wheety wrote: »

What's the best mid range phone (or would that price range be budget phones now?) out there at the minute?

My phone broke recently and I picked up a Samsung A20, it was less than €200, very happy with it, has everything you'd need and does most of the things a more expensive phone will do. Battery life is quite good also. Your price range is definitely budget nowadays with the latest phones costing around €1000

Snotty

I'm looking to purchase a phone in that range too, looking at either the Redmi Note 9 Pro or the Poco X3.
Although I'd actually prefer to stay away from Xiaomi as I don't like the Mi user experience, would perfect something closer to stock android

ED E

Sammy A51 is a killer at that price. Its really really solid.

seannash

We really need to know what you find essential in a phone. Does the camera need to be fantastic, do you need a big battery. Do you intend to watch movies on it. do you need a lot of storage



At this price point all the phone sacrifice something so we need to know what you can live without

Wheety

ED E wrote: »

Sammy A51 is a killer at that price. Its really really solid.

Thanks, I'll have a look.

seannash wrote: »

We really need to know what you find essential in a phone. Does the camera need to be fantastic, do you need a big battery. Do you intend to watch movies on it. do you need a lot of storage



At this price point all the phone sacrifice something so we need to know what you can live without

It's for my brother in law. I have the Pixel 3a and if that was still available on Vodafone for €150 or whatever price it works out at, I'd be telling him to get that.

He doesn't really use it much. Only has a few apps on it. So it can be fairly basic but still I'd like to suggest a decent one. I'm just a bit out of the loop on phones now. I used to recommend the Motos to people for that budget but having a quick look and the choices are bewildering now.

So I suppose a decent processor and RAM, with camera next on the list.

He's not very techy so I'm not sure if he'd like the Xiaomi OS. As close to stock Android as possible.

Snotty

Fed up looking and just bought the Poco X3, €205 for the 64gb version

coylemj

seannash wrote: »

We really need to know what you find essential in a phone. Does the camera need to be fantastic, do you need a big battery. Do you intend to watch movies on it. do you need a lot of storage

At this price point all the phone sacrifice something so we need to know what you can live without

+1 I'm also in the market in this price range. Recent research suggests the 32GB Samsung A21s would fit my requirements but happy to consider other options.

I'm a light user so battery capacity isn't a huge issue. I don't care about the camera, one camera lens on the rear would do me and I don't watch movies on the phone. I would have a reasonable number of apps so need decent RAM.

seannash

coylemj wrote: »

+1 I'm also in the market in this price range. Recent research suggests the 32GB Samsung A21s would fit my requirements.

I'm a light user so battery capacity isn't a huge issue. I don't care about the camera, one camera lens on the rear would do me and I don't watch movies on the phone. I would have a reasonable number of apps so need decent RAM.

3 gigs of ram on that one it seems
Realme make some great phones for little money. The below one is a decent shout



https://www.amazon.co.uk/Realme-X50-5G-Smartphone-Silver/dp/B08C31SHHD?ref_=ast_sto_dp

jonnybangbang

seannash wrote: »

3 gigs of ram on that one it seems
Realme make some great phones for little money. The below one is a decent shout



https://www.amazon.co.uk/Realme-X50-5G-Smartphone-Silver/dp/B08C31SHHD?ref_=ast_sto_dp

I wanted to thank you for the above suggestion. While doing a bit of research I saw your link above for the Realme X50 and took the plunge and bought it Friday night. It arrived yesterday. Is a great phone.
I had been looking at Samsung A51, Samsung A71 and the Sony L4 beforehand as I previously had the Samsung S7 edge and I was looking for a budget phone as I didn't want to/ or couldn't spend €900+ on a Flagship phone. I only have the phone a day so I can't speak about how long it will last but below I have listed some of the pros and cons that I found so far. The con's are more of the the features which I had on the S7 edge and don't on the Realme x50. ( Not surprising for the price point)

Pros of the Realme X50

• Glass Front and Back metal frame
• 128GB storage
• 6Gb RAM
• Large Display
• 4 cameras on back, two on front ( I don't really care but their there.)
• Great Price for the specs on phone
• Android 10
• Side finger Print sensor

Con's

• No SD Card for storage expansion.
• No wireless charging
• I miss the LED indicator. (I have to wake it to check if its charging)
• Finger print magnet.( I'll be putting a cover on it anyway)